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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, Numbers 57.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 31, 1865.I. Captain R. J. Hinton, Second Kansas Colored Volunteers, aide-de-camp, having reported, is assigned to duty from March 1 instant.
II. Lieutenant S. P. Curtis, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, having reported, is assigned to duty from March 1 instant.
By command of Major-General Curtis:
C. S. CHARLOT,
Assistant Adjutant-General.Abstract from return of the Military Division of West Mississippi, Major General Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of March, 1865. *
Present for duty.
Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate
present.
General headquarters 28 --- 28
Department of the Gulf
(Hurlbut):
Staff 38 2 40
Infantry 384 11,800 14,985
Cavalry 96 2,959 3,708
Artillery 108 3,934 4,747
Total 626 18,695 23,480
Department of Arkansas
(Reynolds): #
Staff 37 --- 38
Infantry 402 10,677 13,887
Cavalry 313 8,283 10,659
Artillery 38 1,384 1,552
Total 790 20,344 26,136
Department of Mississippi
(Dana):
Staff 22 --- 22
Infantry 136 4,056 5,245
Cavalry 58 1,521 1,960
Artillery 62 2,915 3,483
Total 278 8,492 10,710
Sixteenth Army Corps
(Smith):
Staff 5 --- 5
Infantry 686 13,953 16,823
Artillery 24 665 742
Total 715 14,618 17,570
Thirteenth Army Corps
(Granger):
Staff 25 --- 25
Infantry 694 16,048 18,633
Artillery 25 893 960
Total 744 16,941 19,618
Cavalry Corps (Grierson):
Staff 2 --- 2
Infantry 14 374 414
Cavalry 172 4,365 5,019
Artillery 8 218 228
Total 196 4,957 5,661
District of south Alabama
(Smith):
Staff 2 --- 2
Cavalry 9 165 343
Artillery 18 632 811
Total 29 797 1,156
Continued.
Pieces of artillery.
Command. Aggrega Hea Fie Headquarters.
te vy. ld
present
and
absent
General headquarters 28 - - New Orleans and
in the field.
Department of the Gulf New Orleans,
(Hurlbut): La.
Staff 47 - -
Infantry 17,237 4 -
Cavalry 4,588 - 3
Artillery 5,163 16 86
Total 27,035 20 89
Department of Arkansas Little Rock,
(Reynolds): # Ark.
Staff 38 - -
Infantry 17,347 - 3
Cavalry 12,567 - 4
Artillery 1,810 4 71
Total 31,762 4 78
Department of Missis Vicksburg,
sippi (Dana): Miss.
Staff 23 - -
Infantry 5,920 - -
Cavalry 2,954 - -
Artillery 3,975 68 85
Total 12,872 68 85
Sixteenth Army Corps In the field,
(Smith): Ala.
Staff 5 - -
Infantry 26,608 - -
Artillery 887 - -
Total 27,500 - 24
Thirteenth Army Corps Near Spanish
(Granger): Fort, Ala.
Staff 25 - -
Infantry 24,259 - -
Artillery 1,087 - 39
Total 25,371 - 38
Cavalry Corps New Orleans.
(Grierson): La.
Staff 2 - -
Infantry 502 - -
Cavalry 7,993 - -
Artillery 299 - 10
Total 8,796 - 10
District of South Ala Fort Gaines,
bama (Smith): Ala.
Staff 2 - -
Cavalry 511 - -
Artillery 898 - -
Total 1,411 - -
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*For organization of U. S. forces operating about Mobile covering this date, see Vol. XLIX, Part I.
#Also reported with Military Division of the Missouri, see p. 1308.
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