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Abstract from Tri-monthly Return of the Department of the Tennessee, & c. - Continued.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate Aggregate

present present.

for duty.

RIGHT WING.

Major General

J. B.

MCPHERSON.

Staff 10 --- 10 10

Infantry 651 12,930 13,581 16,042

Cavalry 59 1,208 1,267 1,550

Artillery 19 731 750 809

Total right 739 14,869 15,608 18,411

wing

LEFT WING.

Brigadier

General C. S.

HAMILTON.

Infantry 537 10,268 10,805 12,228

Cavalry 76 1,820 1,896 2,263

Artillery 14 769 783 845

Total left 627 12,857 13,484 15,336

wing

Grand total 2,850 58,271 61,121 70,662

department

Continuation: Pieces of artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy. Field. Aggregate

present present

and absent and ab-

sent last

monthly

return.

RIGHT WING.

Major General

J. B.

MCPHERSON.

Staff 10 --- --- 10

Infantry 18,782 --- --- 15,512

Cavalry 2,683 --- --- 2,272

Artillery 942 --- 38 912

Total right 22,317 --- 38 18,706

wing

LEFT WING.

Brigadier

General C. S.

HAMILTON.

Infantry 20,119 --- --- ---

Cavalry 2,731 --- --- ---

Artillery 1,279 --- 45 ---

Total left 24,129 --- 45 ---

wing

Grand total 88,550 --- 155 49,087

department

Organization of troops in the Department of the Tennessee, Major General U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding, November 10, 1862.

RIGHT WING.*

Major General JAMES B. MCPHERSON.

THIRD DIVISION.

Brigadier General JOHN A. LOGAN.

First Brigade.

Colonel C. CARROLL MARSH.

20th Illinois, Major Orton Frisbie.

30th Illinois, Colonel Elias S. Dennis.

31st Illinois, Colonel Lyndorf Ozburn.

45th Illinois, Colonel John E. Smith.

81st Illinois, Colonel James J. Dollins.

124th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Howe.

Second Brigade.

Colonel MORTIMER D. LEGGETT.

23rd Indiana, Major William P. Davis.

20th Ohio, Colonel Manning F. Force.

68th Ohio, Major John S. Snook.

78th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Zachariah M. Chandler.

Fourth Brigade.

Colonel JOHN D. STEVENSON.

8th Illinois, Major Robert H. Sturgess.

63rd Illinois, Colonel Joseph B. McCown.

17th Illinois, Colonel Addison S. Norton.

7th Missouri, Lieutenant Colonel Wm. S. Oliver.

Artillery.

Captain GEORGE C. GUMBART.

1st Illinois, Battery D, Lieutenant James A. Borland.

2nd Illinois, Batteries E and F, Lieutenant Henry R. Henning.

8th Michigan Battery, Captain Samuel De Golyer.

3rd Ohio Battery, Captain Wm. S. Williams.

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* Headquarters at La Grange, Tenn.

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