The losses of this brigade from the 20th of January, 1865, to the present time are as follows:

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officers. Men. Total. Officers. Men. Total.

88th . . 5 5 4 27 31

Indiana.

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33rd . . 5 5 . . 31 31

Ohio. .

94th . . 2 2 . . 11 11

Ohio. .

21st 1 2 3 . . 25 25

Wisconsi

n. .

42nd 1 1 2 1 7 8

Indiana.

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104th . . 2 2 1 13 14

Illinois

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Total. . 2 17 19 6 114 120

Command. Officers. Men. Total. Officers. Men. Total.

88th . . 3 3 4 35 39

Indiana.

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33rd 1 28 29 1 64 65

Ohio. .

94th . . 8 8 . . 21 21

Ohio. .

21st . . 20 20 1 47 48

Wisconsi

n. .

42nd . . 3 3 2 11 13

Indiana.

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104th 1 11 12 2 26 28

Illinois

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Total. . 2 73 75 10 204 214

Inclosed you will find a list of casualties by name. * I also forward herewith the official reports of the several regiments.

In conclusion, I would state that Lieutenant-Colonel Briant, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel M. H. Fitch, Twenty-First Wisconsin Infantry, are deserving of mention. They have acted as wing commanders during the campaign; and I am much indebted to their energy, care, and bravery, both on the march and on the battle-field, for the remarkable preservation of the brigade. My staff, Captain J. W. Ford, acting assistant adjutant-general; Captain Sherock, inspector, and Lieutenant Whittaker, aide-de-camp, are also well deserving of mention. Their prompt and valuable assistance and gallant conduct during the perilous campaign deserves my highest acknowledgments. Captain Van Valkenburg, assistant quartermaster, and Captain Stuart, acting commissary of sustenance, also deserve to be mentioned for the able and energetic manner they have managed their respective departments.

I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. C. HOBART,

Brevet Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Captain JAMES E. EDMONDS,

Actg. Asst. Adjt. General, First Div., Fourteenth Army Corps.

Numbers 68. Report of Major John H. Widmer, One hundred and fourth Illinois Infantry, of operations January 20-March 23.

HEADQUARTERS 104TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY,
Goldsborough, N. C. March 25, 1865.

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the One hundred and fourth Illinois Infantry during the late campaign:

At 10 a.m. of January 20, 1865, the regiment broke up camp near Savannah, Ga., and 11 a.m. moved out on the Louisville road and camped seven miles from the city; we moved with an effective force of 178 enlisted men and 11 commissioned officers. January 21 and 22, we remained in camp. January 23, the regiment was engaged in repairing

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* Omitted.

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