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1141 Series I Volume XLI-IV Serial 86 - Price's Missouri Expedition Part IV

Page 1141 Chapter LIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - CONFEDERATE.

Abstract from return of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, &c.-Continued.

Present for duty.

Command Officers Men Aggregat Effecti

e ve

present total

Walker's (Third) Army

Corps:

Corps staff 18 - 18 -

2nd Texas Infantry 179 3,198 4,138 3,558

Division

3rd Texas Cavalry 233 3,136 4,050 3,410

Division (Drayton

)

Total 430 6,334 8,251 6,968

Cavalry Corps

(Cooper):

Cooper's division 141 1,145 1,401 1,235

Indian troops

Unattached troops in 26 364 485 423

Indian Territory

First Trans- 15 353 397 355

Mississippi Battalion

Cavalry.

Squadron 25th Texas 3 59 84 74

Cavalry

1st Battalion 13 350 414 368

Engineer Troops

Reserve Battalion 11 197 238 212

Artillery.

Total 209 2,468 3,019 2,667

Grand total 2,132 28,107 43,054 39,672

Prisoners

of war or in arrest.

Field artillery.

Command Aggreg Com Piec Horses Offi Enlis

ate pan es and cers ted

presen ies mules men

t

absent

Walker's (Third)

Army Corps:

Corps staff 18 - - - - -

2nd Texas Infantry 6,377 2 8 167 6 99

Division

3rd Texas Cavalry 6,683 4 18 385 4 63

Division (Drayton

)

Total 13,078 6 a26 552 10 162

Cavalry Corps

(Cooper):

Cooper's division 6,618 - 6 77 - -

Indian troops

Unattached troops in 873 - - - - 1

Indian Territory

First Trans- 455 - - - - 3

Mississippi

Battalion Cavalry.

Squadron 25th Texas 131 - - - - -

Cavalry

1st Battalion 669 - - - - 6

Engineer Troops

Reserve Battalion 602 - 11 - 1 4

Artillery.

Total 9,348 - 17 77 1 14

Grand total 74,397 29 120 1,913 91 1,183

a Fifty-six pieces of heavy artillery also reported.

Organization of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department, General E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, commanding, December 31, 1864.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Henry T. Douglas.

Courier Battalion, Major T. J. Bird.

24th and 25th Texas Cavalry (detachment), Captain J. P. Montgomery.

FIRST ARMY CORPS.

Lieutenant General SIMON B. BUCKNER.

FIRST TEXAS INFANTRY DIVISION.

Major General JOHN H. FORNEY.

First Texas Infantry Brigade.

Brigadier General THOMAS N. WAUL.

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

18th Texas, Colonel Thomas R. Bonner.

22nd Texas, Colonel Richard B. Hubbard.

13th Texas Cavalry (dismounted), Colonel Anderson F. Crawford.

Second Texas Infantry Brigade.

Actg. Brigadier General RICHARD WATERHOUSE.

3rd Texas, Colonel Philip N. Luckett.

16th Texas, Colonel George Flournoy.

17th Texas, Colonel George W. Jones.

19th Texas, Colonel Ennis W. Taylor.

16th Texas Cavalry (dismounted), Colonel William Fitzhugh.


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