GENERAL BEAUREGARD'S HEADQUARTERS, September 10, 1864.

Captain W. D. STUART,

C. S. Engineers, General Pickett's Headquarters:

I will be up to-morrow to arrange about the change of guns Major Smith proposes. General Lee approves the plan. Meet me at Dantzler's between 9 and 10 a. m.

W. H. STEVENS,

Chief Engineer.

Abstract from field return of the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee commanding, for September 10, 1864.

Aggregate Aggre-gate

Aggregate present present

Command. Officers. Men. present. and last

absent. return.

First

Army

Corps

(Anderson):

Staff. 11 ........ 11 11 ......

Pickett's 395 4,542 6,031 11,270 6,007

division.

Field's 440 4,046 5,638 12,254 5,510

division.

Kershaw's ........ ....... ........ ........ .......

divisiona.

Total 846 8,588 11,680 23,535 11,517

Second

Army

Corps

(Early):

Staff. 17 ........ 17 19 17

Breckinridge's 233 2,172 2,919 7,771 2,832

division.

Rodes' 349 3,244 4,401 16,018 4,165

division

Gordon's 295 2,690 3,461 18,562 3,339

division

Ramseur's 213 2,010 2,716 9,570 2,512

division

Carter's 49 818 993 1,377 979

artillery

Total 1,156 10,934 14,507 53,317 13,844

Third

Army

Corps

(Hill):

Staff 16 ........ 16 17 15

Heth's 354 4,159 5,431 15,444 5,273

division

Mahone's 360 4,120 5,951 15,258 5,876

division

Wilcox's 386 4,211 5,609 14,157 5,281

division

Fifth 14 145 175 266 178

Alabama

Battalion

Total 1,133 12,635 17,182 45,142 16,623

Cavalry

Corps

(Hampton):

Staff 12 ........ 12 12 .......

Hampton's 206 2,736 3,895 10,035 3,758

division

Fitz. ........ ........ ......... .........

Lee's .........

division

b

W. H. F. 151 2,545 3,257 6,399 3,163

Lee's

division

Lomax's 390 3,215 4,142 6,380 3,967

division

Horse 16 225 269 391 314

Artillery

Dearing's 88 1,430 1,820 2,538 1,778

brigade

Total 863 10,151 13,395 25,755 12,980

Artillery Corps

(Pendleton):

Staff 4 10 14 19 .........

Artillery First 74 1,463 1,744 2,470 1,761

Corps

Artillery Third 103 1,820 2,337 3,389 2,347

Corps

Hardaway's 17 289 376 564 366

battalion,

Second

Corps

Department of 55 904 1,138 1,629 ........

North

Carolina

and

Southern

Virginia

Total 253 4,486 5,609 8,071 4,474

Grand 4,251 46,794 62,373 155,820 59,438

total

aNo report.

bDetached.