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Page 643 Chapter XLII. THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN.

[Inclosure C.]

Effective force of the First Division, Twenty-first Army Corps, September 19, 1863.

Command. Officers. Enlisted Total.

men.

First Brigade 107 1,214 1,321

Third Brigade 96 1,295 1,391

Total 203 2,509 2,712

Artillery:

6th Ohio Battery 5 114 119

8th Indiana Battery 5 129 134

Total 10 243 253

Grand total 213 2,752 2,965

TH. J. WOOD,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN., September 30, 1963.

[Inclosure D.]

Report of Casualties in the First Division, Twenty-first Army Corps, Department of the Cumberland, in the engagement of September 19 and 20, 1863.

Commissioned

officers. Enlisted men.

Command. Kil Wou Mis Ag Kil Wou Miss Aggr

led nde sin gr led nde ing egat

d g eg d e

at

e

First Brigade,

Colonel G. P. Buell

commanding:

100th Illinois --- 6 2 8 23 111 22 156

Volunteers

26th Ohio 4 6 2 12 23 134 43 200

Volunteers

13th Michigan 2 6 2 10 11 61 24 96

Volunteers

58th Indiana 2 5 1 8 14 96 24 134

Volunteers

Total 8 23 7 38 71 402 113 586

Third

Brigade, Colonel

C. G. Harker

commanding:

125th Ohio 1 2 --- 3 16 81 5 102

Volunteers

64th Ohio 1 2 --- 3 5 41 16 62

Volunteers

65th Ohio 3 5 --- 8 12 65 18 95

Volunteers

3rd Kentucky 1 8 --- 9 12 70 22 104

Volunteers

Total 6 17 --- 23 45 257 61 363

Artillery:

6th Ohio Battery a --- 1 --- 1 --- 5 3 8

8th Indiana Battery --- --- --- -- 1 8 7 16

b

Total --- 1 --- 1 1 13 10 24

a Two horses lost, 2 caissons, and 1 battery wagon.

b Fifty-six horses lost, 6 guns, 5 caissons, and 9 limbers.

RECAPITULATION.

First Brigade 8 23 7 38 71 402 113 586

Third Brigade 6 17 -- 23 45 257 61 363

Artillery --- 1 -- 1 1 13 10 24

Aggregate 14 41 7 62 117 672 184 973

Total killed,131; total wounded, 713; total missing, 191. Grand total, 1,035.*


HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION, TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS,
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 29, 1863.

TH. J. WOOD,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

Captain M. P. BESTOW,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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*See revised statement, p.176.

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