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Page 334 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. Chapter XLVI.


HDQRS. NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS AND U. S. FORCES,
Morganza, La., June 13, 1864.

Major GEORGE B. DRAKE,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Gulf:

MAJOR: The following is the state of the First Division, Thirteenth Army Corps. No other part of the corps remains here:

First Brigade:

23rd Iowa ........................................... 473

42nd Ohio ........................................... 460

7th Kentucky ....................................... 461

37th Illinois ...................................... 336

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Total .................................................. 1,730

Second Brigade:

49th Indiana ....................................... 415

69th Indiana ....................................... 437

22nd Kentucky ....................................... 361

16th Ohio .......................................... 482

114th Ohio ......................................... 334

120th Ohio ......................................... 192

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Total .................................................. 2,221

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Aggregate .............................................. 3,951

1st Wisconsin Battery, 174 men, 6 guns.

2nd Ohio Battery, 76 men, 4 guns.

W. H. EMORY,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

U. S. STEAMER AVENGER,

Off Bayou Sara, La., June 13, 1864.

General EMORY,

Commanding U. S. Forces, Morganza, La.:

GENERAL: From a reliable source I learn that Colonel Scott, commanding rebel forces near here, was in Bayou Sara last night; also the officer recently ordered to command the rebel army in Mississippi. They left this morning with a force for Tunica. I could not learn how great the force was. There is a move of some kind determined upon, for no one has been permitted to visit the place for the past four-days. Should I learn anything more definite, will inform you.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CHARLES A. WRIGHT,

Commanding.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, June 13, 1864.

Brigadier-General ULLMANN,

Commanding, Port Hudson:

SIR: By direction of the major-general commanding you will report immediately to these headquarters whether the brigade ordered from Port Hudson to relieve Colonel Dickey's brigade, at Morganza, has been sent, when it started, whether Colonel Dickey's brigade has arrived at Port Hudson, and, if not, whether it has started from Morganza.

O. MATTHEWS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


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