Abstract from return of the Department of North Carolina, General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, commanding, for January 31, 1865.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Effective

total

present.

STAFF.

General. 8 2 2

Second District. 9 3 3

Third District. 6 ... ...

Total. 23 5 5

INFANTRY.

Second District. 167 2,272 2,351

Third District. 102 1,453 1,513

Hoke's division. 368 4,706 4,919

Total. 637 8,431 8,783

HEAVY ARTILLERY.

Second District. 8 153 188

Third District. 21 310 317

Total. 29 463 505

LIGHT ARTILLERY.

Second District. 18 522 557

Third District. 19 494 533

Total. 37 1,016 1,090

CAVALRY.

Second District. 26 414 460

Third District. 36 585 585

Total. 62 999 1,045

Engineer troops. 2 85 86

Signal Corps. 1 34 34

Grand total. 791 11,033 11,548

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of

present. present and field

absent. artillery.

STAFF.

General. 10 11 ...

Second District. 12 12 ...

Third District. 6 12 ...

Total. 38 35 ...

INFANTRY.

Second District. 2,708 5,311 ...

Third District. 1,710 2,432 ...

Hoke's division. 5,625 11,891 ...

Total. 10,043 19,634 ...

HEAVY ARTILLERY.

Second District. 230 439 ...

Third District. 357 464 ...

Total. 587 903 ...

LIGHT ARTILLERY.

Second District. 624 812 20

Third District. 578 661 24

Total. 1,202 1,473 44

CAVALRY.

Second District. 520 696 ...

Third District. 657 932 ...

Total. 1,177 1,628 ....

Engineer troops. 92 97 ...

Signal Corps. 35 37 ...

Grand total. 13,164 32,807 44

REMARKS.-The 4th, 5th, and 7th Regiments, and 8th Battalion Home Guards, which were reported with the infantry of Second District on the last return are disbanded. A number of men reported on the last return as serving as heavy artillery in the Third District are now reported as infantry, which explains the diminution of one aggregate and the increase of the other. The 36th North Carolina Regiment and a number of the detached companies captured at Fort Fisher, reported on the last return as heavy artillery, are not borne at all on this, which further diminishes the aggregate present and absent of heavy artillery. Company D, 13th North Carolina Battalion, serving as light artillery, has been converted into heavy artillery, its guns and part of the men and horses having been captured.

Organization of troops in the Department of North Carolina, General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865.

SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT.

Brigadier General LAWRENCE S. BAKER.

First Sub-District, Goldsborough.

Colonel STEPHEN D. POOL.

68th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Yellowley.

3rd Junior Reserves, Lieutenant Colonel William F. French.

Senior Reserves Battalion, Major Boaz F. Hooks.

Senior Reserves (one company), Captain J. Dawson.

Senior Reserves (one company), Captain John B. Griswold.

Detachments Kelly's battery.

a Serving as provost guard.

b Fifteen horses belonging to State of North Carolina.