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248 Series I Volume XLIII-II Serial 91 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign Part II

Page 248 OPERATIONS IN N. VA., W. VA., MD., AND PA. Chapter LV.

Abstract from return of the Middle Military Division, &c. - Continued.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers Men Aggregate

present.

Department of the

Susquehanna (Couch):

Staff and infantry 98 788 1,132

Cavalry 10 363 392

Artillery 5 181 197

Detachment of Signal 4 56 60

Corps

Total 117 1,388 1,781

Middle Department

(Wallace):

Staff and infantry 211 4,546 5,751

Cavalry 19 476 528

Artillery 9 183 249

Total 239 5,205 6,528

Department of West

Virginia (Cook):

Staff and infantry 380 9,917 11,077

Cavalry 167 4,591 6,537

Artillery 88 3,006 3,661

Total 635 17,514 21,275

Sixth Army Corps

(Wright):

Staff and infantry 419 9,648 13,068

Artillery 24 576 662

Total 443 10,224 13,730

Nineteenth Army Corps

(Wright):

Staff and infantry 502 10,360 12,244

Artillery 12 402 438

Total 514 10,765 12,682

Cavalry forces

(Torbert):

Cavalry and staff 267 6,076 8,318

Artillery 22 520 614

Total 289 6,596 8,932

Grand total 2,886 71,347 91,182

Pieces of

artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy Field Headquar

present and ters.

absent.

Department of the Chambers

Susquehanna (Couch): burg,

Pa.

Staff and infantry 2,580 ... ...

Cavalry 461 ... ...

Artillery 299 ... 12

Detachment of Signal 69 .... ...

Corps

Total 3,409 ... 12

Middle Department Baltimor

(Wallace): e, Md.

Staff and infantry 7,380 ... ...

Cavalry 660 ... ...

Artillery 301 (*) (*)

Total 8,341 ... ...

Department of West In the

Virginia (Cook): field.

Staff and infantry 19,475 ... ...

Cavalry 14,833 ... ...

Artillery 4,502 (*) (*)

Total 38,810 ... ...

Sixth Army Corps In the

(Wright): field.

Staff and infantry 28,690 ... ...

Artillery 776 ... 24

Total 29,466 ... 24

Nineteenth Army In the

Corps (Wright): field.

Staff and infantry 21,134 ... ...

Artillery 527 ... 20

Total 21,661 ... 20

Cavalry forces In the

(Torbert): field.

Cavalry and staff 19,785 ... ...

Artillery 858 24 ...

Total 20,643 +24 ...

Grand total 153,859 760 327

Abstract from return of the Department of the East, Major General John A. Dix,++ U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of September, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters 112 ... 112

City and Harbor of New 56 1,053 2,558

York (Hunt)

Hart's Island (Hinks) 8 ... 100

Boston Harbor and 38 1,370 1,676

Massachusetts Sea-Coast

Defenses (Floyd Jones)

Defenses of Portsmouth 12 333 358

Harbor and Maine Sea-

Coast (Dawson)

Other forts 20 1,168 1,346

Total 246 3,924 5,293

Command. Aggregate Pieces heavy

present and artillery.

absent.

General headquarters 112 ...

City and Harbor of New York 2,558 ...

(Hunt)

Hart's Island (Hinks) 101 ...

Boston Harbor and 1,754 67

Massachusetts Sea-Coast

Defenses (Floyd Jones)

Defenses of Portsmouth 369 ...

Harbor and Maine Sea-Coast

(Dawson)

Other forts 1,560 ...

Total 6,454 ...

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*Not reported on return.

+Borne on Torbert's return as field guns.

++Major General John J. Peck, U. S. Army, second in command.

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