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hibit the changes which had taken place in the division up to this period and its subsequent strength, a new table of effective force is here given, taken from the reports of July 4:
INFANTRY.
Command. Officer Men Total
s
First Brigade, Brigadier General
J. B. Turchin commanding:
17th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel 20 426 446
D. Ward
31st Ohio Volunteers, Colonel 20 449 469
M. B. Walker
89th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel 10 186 199
C. H. Carlton
92nd Ohio Volunteers, Colonel 12 274 286
B. D. Fearing
82nd Indiana Volunteers, Col M. C. 14 190 204
Hunter
Total 76 1,528 1,604
Second Brigade, Colonel
N. Gleason, 87th Indiana,
commanding:
2nd Minnesota Volunteers, 19 349 368
Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Bishop:
35th Ohio Volunteer, Major J. L. 15 258 273
Budd
105th Ohio Volunteers, Lieutenant 19 290 309
Colonel G. T. Perkins
75th Indiana Volunteers, 20 352 372
Lieutenant Colonel William
O'Brien
87th Indiana Volunteers, 15 274 289
Lieutenant Colonel E. P. Hammond
101st Indiana Volunteers, 24 319 343
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Doan.
Total 112 1,842 1,954
Third Brigade, Colonel George P.
Este, 14th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, commanding:
10th Kentucky Volunteers, Colonel 23 254 277
W. H. Hays
10th Indiana Volunteers, 22 351 373
Lieutenant Colonel M. B. Taylor
14th Ohio Volunteers, Major John 15 376 391
W. Wilson
38th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel 25 576 541
W. A. Choate
74th Indiana Volunteers, 19 296 315
Lieutenant Colonel M. Baker
Total 104 1,793 1,897
Total infantry. 292 5,163 5,455
ARTILLERY.
Command Offic Men Total Horses Guns
ers
7th Indiana Battery, 4 133 137 60 4
First Lieutenant O. H.
Morgan
19th Indiana Battery, 3 134 137 65 4
First Lieutentant, W. P.
Stackhouse
Total Artillery 7 267 274 125 8
Effective force of division-officers, 299; enlisted men, 5,430; total, 5,729; horses, 125; guns, 8.
July 3, the enemy having again abandoned his works and fallen back during the night, my men entered them before daybreak and were prompt in pursuit, capturing a large number of prisoners. We marched at an early hour, and, passing through Marietta, had advanced about two miles along the right side of the railroad when we came upon a new line of works in which the rebel army had taken position. It was here that the last stand to cover the passage of the trains over the Chattahoochee was made. July 4 was spent in reconnoitering this position. Our troops were pressed close up to the works and a constant skirmish was kept up along our front during the day, but no general assault made. At this point my Second Brigade was detached and sent to Marietta to constitute the garrison of that place. July 5, the enemy, not waiting for an attack, had again given up his laboriously constructed works and retreated to the river during the night. So soon as this was discovered our troops pursued, my division taking a road leading toward Vining's Station and lying a short distance south of the railroad. Prisoners were taken and stragglers picked put almost from the outset, and
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