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Abstract from return of the Department of the Missouri, Major General John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, commanding, for September, 1863; headquarters Saint Louis, Mo.
Present for duty.
Command. Officers Men Aggregate
present
Department staff 17 --- 17
District of Saint Louis, 77 1,232 2,055
Brigadier General William K.
Strong
District of Rolla, Brigadier 48 1,263 1,619
General Thomas A. Davies
District of Southeastern 77 2,061 2,704
Missouri, Brigadier General
Clinton B. Fisk
Cavalry Division* 235 5,054 6,154
District of Central Missouri, 62 1,375 1,714
Brigadier General Egbert B.
Brown
District of Southwestern 156 3,994 4,796
Missouri, Brigadier General
J. McNeil
District of Northern 37 593 823
Missouri, Colonel Odon
Guitar
District of the Border, 116 2,896 3,539
Brigadier General Thomas
Ewing, jr.
District of the Frontier, 182 5,226 6,515
Brigadier General James G.
Blunt
District of Nebraska, 36 505 641
Brigadier General Thomas J.
McKean
District of Colorado, Colonel 41 1,004 1,308
John M. Chivington
Post of Alton, Ill., Colonel 32 457 681
George W. Kincaid
Post of New Madrid, Mo., 17 378 501
Colonel Chester Harding, jr.
Total 1,133 26,038 33,067
Pieces of artillery.
Command. Aggregate Heavy Field
present
and
absent
Department staff 17 --- ---
District of Saint Louis, 2,583 --- 4
Brigadier General William K.
Strong
District of Rolla, Brigadier 2,880 6 14
General Thomas A. Davies
District of Southeastern 3,092 14 16
Missouri, Brigadier General
Clinton B. Fisk
Cavalry Division* 7,719 --- 16
District of Central Missouri, 2,338 --- 4
Brigadier General Egbert B.
Brown
District of Southwestern 6,195 --- 14
Missouri, Brigadier General
J. McNeil
District of Northern 996 --- ---
Missouri, Colonel Odon
Guitar
District of the Border, 4,626 --- 2
Brigadier General Thomas
Ewing, jr.
District of the Frontier, 9,095 --- ---
Brigadier General James G.
Blunt
District of Nebraska, 723 --- 3
Brigadier General Thomas J.
McKean
District of Colorado, Colonel 1,850 --- 14
John M. Chivington
Post of Alton, Ill., Colonel 740 --- ---
George W. Kincaid
Post of New Madrid, Mo., 575 --- ---
Colonel Chester Harding, jr.
Total 42,929 20 87
Abstract from return of the Army of Arkansas, Major General Frederick Steele commanding for September, 1863; headquarters Little Rock, Ark.
Present for duty.
Command. Officers Men Aggregat Aggregat Piece
e e of
present present heavy
and artil
absent lery
First Cavalry 188 3,904 5,967 8,040 12
Division,
Brigadier
General John
W. Davidson
Second Infantry 207 3,887 5,399 9,564 --
Division,
Brigadier
General Nathan
Kimball
Third Infantry 111 1,751 2,469 3,973 --
Division,
Brigadier
General Samuel
A. Rice
Cavalry 26 429 784 1,194 5
Brigade,
Colonel Powell
Clayton
Artillery, 13 489 590 769 26
Captain
Mortimer M.
Hayden
Cavalry escort, 2 63 88 123 --
Lieutenant
J. K. McLean
Total 547 10,523 15,297 23,663 43
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, D. C., October 1, 1863. (Received October 19.+)
General JOHN M. SCHOFIELD:
There is no organized military force in avowed opposition to the General Government now in Missouri, and if any such should reappear, your duty in regard to it will be too plain to require any special instructions. Still, the condition of things both there and elsewhere is such as to render it indispensable to maintain for a time the United States military establishment in that State, as well as to rely upon it for a fair contribution of support to that establishment generally. Your immediate duty in regard to Missouri now is to advance the efficiency of that establishment, and to so use it, as far as practicable, to compel the
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*But see this division as reported below in the Army of Arkansas.
+See Schofield to Sanborn, October 19,p.666.
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