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811 Series I Volume XXXI-I Serial 54 - Knoxville and Lookout Mountain Part I

Page 811 Chapter XLIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.- UNION.

Abstract from returns of the Department of the Ohio, Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of October, 1863. Present for

duty

Command. Officers Men Aggregate Aggregate

present present and

absent.

General headquarters 79

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80 82

Ninth Army Corps

(Potter):

Staff 14

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14 18

Troops unassigned 31 551 627 981

First Division 177 2,683 3,445 6,581

Second Division 150 2,746 3,563 5,327

Total Ninth Army 327 5,980 7,649 12,907

Corps.

Twenty-third Army

Corps (Manson):

Staff and escort 14 95 110 180

First Division 450 9,659 11,957 14,786

Second Division 191 3,308 4,060 5,654

Third Division 168 3,646 4,480 5,941

Fourth (cavalry) 345 7,113 8,552 12,004

Division

Reserve Artillery 12 290 316 363

(Konkle)

Engineer troops 3 185 225 262

Total Twenty-third 1,183 24,296 29,700 39,190

Army Corps.

Left Wing forces in 178 4,213 4,994 6,419

East Tennessee

(Willcox).

District of Ohio (Cox) 115 3,028 3,675 4,499

District of Illinois 55 979 1,377 1,660

(Ammen)

District of Indiana 49 1,103 1,444 1,749

and Michigan

(Simonson)

Newport Barracks, Ky. 4 77 107 111

(Eastman)

Sandusky, Ohio 12 231 341 399

(Pierson)

Grand total 2,047 39,907 49,367 67,016

Pieces of

artillery

Command. Aggregate Heavy Field Headquarter

last s

monthly

return.

General headquarters 82 ----

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In the

field

Ninth Army Corps Lenoir's

(Potter): Station

Staff 16

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Do.

Troops unassigned 142 ---- 4 Do.

First Division 6,988 ---- 10 Do.

Second Division 4,900 ---- 17 Do.

Total Ninth Army 12,046 ---- 31

Corps.

Twenty-third Army

Corps (Manson):

Staff and escort 181

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KnoxvilleTe

nnessee

First Division 9,827 8 88 Kentucky.

Second Division 5,741

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12 Loudon,

Tennessee

Third Division 5,809

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16 Knoxville, T

ennessee

Fourth (cavalry) 12,020

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20 In the

Division field,

East., Tenne

ssee

Reserve Artillery 370

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12 KnoxvilleTe

(Konkle) nnessee

Engineer troops 319

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Do.

Total Twenty-third 34,267 8 148

Army Corps.

Left Wing forces in 6,473

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16 Greeneville

East Tennessee, Tennessee

(Willcox).

District of Ohio (Cox) 6,497

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----

District of Illinois 2,167 ---- 1

(Ammen)

District of Indiana 3,020 ----

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and Michigan

(Simonson)

Newport Barracks, Ky. 104

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-----

(Eastman)

Sandusky, Ohio 397

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-----

(Pierson)

Grand total 65,053 8 196

Abstract from returns of the First Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, Brigadier General Jeremiah T. Boyle, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of October, 1863.

Present for

duty

Command. Officers Men Aggregate Aggregate

present present and

absent.

Headquarters 11 7 18 19

Louisville, Ky. 26 411 555 723

Eastern Kentucky 53 1,310 1,595 1,863

Northern Central 151 3,125 3,942 5,941

Kentucky

Somerset, Ky. 33 964 1,131 1,320

Southern Central 110 2,199 2,758 3,160

Kentucky

Southwestern 66 1,643 1,958 2,210

Kentucky

Total 450 9,659 11,957 14,786

Pieces of

artillery

Command. Aggregate Heavy Field Headquarters

last monthly

return.

Headquarters 19

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-----

LouisvilleKy.

,

Louisville, Ky. 712

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4

Eastern Kentucky 1,835

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8 Louisa.

Northern Central 3,566 5 30 Camp Nelson.

Kentucky

Somerset, Ky. 489

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2

Southern Central 1,435 2 25 Munfordville.

Kentucky

Southwestern 1,771 1 19 Bowling Green

Kentucky

Total 9,827 8 88


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