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my heartfelt thanks for their noble behavior, and pray that God and their country may add to the rewards which flow from the consciousness of duty performed, and that the time may speedily come when under the flag of a nation one and indivisible benign peace may again smile on us amid the endearments of home and family.

But our victory has cost us the lives of 315 brave officers and soldiers, besides the wounded. Words of praise cannot reach those who died for their country in this battle, but they console and encourage the living. The memory of the brave Hackleman, the chivalrous Kirby Smith,* the true and noble Colonels Thrush, Baker,* and Mills,* and Captain Guy C. Ward, with many others, live with us and in the memory of a free people, while history will inscribe their names among its heroes.

W. S. ROSECRANS.


Numbers 3.

Return of Casualties in the Union forces, commanded by Major General William S. Rosecrans, at the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3 and 4, 1862.

[Compiled from nominal lists of casualties, returns, etc.]

Killed. Wounded.

Commands. Officers. Enlisted Offices. Enlisted

men. men.

ARMY OF THE

MISSISSIPPI.

SECOND

DIVISION.

Brigadier

General

DAVID S.

STANLEY.

Staff. .......... ............ 1 ........

First

Brigade.

Colonel

JOHN W.

FULLER.

27th Ohio 1 8 3 44

39th Ohio .......... 2 2 11

43rd Ohio 2 18 5 71

63rd Ohio 1 23 9 96

Illinois .......... ............ ........... 2

Cavalry,

Jenks'

Company

Michigan .......... ............ ........... 6

Light

Artillery,3r

d Battery

Wisconsin .......... ............ ........... 3

Light

Artillery,

8th Battery

(section)

2nd U. S. .......... ............ ........... 3

Artillery,

Battery F

Total First 4 51 19 236

Brigade

Second

Brigade.

Colonel

JOSEPH A.

MOWER.

26th .......... 2 1 10

Illinois

47th 2 17 3 76

Illinois

5th .......... 6 ........... 16

Minnesota

11th 1 6 1 61

Missouri

8th .......... 14 2 72

Wisconsin

Iowa Light .......... ............ ........... 6

Artillery,

2nd Battery

Total Second 3 45 7 241

Brigade

Total Second 7 96 27 477

Division

Captured or Missing.

Commands. Officers. Enlisted Aggregate.

men.

ARMY OF THE

MISSISSIPPI.

SECOND

DIVISION.

Brigadier

General

DAVID S.

STANLEY.

Staff. ......... ............ 1

First

Brigade.

Colonel

JOHN W.

FULLER.

27th Ohio .......... 6 62

39th Ohio .......... ............ 15

43rd Ohio .......... ............ 96

63rd Ohio .......... 3 132

Illinois .......... ............ 2

Cavalry,

Jenks'Compan

y

Michigan .......... 2 8

Light

Artillery,3r

d Battery

Wisconsin .......... ............ 3

Light

Artillery,

8th Battery

(section)

2nd U. S. .......... ............ 3

Artillery,

Battery F

Total First .......... 11 321

Brigade

Second

Brigade.

Colonel

JOSEPH A.

MOWER.

26th .......... ............ 13

Illinois

47th .......... 10 108

Illinois

5th .......... 4 26

Minnesota

11th .......... 5 74

Missouri

8th .......... 7 95

Wisconsin

Iowa Light .......... ............ 6

Artillery,

2nd Battery

Total Second .......... 26 322

Brigade

Total Second .......... 37 644

Division

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*Died of wounds.

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