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677 Series I Volume XXXIX-II Serial 78 - Allatoona Part II

Page 677 Chapter LI. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -CONFEDERATE.

BUFORD'S DIVISION.

Brigadier General ABRAHAM BURFORD.

THIRD Brigade. *

Colonel EDWARD CROSSLAND.

3rd Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel Gustavus A. C. Holt.

7th Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Sherrill.

8th Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel Absalom R. Shacklett.

12th Kentucky, Colonel W. W. Faulkner,

Forrest's (Alabama) Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Dew M. Wisdom.

Fourth Brigade.

Colonel TYREE H. BELL.

2nd Tennessee, Colonel Clark R. Barteau.

16th Tennessee, Colonel Andrew N. Wilson.

20th Tennessee, Colonel Robert M. Russell.

MILITARY POSTS. +

Demopolis, Ala.

Meridian, Miss.

Selma, Ala.

Strength of District of the Gulf, Major General D. H. Maury, C. S. Army, commanding, June 30, 1864, as shown by inspection reports.

Troops. Aggregate present Aggregate present.

for duty

Artillery brigade 1,133 1,305

Local defense 549 689

Page's brigade 613 775

Troops at Pollard 1,000 1,169

Total 3,313 3,938

Troops. Aggregate Present Pieces of

present and effective artillery

absent. for the

field

Artillery brigade 1,838 1,131 4

Local defense 1,154 545 --

Page's brigade 1,026 661 --

Troops at Pollard 1,638 1,063 --

Total 5,656 3,400 4

Abstract from return of the army in the District of the Gulf, Major General Dabney H. Maury, C. S. Army, commanding, for June 30, 1864; headquarters Mobile, Ala.

Command Officers Men Effective Aggregate

total present

present

District 12 -- -- 12

staff

Page's

brigade:

Artillery 65 797 988 1,159

Cavalry 5 230 237 256

Total 70 1,027 1,225 1,415

Higgins'

brigade:

Artillery 82 1,016 1,102 1,263

Local 44 396 407 546

Defense

Corps

Total 126 1,412 1,509 1,809

Colonel

Patton's

command:

Infantry 22 160 169 202

Artillery 3 74 80 84

Cavalry 31 737 837 893

Total 56 971 1,086 1,179

Detached

commands;

7th 29 429 451 496

Alabama

Regiment

Company 3 66 66 73

engineer

troops

Total 32 495 517 569

Grand 296 3,905 4,337 4,984

total

Prisoners

Command Aggregate Pieces of Aggrega Officers Men

present field te

and artillery present

absent and

absent

last

return

District 13 -- 13 -- --

staff

Page's

brigade:

Artillery 1,489 -- 1,363 -- --

Cavalry 331 -- 330 -- --

Total 1,820 -- 1,693 -- --

Higgins'

brigade:

Artillery 2,071 4 2,065 6 277

Local 1,002 -- 1,121 -- --

Defense

Corps

Total 3,073 4 3,186 6 277

Colonel

Patton's

command:

Infantry 406 -- 403 -- --

Artillery 97 -- 83 -- --

Cavalry 1,144 -- 1,131 -- 2

Total 1,647 -- 1,617 -- 2

Detached

commands;

7th 647 -- 638 1 21

Alabama

Regiment

Company 105 -- 104 -- --

engineer

troops

Total 752 -- 742 1 21

Grand 7,305 4 7,251 7 300

total

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*The THIRD, Seventh, and Eighth Kentucky were infantry regiments mounted.

+Commanders not reported in original return.

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