Cutts' Georgia Battalion.

Lieutenant Colonel A. S. CUTTS.

Ross' (Georgia) Battery, Captain H. M. Ross.

Patterson's (Georgia) Battery, Captain George M. Patterson.

Irwin (Georgia) Artillery, Captain John T. Wingfield.

Absttact from the return of the Departmant of Richmond, Major General Arnold Elzey, C. S. Army, commanding, August 31, 1863.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Effective

total

present.

General 11 ....... .........

headquarters

Ransom's division 444 7,132 7,539

Wise's command a 165 2,533 2,689

Chaffin's Bluff 21 271 329

Drewry's Bluff 18 248 358

Richmond defenses 73 1,448 1,586

Total 732 11,632 12,501

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of

present. present and field

absent. artillery.

General 11 11 ........

headquarters

Ransom's division 8,525 11,617 40

Wise's command a 3,256 4,456 10

Chaffin's Bluff 466 503 18

Drewry's Bluff 445 491 ......

Richmond defenses 1,851 2,121 14

Total 14,554 19,199 82

a And the 40th Virginia Cavalry Battalion.

Troops in the Department of Richmond, Major General Arnold Elzey, C. S. Army, commanding, August 31, 1863.

RANSOM'S DIVISION.*

Ransom's Brigade.

Brigadier General M. W. RANSOM.

24th North Carolina, Colonel William J. Clarke.

25th North Carolina, Colonel H. M. Rutledge.

35th North Carolina, Colonel John G. Jones.

49th North Carolina, Colonel Lee M. McAfee.

56th North Carolina, Colonel Paul F. Faison.

Artillery Battalion.

Major FRANCIS J. BOGGS.

Martin's (Verginia) Battery,

Sturdivant's (Virginia) Battery.

Webb's (North Carolina) Battery.

Jenkins' Brigade.

Brigadier General M. JINKINS.

1st South Carolina (Volunteers) Colonel F. W. Kilpatrick.

2nd South Carolina Rifles, Colonel Thomas Thomson.

5th South Carolina, Colonel A. Coward,

6th South Carolina, Colonel John Bratton.

Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion, Colonel M. W. Gary.

Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters, Colonel Joseph Walker.

Artillery Battalion.

Major JAMES R. BRANCH.

Bradford's (Mississippi) Battery.

Coit's (South Carolina) Battery.

Pegram's (Virginia) Battery.

Wright's (Virginia) Battery.

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*Jenkins probably in command.

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