ARTILLERY.

Alexander's Battalion.

Maj. FRANK HUGER.

Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery, Captain William W. Fickling.

Jordan's (Virginia) Battery, Captain Tyler C. Jordan.

Moody's (Louisiana) Battery, Captain George V. Moody.

Parker's (Virginia) Battery, Captain William W. Parker.

Taylor's (Virginia) Battery, Captain Osmond B. Taylor.

Woolfolk's (Virginia) Battery, Captain Pichegru Woolfolk,jr.

Abstract from return of the Army of Western Virginia and East Tennessee, Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones, C. S. Army, commanding, December 31, 1863; headquarters Dublin Depot, Va.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers Men. Effective Aggregate

total. present.

General staff. 9 --- --- 9

Ransom's division:

Staff 7 --- --- 7

Corse's brigade 95 1,093 1,093 1,324

(infantry)

Wharton's brigade 69 915 915 1,066

(infantry)

A. E. Jackson's brigade 43 313 313 402

(infantry)

Troops at Saltville (45th 35 617 617 702

Virginia)

Jone's brigade (cavalry) 111 1,193 1,193 1,477

William's brigade 98 786 786 1,088

(cavalry)

King's battalion 26 453 453 516

(artillery)

Total Ransom's division 484 5,370 5,370 6,582

Echols' brigade:

Infantry 98 1,310 1,310 1,564

Chapman's (Virginia) 4 107 107 128

battery

Jackson's (Virginia) 3 45 45 53

horse artillery

McCausland's brigade:

Infantry 65 1,122 1,122 1,325

Bryan's (Virginia) 4 119 119 133

battery

Jenkin's brigade

(cavalry):

14th Virginia cavalry a 16 172 172 220

17th Virginia Cavalry b 29 295 295 345

W. L. Jackson's brigade 74 604 604 736

(cavalry) c

Lurty's (Virginia) 5 43 43 55

battery

22nd Virginia 44 488 488 539

Cavalry,unattached

Botetourt (Virginia) 4 85 85 97

Artillery (unattached)

Hart's company of 3 43 43 50

engineer troops

Total 349 4,433 4,433 5,245

Grand total 842 9,803 9,803 11,836

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of

present and last return. field

absent artillery.

General staff. 21 21 ---

Ransom's division:

Staff 7 7 ---

Corse's brigade (infantry) 1,833 1,824 ---

Wharton's brigade (infantry) 1,388 1,383 ---

A. E. Jackson's brigade 961 1,012 ---

(infantry)

Troops at Saltville (45th 918 893 ---

Virginia)

Jone's brigade (cavalry) 3,490 3,474 ---

William's brigade (cavalry) 2,228 2,575 ---

King's battalion (artillery) 689 693 24

Total Ransom's division 11,514 11,861 24

Echols' brigade:

Infantry 2,282 2,313 ---

Chapman's (Virginia) battery 154 152 ---

Jackson's (Virginia) horse 60 67 ---

artillery

McCausland's brigade:

Infantry 1,676 1,683 ---

Bryan's (Virginia) battery 155 154 6

Jenkin's brigade (cavalry):

14th Virginia cavalry a 452 466 ---

17th Virginia Cavalry b 578 565 ---

W. L. Jackson's brigade (cavalry) 1,607 1,611 ---

c

Lurty's (Virginia) battery 79 77 3

22nd Virginia 788 --- ---

Cavalry,unattached

Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery 168 --- 8

(unattached)

Hart's company of engineer 65 73 ---

troops

Total 8,064 7,161 17

Grand total 19,599 19,043 41

a On detached service with Echols' brigade.

b On detached service with McCausland's brigade; 1 lieutenant and 36 men prisoners of war.

c Three officers and 90 men prisoners of war.

[DECEMBER 31, 1863.-For troops in Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee, Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones, C. S. Army, commanding, see Series I, Vol. XXIX, Part II, pp.908,909.]