Abstract from return of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Major General Dabney H. Maury commanding, for August 31, 1864; headquarters Meridian, Miss.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Effective Aggregate

total present.

present.

Department general 19 . . . . . . 19

staff.

Wirt Adams' 126 1,368 1,368 2,170

district a.

Scott's district. 116 1,716 1,716 2,003

Daniel W. Adams' 143 1,391 1,391 1,871

district b.

Total. 385 4,475 4,475 6,044

Forrest's command. 460 5,149 5,149 6,736

Post of Meridian, 23 71 71 164

Miss.

Post of Demopolis, 33 198 198 251

Ala.

Post of Cahaba, 14 73 73 105

Ala.

Post of Columbus, 6 28 28 34

Miss.

Total. 76 370 370 554

Artillery reserve, 18 268 268 333

&c.

Grand total. 958 10,262 10,262 13,686

Command. Aggregate Pieces of Aggregate

present and field present and

absent. artillery. absent last

return.

Department general 19 . . . 19

staff.

Wirt Adams' district 5,110 4 4,794

a.

Scott's district. 4,681 . . . . . .

Daniel W. Adams' 3,640 8 215

district b.

Total. 13,431 12 5,009

Forrest's command. 11,845 . . . 15,130

Post of Meridian, 241 . . . 241

Miss.

Post of Demopolis, 393 . . . 410

Ala.

Post of Cahaba, Ala. 129 . . . . . .

Post of Columbus, 34 . . . . . . .

Miss.

Total. 797 . . . 651

Artillery reserve, 444 . . . 467

&c.

Grand total. 26,536 12 21,276

a Two officers and 124 men prisoners.

b Five officers and 57 men prisoners.

Federal prisoners, 496; on parole, 28.

Organization of troops in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, commanded by Major General Dabney H. Maury, August 31, 1864.

FORREST'S COMMAND.

Major General NATHAN B. FORREST.

CHALMERS' DIVISION.

Brigadier General JAMES R. CHALMERS.

First Brigade.

Colonel WILLIAM L. DUCKWORTH.

7th Tennessee Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Taylor.

12th Tennessee Cavalry, Colonel John U. Green.

14th Tennessee Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Raleigh R. White.

15th Tennessee Cavalry, Colonel Francis M. Stewart.

Forrest's (THIRD Tennessee) regiment, Lieutenant Colonel David C. Kelley.

Second Brigade.

Colonel ROBERT McCULLOCH.

1st MISSISSIPPI Partisan Rangers, Colonel Samuel H. Hyams, Jr.

5th MISSISSIPPI Cavalry, Major William B. Perry.

18th MISSISSIPPI Battalion Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander H. Chalmers.

19th MISSISSIPPI Battalion Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Walker.

Willis' (Texas) battalion cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Leonidas Willis.

2nd Missouri Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. McCulloch.