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586 Series I Volume XXXII-II Serial 58 - Forrest's Expedition Part II

Page 586 KY., SW.VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N.GA. Chapter XLIV.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ruggles' Command.

Brigadier General DANIEL RUGGLES.

Jackson (Arkansas) Light Artillery, Captain James C. Thrall.

Rice's (Tennessee) battery, Captain T. W. Rice.

Military Posts.

Cahaba.*

Demopolis.+

Selma.++

Unattached.

1st Alabama.

Waties' (South Carolina) battery, Captain John Waties.

Abstract from return of the Army of Tennessee, General Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. Army, commanding, January 20, 1864; headquarters at Dalton, Ga.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers Men Effective

total

present

General headquarters, staff 20 145 145

and escort

Hardee's army corps:

Staff and escort 21 170 170

Cheatham's division 391 4,272 4,152

Stevenson's division 436 5,860 5,735

Cleburne's division 448 5,445 5,308

Walker's division a 267 3,874 3,790

Artillery 44 953 932

Total Hardee's corps 1,607 20,574 20,087

Hindman's army corps:

Staff and escort 21 124 123

Hindman's division 470 5,643 5,481

Breckinridge's division b 345 3,308 3,192

Stewart's division 448 4,690 4,557

Artillery 35 853 823

Total Hindman's corps 1,319 14,618 14,176

Cavalry:

Wheeler's corps 485 5,094 5,011

1st Louisiana Cavalry 14 128 128

Total cavalry c 499 5,222 5,139

Artillery Reserve 31 639 611

Miscellaneous:

Engineer troops 18 430 427

1st Louisiana Infantry 5 63 57

Total miscellaneous 23 493 484

Grand total d 3,499 41,691 40,642

Command. Aggregate Aggregate . Pieces

present. present of

and artille

absent ry.

General headquarters, staff 187 236 ---

and escort

Hardee's army corps:

Staff and escort 227 410 ---

Cheatham's division 5,513 10,191 ---

Stevenson's division 7,239 11,082 ---

Cleburne's division 7,117 10,399 ---

Walker's division a 5,250 8,688 ---

Artillery 1,155 1,757 45

Total Hardee's corps 26,501 42,527 45

Hindman's army corps:

Staff and escort 191 288 ---

Hindman's division 7,223 11,520 ---

Breckinridge's division b 4,381 7,327 ---

Stewart's division 6,072 11,543 ---

Artillery 1,034 1,285 36

Total Hindman's corps 18,901 31,963 36

Cavalry:

Wheeler's corps 7,027 11,999 10

1st Louisiana Cavalry 184 365 ---

Total cavalry c 7,211 12,364 10

Artillery Reserve 773 958 26

Miscellaneous:

Engineer troops 512 615 ---

1st Louisiana Infantry 83 204 ---

Total miscellaneous 593 819 ---

Grand total d 54,166 88,867 117

a Baldwin's brigade ordered to Department of the Gulf; its effective total, 1,659, and aggregate present and absent, 2,918.

b Quarles' brigade ordered to Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana; its effective total, 1,469, and aggregate present and absent, 2,927.

c Rucker's Legion and Hamilton battalion with General Longstreet and dropped from this return.

d The aggregate present and absent includes 272 officers and 4,609 men reported as prisoners of war.

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*The 49th Alabama and three companies of partisans and exchanged prisoners.

+Garrison not indicated.

++Garrison composed of "boys and exempts."

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