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Page 479 Chapter XLV. CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. -UNION.

Abstract from tri-monthly of troops in the Department of West Virginia, Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelley, U. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

Department staff 8 --- 8

First Division (Brigadier --- --- ---

General Jeremiah C.

Sullivan)

Infantry 282 5,896 7,019

Cavalry 86 2,071 2,794

Artillery 43 1,201 1,419

Total 411 9,168 11,232

Second Division (Colonel --- --- ---

James A. Mulligan)

Infantry 219 5,709 6,671

Cavalry 50 1,307 1,532

Artillery 11 425 463

Total 280 7,441 8,666

Third Division (Brigadier --- --- ---

General E. P. Scammon)

Infantry 98 2,393 2,957

Cavalry 42 1,318 1,577

Artillery 5 197 222

Total 145 3,908 4,456

Fourth Division (Brigadier --- --- ---

General William W. Averell)

Infantry 40 1,063 1,263

Cavalry 83 2,070 2,693

Artillery 5 185 198

Total 128 3,318 4,154

Virginia Exempts (two 5 130 178

companies), Captain E. Over

Detachment Signal Corps, 3 14 18

Captain E. A. Denicke.

Grand total, Department of 980 23,979 29,012

West Virginia

Command. Aggregate Pieces of Stations.

present and artillery.

absent.

Department staff 8 --- Cumberland

First Division --- --- Harper's

(Brigadier General Ferry

Jeremiah C. Sullivan)

Infantry 8,379 ---

Cavalry 3,796 ---

Artillery 1,576 72

Total 13,751 72

Second Division (Colonel --- --- New Creek

James A. Mulligan)

Infantry 7,549 ---

Cavalry 1,679 ---

Artillery 528 22

Total 9,756 22

Third Division --- --- Charleston

(Brigadier General E.

P. Scammon)

Infantry 4,823 ---

Cavalry 2,092 ---

Artillery 313 16

Total 7,228 16

Fourth Division --- --- Martinsburg

(Brigadier General

William W. Averell)

Infantry 1,579 ---

Cavalry 3,525 ---

Artillery 221 12

Total 5,325 12

Virginia Exempts (two 186 --- Wheeling

companies), Captain E.

Over

Detachment Signal Corps, 20 --- Martinsburg

Captain E. A. Denicke.

Grand total, Department 36,274 122

of West Virginia

Organization of troops in the Department of West Virginia, Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelley, U. S. Army,commanding, January 31, 1864.

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General JEREMIAH C. SULLIVAN.

Second Brigade.

Colonel WILLIAM P. MAULSBY.

1st Maryland, Potomac Home Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Roger E. Cook.

2nd Maryland, Eastern Shore, Lieutenant Colonel Elijah E. Massey.

Third Brigade.

Colonel ROBERT S. RODGERS.

18th Connecticut, Major Henry Peale.

116th Ohio, Colonel James Washburn.

123rd Ohio, Major Horace Kellogg.

12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Colonel Lewis B. Pierce.

5th U. S. Artillery, Battery B, Lieutenant Henry A. Du Pont.

Wheaton's Brigade.

Colonel JOHN F. BALLIER.

62nd New York, Colonel David J. Nevin.

93rd Pennsylvania, Major John I. Nevin.

98th Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Patterson.

139th Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Moody.

17th Indiana Battery,* Lieutenant William H. Miner.

1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery D,* Captain Andrew Rosney.

1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery A,* Captain George Furst.

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*Temporarily attached to brigade.

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