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Return of Casualties in the First Army Corps in the engagement on the Rappahannock.

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted

men. men.

McLaw's division:

Kershaw's brigade 2 10 7 83

Barksdale's brigade 4 39 14 194

Semmes' brigade 4 81 26 466

Wofford's brigade 4 70 31 448

Cabell's artillery 1 4 1 20

battalion

Total 15 204 79 1,211

Anderson's division:

Wilcox's brigade 5 51 27 359

Mahone's brigade 2 11 11 97

Posey's brigade 1 40 14 170

Wright's brigade 2 22 9 257

Perry's brigade 2 17 8 82

Total 12 141 69 965

Grand total 27 345 148 2,176

Captured of missing.

Command. Officers Enlisted Aggregate.

men.

McLaw's division:

Kershaw's brigade --- 2 104

Barksdale's brigade 14 327 592

Semmes' brigade --- 26 603

Wofford's brigade --- 9 562

Cabell's artillery --- 2 28

battalion

Total 14 366 1,889

Anderson's division:

Wilcox's brigade --- --- 442

Mahone's brigade --- --- 121

Posey's brigade 6 59 290

Wright's brigade --- --- 290

Perry's brigade --- --- 109

Total 6 59 1,252

Grand total 20 425 3,141

Respectfully submitted.

G. MOXLEY SORREL,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HDQRS. FIRST ARMY CORPS,
May 18, 1863.


No. 314. Reports of Colonel E. P. Alexander, C. S. Artillery, commanding Artillery Battalion, First Army Corps, and Acting Chief of Artillery, Second Corps.

MAY 23, 1863.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations my battalion in the recent engagements on the Rappahannock:

Marching from Carmel Church, Caroline County, at 1 p.m. on the 29th ultimo, we reached the Plank road at its intersection with the Mine road at 10 a.m. on the 30th. Captain [Tyle C.] Jordan's battery was here put into position, an attack being threatened, and the rest of the battalion held in reserve near by.

On the morning of the 1st instant, Lieutenant [J. Thompson] Brown [jr.], within his section of [William W.] Parker's battery, was sent to man two 10-pounder Parrotts assigned to Parker from [A. B.] Rhett's battery (then detached from the battalion). These guns, by order of General Lee, were left in position on Marye's Hill, under Lieutenant Brown. About 1 p.m. the general advance toward Chancellorsville commenced. Captain Jordan's battery, detached, was sent with the advance infantry on the turnpike. The rest of the battalion - comprising [George V.] Moody with four guns, [Pichegru] Woolfolk [jr.] with four guns, Parker with two guns, and Lieutenant [O. B.] Taylor with four guns - moved at the head of the infantry column under General Jackson on


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