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Organization of troops in the Department of the Susquehanna, commanded by Major General Darius N. Couch, U. S. Army, January 31, 1864.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Brigadier General ORRIS S. FERRY.

147th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, Captain Charles Fair.

27th New York Battery,* Lieutenant Charles A. Clark.

Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery I,* Captain Robert J. Nevin.

20th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B,* Captain Michael B. Strickler.

20th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L,* Captain Samuel Comfort, jr.

Convalescents, Captain John O. W. Finnie.

Provost Guard, Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Frink.

Chambersburg, Pa.

Colonel WILLIAM H. BOYD.

21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Major Charles F. Gillies.

22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment), Lieutenant Charles L. Mercerau.

5th U. S. Artillery, Battery E, Lieutenant James W. Piper.

Lehigh District.

Major General FRANZ SIGEL.

10th New Jersey Infantry, Captain Henry A. Perrine.

1st New York Light Artillery, Battery A, Lieutenant Isaac B. Hall.

U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps (six companies), Colonel Samuel D. Oliphant.

Harrisburg, Pa.

Lieutenant Colonel JAMES V. BOMFORD.

Patapsco (Maryland) Guards, Captain Thomas S. McGowan.

1st Battalion Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, Captain David Z. Seipe.

York, Pa.

Surg. HENRY PALMER.

50th Company, Second Battalion, U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Captain Robert T. Knox.

Abstract from of the Department of the Monongahela, Major General William T. H. Brooks, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of January, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate Aggregate

present. present

and

absent.

Department staff 9 --- 9 9

Department troops, 21 564 592 749

Ohio infantry (nine

companies)

Total 30 564 601 758

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*At Camp Couch, commanded by Captain James McCann.

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