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Abstract from Monthly Return of the District of West Tennessee-Continued.
Present for duty
Command Officers Men Aggrega- Aggregate Aggrega-
te present te
present present
for duty and
absent
Near
Corinth,
Miss.-Third
Division,
Major
General W.
S.
Rosecrans
Infantry 904 17,992 18,896 22,784 31,303
Cavalry 118 2,736 2,854 3,499 4,577
Artillery 37 1,290 1,327 1,553 1,851
Grand total 1,059 22,018 23,077 27,836 37,731
Columbus,
Ky.-Fourth
Division,
Brigadier
General G.
M. Dodge
Staff 8 ....... 8 8 9
Infantry 172 3,498 3,670 4,631 5,310
Cavalry 51 1,089 1,140 1,407 1,516
Artillery 35 856 891 1,051 1,295
Island 7 216 223 274 315
Numbers 10,
Tenn.-Major
Quincy
McNeil
New Madrid, 6 180 186 233 318
Mo.-Captain
Robert B.
Jones
Hickman, 2 123 125 157 167
Ky.-Captain
E. W. Blake
Smithland, ....... ........ ....... ........ .......
Ky.-Major
T. O.
Bigney+
Grand total 281 5,962 6,243 7,761 8,930
Jackson, 19 61 80 685 922
Tenn.-
Troops
unassigned
Total force 2,584 51,580 54,164 67,059 84,921
in district
Pieces of artillery
Command Heavy Field Aggregate present
and absent last
monthly return
Near Corinth, Miss.-
Third Division, Major
General W. S.
Rosecrans
Infantry ....... ........
Cavalry ....... .......
Artillery ....... 65*
Grand total ....... 65*
Columbus, Ky.-Fourth
Division, Brigadier
General G. M. Dodge
Staff ........ ........ 9
Infantry 42 6 4,136
Cavalry ....... ........ 1,490
Artillery ....... ........ 1,295
Island Numbers 10, ....... ........ 318
Tenn.-Major Quincy
McNeil
New Madrid, Mo.- 12 2 320
Captain Robert B.
Jones
Hickman, Ky.-Captain 2 ....... 166
E. W. Blake
Smithland, Ky.-Major ....... ....... .............
T. O. Bigney+
Grand total 58 8 7,734
Jackson, Tenn.-Troops ....... ....... 883
unassigned
Total force in 56 151 45,596
district
Troops serving in the District of West Tennessee, Major General U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding, September 30, 1862.#
(Headquarters Jackson, Tenn.)
ENGINEER TROOPS.
Bissell's (Missouri) regiment, Colonel Josiah W. Bissell.
ESCORT.
4th Illinois Cavalry, Company A, Captain Embur D. Osband.
FIRST DIVISION.&
Major General WILLIAM T. SHERMAN.
Infantry.
40th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel James W. Boothe.
55th Illinois, Colonel David Stuart.
6th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel John M. Corse.
6th Missouri, Lieutenant Colonel James H. Blood.
8th Missouri, Colonel Giles A. Smith.
46th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Walcutt.
48th Ohio, Colonel Peter J. Sullivan.
53rd Ohio, Colonel Wells S. Jones.
54th Ohio, Colonel T. Kilby Smith.
57th Ohio, Colonel William Mungen.
70th Ohio, Colonel Joseph R. Cockerill.
72nd Ohio, Colonel Ralph P. Buckland.
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*Not given on return.
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+No return.
#As indicated by the district and incomplete subordinate returns for that date. For a description of the territorial commands of Sherman, Ord, Rosecrans, and Quinby see general orders of September 24, p. 237.
&Or Fifth Division, Army of the Tennessee, headquarters Memphis. Brigade organization not given on original return; but see organization September 10, p. 212.
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