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Abstract from returns of the Department of the Gulf, &c.-Continued.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

Cavalry Division

(Lee):

Headquarters. 10

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10

Provisional 69 1,929 2,419

Division* (Lucas).

Fourth Brigade 65 1,702 2,194

(Dudley).

Fifth Brigade 53 1,162 1,441

(Gooding).

Not brigaded. 38 825 990

Total Cavalry 235 5,618 7,054

Division+.

Engineer Brigade++ 54 1,068 1,351

(Houston).

Fort Hudson

(Andrews):

Corps d'Afrique:

First Division 175 3,117 4,089

(Ullmann).

Second Division 82 1,226 1,748

(Colonel J. B.

Weber).

Unassigned (1st

Missouri Colored 20 567 802

Infantry).

Second Brigade,

Cavalry Division 20 419 590

(Fonda).

Artillery. 17 438 560

Total Fort Hudson. 314 5,767 7,789

District of Baton

Rouge (Cooke):

Headquarters. 5

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6

Third Brigade,

Second Division, 53 1,325 1,533

Nineteenth Army

Corps (Sharpe).

Other troops. 103 2,606 3,074

Total District of 161 3,931 4,613

Baton Rouge.

District of La 70 1,636 2,039

Fourche (Molineux).

Defenses of New

Orleans (Reynolds):

Headquarters. 9

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9

Third Division,

Thirteenth Army 143 3,290 3,719

Corps (McGinnis).

Madisonville 63 1,274 1,668

(Grover).

Miscellaneous@. 269 5,717 6,988

Total Defenses of 484 10,281 12,384

New Orleans.

District of Key West

and Tortugas 58 1,240 1,670

(Woodbury).

District of West 52 931 1,204

Florida (Asboth).

Detachments:

Franklin, La. 23 436 521

Madisonville, La. 23 99 137

Total detachments. 46 535 658

Grand total. 2,290 47,029 58,238

Grand total

according to the 2,322 45,326 56,594

department return.

CONTINUATION:

Aggregate Pieces of

Command. present and field Headquarters

absent. artillery.

Cavalry Division

(Lee):

Headquarters. 11

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New Orleans,

La.

Provisional 3,550 10 Franklin, La

Division* (Lucas).

Fourth Brigade 3,006

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New Orleans,

(Dudley). La.

Fifth Brigade 1,631

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Do.

(Gooding).

Not brigaded. 1,622

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Do.

Total Cavalry 9,820 10

Division+.

Engineer Brigade++ 1,494

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Berwick and

(Houston). Brashear

City, La.

Fort Hudson

(Andrews):

Corps d'Afrique:

First Division 4,488 4

(Ullmann).

Second Division 1,916 4

(Colonel J. B.

Weber).

Unassigned (1st

Missouri Colored 904

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Infantry).

Second Brigade,

Cavalry Division 789

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(Fonda).

Artillery. 721 4

Total Fort Hudson. 8,818 12

District of Baton

Rouge (Cooke):

Headquarters. 6

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Baton Rouge.

Third Brigade,

Second Division, 2,136

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Do.

Nineteenth Army

Corps (Sharpe).

Other troops. 3,757 27 Baton Rouge

and

Plaquemine.

Total District of 5,899 27

Baton Rouge.

District of La 2,435 4 Thibodeaux.

Fourche (Molineux).

Defenses of New

Orleans (Reynolds):

Headquarters. 9

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New Orleans,

La.

Third Division,

Thirteenth Army 5,499 8 Algiers, La.

Corps (McGinnis).

Madisonville 2,036 4

(Grover).

Miscellaneous@. 9,638 152

Total Defenses of 17,182 164

New Orleans.

District of Key West

and Tortugas 1,789

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Key West.

(Woodbury).

District of West 1,297 143 Barrancas.

Florida (Asboth).

Detachments:

Franklin, La. 522

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Madisonville, La. 150

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Total detachments. 672

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Grand total. 77,740 394

Grand total

according to the 79,605 208

department return.

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*Composed of the First (Redfield's) and Third (Robinson's) Brigades.

+Exclusive of cavalry reported at Baton Rouge, Brownsville, Port Hudson, and in the Defenses of New Orleans.

++Exclusive of regiments (First and Second) reported in Texas.

@Troops at Bonnet Carre, Camp Parapet, Company Canal, Englishtown, Forts Bienvenue, Jackson, Macomb, Pike, Saint John, and Saint Philip, and Kennersville, Lakeport, New Orleans, and Ship Island.

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