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527 Series I Volume XXVI-I Serial 41 - Port Hudson Part I

Page 527 Chapter XXXVIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -UNION.

Abstract from, return of the Department of the Gulf, &c.-Continued.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

Fourth

Division

(Grover):

Staff... 5 ..... 5

Infantry... 235 4,731 5,511

Artillery... 9 322 352

Total Fourth 249 5,053 5,868

Division...

Second

Brigade, First

Division

(Weitzel)...

Staff... 10 .... 10

Infantry.... 157 4,014 4,933

Cavalry... 6 229 266

Artillery... 7 272 301

Total Second 180 4,515 5,510

Brigade First

Division.

District of 80 1,437 1,872

Pensacola

(Holbrook)...

Ship Island, 22 502 637

Miss.

(Daniels)...

Key West and ...... ..... 1,512

Tortugas

(Woodbury)...

Grand total... 1,582 34,087 44,830

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of Remarks

present and last infantry. .

absent. return.

Fort

Division

(Grover):

Staff... 5 5 ..... Port

Hudson,

La.

Infantry... 9,387 9,387 ..... Do.

Artillery... 418 406 18 Do.

Total Fourth 9,810 9,728 18

Division...

Second

Brigade,

First

Division

(Weitzel):

Staff... 10 10 ..... Port

Hudson,

La.

Infantry.... 5,721 5,721 ..... Do.

Cavalry... 297 297 ..... Do.

Artillery... 371 371 18 Do.

Total Second 6,399 6,399 18

Brigade

First

Division.

District of 1,945 1,945 12

Pensacola

(Holbrook)..

.

Ship Island, 679 679 .....

Miss.

(Daniels)...

Key West and 1,565 1,565 ......

Tortugas

(Woodbury)..

.

Grand 55,228 55,217 114

total...

Abstract from tri-monthly return of the Department of the Gulf (Nineteenth Army Corps), Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Army, commanding, for May 31, 1863; headquarters, before Port Hudson, La.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

Department 28 .... 28

staff...

First Division

(Augur):

Staff... 8 .... 8

Infantry... 189 4,196 5,915

First, Third, 68 1,993 2,502

and Fourth

Louisiana

Native Guards.

Cavalry... 6 141 167

Artillery... 12 470 575

Total... 283 6,800 9,167

Second

Division

(Sherman):

Staff... 7 ...... 9

Infantry... 316 6,584 8,817

Artillery... 5 259 317

Other troops 88 2,789 3,386

in command...

Total... 416 9,632 12,529

Third Division

(Emory):

Staff... 10 ...... 10

Infantry... 173 3,349 3,980

Cavalry... 18 231 314

Artillery.... 8 302 313

Total... 209 3,972 4,617

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of Remarks.

present and last return. artillery.

absent.

Department 29 29 .... Front of

staff... Port

Hudson.

First

Division

(Augur):

Staff... 8 8 ..... Front of

Port

Hudson.

Infantry... 6,809 6.809 .... Do.

First, 2,654 2,654 ..... Do.

Third, and

Fourth

Louisiana

Native

Guards.

Cavalry... 191 191 ..... Do.

Artillery.. 633 633 34 Do.

Total... 10,295 10,295 34

Second

Division

(Sherman):

Staff... 9 9 ..... Front of

Port

Hudson.

Infantry... 9,651 9,651 ..... Do.

Artillery.. 529 529 20 Do.

Other 3,627 3,173 24 Do.

troops in

command...

Total... 13,816 13,362 44

Third

Division

(Emory):

Staff... 10 10 ..... Fort of

Port

Hudson.

Infantry... 9,819 9,819 ..... Do.

Cavalry... 403 403 ..... Do.

Artillery.. 432 432 18 Do.

..

Total... 10,664 10,664 18


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