Abstract from field return of the Light Artillery, District of Texas, Major General J. G. Walker commanding, for the month of September, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Effective

total

present.

Galveston: ... ... ...

Dege's battery. 1 43 43

Willke's battery. ... 22 22

San Antonio: ... ... ...

O. G. Jones' battery. 3 51 58

Cedar Lake: ... ... ...

R. J. Hughes' battery. 2 50 60

Belleville: ... ... ...

C. Welhausen's battery. 2 35 38

W. H. Nichols' battery. 2 52 52

McKinney: ... ... ...

George R. Dashiell's 3 62 62

battery.

Total. 13 315 335

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of

present. present field

and artillery.

absent.

Galveston: ... ... ...

Dege's battery. 49 102 4

Willke's battery. 49 98 4

San Antonio: ... ... ...

O. G. Jones' battery. 65 112 6

Cedar Lake: ... ... ...

R. J. Hughes' battery. 78 98 4

Belleville: ... ... ...

C. Welhausen's battery. 66 94 4

W. H. Nichols' battery. 60 75 4

McKinney: ... ... ...

George R. Dashiell's 71 96 4

battery.

Total. 438 675 30

Abstract from return of Brown's cavalry brigade, Colonel R. R. Brown commanding, for the month of September, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

Staff. 3 ... 4

Harrisburg, Tex.: ... ... ...

Brown's regiment, Texas 19 387 549

Volunteer Cavalry.

McCord's regiment, Texas 13 207 300

Volunteer Cavalry.

Nichols' battery. 3 45 52

Galveston: ... ... ...

Bradford's regiment a. ... ... ...

Tyler, Tex.: ... ... ...

Anderson's regiment a. ... ... ...

Total. 38 639 905

Command. Aggregate Piece of field

present and artillery.

absent.

Staff. 4 ...

Harrisburg, Tex.: ... ...

Brown's regiment, Texas 808 ...

Volunteer Cavalry.

McCord's regiment, Texas 460 ...

Volunteer Cavalry.

Nichols' battery. 76 6

Galveston: ... ...

Bradford's regiment a. ... ...

Tyler, Tex.: ... ...

Anderson's regiment a. ... ...

Total. 1,348 6

a No report.

Organization of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department, General E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, commanding, September 30, 1864.*

FIRST ARMY CORPS.

Lieutenant General SIMON B. BUCKNER.

FIRST (TEXAS) DIVISION.

Major General JOHN H. FORNEY.

First (Texas) Brigade.

Brigadier General THOMAS N. WAUL.

8th [12th] Texas, Colonel Overton Young.

13th Texas Cavalry,+ Colonel Anderson F. Crawford.

18th Texas, Colonel Thomas R. Bonner.

22nd Texas, Colonel Richard B. Hubbard.

Second (Texas) Brigade.

Brigadier General RICHARD WATERHOUSE.

3rd Texas, Colonel Philip N. Luckett.

16th Texas, Colonel George Flournoy.

16th Texas Cavalry,+ Colonel William Fitzhugh.

17th Texas, Colonel Robert T. P. Allen.

19th Texas, Colonel Ennis W. Taylor.

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* The return of the Trans-Mississippi Department for September, 1864, is unintelligibly prepared, and the usual form of abstract cannot, therefore, be compiled. It shows, however, a "total enlisted present" of 45,927; "aggregate present," 52,867; "aggregate present and absent," 76,834.

+ Dismounted.

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