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603 Series I Volume XXXII-III Serial 59 - Forrest's Expedition Part III

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Abstract from return of the Army of Tennessee, &c.- Continued.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Effective

total

present.

Hood's division:

Staff.. 21 ... ...

Hindman's division.. 493 5,704 5,565

Stewart's division.. 433 5,184 5,054

Stevenson's division.. 486 6,196 6,054

Total.. 1,433 17,084 16,673

Battalion Engineer 17 417 414

troops..

1st Louisiana Infantry 6 111 107

(Engineer)..

Total infantry.. 3,277 35,518 34,600

Cavalry:

Wheelere's cavalry corps.. 434 4,604 4,512

Escort army headquarters.. 7 152 152

Escorts Hardee's corps.. 15 195 194

Escorts Hood's corps.. 5 106 104

1st Louisiana Cavalry b.. ... ... ...

Total cavalry.. 461 4,962 4,962

Artillery:

Hardee's corps.. 52 1,061 1,035

Hood's corps.. 38 889 857

Wheeler's corps.. 7 189 185

Reserve regiment.. 44 803 769

Total artillery.. 141 2,924 2,846

Grand total Army of 3,879 43,517 42,408

Tennessee..

Command. Aggregate aggregate Pieces of

present. present artillery.

and

absent.

Hood's division:

Staff.. 21 23 ...

Hindman's division.. 6,963 12,038 ...

Stewart's division.. 6,448 11,646 ...

Stevenson's division.. 7,538 10,951 ...

Total.. 20,970 34,658 ...

Battalion Engineer 494 615 ...

troops..

1st Louisiana Infantry 129 255 ...

(Engineer)..

Total infantry.. 44,454 70,518 ...

Cavalry:

Wheelere's cavalry corps.. 6,247 11,007 ...

Escort army headquarters.. 171 240 ...

Escorts Hardee's corps.. 250 366 ...

Escorts Hood's corps.. 183 287 ...

1st Louisiana Cavalry b.. ... ... ...

Total cavalry.. 6,851 11,900 ...

Artillery:

Hardee's corps.. 1,269 1,630 45

Hood's corps.. 1,060 1,277 36

Wheeler's corps.. 215 282 10

Reserve regiment.. 957 1,206 36

Total artillery.. 3,501 4,395 127

Grand total Army of 54,806 86,813 127

Tennessee..

b First Louisiana Cavalry ordered to the Mississippi Department.

Abstract from return of the Army, Department Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, commanding, March 10, 1864; headquarters Demopolis, Ala.

Present for duty.

Command. Offic- Men. Effec- Aggrega- Aggrega

ers. tive te -te

total. present. present

and

absent.

General staff.. 10 ... ... 10 11

Loring's

division:

Infantry.. 420 4,335 4,284 5,510 9,465

Artillery.. 24 423 405 493 829

Total.. 444 4,758 4,689 6,003 10,294

French's

division:

Infantry.. 236 2,315 2,286 2,959 4,938

Artillery.. 11 177 168 201 271

Total.. 247 2,492 2,454 3,160 5,209

Post of 38 335 335 386 426

Demopolis..

Post of Selma.. 22 174 174 216 262

Post of Cahaba.. 37 254 254 351 501

Enginner troops.. 16 84 84 118 156

Paroled and 36 289 287 378 637

exchanged

prisoners a..

Lee's division of 656 7,729 7,655 10,040 16,734

cavalry and

escort b..

Artillery in 11 74 73 110 137

Ruggles'

command..

Grand total c.. 1,517 16,189 15,996 20,772 34,367

a No report from General Withers.

b No report from General Forrest.

c Artillery, 26 field pieces.


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