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Appendix B.

Consolidated report of forage consumed and animals captured on the march from Savannah, Ga., to Goldsborough, N. C., by the Seventeenth Army Corps.

Command. Horses. Mules. Corn.

Headquarters;

Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .

Captured 60 40 75,460

First Division:

Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .

Captured 585 864 575,364

Total 585 864 575,364

Third Division:

Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .

Captured 400 600 1,381,860

Total 400 600 1,381,860

Fourth Division:

Drawn from depot . . . . . . 130,622

Captured 287 452 270,000

Total 287 452 400,622

9th Illinois Mounted

Infantry:

Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .

Captured 40 10 250,000

Total 40 10 250,000

Lieutenant M. F.

Swortzcope, acting assistant

quartermaster:

Drawn from depot . . . . . . . . .

Captured 1 5 13,320

Total 1 5 13,320

Aggregate 1,373 1,971 2,696,726

Command. Hay. Oats. Fodder.

Headquarters;

Drawn from depot . . . . . . . .

Captured . . . . . . . . .

First Division:

Drawn from depot 3,400 32,880 . . .

Captured . . . . . . 686,700

Total 3,400 32,880 686,700

Third Division:

Drawn from depot . . . 325,000 . . .

Captured . . . . . . 1,000. 000

Total . . . 325,000 1,000. 000

Fourth Division:

Drawn from depot 196,023 345,225 . . .

Captured . . . . . . 432,000

Total 196,023 345,225 432,000

9th Illinois Mounted

Infantry:

Drawn from depot . . . 8,710 . . .

Captured . . . . . . 200,000

Total . . . 8,710 200,000

Lieutenant M. F.

Swortzcope, acting assistant

quartermaster:

Drawn from depot . . . 10,500 . . .

Captured . . . . . . 28,200

Total . . . 10,500 28,200

Aggregate 199,423 722,345 2,346,900

Appendix C.

List of casualties, Seventeenth Army Corps, during the campaign from Savannah, Ga., to Goldsborough, N. C.

Command. Killed. Wounded. Missing Aggrega

. te.

First DIVISION 29 206 55 290

Third Division 2 14 20 36

Fourth Division 5 28 12 45

9th Illinois Mounted 2 4 4 10

Infantry

Company G, 11th Illinois . . . . . . 3 3

Cavalry

Total 38 252 94 384

There were captured 380 prisoners of war and 162 deserters.

ADDENDA.


HDQRS. DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
Near Rivers' Bridge, S. C., February 5, 1865.

Major General F. P. BLAIR,

Commanding Seventeenth Army CORPS:

GENERAL: Allow me to congratulate you on the success achieved by your command in breaking the line of the Salkehatchie. The enemy chose a position of incomparable strength and met us at every crossing with defiant boldness. Your First Division, under Major- General

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