duty. On the 19th it was relieved by General Grover's division, of the Nineteenth Corps, which ten arrived from the Army of the Shenandoah. At this time the other divisions of the corps had crossed the River at Savannah and advanced as far upon the other side as Purysburg. I was under orders to follow as soon as possible. Very heavy rains set in on the 19th and lasted night and day until the 23rd, overflowing the country on both sides of the River, and rendering the roads impassable either for troops or trains. I was therefore directed to await further orders. January 24, the storm ceased and the weather grew clear and cold. January 25, clear, freezing weather; received orders to March to-morrow toward Sister's Ferry, following the Fourteenth Corps; later in the day the order was countermanded and I was directed to report for special instructions to Major-General Slocum, commanding Left Wing. January 26, weather continued clear and very cold; received orders to march at 8 a.m. to-morrow by the route indicated in the previous order.

My division at the opening of this campaign was organized as follows: First Brigade, Bvt. Brigadier General A. Pardee, commanding: Fifth Ohio Veteran Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel R. Kirkup; Twenty-ninth Ohio Veteran Volunteers, Captain J. Schoonover; Sixty-sixth Ohio Veteran Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel E. Powell; Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Colonel John Flynn; One hundred and forty-seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel John Craig. Effective strength of brigade: Officers, 68; enlisted men, 1,777.

Second Brigade, Colonel G. W. Mindil, commanding; Thirty-third New Jersey Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel E. Fourat; Seventy-third Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Captain S. D. Miller; One hundred and ninth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Captain William Geary; One hundred and nineteenth New York Volunteers, Colonel J. T. Locman; One hundred and thirty-fourth New York Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel A. H. Jackson; One hundred and fifty-fourth New York Volunteers, Major L. D. Warner. Effective strength of brigade: Officers, 72; enlisted men, 1,145.

Third Brigade, Bvt. Brigadier General H. A. Barnum, commanding: Sixtieth New York Veteran Volunteers, Captain A. B. Shipman; One hundred and second New York Veteran Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel H. S. Chatfield; One hundred and thirty-seventh New York Volunteers, Major M. B. Eldredge; One hundred and forty-ninth New York Volunteers, Captain H. N. Burhans; Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Major G. E. Johnson; One hundred and eleventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Captain W. J. Alexander. Effective strength of brigade: Officers, 92; enlisted men, 1654.

Total effective strength of division: Officers, 261; enlisted men, 5,061.

My entire train comprised 159 army wagons and 33 ambulances. Thirteen pack-mules were allowed to each regiment. Other pack-mules at headquarters, &c., 13; total pack train, 234 mules.

My supply train was loaded as follows:

Days' rations

Salt meat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Hard bread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Sugar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Salt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Pepper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Soap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

This included three days' rations carried in haversacks.

My wagons contained seven days' forage for animals.