Abstract from return of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, Major General Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of January, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters 29 69 99

Fort Monroe 96 2,741 3,168

Norfolk and Portsmouth (Wild) 121 2,946 3,545

Portsmouth (Heckman) 245 5,034 6,384

Yorktown and vicinity 273 6,365 7,895

(Wistar)

Newport New (Dutton) 54 1,066 1,431

District of Saint Mary's 69 1,609 2,456

(Marston)

Drummondtown (Powell) 28 543 621

Eastville (Duvall) 3 74 79

District of North Carolina

(Peck):

Headquarters 20 --- 20

Defenses of New Berne 169 3,349 4,345

(Palmer)

Sub-district of the Albemarle 123 2,115 2,751

(Wessells)

Sub-district of Beaufort 67 1,875 2,328

(Jourdan)

Sub-district of the Pamlico 36 1,387 1,667

(McChesney)

Total 1,233 29,423 36,789

Pieces of artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy. Field.

present

and

absent.

General headquarters 125 --- ---

Fort Monroe 3,643 6 2

Norfolk and Portsmouth (Wild) 4,192 --- 6

Portsmouth (Heckman) 11,046 50 38

Yorktown and vicinity 9,217 --- 26

(Wistar)

Newport New (Dutton) 2,563 --- ---

District of Saint Mary's 3,063 --- 3

(Marston)

Drummondtown (Powell) 625 --- ---

Eastville (Duvall) 90 --- ---

District of North Carolina

(Peck):

Headquarters 22 --- ---

Defenses of New Berne 6,295 59 66

(Palmer)

Sub-district of the Albemarle 4,033 17 13

(Wessells)

Sub-district of Beaufort 2,768 55 10

(Jourdan)

Sub-district of the Pamlico 1,943 --- 6

(McChesney)

Total 49,625 187 170

a Includes signal detachment.

Organization of troops in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, Major General Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Armu. commanding, January 31, 1864.

FORT MONROE.

3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Colonel Joseph Roberts.

U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Second Battalion, Major James W. H. Stickney.

1st U. S. Colored Cavalry, Colonel Jeptha Garrard.

2nd U. S. Colored Cavalry, Colonel George W. Cole.

2nd U. S. Colored Artillery, Battery B, Captain Francis C. Choate.

Army gun-boats, Brigadier General Charles K. Graham.

Signal Corps, Captain Jesse Merrill.

NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.

Brigadier General EDWARD A. WILD.

African Brigade.

Colonel JOHN H. HOLMAN.

2nd North Carolina, Colonel Alonzo G. Draper.

3rd North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Abial G. Chamberlain.

1st U. S. Colored Troops, Major Elias Wright.

Not brigaded.

27th Massachusetts, Colonel Horace C. Lee.

20th New York Cavalry, Company M, Captain Fred. Steward.

2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery (six companies), Colonel Jones Frankle.

7th New York Battery, Lieutenant Martin V. McIntyre.