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170 Series I Volume XXX-I Serial 50 - Chickamauga Part I

Page 170 KY.,SW.VA.,TENN.,MISS.,N.ALA.,AND N.GA. Chapter XLII.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1863.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters a 75 929 1,211

Fourteenth Army Corps b 987 15,898 19,687

Twentieth Army Corps c 700 9,869 12,518

Twenty-first Army Corps d 976 12,926 16,181

Reserve Corps,headquarters

First and Second Division 629 10,966 13,283

e

Cavalry Corps f 560 9,517 12,105

Wilder's Brigade Mounted

Infantry g 137 2,282 2,878

Pioneer Brigade, First,

Second, and Third 54 742 1,088

Battalions h

Signal corps h 34 119 154

Artillery Reserve i 8 198 215

Unattached artillery k 2 95 105

1st Michigan Engineers and

Mechanics and 2nd Kentucky 23 785 885

Battery l

1st U. S. Colored Troops l 14 301 390

Total. 4,111 63,766 79,458

Command. Aggregate Service- Pieces of

present able field

and horses. artillery.

absent.

General headquarters a 1,593

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Fourteenth Army Corps b 31,650

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54

Twentieth Army Corps c 22,287

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53

Twenty-first Army Corps d 24,635

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58

Reserve Corps,headquarters

First and Second Division 17,962

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34

e

Cavalry Corps f 16,713 9,913 9

Wilder's Brigade Mounted

Infantry g 3,450

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10

Pioneer Brigade, First,

Second, and Third 2,644

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Battalions h

Signal corps h 169

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Artillery Reserve i 250

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18

Unattached artillery k 120

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6

1st Michigan Engineers and

Mechanics and 2nd Kentucky 1,000

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4

Battery l

1st U. S. Colored Troops l 949

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Total. 130,609 9,913 246

Present for duty, equipped.

Infantry. Cavalry.

Command. Officers Men Officers Men

General headquarters a 34 496 27 411

Fourteenth Army Corps b 840 11,598 ---- ---

Twentieth Army Corps c 667 8,909 ---- ---

Twenty-first Army Corps d 871 11,555 ---- ---

Reserve Corps,

headquarters First and 578 10,336 ---- ---

Second Division e

Cavalry corps f ---- ---- 532 9,144

Wilder's Brigade Mounted

Infantry g ---- ---- ---- ---

Pioneer Brigade, First,

Second, and Third 45 742 ---- ---

Battalions h

Signal corps h ---- ---- ---- ---

Artillery Reserve i ---- ---- ---- ---

Unattached artillery k ---- ---- ---- ---

1st Michigan Engineers

and Mechanics and 2nd 25 652 ---- ---

Kentucky Battery l

1st U. S. Colored Troops l ---- ---- ---- ---

Total. 3,015 43,546 559 9,555

Present for duty,equipped.

Artillery. Total.

Command. Officers Men. Officers Men

General headquarters a ---- --- 61 907

Fourteenth Army Corps b 30 860 870 12,458

Twentieth Army Corps c 32 1,042 699 9,951

Twenty-first Army Corps 33 1,083 904 12,638

d

Reserve Corps,

headquarters First and 15 550 593 10,886

Second Division e

Cavalry corps f 6 160 538 9,304

Wilder's Brigade Mounted

Infantry g ---- --- --- ---

Pioneer Brigade, First,

Second, and Third ---- --- 45 742

Battalions h

Signal corps h ---- --- --- ---

Artillery Reserve i 8 198 8 198

Unattached artillery k 3 95 3 95

1st Michigan Engineers

and Mechanics and 2nd 4 73 29 725

Kentucky Battery l

1st U. S. Colored Troops ---- --- --- ---

l

Total. 131 4,061 3,705 57,162

a Including department staff, 10th Ohio Infantry,1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters, and 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

b Reports losses in action of 30 officers and 412 men killed and 47 officers and 720 missing.

c Reports losses in action of 25 officers and 225 men killed and 38 officers and 697 men missing.

d Reports losses in action (in Second Division) of 5 officers and 53 men killed and 40 officers and 114 men missing.

e The First Division and the Second Brigade, Second Division, took part in the battle of Chickamauga. The First and Third Brigades of the Second Division were at Stevenson, Ala.,and elsewhere. The Third Division was at Nashville.

f Lowe's brigade and the 3rd Tennessee and 7th Kentucky Cavalry detached.

g From brigade return of September 30.

h Not added in total; accounted for elsewhere.

i At Nashville, Tenn.

k At Gallatin, Tenn.

l At Elk River Bridge, Tenn.


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