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ADDENDA.
Return of Casualties in Shoup's Brigade during the siege of Vicksburg.
[Compiled from nominal lists of casualties, returns, &tc.]
Killed Wounded
Command Office Enlist Office Enlist Aggre
rs ed men rs ed men gate
Brigade staff 2 3 2 --- 7
26th Louisiana 4 24 2 42 72
27th Louisiana 3 55 4 92 154
28th [29th] 3 13 3 54 73
Louisiana
Total 12 95 11 188 306
Report of arms and ammunition on hand in THIRD Brigade, Smith's DIVISION, Brigadier General F. A. Shoup commanding, on the day of capitulation of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863.
Command 26th 27th 28th Artil Total
Louisia Louisia [29th] lery
na na Louisia
na
Arms 700 850 375 --- 1,925
Ammunition, 45,000 55,000 35,000 --- 135,000
in rounds
24-pounder --- --- --- 1 1
howitzer
12-pounder --- --- --- 2 2
howitzers
12-pounder --- --- --- 1 1
smooth-bore
3-inch rifle --- --- --- 1 1
Average --- --- --- 160 160
rounds
ammunition
to each
piece
The total amount of artillery ammunition on the field was 800 rammers. We had on this field about 100 hand-grenades, 60 rampart-grenades, and 4 thunder-barrels.
Respectfully submitted.
J. G. CLARKE,
Lieutenant, and Acting Ordnance Officer THIRD Brigade.
[Indorsement.]
Approved. One Withoworth gun on my line was disabled on May 19, form effect of its own shot. The two howitzer belonged regularly to my brigade, the other artillery was detached from other commands.
F. A. SHOUP,
Brigadier-General.
DEMOPOLIS,
August 31, 1863.
Number 91. Reports of Brigadier General John S. Bowen, c. S. Army, commanding DIVISION. HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Vicksburg, May 28, 1863.
SIR: I have the honor to state that, in accordance with orders from the Lieutenant-general commanding, I ordered two of Colonel Cockrell's regiments the First and fifth Missouri to relieve General Green, and
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