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291 Series I Volume XXXI-III Serial 56 - Knoxville and Lookout Mountain Part III

Page 291 Chapter XLIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - UNION.

Abstract from returns of the Department of the Cumberland, Maj. General George H. Thomas, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of November, 1863.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters 14 ---- 14

Fourth Army Corps (Granger):

Headquarters 9 ---- 9

First Division (Stanley) 441 6,735 8,408

Second Division (Sheridan) 322 5,682 6,902

Third Division (Wood) 408 6,705 8,176

Total Fourth Army Corps 1,180 19,122 23,495

Hooker's command:

Headquarters 8 ---- 8

Eleventh Army Corps (Howard) 334 6,119 7,456

Twelfth Army Corps (Slocum):

Headquarters 11 61 83

First Division (Williams) 269 4,772 5,505

Second Division (Geary) 206 3,988 4,712

Detachment 4 145 177

Total Hooker's command 832 15,085 17,941

Fourteenth Army Corps

(Palmer):

Headquarters 22 239 372

First Division (Johnson) 312 6,153 8,034

Second Division (Davis) 312 5,984 7,267

Third Division (Baird) 295 5,951 7,464

Total Fourteenth Army Corps 941 18,327 23,137

Cavalry Corps (Elliott):

Headquarters 6 ---- 6

First Division (McCook) 231 4,089 5,145

Second Division (Crook) 300 5,694 7,028

Total cavalry 537 9,783 12,179

Artillery Reserve (Brannan) 57 1,631 1,803

Engineer troops (W. F. Smith) 63 864 1,139

Pioneer Brigade (Buell) 55 818 1,281

Garrison, &c., Chattanooga 31 597 782

Spears' brigade 77 1,308 1,709

District of Nashville a 542 10,713 13,657

Unassigned:

Cavalry 24 400 484

Infantry b 88 2,232 2,728

Grand total 4,441 80,880 100,349

Pieces of

artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy Field Station.

present and . .

absent.

General headquarters 32 --- --- Chattanooga.

Fourth Army Corps (Granger):

Headquarters 9 --- --- On march to

Knoxville.

First Division (Stanley) 13,762 --- 18 Bridgeport,

Ala.

Second Division (Sheridan) 14,593 --- 18 On march to

Knoxville.

Third Division (Wood) 15,263 --- 18 Do.

Total Fourth Army Corps 43,627 --- 54

Hooker's command:

Headquarters 8 --- --- Ringgold,

Ga.

Eleventh Army Corps (Howard) 12,898 --- 25 On march to

Knoxville.

Twelfth Army Corps (Slocum):

Headquarters 87 --- --- Tullahoma,

Tennessee

First Division (Williams) 7,764 --- 20 Do.

Second Division (Geary) 7,342 --- 10 Ringgold,

Ga.

Detachment 221 --- --- Shelbyville,

Tennessee

Total Hooker's command 28,320 --- 55

Fourteenth Army Corps

(Palmer):

Headquarters 479 --- --- Chattanooga.

First Division (Johnson) 13,910 --- 16 Do.

Second Division (Davis) 9,669 --- 18 On march to

Knoxville.

Third Division (Baird) 12,588 --- 18 Chattanooga.

Total Fourteenth Army Corps 36,646 --- 52

Cavalry Corps (Elliott):

Headquarters 6 --- --- Near Sligo

Ferry,

Tennessee

First Division (McCook) 7,924 --- 6 Do.

Second Division (Crook) 10,728 --- 6 Huntsville,

Ala.

Total cavalry 18,658 --- 12

Artillery Reserve (Brannan) 2,259 10 78 Chattanooga.

Engineer troops (W. F. Smith) 1,917 --- --- Do.

Pioneer Brigade (Buell) 2,594 --- --- Do.

Garrison, &c., Chattanooga 934 --- --- Do.

Spears' brigade 2,235 --- --- Sale Creek,

Tennessee

District of Nashville a 16,129 32 29 Nashville.

Unassigned:

Cavalry 656 -- ---

Infantry b 3,291 -- ---

Grand total 157,398 42 280

a Including troops at Columbia, Clarksville, Fort Donelson, Gallatin, McMinnville, Murfreesborough, and Nashville.

b At Bridgeport, Cedar Grove, Stevenson, and Sullivan's Branch.


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