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CAVALRY.

Colonel MARCUS A. RENO.

5th New York, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore A. Boice.

22nd New York, Colonel Horation B. Reed.

12th Pennsylvania, Major Edson Gerry.

18th Pennsylvania, Captain Albert Gardner.

1st Rhode Island, Major John Rogers.

2nd United States, Captain Charles E. Norris.

1st U. S. Artillery, Batteries K and L, Captain Henry W. Closson.

ARTILLERY BRIGADE.

Major ALBERT W. BRADBURY.

Indiana Light, 17th Battery, Lieutenant Laban Sparks.

Maine Light, 1st Battery (A), Captain Eben D. Haley.

Maine Light, 5th Battery (E), Bvt. Major Greenleaf T. Stevens.

New York Light, 5th Battery, Lieutenant John V. Grant.

1st Rhode Island Light, Battery D, Captain Elmer L. Corthell.

Abstract from returns of the Cavalry forces commanding by Major General Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, for the month of April, 1865.

[Compiled from subordinate returns.]

Present for duty.

Offic Men. Aggrega Aggregat

ers. te e

Command. present present

and

absent.

Army of the Shenandoah

(Merritt)

First Division (Devin) 192 3,338 4,447 13,427

Third Division (Custer) 208 4,556 5,448 12,740

Total 400 7,894 9,895 26,167

Army of the Potomac:

Second Division (Crook) 220 2,715 8,035 12,730

Grand total 620 10,609 17,930 38,897

Organization of the Cavalry forces commanded by Major General Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, April 30, 1865.

ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH.

Major General WESLEY MERRITT

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General THOMAS C. DEVIN.

First Brigade.

Colonel PETER STAGG.

1st Michigan, Captain Edward L. Negus.

5th Michigan, Colonel Smith H. Hastings.

6th Michigan, Colonel James H. Kidd.

7th Michigan, Lieutenant Colonel George G. Briggs.

Second Brigade.

Colonel CHARLES L. FITZHUGH.

6th New York, Major Harrison White.

9th New York, Major James R. Dinnin.

19th New York (1st Dragoons), Lieutenant Colonel Rufus Scott.

17th Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Colonel Coe Durland.

20th Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Middleton.


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