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Page 550 KY., SW.VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N.GA. Chapter XLIV.

Abstract from returns of the Department of the Cumberland, Major General George H. Thomas, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of April, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers Men Aggregate

present

General headquarters 71 777 1,035

Fourth Army Corps (Howard):

Headquarters 7 --- 7

First Division (Stanley) 399 7,339 9,058

Second Division (Newton) 295 4,632 5,651

Third Division (Wood) 413 8,053 9,688

Total Fourth Army Corps 1,114 20,024 24,404

Fourteenth Army Corps

(Palmer):

Headquarters 5 --- 5

First Division (Johnson) 294 7,796 9,355

Second Division (Davis) 313 7,354 8,605

Third Division (Baird) 364 7,678 9,160

Total Fourteenth Army Corps 976 22,828 27,125

Twentieth Army Corps

(Hooker):a

Headquarters 14 57 75

First Division (Williams) 342 6,969 8,208

Second Division (Geary) 290 6,758 8,284

Third Division (Butterfield) 325 7,264 8,626

Total Twentieth Army Corps b 971 21,048 25,193

Cavalry Corps (Elliott):

Headquarters 7 --- 7

First Division (McCook) 169 3,820 4,660

Second Division (K. Garrard) 212 6,466 7,514

Third Division (Kilpatrick) 181 3,428 4,247

Fourth Division (Gillem) 230 4,973 6,103

Detached (Palmer) 19 364 431

Total Cavalry Corps 818 19,051 22,962

Artillery Reserve (Barnett) 32 999 1,080

Engineer troops:

Engineer Brigade (McCreery) 74 1,486 2,026

Pioneer Brigade (Buell) 36 742 1,082

First Michigan Engineers 37 1,002 1,684

(Innes)

Total engineer troops 147 3,230 4,792

Post of Chattanooga, Tenn. 147 3,246 3,860

(Steedman)

Unassigned troops:

Infantry 93 2,260 2,682

Artillery c 17 572 622

Total unassigned 110 2,832 3,304

District of Nashville

(Rousseau):

Headquarters 3 --- 3

Clarksville (Smith) 3 85 96

Columbia (Funkhouser) 3 124 135

Fort Donelson (Brott) --- 61 64

Gallatin (Paine) 8 130 157

Murfreesborough (Van Cleve) 16 414 461

Nashville (Granger) 339 7,562 10,052

Nashville and Northwestern 89 1,732 2,705

Railroad (Gillem)

Total District of Nashville 461 10,099 13,673

Grand total 4,847 104,134 127,428

Grand total according to 4,813 103,458 126,446

monthly return of the

department

Pieces of

artillery.

Command. Aggregate Hea Fiel Headquarters

present vy d

and

absent

General headquarters 1,203 -- -- Chattanooga,

Tenn.

Fourth Army Corps

(Howard):

Headquarters 10 -- -- Cleveland,

Tenn.

First Division (Stanley) 13,714 -- 12 Blue

Springs,

Tenn.

Second Division (Newton) 9,107 -- 6 Clevaland,

Tenn.

Third Division (Wood) 14,842 -- 12 McDonald's

Station,

Tenn.

Total Fourth Army Corps 37,673 -- 30

Fourteenth Army Corps

(Palmer):

Headquarters 5 -- -- Chattanooga,

Tenn.

First Division (Johnson) 15,088 -- 12 Graysville,

Ga.

Second Division (Davis) 12,165 -- 12 Near

Ringgold,

Ga.

Third Division (Baird) 13,082 -- 12 Ringgold,

Ga.

Total Fourteenth Army 40,340 -- 36

Corps

Twentieth Army Corps

(Hooker):a

Headquarters 82 -- -- Lookout

Valley,

Tenn.

First Division (Williams) 11,136 -- 12 In the

field.

Second Division (Geary) 11,305 -- 12 Bridgeport,

Ala.

Third Division 11,054 -- 12 Lookout

(Butterfield) Valley,

Tenn.

Total Twentieth Army 33,577 -- 36

Corps b

Cavalry Corps (Elliott):

Headquarters 8 -- -- Chattanooga,

Tenn.

First Division (McCook) 7,422 -- 6 Clevaland,

Tenn.

Second Division (K. 10,293 -- 6 Columbia,

Garrard) Tenn.

Third Division 6,851 -- -- Ringgold,

(Kilpatrick) Ga.

Fourth Division (Gillem) 7,241 -- 6 Nashville,

Tenn.

Detached (Palmer) 670 -- -- Rossville,

Ga.

Total Cavalry Corps 32,485 -- 18

Artillery Reserve 1,287 -- 50 Nashville,

(Barnett) Tenn.

Engineer troops:

Engineer Brigade 2,940 -- -- Chattanooga,

(McCreery) Tenn.

Pioneer Brigade (Buell) 2,229 -- -- Do.

First Michigan Engineers 1,835 -- -- Bridgeport,

(Innes) Ala.

Total engineer troops 7,004 -- --

Post of Chattanooga, 5,605 -- 74

Tenn. (Steedman)

Unassigned troops:

Infantry 3,264 -- -- Chattanooga,

Tenn.

Artillery c 695 3 23

Total unassigned 3,959 3 23

District of Nashville

(Rousseau):

Headquarters 3 -- -- Nashville,

Tenn.

Clarksville (Smith) 100 -- 6

Columbia (Funkhouser) 150 4 2

Fort Donelson (Brott) 93 -- 4

Gallatin (Paine) 159 -- 6

Murfreesborough (Van 520 28 26

Cleve)

Nashville (Granger) 12,322 19 26

Nashville and 3,208 -- 6

Northwestern Railroad

(Gillem)

Total District of 16,555 51 76

Nashville

Grand total 179,688 54 343

Grand total according to 178,018 54 343

monthly return of the

department

a Formed by consolidation of Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps.

b The Fourth Division reported at Nashville, Tenn.

c At Bridgeport, Cleveland, Stevenson, and Tullahoma.


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