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Abstract from return of the Military Division of West Mississippi, &c. - Continued.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate Aggregat

present. e pres

ent and

absent.

Sixteenth Army

Corps (Smith):

Staff. 5 . . . 5 5

Infantry. 482 11. 202 13. 722 22. 040

Artillery. 23 700 786 906

Total. 510 11. 902 14. 513 22. 951

Reserve Corps: *

First Brigade 115 2. 773 3. 298 3. 725

(Lawler).

Second Brigade 131 2. 603 3. 340 4. 115

(Dennis).

Third Brigade 119 3. 019 3. 519 4. 501

(Andrews).

Fourth Brigade 96 2. 081 2. 601 3. 459

(Black).

Artillery. 31 1. 029 1. 158 1. 371

Grant total. 3. 246 83. 840 105. 611 132. 523

Pieces of artillery.

Command. Heavy. Field. Headquarters.

Sixteenth Army Chalmette, La.

Corps (Smith):

Staff. . . . . . .

Infantry. . . . . . .

Artillery. . . . 26

Total. . . . 26

Reserve Corps: *

First Brigade . . . . . . Kenner, La.

(Lawler).

Second Brigade . . . . . . Do.

(Dennis).

Third Brigade . . . . . . Barrancas, Fla.

(Andrews).

Fourth Brigade . . . . . . Kenner, La.

(Black).

Artillery. 4 48

Grant total. 368 369

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*So borne on the monthly return, but the troops comprising this command are all accounted for elsewhere.

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Organization of troops in the Military Division of West Mississippi, Major General Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865.

DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.

Major General STEPHEN A. HURLBUT.

SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA.

Brigadier General THOMAS W. SHERMAN.

DISTRICT OF CARROLLTON, LA.

Lieutenant Colonel NELSON VIALL.

Carrollton, La.

1st New Orleans, Companies B and H, Lieutenant Colonel Eugene Tisdale.

11th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (four companies), Lieutenant Colonel Nelson Viall.

Jefferson City, La.

77th U. S. Colored Troops, Company D, Captain Jesse Fettis.

DISTRICT OF LA FOURCHE, LA.

Brigadier General ROBERT A. CAMERON.

Brashear City, La.

Colonel SIMON JONES.

93rd U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel Simon Jones.

98th U. S. Colored Troops, Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Atkins.

2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery A, Lieutenant Franklin B. Fenton.

New York Light Artillery, 25th Battery, Captain Irving D. Southworth.

10th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, Company G, Lieutenant J. Horace McGuire.

1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Company D, Captain Henry W. Peck.


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