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696 Series I Volume XXV-II Serial 40 - Chancellorsville Part II

Page 696 N. VA., W. VA., MD., AND PA. Chapter XXXVII.

Abstract from return of the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, for the month of March, 1863; headquarters, Fredericksburg, Va.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Enlisted

men.

General Staff 17 - -

First Army Corps

(Longstreet)

Anderson's division 567 7,665 7,665

McLaws' division 583 7,984 7,984

Total First Army Corps# 1,150 15,649 15,649

Second Army Corps (Jackson)

Staff 20 - -

A. P. Hill's division 799 10,601 10,601

D. H. Hill's division 668 8,964 8,964

Early's division 596 7,638 7,638

Trimble's division 499 6,130 6,130

Total Second Army Corps 2,582 33,333 33,333

Stuart's cavalry division 458 6,509 6,509

Artillery in rear 78 1,621 1,621

(Pendleton)##

Valley District@ 216 3,186 3,186

Grand total 4,501 60,298 60,298

Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of

Command. present. present artillery.

and absent

General Staff 17 18 -

First Army Corps

(Longstreet)

Anderson's division 9,960 14,419 4

McLaws' division 10,095 13,741 (*)

Total First Army Corps# 20,055 28,260 4

Second Army Corps (Jackson)

Staff 20 21 -

A. P. Hill's division 13,657 19,487 (*)

D. H. Hill's division 11,418 15,703 (*)

Early's division 9,936 14,470 4

Trimble's division 8,095 12,478 (*)

Total Second Army Corps 43,129 62,159 4

Stuart's cavalry division 8,454 12,276 12

Artillery in rear 1,928 2,383 69

(Pendleton)##

Valley District@ 3,796 4,863 7

Grand total 77,379 109,859 96

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*Guns not reported on the original return.

#Hood's, Pickett's, and Ransom's divisions detached.

##Artillery of Second Army Corps not reported.

@Imboden's brigade and [H. B.] Davidson's command not reported.

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Abstract from return of the Department of Western Virginia, Major General Samuel Jones, C. S. Army, commanding, for the month of March, 1863; headquarters, Dublin, Va.

Present for duty.

Officers. Men. Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of

present. present and last artillery.

Command. absent return.

First and Third 82 1,337 1,608 1,980 1,929 -

Brigades,

(Brigadier

General J.

Echols)

Second Brigade 97 1,549 1,846 2,348 2,320 -

(Brigadier

General J. S.

Williams)

Fourth Brigade 71 1,219 1,408 1,593 1,657 -

(Colonel John

McCausland)

Unattached 91 1,738 1,987 2,834 - -

regiments and

companies

Total infantry 341 5,843 6,849 8,755 5,906 -

Cavalry Brigade 123 1,488 1,955 3,968 3,555 -

(Brigadier

General A. G.

Jenkins)

Artillery (one 14 455 512 692 1,294 36

battalion and

five batteries)

Officers - - 12 12 11 -

detached at

posts

Grand total 478 7,786 9,328 13,427 10,766 36


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