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Abstract from return of the Department of the Gulf, &c.-Continued.
Present for duty
Command Officers Men Aggregate Aggregate
present present
and
absent
Thirteenth Army Corps ..... ..... ....... ........
(Ord)
Staff and pioneer 15 11 34 45
corps
First Division 278 4,302 5,678 10,717
(Washburn)
Second Division 101 1,455 1,978 5,678
(Dana)
Third Division 211 3,483 4,055 6,307
(McGinnis)
Fourth Division 204 2,760 3,723 6,040
(brudbridge)
Artillery detached 5 343 377 533
Total Thirteenth Army 814 12,354 15,845 29,320
Corps
Nineteenth Army Corps ..... ..... ........ .........
(Franklin)
Staff and escort 12 44 77 112
First Division 123 3,150 3,773 6,372
(Weitzel)
Third Division 114 2,606 3,092 5,182
(McMillan)
Reserve Artillery 3 133 143 196
Total Nineteenth Army 252 5,933 7,085 11,862
Corps is the field.*
Cavalry division .... ..... ....... ........
(Lee)
Staff 4 ..... 4 5
First Brigade (E. J. 36 802 891 1,100
Davis)
Second Brigade (John 33 733 924 1,479
J. Mudd)
Total cavalry in the 73 1,535 1,819 2,584
field+
Port Hudson
(Andrews):
Staff 10 ..... 10 10
Corps d'Afrique 113 2,568 3,449 3,821
(Ullmann)
Cavalry 16 410 642 812
Artillery 17 392 555 701
Total 156 3,400 4,656 5,344
Baton Rouge
(Gooding):
Staff 2 ..... 2 2
Second Brigade, First 53 665 2,226 3,059
Division, Nineteenth
Army Corps
(Sharpe's).
Cavalry 16 363 467 610
Artillery 14 613 800 1,137
Total 85 2,641 3,495 4,808
Defenses of New
Orleans (Beckwith):
Staff 8 ..... 8 8
First Brigade, Fourth 54 1,595 2,202 3,038
Division, Nineteenth
Army Corps (Birge)
Second Brigade, 95 2,390 3,266 4,062
Fourth Division,
Nineteenth Army Corps
(Cahill).
Other troops+ 98 2,821 3,536 4,075
total 255 6,806 9,012 11,183
District of Key West 35 690 1,028 1,088
and Tortugas
(Woodbury)
District of Pensacola 22 451 596 666
(Holbrook)
Grand total 1,725 33,906 43,668 67,097
Grand total according 1,705 36,167 49,298 71,125
to department monthly
return
Grand total according 1,718 35,357 49,274 71,174
to department tri-
monthly return for
September 30.
Command Pieces of Remarks
artillery
Thirteenth Army ........ Carrollton, La.
Corps (Ord)
Staff and pioneer ........ Do.
corps
First Division 10 Brashear City, La.
(Washburn)
Second Division 18 Morganza, La.
(Dana)
Third Division 6 Berwick, La.
(McGinnis)
Fourth Division 10 Carrolton, La.
(brudbridge)
Artillery 18 Do.
detached
Total Thirteenth 62
Army Corps
Nineteenth Army ........ Near Bisland, La.
Corps (Franklin)
Staff and escort ........ Do.
First Division 10 Do.
(Weitzel)
Third Division 10 Do.
(McMillan)
Reserve Artillery 6 Do.
Total Nineteenth 26 In the field.
Army Corps is the
field.*
Cavalry division ........ In the field.
(Lee)
Staff ........
First Brigade (E. ........ Near Bisland, La.
J. Davis)
Second Brigade 4 Near New Iberia, La.
(John J. Mudd)
Total cavalry in 4
the field+
Port Hudson
(Andrews):
Staff ........
Corps d'Afrique .......
(Ullmann)
Cavalry .......
Artillery 14
Total 14
Baton Rouge
(Gooding):
Staff ......
Second Brigade, .......
First Division,
Nineteenth Army
Corps (Sharpe's).
Cavalry .......
Artillery ....... Guns not reported.
Total .......
Defenses of New
Orleans
(Beckwith):
Staff ........
First Brigade, 8 Brashear City and Thibodeaux,
Fourth Division, La.
Nineteenth Army
Corps (Birge)
Second Brigade, 12 New Orleans.
Fourth Division,
Nineteenth Army
Corps (Cahill).
Other troops+ .......
total 20
District of Key .......
West and Tortugas
(Woodbury)
District of ........
Pensacola
(Holbrook)
Grand total 126
Grand total 156
according to
department
monthly return
Grand total 153
according to
department tri-
monthly return
for September 30.
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*The Second Brigade, Fourth Division, accounted for at Baton Rouge, and the Fourth Division in Defenses of New Orleans.
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+Exclusive of the Sixteenth Indiana Mounted Infantry at Carrollton; the Third Massachusetts at Port Hudson; the Fourteenth New York in the Defenses of New Orleans, and the Fourth Wisconsin at Baton Rouge.
#At New Orleans, Bonnet Carre, Carrollton, Forts Jackson, Macomb, Pike, and Saint Philip, and at Ship Island.
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