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Page 340 N. AND SE. VA., N. C. W. VA., MD., AND PA. Chapter LVIII.

Fort Magruder.

Colonel JOSEPH J. MORRISON.

4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Company G, Captain Edward T. Bouve.

20th New York Cavalry, Company H, Lieutenant John D. Lee.

1st New York Mounted Rifles, Company G, Lieutenant David Earle.

1st U. S. Colored Cavalry, Company A, Captain Charles W. Dey.

1st U. S. Colored Cavalry, Company H, Lieutenant Frank A. Smith.

16th New York Heavy Artillery (four companies), Colonel Joseph J. Morrion.

Unattached.

2nd Battalion U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps (five companies), Lieutenant James L. Russell.

Abstract from return of the Middle Military Division, Major General Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of January, 1865.

Present for duty.

Command Officers Men Aggregate Aggregate

present present

and absent

General

headquarte

rs

(Sheridan)

:

Staff 19 .... 19 19

Infantry 7 66 279 473

Cavalry 23 357 450 809

Detachment 8 105 116 154

of Signal

Corps

Total 57 528 864 1,455

Department

of

Washington

(August):

Staff and 396 10,817 14,165 16,737

infantry

Cavalry 112 3,281 4,374 5,188

Artillery 390 10,356 12,666 14,810

Detachment 6 64 73 75

of Signal

Corps

Total 904 24,518 31,278 36,810

Department

of

Pennsylvan

ia

(Cadwalade

r):

Staff and 75 460 744 1,901

infantry

Artillery 1 48 97 206

Detachment 2 58 61 69

of Signal

Corps

Total 78 602 902 2,176

Middle

Department

(Wallace):

Staff and 68 1,925 2,373 3,600

infantry

Cavalry 12 303 332 546

Artillery 6 203 272 339

Total 86 2,431 2,977 4,485

Department

of West

Virginia

(Crook):

Staff and 265 6,848 8,099 11,106

infantry

Cavalry 116 3,521 4,303 5,145

Artillery 48 2,763 2,986 4,115

Total 429 13,132 15,388 20,366

Nineteenth

Army Corps

(Emory):

Staff and 260 4,764 5,940 9,956

infantry

Artillery 12 599 635 765

Total 272 5,363 6,575 10,721

Cavalry

forces

(Torbert):

Staff and 436 12,206 16,893 28,477

cavalry

Artillery 24 627 756 916

Total 460 12,833 17,649 29,393

Grand 2,286 59,407 75,633 105,406

total

Pieces of artillery

Command Heavy Field Headquarters

General

headquarters

(Sheridan):

Staff ... .... Winchester,

Va.

Infantry .... ....

Cavalry .... ....

Detachment of ..... ......

Signal Corps

Total .... .....

Department of Washington,

Washington D. C.

(August):

Staff and ..... ...

infantry

Cavalry .... ....

Artillery 759

Detachment of ....

Signal Corps

Total 759

Department of Philadelphia

Pennsylvania, Pa.

(Cadwalader):

Staff and 75

infantry

Artillery ....

Detachment of ....

Signal Corps

Total 75

Middle Department Baltimore,

(Wallace): Md.

Staff and ..... .....

infantry

Cavalry ..... .....

Artillery ..... .....

Total ..... .....

Department of Cumberland,

West Virginia Md.

(Crook):

Staff and .... .....

infantry

Cavalry .... .....

Artillery 32 66

Total 32 66

Nineteenth Army In the

Corps (Emory): field, Va.

Staff and .... .....

infantry

Artillery .... 26

Total ..... 26

Cavalry forces Winchester,

(Torbert): Va

Staff and cavalry .... .....

Artillery .... 32

Total .... 32

Grand total 866 436


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