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154 Series I Volume XXXIV-IV Serial 64 - Red River Campaign Part IV

Page 154 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. Chapter XLVI.

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

Present for duty

Command. Officers Men Aggregate Aggrega-

present te

present

and

absent

Cavalry Division

(Arnold):

Headquarters 8 ... 8 8

Davis command* 100 2,537 3,103 5,164

Lucas' command+ 100 1,960 2,436 5,347

Manning Plantation 27 842 999 1,246

Detachments 2 88 102 145

Total cavalry++ 237 5,427 6,648 11,910

Engineer Brigade .... ..... ..... .....

(Houston)

Berwick City, La 17 323 444 462

Morganza, La 34 743 880 1,033

Port Hudson, La 20 420 505 520

Total Engineer 71 1,486 1,829 2,015

Brigade

Port Hudson

(Ullman):

Headquarters 9 ...... 9 12

Corps d'Afrique 156 2,449 3,811 5,234

(Ullmann)

Second Brigade, 20 440 672 831

Cavalry Division

(Fonda).

Detachments 41 1,419 2,131 2,261

Total Fort Hudson 226 4,308 6,623 8,338

Morganza, La.# 58 1,165 1,506 1,934

(Emory), First

Brigade, First

Division, Corps

d'Afrique (Dickey).

Brashear City, La. 18 385 457 519

(S. W. Anderson).

Defenses of New

Orleans (Reynolds):

Headquarters 7 ...... 7 7

District of Baton 172 4,547 5,768 7,248

Rouge@ (Warren).

District of 231 5,472 6,876 8,402

Carrollton

(Bartram).

District of La 189 3,957 5,219 6,193

Fourche (McNeil)

District of West 97 2,206 2,873 3,174

Florida (Asboth).

Forts Jackson and 33 865 1,143 1,368

Saint Philip

(Tarbell)

New Orleans 85 2,376 2,872 3,191

Ship Island, Miss. 17 272 447 561

(Hall)

Miscellaneous 101 2,910 3,561 4,067

commands$

Total Defenses of 932 22,605 28,766 34,211

New Orleans.

District of Key 35 858 1,896 2,688

West and Tortugas

(Woodbury).

Grand total 2,615 58,782 75,492 106,177

Grand total 2,517 54,126 68,887 106,841

according to

department return

for the month.**

Pieces of artillery

Command. Heavy Field Headquar

ters

Cavalry Division

(Arnold):

Headquarters ..... ...... New

Orleans,

La

Davis command* ..... 4 Morganza

La

Lucas' command+ ..... 6 Donaldso

nville,

La

Manning Plantation .... .....

Detachments .... .... New

Orleans

Total cavalry++ ..... 10

Engineer Brigade ..... ..... New

(Houston) Orleans

Berwick City, La ..... .....

Morganza, La ...... .....

Port Hudson, La ..... ....

Total Engineer ...... .....

Brigade

Port Hudson

(Ullman):

Headquarters ...... ......

Corps d'Afrique ..... 8

(Ullmann)

Second Brigade, .... .....

Cavalry Division

(Fonda).

Detachments ..... 3

Total Fort Hudson ..... 11

Morganza, La.# ..... .......

(Emory), First

Brigade, First

Division, Corps

d'Afrique (Dickey).

Brashear City, La. ...... ......

(S. W. Anderson).

Defenses of New

Orleans (Reynolds):

Headquarters ..... ...... New

Orleans

District of Baton 25 10 Baton

Rouge@ (Warren). Rouge

District of Carroll-

Carrollton ton

(Bartram).

District of La 6 6 Thibodea

Fourche (McNeil) ux

District of West 127 6 Barran-

Florida (Asboth). cas

Forts Jackson and ..... ....

Saint Philip

(Tarbell)

New Orleans ..... 18

Ship Island, Miss. ..... ......

(Hall)

Miscellaneous ...... 8

commands$

Total Defenses of ..... 62

New Orleans.

District of Key 158 62 Key West

West and Tortugas

(Woodbury).

Grand total 165 169

Grand total ..... .....

according to

department return

for the month.**

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* The Third and Fourth Brigades, and Battery F, First U. S. Artillery.

+ The First and Fifth Brigades, and Battery G, Fifth U. S. Artillery.

++ Exclusive of that reported at Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, in the Defenses of New Orleans, and with Thirteenth Army Corps in Texas.

# See also Nineteenth Army Corps, Cavalry Division, and Engineer Brigade.

@ Excluding Fourth Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, reported in strength of corps. Birge relieved Cooke in command May 2, and Warren was assigned May 24.

$ At Algiers, Bayou Saint John, Chalmette Station, Forts Livington, Pike, Macomb, and Bievenue, Greenville, Hickock's Landing, Lakeport, and Proctorsville.

** Which, among other inaccuracies, reports as present the detachment from Army of the Tennessee, under General A. J. Smith, that had left the department.

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