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Numbers 59.- Colonel James H. Coates, Eleventh Illinois Infantry, commanding Yazoo Expedition.


Numbers 60.- Itinerary of the First Brigade, First Division, U. S. Colored Troops, Brigadier General F. Shepard, U. S. Army, commanding, February 10-29.


Numbers 61.- Organization of the Army commanded by Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, February 20.


Numbers 62.- Abstract from Field Return of the Army commanded by Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, February 20.


Numbers 63.- Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army.


Numbers 64.- Major General Nathan B. Forrest, C. S. Army, of operations against expedition from Memphis.


Numbers 65.- Major General Stephen D. Lee, C. S. Army, of operations against expedition to Meridian.


Numbers 66.- Brigadier General William H. Jackson, C. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Division, of operations against expedition to Meridian.


Numbers 67.- Brigadier General Wirt Adams, C. S. Army, commanding Cavalry brigade, of operations against expedition to Meridian.


Numbers 68.- Colonel Peter B. Starke, Twenty-eighth Mississippi Cavalry, commanding Cavalry Brigade, of operations against expedition to Meridian.


Numbers 69.- Brigadier General W. Ferguson, C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of operations against expedition to Meridian.


Numbers 70.- Lieutenant Addison Harvey, commanding Scouts, of operations against expedition to Meridian.


Numbers 71.- Brigadier General Robert V. Richardson, C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of operations on the Yazoo River.


Numbers 72.- Brigadier General Lawrence S. Ross, C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of operations on the Yazoo River.


Numbers 1. Composition of the Meridian Expedition, under command of Major General William T. Sherman, and the co-operating columns under command of Brigadier General W. Sooy Smith and Colonel James H. Coates.

SHERMAN'S ESCORT.

4th Illinois Cavalry, Company A, Lieutenant Samuel A. Lowe.

SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS.

Major General STEPHEN A. HURBULT.

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General JAMES M. TUTTLE.

First Brigade.*

Colonel WILLIAM L. McMILLEN.

114th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel John F. King.

93rd Indiana, Major Samuel S. Crowe.

72nd Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Eaton.

95th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Jefferson Brumback.

Second Brigade.+

Brigadier General JOSEPH A. MOWER.

47th Illinois, Colonel John D. McClure.

5th Minnesota, Colonel Lucius F. Hubbard.

11th Missouri, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Barnum.

8th Wisconsin, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Jefferson.

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* The First Brigade and battery E, Fifth Illinois Light Artillery, co-operated February 6 to 15 with Smith's column moving from Memphis, and had no further part in the Meridian campaign.

+ Went into camp at Big Black River bridge, February 4. On February 27 the brigade started for Canton as guard to supply train for the army.

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