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194 Series I Volume XXXII-I Serial 57 - Forrest's Expedition Part I

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Return of Casualties in the Union forces - Continued.

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officers. Men. Officers. Men.

Second Brigade.

Lieutenant Colonel

WILLIAM P. HEPBURN.

6th Illinois.. ... ... ... 7

7th Illinois.. ... 4 ... 15

9th Illinois.. ... 1 ... 20

2nd Iowa.. 1 7 ... 27

Total Second 1 12 ... 69

Brigade..

Third Brigade.

Colonel LA FAYETTE

McCRILLIS.

3rd Illinois ... 4 ... 1

(companies)..

72nd Indiana ... 2 2 12

(Mounted

Infantry)..

5th Kentucky.. ... ... 2 3

2nd Tennessee.. ... ... 1 ...

3rd Tennessee.. ... ... ... ...

4th Tennessee.. ... 11 2 16

Total Third ... 17 7 32

Brigade..

UNASSIGNED.

4th United States.. ... 6 ... 13

Total Smith's 2 52 16 163

column..

YAZOO EXPEDITION.

Colonel JAMES H.

COATES.

11th Illinois.. 1 9 ... 40

8th Louisiana (A. ... 11 7 59

D.)..

1st Mississippi 2 8 1 14

Cavalry (A. D.)..

Total Yazoo 3 28 8 113

expedition..

Grand total.. 5 108 25 360

Captured or missing.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate.

Second Brigade.

Lieutenant Colonel

WILLIAM P. HEPBURN.

6th Illinois.. ... 5 12

7th Illinois.. ... 7 26

9th Illinois.. ... 10 81

2nd Iowa.. ... 11 46

Total Second ... 33 115

Brigade..

Third Brigade.

Colonel LA FAYETTE

McCRILLIS.

3rd Illinois ... 8 13

(companies)..

72nd Indiana 1 9 26

(Mounted

Infantry)..

5th Kentucky.. ... 3 8

2nd Tennessee.. ... 15 16

3rd Tennessee.. ... 5 5

4th Tennessee.. ... 5 34

Total Third 1 45 102

Brigade..

UNASSIGNED.

4th United States.. 1 32 52

Total Smith's 2 153 388

column..

YAZOO EXPEDITION.

Colonel JAMES H.

COATES.

11th Illinois.. ... 16 66

8th Louisiana (A. ... 2 79

D.)..

1st Mississippi ... 13 38

Cavalry (A. D.)..

Total Yazoo ... 31 183

expedition..

Grand total.. 4 410 912

Officers killed or mortally wounded.- Lieuts. James K. Catlin, 2nd Illinois Cavalry; Hezekiah G. Dwire, 2nd Iowa Cavalry; Robert Jehu, 11th Illinois Infantry; Eugene E. Walter, 1st Mississippi Cavalry (A. D.); Archibald Stewart, 1st Mississippi Cavalry (A. D.).


Numbers 4. Report of Major General Stephen A. Hurlbut, U. S. Army, commanding Sixteenth Army Corps, of expedition to Meridian, with itinerary of the corps, January 26-March 10.


HEADQUARTERS SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Vicksburg, Miss., March 7, 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to report that owing to the non-receipt of full report of the march and operations of the First Division, and the absence of any report from Brigadier General A. J. Smith, commanding Third Division, Sixteenth Corps, I am unable to report fully on the late expedition to Meridian, Miss., and beg to offer the following


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