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Artillery harness. -980 sets of harness and traces, 800 collars, 112 saddles, 12 bridles.

Miscellaneous stores. -12,500 pounds sulphur, 37,000 pounds saltpeter.

In addition to the above there has been received;

At Charlotte, N. C. -Two brass guns (caliber not given).

At Salisbury, N. C. -Three 12-pounder Napoleon guns (mounted), three 12-pounder Napoleon guns (dismounted and broken), six 10-pounder smooth-bore guns (steel)-four with carriages, no limbers, and two without carriages.

At Jamestown, N. C. -Two 12-pounder guns (heavy), two Napoleon guns, one 6-pounder gun (iron), one 6-pounder gun (bronze), one Dahlgren boat howitzer, one 12-pounder howitzer (iron).

At Hillsborough, N. C. -One 20-pounder Parrott gun; two 10-pounder Parrott guns (trunnions broken); one 10-pounder Parrott gun (navy); two 3-inch rifled guns (cast-iron, trunnions broken, rebel manufacture); one 12-pounder howitzer (United States).

RECAPITULATION.

Manufacture.

Article United Rebel. Foreign Not Burnsid Sharps

s. States. . given. e carbine

carbine s.

s.

Guns 34 101 4 29 . . . . . . . .

(field . . . . .

and

siege).

.

Gun 15 120 . . . . 4 . . . . . . . .

carriag . . . . . . . .

es

(field

and

siege).

Artille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

harness

. .

sets. .

Ammunit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ion, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

fixed

(field

and

siege),

rounds.

Small- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2

arms. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cartrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(small-

arms)

round.

Powder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

pounds.

.

Percuss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

caps. .

Bridles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(artill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ery). .

Collars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(artill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ery). .

Saddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(artill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ery). .

Sulphur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

pounds.

.

Saltpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

er. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

do. .

Sabers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(cavalr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

y). .

Article Springf Enfield Austria Harper' United Total.

s. ield rifles. n s Ferry States,

rifles. rifles. rifles. altered

to

percuss

ion.

Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

(field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and

siege).

.

Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

carriag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

es

(field

and

siege).

Artille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980

ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

harness

. .

sets. .

Ammunit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

ion, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

fixed

(field

and

siege),

rounds.

Small- 2,342 4,526 319 932 300 8,424

arms. .

Cartrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,500

ges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(small-

arms)

round.

Powder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

pounds.

.

Percuss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000

ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

caps. .

Bridles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

(artill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ery). .

Collars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800

(artill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ery). .

Saddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

(artill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ery). .

Sulphur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,500

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

pounds.

.

Saltpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,000

er. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

do. .

Sabers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

(cavalr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

y). .

T. G. BAYLOR,

Captain of Ordnance and Brevet Colonel, U. S. Army.


Numbers 8. Report of Surg. John Moore, U. S. Army, Medical Director.


HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Goldsborough, N. C., April 9, 1865.

GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following brief report of that part of the campaign in the Carolinas pertaining to the medical department:

Prior to leaving Savannah the army had been replenished with one month's supplies of medicines and hospital stores. These supplies were drawn from the purveyor for the Department of the South at Hilton


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