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Page 278 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS- MISSISSIPPI. Chapter LX.

Abstract from return of the Department of New Mexico, Brigadier General James H. Carleton, U. S . Army, commanding, for the month of April, 1865.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters 24 . . . 25

Albuquerque 1 55 57

Fort Bascom 3 156 170

Fort Craig 4 138 160

Fort Cummings 1 22 24

Fort Marey 2 6 8

Fort McRae 1 28 42

Fort Stanton 2 95 110

Fort Sumner 8 309 335

Fort Union 16 501 569

Union Depot 1 6 7

Fort Wingate 1 97 104

Franklin 2 115 132

Las Cruces 3 103 118

Los Pinos . . . 41 43

In the field, en route 2 92 94

Total 71 1,764 1,998

Pieces of artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy. Field.

present

and

absolut.

General headquarters 26 . . . . . .

Albuquerque 61 . . . 4

Fort Bascom 324 . . . . . .

Fort Craig 237 2 13

Fort Cummings 81 . . . . . .

Fort Marey 17 . . . 2

Fort McRae 79 . . . . .

Fort Stanton 159 . . . . . .

Fort Sumner 437 . . . 4

Fort Union 963 4 2

Union Depot 7 . . . . . .

Fort Wingate 137 . . . . . .

Franklin 232 . . . . . .

Las Cruces 183 . . . . . .

Los Pinos 45 . . . . . .

In the field, en route 95 . . . . . .

Total 3,083 6 25

Organization of troops in the Department of New Mexico, Brigadier General James H. Carleton, U. S. Army, commanding, April 30, 1865.

Albuquerque.

3rd U. S. Artillery, Battery A, Captain John B. Shina.

Fort Basco,.

Major EDWARD H. BERGMANN.

5th United States, Company E, Captain martin Mullins.

1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company D, Lieutenant Charles Haberkorn.

1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company E, Captain Santurnino Baca.

1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company I, Lieutenant Michael Cronin.

1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company M, Captain Charles Deus.

Fort Crag.

Lieutenant Colonel EDWIN A. RIGG.

1st California, Company B, Captain Daniel B. Haskell.

1st California, Company E, Captain Thomas P. Chapman

1st California Cavalry, Company H, Lieutenant William Oman.

Fort Cummings.

1st California, COMPANY G, Lieutenant John K. Huston.

Fort McRae.

1st California, Company D, Captain William French.


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