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ADDENDA.
Report of ordnance and ordnance stores lost at Grand Gulf, May 3, Big Black Bridge, May 17, and at the surrender of Vicksburg, MISS. [July 4], 1863, belonging to General Bowen's DIVISION.
[Extract.]
Ordnance, &c. Guibor' Landi Wade Dawso Lowe' Total
s s' batte n's s
battery batte ry batte batte
ry ry ry
8-inch shell 1 --- --- --- --- 1
gun
32-pounder 1 --- --- --- --- 1
gun, rifled
6-pounder 2 --- --- 2 --- 4
guns, smooth-
bore
12-pounder 2 --- --- 2 2 6
howitzers
12-pounder --- 2 2 --- --- 4
Napoleon guns,
bronze
12-pounder gun --- 2 --- --- --- 2
carriages
24-pounder --- 2 --- 1 --- 3
howitzers,
bronze
24-pounder --- 2 --- --- --- 2
howitzer
carriages
Caissons 4 --- 4 5 --- 13
Battery wagons 1 1 1 1 1 5
Traveling 1 1 1 1 1 5
forges
Total 12 10 8 12 4 46
Respectfully submitted with this explanation, that the guns of the Wade, Dawson, and Lowe batteries were all lost at Big Black, May 17, and also two guns one 6-pounder smooth bore and one 12-pounder howitzer of the Guibor battery, and that the guns of the Landis and one 6-pounder smooth bore and one 12-pounder howitzer of the Guibor batteries were lost by the surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, and that the 8 inch shell gun and the 32-pounder rifled gun of the Guinbor battery were lost at Grand Gulf by the evacuation of that place, May 3, 1863.
F. M. COCKRELL,
Brigadier-DIVISION, commanding Bowen's DIVISION.
Report of ordnance and ordnance stores lost in the SECOND DIVISION, Missouri Volunteers, at Grand Gulf, Baker's Creek, Big Black, and Vicksburg.
[Extract.]
Small-arms and First First SECOND Total
ammunition Missouri Missouri Missouri
Brigade Brigade, Brigade
ordnance
department
Small arms: 265 175 450 890
Percussion-lock
muskets, caliber
69
Mississippi --- 150 --- 150
rifles, caliber
54
Minie muskets, 94 300 --- 394
caliber 58
Enfield rifles, 1,549 75 --- 1,624
caliber 57
British muskets, 6 --- 350 356
caliber 75
Belgian muskets, 8 --- --- 8
caliber 70
1,922 700 800 3,422
Ammunition: Buck 8,900 7,000 --- 15,900
and ball
cartridges,
caliber 69
Minie 15,880 50,000 --- 65,880
cartridges,
caliber 58
Enfield 60,140 29,000 --- 89,140
cartridges,
caliber 57
Mississippi 100 6,000 --- 6,100
rifle
cartridges,
caliber 54
Musket caps 93,740 92,000 --- 185,740
Total 178,760 184,000 --- 362,760
Respectfully submitted.
J. M. FLANAGAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General
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