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Abstract from returns of the Department of the Cumberland, Major General George H. Thomas, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of August, 1864.

[Compiled mainly from subordinate returns.]

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters. 51 366 453

Fourth Army Corps

(Stanley):

Headquarters. 7 ... 7

First Division 306 4,911 6,236

(Kimball).

Second Division 266 3,117 4,091

(Newton).

Third Division (Wood). 238 3,807 4,735

Corps artillery 29 783 853

(Houghtaling).

Total Fourth Army Corps. 846 12,618 15,922

Fourteenth Army Corps

(Davis):

Headquarters. 7 ... 7

First Division (Carlin). 262 5,107 6,348

Second Division 220 4,685 5,581

(Morgan).

Third Division (Baird). 250 4,426 5,264

Corps artillery 20 668 728

(Houghtaling).

Total Fourteenth Army 759 14,886 17,928

Corps.

Twentieth Army Corps

(Slocum).

Headquarters. 16 66 88

First Division 276 4,260 5,217

(Williams).

Second Division (Geary). 176 3,130 4,028

Third Division (Ward). 223 3,995 5,155

Corps artillery 26 719 776

(Reynolds).

Total Twentieth Army 717 12,170 15,264

Corps.*

Cavalry Corps (Elliott):

Headquarters. 7 ... 7

First Division (McCook). 172 3,538 4,499

Second Division 171 3,501 4,401

(Garrard).

Third Division 166 3,554 4,336

(Kilpatrick).

Fourth Division 141 3,373 4,085

(Spalding).

Detached (Palmer). 23 394 490

Total Cavalry corps. 680 14,360 17,818

Post of Chattanooga 102 2,484 3,049

(Stanley).

Engineer Troops:

Engineer Brigade 70 1,361 1,790

(McCreery).

Pioneer Brigade ... .. ...

(O'Connell).

1st Michigan Engineers 38 999 1,664

(Innes).

1st U. S. Veteran 18 614 842

Volunteer Engineers

(Merrill).

Total Engineer Troops. 126 2,974 4,596

Reserve Brigade (Le 24 778 973

Favour).

Veteran Reserve Corps 3 418 849

(Gazzam).

Unassigned troops:

Infantry+. 92 2,094 2,886

Artillery++. 12 447 480

Total unassigned. 104 2,541 3,366

District of Tennessee

(Rousseau):

Headquarters. 3 ... 3

First Brigade, Fourth 69 1,945 2,564

Division, Twentieth Army

Corps (Doolittle).

Unassigned regiments, 138 2,932 3,716

Fourth Division,

Twentieth Army Corps.

9th Ohio and 20th 4 124 142

Indiana Batteries.

Pieces of artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy. Field

present

and

absent.

General headquarters. 526 ... ...

Fourth Army Corps

(Stanley):

Headquarters. 7 ... ...

First Division 10,852 ... ...

(Kimball).

Second Division 9,961 ... ...

(Newton).

Third Division (Wood). 9,433 ... ...

Corps artillery 1,116 .. 35

(Houghtaling).

Total Fourth Army Corps. 31,369 .. 35

Fourteenth Army Corps

(Davis):

Headquarters. 7 ... ...

First Division (Carlin). 11,797 ... ....

Second Division 9,884 ... ...

(Morgan).

Third Division (Baird). 10,766 ... ...

Corps artillery 905 ... 34

(Houghtaling).

Total Fourteenth Army 33,359 ... 34

Corps.

Twentieth Army Corps

(Slocum).

Headquarters. 99 .. ..

First Division 9,473 ... ...

(Williams).

Second Division (Geary). 8,644 ... ...

Third Division (Ward). 9,775 ... ...

Corps artillery 1,000 ... 36

(Reynolds).

Total Twentieth Army 28,991 ... 36

Corps.*

Cavalry Corps (Elliott):

Headquarters. 8 ... ...

First Division (McCook). 8,035 ... 4

Second Division 9,708 ... 4

(Garrard).

Third Division 7,390 ... 4

(Kilpatrick).

Fourth Division 5,041 ... 6

(Spalding).

Detached (Palmer). 684 .. ..

Total Cavalry corps. 30,866 ... 18

Post of Chattanooga 4,423 ... 66

(Stanley).

Engineer Troops:

Engineer Brigade 2,193 ... ...

(McCreery).

Pioneer Brigade ... ... ...

(O'Connell).

1st Michigan Engineers 1,776 ... ...

(Innes).

1st U. S. Veteran 906 ... ...

Volunteer Engineers

(Merrill).

Total Engineer Troops. 4,875 ... ...

Reserve Brigade (Le 1,526 ... ...

Favour).

Veteran Reserve Corps 943 ... ...

(Gazzam).

Unassigned troops:

Infantry+. 3,388 .. ...

Artillery++. 712 ... 27

Total unassigned. 4,100 ... 27

District of Tennessee

(Rousseau):

Headquarters. 3 ... ...

First Brigade, Fourth 3,046 ... ...

Division, Twentieth Army

Corps (Doolittle).

Unassigned regiments, 4,559 ... ...

Fourth Division,

Twentieth Army Corps.

9th Ohio and 20th 149 ... ...

Indiana Batteries.

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*The Fourth Division reported at Nashville, Tenn.

+At Chattahoochee River, Ga., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Rome, Ga.

++At Bridgeport, Ala., Atlanta, Ga., Chattanooga, Tenn., Jonesborough, Ga., and steamer Stone River.

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