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TUPELO, June 30, 1864.
Brigadier-General CHALMERS,
Verona:
Have Seventh Tennessee Regiment and Forrest's regiment ready to move at an hour's notice, with sixty rounds of ammunition. Have six days' rations of hard bread and ready for them provided they are ordered to move.
N. B. FORREST,
Major-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIRST DIV., FORREST'S CAVALRY, Numbers 81.
Verona, Miss., June 30, 1864.* * * *
IX. The Seventh Tennessee and Forrest's regiment will be placed in readiness to move at an hour's notice, with sixty rounds of ammunition to the man. Six days' rations of hard break and bacon will be kept ready to be issued to them provided they are ordered to move.
By order of Brigadier-General Chalmers:
W. A. GOODMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.Abstract from return of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, for June 30, 1864.
Present for duty
Command. Officers Men Effective
total present
General
headquarters:
Staff and 27 75 75
escorts
Forrest's
command:
Staff, escort, 14 96 95
and provost
guard
Chalmers' 280 2,854 2,841
DIVISION
Buford's 254 2,954 2,920
DIVISION
Roddey's 89 938 937
DIVISION*
Reserve 20 302 287
Artillery+
Total 657 7,144 7,080
Wirt Adams' 361 4,206 4,185
DIVISION
Posts:
Demopolis++ 47 533 519
Meridian 14 151 150
Selma 62 1,103 1,094
Total 123 1,787 1,763
Grant total 1,168 13,212 13,103
Command. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of
present present and artillery
absent
General
headquarters:
Staff and 124 155 --
escorts
Forrest's
command:
Staff, escort, 120 191 --
and provost
guard
Chalmers' 3,764 7,240 --
DIVISION
Buford's 3,588 5,505 --
DIVISION
Roddey's 1,214 2,194 --
DIVISION*
Reserve 358 467 16
Artillery+
Total 9,044 15,597 16
Wirt Adams' 5,362 10,924 11
DIVISION
Posts:
Demopolis++ 624 986 --
Meridian 170 578 --
Selma 1,361 1,583 --
Total 2,155 3,147 --
Grant total 16,685 29,823 27
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*Johnson's brigade only reported.
+Probably includes all of Forrest's artillery.
++Paroled and exchanged prisoners.
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