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Men.
At Fayetteville:
Ten companies 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry................ 670
Five companies 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry................ 377
One company Ohio Volunteer Artillery...................... 98
At Beckley [Raleigh Court-House]:
Five companies 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry................ 377
One company 2nd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry................. 86
At Guyandotte:
Eleven companies 2nd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry............ 744
Six companies 9th Virginia Volunteer Infantry............. 566
At Barboursville and vicinitY;
Ten companies 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry................ 970
At Ceredo, mouth of Twelve Pole:
Ten companies 4th Virginia Volunteer Infantry............. 868
Total force in Kanawha District:
Twelve and three-tenths regiments infantry................ 10,780
Fifteen companies cavalry................................. 1,086
Two batteries artillery................................... 205
5. District of the Valley of Big Sandy River, Colonel J. A. Garfield commanding.
Men.
At Piketon and vicinity (estimated):
Three regiments volunteer infantry........................ 2,490
One company volunteer artillery........................... 110
Two companies volunteer cavalry........................... 165
At places below Piketon:
Two regiments infantry.................................... 1,660
No cavalry; no artillery.
Estimated total in this district:
Five regiments infantry................................... 4,150
One company artillery..................................... 110
Two companies cavalry..................................... 165
6. District of the Gap, Colonel Carter commanding.
Comprising all other troops in the department west of Big Sandy Valley. Newspaper reports (none other having reached this department headquarters) state the forces in this district to be (estimated)-
Men.
Five regiments infantry.................................. 4,150
Six companies............................................ 500
One company artillery.................................... 120
GENERAL SUMMARY.
District of the Cumberland.
Three regiments infantry................................. 2,753
One company cavalry...................................... 63
Cheat Mountain District.
Six and five-tenths regiments infantry................... 5,586
Four companies cavalry................................... 326
Two batteries artillery.................................. 172
Railroad District.
Three and four-tenths regiments infantry................. 3,015
Eight companies cavalry.................................. 660
Three batteries artillery................................ 430
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