DARK CORNER, September 30, 1864.

Brigadier-General IVERSON,

Commanding Cavalry:

General Hood desires you should report daily in future, whether anything important transpires with you or not; he desires you to put on a line of couriers from your headquarters to Moore's Bridge, where we will have a station, or near there, as I am having a line put on to Newnan. Brigadier-General Govan has been directed while he remains at Moore's Bridge to co-operate with you in resisting any cavalry movement against the WEST Point railroad.

[A. P. MASON.

Assistant Adjutant-General.]

Abstract from return of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Lieutenant General Richard Taylor commanding, for September 30, 1864; headquarters Selma, Ala.

Present for duty

Command. Officers. Men. Effective

total present.

General staff 20 ---- ----

District of the Gulf,

Major-General Maury,

September 12:

District staff 12 ---- ----

Higgins' brigade a 145 1,617 1,617

Thomas' brigade 97 1,250 1,250

Liddell's command 205 2,782 2,782

McCulloch's brigade b 84 890 890

Engineer company 2 54 54

Total 545 6,593 6,593

Wirt Adams' district, 175 2,073 2,037

September 21

Hodge's district, August 2 116 1,716 1,716

c

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

August 24 c

Total 434 5,180 5,180

Major-General Forrest's

command: d

Cavalry 376 4,259 4,259

Artillery 18 268 268

Total 394 4,527 4,527

Military posts: e

Meridian, Miss., September 27 143 143

20

Grenada, Miss., August 31 15 ----

----

Columbus, Miss., September 5 25 25

19

Brookhaven, Miss., 13 ---- ----

September 3

Cahaba, Ala., August 31 14 98 100

Brandon, Miss., September 7 10 10

20

Total 81 276 278

Grand Total 1,474 16,576 16,578

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate

present. present and present and

absent. absent last

return.

General staff 20 20 19

District of the Gulf,

Major-General Maury,

September 12:

District staff 12 12 15

Higgins' brigade a 2,056 3,054 2,795

Thomas' brigade 1,744 2,457 2,452

Liddell's command 3,773 6,934 3,896

McCulloch's brigade b 1,270 2,613 ----

Engineer company 65 103 103

Total 8,920 15,173 9,261

Wirt Adams' district, 2,934 5,505 5,184

September 21

Hodge's district, August 2,003 4,681 4,681

2 c

Daniel W. Adams' 1,871 3,640 215

district, August 24 c

Total 6,808 13,826 10,080

Major-General Forrest's

command: d

Cavalry 5,466 9,232 9,232

Artillery 333 444 467

Total 5,799 9,676 9,699

Military posts: e

Meridian, Miss., 232 322 323

September 20

Grenada, Miss., August 31 15 15 15

Columbus, Miss., 30 30 34

September 19

Brookhaven, Miss., 25 43 43

September 3

Cahaba, Ala., August 31 131 147 154

Brandon, Miss., September 17 17 17

20

Total 450 574 586

Grand Total 21,997 39,269 29,654

a One officer and 112 men absent in arrest and 45 officers and 1,066 men prisoners in the hands of the enemy, enumerated with "absent with leave. "

b Temporarily detached from Forrest's command.

c No report since last return.

d Field return dated Cherokee Station, Tenn. [Ala.], September 20, 1864: Cavalry - effective, 2,960; total, 3,217; aggregate, 3,532. Artillery - effective, 88; total, 123; aggregate, 133. Dismounted cavalry battalion - effective, 159; total; 185; aggregate, 192. All detached from this return.

e 811 Federal prisoners (27 commissioned officers, 780 men, and 4 negroes).

Artillery embraced in returns of district commanders.