Abstract from returns of the Second Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, and attached troops, Major General N. J. T. Dana, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of December, 1863.

Present for duty.

Command. Offic Men Aggreg Aggrega Piec Remarks

ers ate te es

presen present of

t and fiel

absent d

arti

ller

y

Staff 12 - 12 12 - Brownsvi

lle,

Tex.

First 64 1,186 1,493 2,375 4 Do.

Brigade

Second 52 788 1,056 2,133 8 Do.

Brigade

Third 65 823 1,136 1,797 6 Matagord

Brigade a

Island,

Tex.

Infantry 3 125 144 174 - Brownsvi

detachments lle,

Tex.

1st and 2nd 29 719 837 1,037 - Do.

Texas

Cavalry

Corps

d'Afrique

(engineers 10 159 216 244 - Do.

and

infantry)

Engineer

troops and 39 497 624 683 - Point

attached Isabel,

infantry Tex.

20th Iowa 10 213 277 580 - Aransas

Pass,

Tex.

Total 284 4,510 5,795 9,035 18

Organization of the troops in the Department of the Gulf, Major General N. P. Banks, U. S. Army, commanding, December 31, 1863.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

Headquarters troops, Captain Richard W. Francis.

Signal Corps, Captain William B. Roe.

ARTILLERY. *

Brigadier General RICHARD ARNOLD, chief.

2nd Illinois Light Battery A, Captain Herman Borris.

16th Ohio Battery, Captain Russell P. Twist.

14th Rhode Island (Colored) First Battalion, Major Joseph J. Comstock.

1st United States, Battery F, Lieutenant Hardman, P. Norris.

ENGINEER BRIGADE. +

Major DAVID C. HOUSTON.

3rd Engineers, Corps d'Afrique, Colonel George D. Robinson.

4th Engineers, Corps d'Afrique, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Guernsey

15th Infantry, Corps d'Afrique, Lieutenant Colonel Uri B. Pearsall.

DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, #

Colonel EDWARD G. BECKWITH.

1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company B, Captain James Grimsley.

1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies G and M., Captain Samuel A. Armstrong.

1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company K, Captain Clayton Cox.

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*See also the artillery assigned to the several commands. The Fourteenth Rhode Island ordered, December 30, from New Orleans to Texas. Brigadier-General Arnold chief of artillery since December 17, 1862

+Headquarters at New Orleans; troops at Brashear City. The First and Second Engineer Regiments on detached service in Texas. Major Houston chief of engineers since December 17, 1862

#Colonel Beckwith commanding since August 26. The Fifty-fourth Indiana mustered out December 8, upon expiration of service. The First and Second New Orleans Regiments not reported on returns. The One hundred and thirty-third and One hundred and seventy-sixth New York at Bonnet Carre, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hall. The Second Infantry, Corps d'Afrique, and Second U. S. Colored Troops reported at Ship Island, Miss. the Fifth Infantry, Corps d'Afrique, at Fort Saint Philip, and the Twentieth Infantry, Corps d'Afrique, at Forts Pike, Macomb, and Bienvenue; Fort Jackson detached December 13.

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