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ADDENDA.


HEADQUARTERS FOURTH DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION, OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Columbus, Ga., April 18, 1865

Major E. B. BEAUMONT,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

MAJOR: I have the honor to report the following as the casualties of this command in the operations in and around Columbus, Ga.:

Wounded.

Regiment. Killed Severely Slightly

First Brigade:

3rd Iowa Cavalry 3 8 2

4th Iowa Cavalry 1 4 5

10th Missouri Cavalry 1 1 2

Second Brigade:

5th Iowa Cavalry - 1 -

1st Ohio Cavalry - 1 2

Battery I, 4th Artillery - 1 1

Total 5 16 12

I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES W. LATTA,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS FOURTH DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Atlanta, Ga., May 24, 1865.

Major E. B. BEAUMONT,

Asst. Adjt. General, Cavalry Corps, Mil. Div. of the Mississippi:

SIR: I have the honor to recommend the following promotions to date April 16, 1865: Colonel John W. Noble, Third Iowa Cavalry, to be brevet brigadier-general for gallant conduct at Montevallo and Ebenzer Church April 1, 1865, and strict attention to his duties as a soldier; Colonel B. B. Eggleston, First Ohio Cavalry, to be brevet brigadier-general for gallant conduct at Ebenezer Church April 1, 1865 and Columbus April 16, 1865; Bvt. Major James W. Latta, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, to be major and assistant adjutant-general for gallantry during the campaign; Captain Thomas C. Gilpin, Third Iowa Cavalry, and acting aide-de-camp, to be brevet major for gallantry at Ebenezer Church April 1, 1865; Major W. W. Woods, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, and acting assistant inspector-general Fourth Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, to be brevet lieutenant-colonel for his habitual good conduct and gallantry at Selma, Ala., Captain J. H. Simpson, Fourth Michigan, Cavalry, and acting aide-de-camp, for gallant conduct at Columbus April 16, 1865, to be brevet captain: Second Lieutenant Peter R. Keck, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, acting ordnance officer, for his habitual good conduct on the field throughout the campaign, and especially for


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