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Appendix B.
Consolidated report of forage consumed and animals captured on the march from Savannah, Ga., to Goldsborough, N. C., by the Seventeenth Army Corps.
Command. Horses. Mules. Corn.
Headquarters;
Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .
Captured 60 40 75,460
First Division:
Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .
Captured 585 864 575,364
Total 585 864 575,364
Third Division:
Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .
Captured 400 600 1,381,860
Total 400 600 1,381,860
Fourth Division:
Drawn from depot . . . . . . 130,622
Captured 287 452 270,000
Total 287 452 400,622
9th Illinois Mounted
Infantry:
Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .
Captured 40 10 250,000
Total 40 10 250,000
Lieutenant M. F.
Swortzcope, acting assistant
quartermaster:
Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .
Captured 1 5 13,320
Total 1 5 13,320
Aggregate 1,373 1,971 2,696,726
Command. Hay. Oats. Fodder.
Headquarters;
Drawn from depot . . . . . . . .
Captured . . . . . . . . .
First Division:
Drawn from depot 3,400 32,880 . . .
Captured . . . . . . 686,700
Total 3,400 32,880 686,700
Third Division:
Drawn from depot . . . 325,000 . . .
Captured . . . . . . 1,000. 000
Total . . . 325,000 1,000. 000
Fourth Division:
Drawn from depot 196,023 345,225 . . .
Captured . . . . . . 432,000
Total 196,023 345,225 432,000
9th Illinois Mounted
Infantry:
Drawn from depot . . . 8,710 . . .
Captured . . . . . . 200,000
Total . . . 8,710 200,000
Lieutenant M. F.
Swortzcope, acting assistant
quartermaster:
Drawn from depot . . . 10,500 . . .
Captured . . . . . . 28,200
Total . . . 10,500 28,200
Aggregate 199,423 722,345 2,346,900
Appendix C.
List of casualties, Seventeenth Army Corps, during the campaign from Savannah, Ga., to Goldsborough, N. C.
Command. Killed. Wounded. Missing Aggrega
. te.
First DIVISION 29 206 55 290
Third Division 2 14 20 36
Fourth Division 5 28 12 45
9th Illinois Mounted 2 4 4 10
Infantry
Company G, 11th Illinois . . . . . . 3 3
Cavalry
Total 38 252 94 384
There were captured 380 prisoners of war and 162 deserters.
ADDENDA.
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
Near Rivers' Bridge, S. C., February 5, 1865.Major General F. P. BLAIR,
Commanding Seventeenth Army CORPS:
GENERAL: Allow me to congratulate you on the success achieved by your command in breaking the line of the Salkehatchie. The enemy chose a position of incomparable strength and met us at every crossing with defiant boldness. Your First Division, under Major- General
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