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Third Brigade.*

Colonel JAMES L. GEDDES.

8th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel William B. Bell.

12th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Stibbs.

35th Iowa, Colonel Sylvester G. Hill.

Artillery.

Captain NELSON T. SPOOR.

1st Illinois Light, Battery E (First Brigade), Lieutenant John A. Fitch.

Indiana Light, 6th Battery (Third Brigade), Lieutenant Louis Kern.

Iowa Light, 2nd Battery (second Brigade), Lieutenant Joseph R. Reed.

THIRD DIVISION.

Brigadier General ANDREW J. SMITH.

First Brigade.

Colonel DAVID MOORE.

58th Illinois, Colonel William F. Lynch.

119th Illinois, Colonel Thomas J. Kimmey.

89th Indiana, Colonel Charles D. Murray.

21st Missouri, Major Edwin Moore.

Second Brigade.

Colonel WILLIAM T. SHAW.

14th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Newbold.

27th Iowa, Colonel James I. Gilbert.

32nd Iowa, Colonel John Scott.

24th Missouri, Colonel James K. Mills.

Third Brigade.

Colonel EDWARD H. WOLFE.

Colonel RISDON M. MOORE.+

49th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel William W. Bishop.

117th Illinois, Colonel Risdon M. Moore; Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Merriam.

52nd Indiana, Major William T. Strickland.

178th New York, Colonel Edward Wehler.

Artillery.

Captain JAMES M. COCKEFAIR.

Indiana Light, 3rd Battery, Lieutenant Thomas J. Ginn.

Indiana Light, 9th Battery, Captain George R. Brown.

Indiana Light, 14th Battery, Lieutenant Francis W. Morse.

FOURTH DIVISION.++

Brigadier General JAMES C. VEATCH.

First Brigade.

Colonel MILTON MONTGOMERY.

33rd Missouri, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Heath.

35th New Jersey, Lieutenant Colonel William A. Henry.

25th Wisconsin, Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah M. Rusk.

Second Briagade.

Colonel JAMES H. HOWE.

25th Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel John Rheinlander.

17th New York (veteran), Colonel William T. C. Grower.

32nd Wisconsin, Major Charles H. De Groat.

2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery D (section), Captain Charles S. Cooper.

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* Went into camp at Big Black Rievr bridge, February 4.

+ In command from February 28.

++ Detachment.

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