Abstract from return of the Middle Department (Eighth Army Corps), Brigadier General Henry H. Lockwood, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of December, 1863.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men.

General headquarters.......... 15 ...........

First Seperate Brigade (Tyler)... 86 1,137

Second Seperate Brigade (Morris) 79 1,791

District of Delaware (D. Tyler) 14 392

Annapolis, Md. (Waite)....... 13 192

Baltimore, Md............. 42 976

Benedict, Md. (Birney)......... 59 1,498

Drummondtown, Va. (Comegys)...... 29 646

Eastville, Va. (Duvall)...... 1 69

Fort Delaware, Del. (Schoepf).... 14 274

Total...................... 352 6,975

Command. Aggrega Aggregat Remarks

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present present

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General headquarters.......... 15 15

First Seperate Brigade (Tyler)... 1,328 1,514 Realy

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Second Seperate Brigade (Morris) 2,399 2,844 Fort

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District of Delaware (D. Tyler) 432 760 Headqua

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Annapolis, Md. (Waite)....... 244 311

Baltimore, Md............. 1,248 1,630

Benedict, Md. (Birney)......... 2,067 2,389

Drummondtown, Va. (Comegys)...... 716 751

Eastville, Va. (Duvall)...... 78 92

Fort Delaware, Del. (Schoepf).... 404 443

Total...................... 8,985 10,749

Troops in the Middle department (Eighth Army Corps), Brigadier General Henry H. Lockwood, U. S. Army, commanding, December 31, 1863.

FIRST SEPARATE BRIGADE.

Brigadier General ERASTUS B. TYLER.

3rd Delaware, Colonel Samuel H. Jenkins.

3rd Maryland (Potomac Home Brigade), Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gilpin.

Purnell (Maryland) Legion, Colonel Samuel A. Graham.

Purnell (Maryland) Cavalry, Company B, Captain Thomas H. Watkins.

SECOND SEPARATE BRIGADE.

Bvt. Brigadier General WILLIAM W. MORRIS.

10th Maryland, Colonel William H. Revere, jr.

5th New York Heavy Artillery, Major Casper Urban.

8th New York Heavy Artillery (ten companies), Lieutenant Colonel Willard W. Bates.

2nd U. S. Artillery, Battery I, Captain Thomas Grey.

DISTRICT OF DELAWARE.

Brigadier General DANIEL TYLER.

5th Maryland, Captain Samuel Ford.

1st Delaware Cavalry, Company A, Captain William P. Lord.

1st Delaware Cavaley, Company D, Lieutenant Solomon Townsend.

Purnell (Maryland) Cavalry, Company C, Captain Theodore Clayton.

BALTINORE, MD.

Artillery Reserve.

Captain FREDERICK W. ALEXANDER.

Maryland Light, Battery A (Junior Artillery), Captain John M. Bruce.

Maryland Light, Battery B, (Eagle Artillery), Captain Joseph H. Audoun.

Baltimore Light Artillery, Captain Frederick W. Alexander.

3rd Pennsylvania, Battery H, Captain William D. Rank.

Cavalry Reserve.

Colonel C. CARROLL TEVIS.

1st Connecticut, Captain William E. Morris.

1st Delaware, Major Napoleon B. Knight.

3rd Maryland, 2nd Battalion, Major William Kelsey.