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Abstract from returns of the Department of New Mexico, &c.-Continued.

Pieces for duty.

Command. Offic Men. Aggrega Aggrega Aggrega Piece

ers. te te te last s of

present present return. field

. and artil

absent. lery.

Fort Bowie, 1 35 49 56 56 ....

Ariz.

(Captain

T. T.

Tidball),

Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers.

Tucson, 4 42 81 120 119 ....

Ariz.

(Lieutenant

Colonel T.

A. Coult),

Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers.

Las 6 127 179 211 214 ....

Cruces, N.

Mex. (Major

W.

McCleave)

First

Cavalry,

California

Volunteers;

Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers.

Fort McRae, 1 36 51 77 77 ....

N. Mex.

(Captain

H. A.

Greene),

First

Infantry,

California

Volunteers.

Fort Canby, 5 87 128 622 711 2

N. Mex.

(Captain

F. P.

Abreu),

First

Cavalry,

New Mexico

Volunteers.

Fort 1 51 56 64 63 ....

Cummings,

N. Mex.

(Captain

V.

Dresher),

First

Infantry,

california

Volunteers.

En route to 8 179 187 187 ....... ....

New Mexico,

Fifth U. S.

Infantry;

First New

Mexico

Volunteer

Infantry;

First

Infantry,

California

Volunteers.

Valles 1 26 32 49 50 ....

Grandes, N.

Mex.

(Lieutenant

C. A.

Custis),

Fifth U. S.

Infantry.

Camp 2 57 66 157 157 ....

Miembres,

N. Mex

(Lieutenant

C. P.

Nichols),

First

Cavalry,

California

Volunteers.

En route to 7 132 139 139 69 ....

Fort

Whipple

(Major E.

B. Willis),

First

Infantry,

California

Volunteers.

Grand 113 1,916 2,553 3,691 3,584 27

total..

Organization of the Cavalry Division, Department of the Gulf, Brigadier General Albert, L. Lee, U. S. Army, commanding, November 30, 1863.*

First Brigade.

Colonel THOMAS J. LUCAS.

87th Illinois, + Lieutenant Colonel John M. Crebs.

16th Indiana, + Lieutenant Colonel James H. Redfield.

1st Louisiana, Lieutenant Colonel Harai Robinson.

Second Brigade.

Colonel JOHN G. FONDA.

2nd Illinois (seven companies), Colonel John J. Mudd.

3rd Illinois (five companies), Captain Robert H. Carnahan.

118th Illinois, + Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Logan.

Third Brigade.

Colonel CHARLES J. PAINE.

15th Illinois, Company F, Lieutenant Peter Phillips.

1st Indiana, Company C, Captain Elihu E. Rose.

4th Indiana,+ Major Alfred Hodsdon.

6th Missouri (seven companies), Major Bacon Montgomery.

14th New York (six companies), Major Abraham Bassford.

Not brigaded.

36th Illinois, Company A, Captain George A. Willis.

3rd Massachusetts, ++ Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo D. Sargent.

Mounted Rangers, Company A, Captain Samuel White.

75th New York,+ Captain Benjamin F. Thurber.

1st Texas, @ Colonel Edmund J. Davis.

4th Wisconsin, # Colonel Frederick A. Boardman.

2nd Massachusetts Battery, Captain Ormand F. Nims.

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*Reorganized, as herein indicated, November 7. The troops, with exceptions indicated, at and about New Iberia, La.

+Mounted infantry.

++At Port Hudson, La.

@On the Texas Expedition.

#At Baton Rouge, La.

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