GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF W. VA. AND E. TENN.,

No. 6. Glade Spring, Va., May 31. 1864.

Colonel George B. Crittenden, C. S. Army, is hereby assigned to command of the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee.

By order of Brigadier General W. E. Jones:

WALTER K. MARTIN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[MAY 31, 1864. -For Lee to Forrest and Forrest to Lee, in relation to operations in North Alabama and Tennessee, see Vol. XXXVIII, Part IV, p. 750.]

RICHMOND, VA., June 1, 1864.

Major General S. D. LEE,

Demopolis, Ala.:

The War Department will select an officer to command the reserves in Mississippi. The action of General Polk in regard to the reserves is not authorized. Major-General Withers commands the reserves in Alabama.

S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General.

Abstract from tri-monthly return of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Major General S. D. Lee commanding, for June 1, 1864; headquarters Meridian, Miss.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers Men Effective

total

present

General staff 21 ---- ----

Post of Meridian Miss. 14 151 150

Post of Selma, Ala. 71 954 949

Paroled and Exchanged 37 453 439

Prisoners, Demopolis

Total 122 1,558 1,538

Cavalry:

Staff 13 ---- ----

Chalmers' DIVISION 334 4,067 4,067

Buford's DIVISION 292 3,587 3,587

Gholson's brigade 137 1,213 1,213

Roddey's DIVISION 169 1,549 1,540

Adams' DIVISION 239 2,750 2,735

Forrest's escort and provost 2 85 85

guard

General Lee's escort 2 80 80

Total 1,188 13,331 13,307

Artillery Forrest's command 19 268 268

Grant total 1,350 15,157 15,113

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Piece Aggre

present present s of gate

and field prese

absent artil nt

lery and

absen

t

last

retur

n

General staff 21 21 --- --

Post of Meridian Miss. 170 578 --- --

Post of Selma, Ala. 1,203 1,723 --- --

Paroled and Exchanged 529 855 --- --

Prisoners, Demopolis

Total 1,902 3,156 --- --

Cavalry:

Staff 13 13 --- --

Chalmers' DIVISION 4,743 7,348 --- --

Buford's DIVISION 4,122 5,999 --- --

Gholson's brigade 1,469 2,707 --- --

Roddey's DIVISION 1,951 4,188 --- --

Adams' DIVISION 3,579 6,649 --- 3,049

Forrest's escort and 97 220 --- --

provost guard

General Lee's escort 89 128 --- --

Total 16,063 27,182 --- --

Artillery Forrest's 321 431 16 --

command

Grant total 18,307 30,790 16 --

Forrest's and Roddey's commands are taken from their last reports, May 20, 1864.

The different in aggregate of General Adams' command is not accounted for by that officer under the head of "alternations since last report. "