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Organization of troops in the Department of Western Virginia, commanded by Major General John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, March 31, 1864.
ECHOLS' BRIGADE.
Brigadier General JOHN ECHOLS.
22nd Virginia, Colonel George S. Patton.
23rd Virginia Battalion, Major William Blessing.
26th Virginia Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel George M. Edgar.
Virginia Partisan Rangers, Captain Philip J. Thurmond.
Virginia Partisan Rangers, Captain William D. Thurmond.
M'CAUSLAND'S BRIGADE,
Colonel JOHN McCAUSLAND.
36th Virginia, Major William E. Fife,
45th Virginia, Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Beckley.
60th Virginia, Colonel Beuhring H. Jones.
Hart's Company Engineer Troops, Captain William T. Hart.
AT SALTVILLE.
45th Virginia, Colonel William H. Browne.
JENKINS' BRIGADE. *
14th Virginia Cavalry,+ Colonel James Cochran.
16th Virginia Cavalry, # Lieutenant Colonel William L. Graham.
17th Virginia Cavalry, @ Colonel William H. French.
JACKSON'S BRIGADE.
19th Virginia Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel William P. Thompson.
20th Virginia Cavalry, Colonel William W. Arnett.
46th Virginia Battalion Cavalry.
AT MARION.
22nd Virginia Cavalry, Colonel Henry S. Bowen.
37th Virginia Battalion Cavalry, Company H, Captain William H. Payne.
ARTILLERY.
Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery, Captain Henry C. Douthat.
Bryan's (Virginia) battery, Captain Thomas A. Bryan.
Rhett (Tennessee) Battery, Captain William H. Burroughs.
Chapman's (Virginia) battery, Captain George B. Chapman.
Jackson's (Virginia) Horse Artillery, Captain Thomas E. Jackson.
Lurty's (Virginia) battery, Captain Warren S. Lurty.
McClung' (Tennessee) battery, Captain Hugh L. W. McClung.
WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,
Richmond, Va., April 1, 1864.
General R. E. LEE,
Orange Court-House, Va.:
I have information, believed to be reliable, sent from Maryland on the 26th ultimo, that troops had been passing for days from the west on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Enemy's pickets doubled and every effort made to prevent information. Numbers passing not stated even conjecturally.
J. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
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*Not collected.
+With Echols' brigade.
#At Tazewell Court-House.
@With McCausland's brigade.
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