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799 Series I Volume XLIX-I Serial 103 - Mobile Bay Campaign Part I

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Organization of troops in the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, commanded by Bvt. Major General James H. Wilson, U. S. Army, February 28, 1865.

ESCORT.

4th U. S. CAVALRY, Captain James B. McIntyre.

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General JOHN T. CROXTON.*

First Brigade.

Brigadier General JOHN T. CROXTON.

8th Iowa, Colonel Joseph B. Dorr.

4th Kentucky Infantry [mounted], Lieutenant

Colonel Josephus H. Tompkins.

6th Kentucky, Major William H. Fidler.

2nd Michigan, Major Marshall J. Dickinson.

Second Brigade.

Colonel OSCAR H. LA GRANGE.

2nd Indiana [battalion], Captain Roswell S. Hill.

4th Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel Horace P. Lamson.

4th Kentucky, Colonel Wickliffe Cooper.

7th Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel William W. Bradley.

1st Wisconsin, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Harnden.

Artillery.

Indiana Light, 18th Battery, Captain Moses M. Beck.

SECOND DIVISION. Brigadier General ELI LONG.

First Brigade.+

Colonel ABRAM O. MILLER.

98th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Kitchell.

123rd Illinois, Captain William E. Adams.

17th Indiana, Colonel Jacob G. Vail.

72nd Indiana, Major Lawson S. Kilborn.

Second Brigade.

Colonel ROBERT H. G. MINTY.

4th Michigan, Captain John C. Hathaway.

3rd Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Horace N. Howland.

4th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel George W. Dobb.

7th Pennsylvania, Colonel Charles C. McCormick.

Artillery.

Illinois Light, Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Captain George I. Robinson.

FOURTH DIVISION.

Bvt. Major General EMORY UPTON.

First Brigade.

Colonel EDWARD F. WINSLOW.

3rd Iowa, Colonel John W. Noble.

4th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Peters.

10th Missouri, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen.

Second Brigade.

Colonel ISRAEL GARRARD.

5th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel Harlon Baird.

1st Ohio, Colonel Beroth B. Eggleston.

7th Ohio, Major Solomon L. Green.

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*Temporarily commanding during the absence of Brigadier General Edward M. McCook.

+Mounted infantry.

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