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Third Brigade.

Colonel CHARLES W. DREW.

48th U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel Frederick M. Crandal.

68th U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel J. Blackburn Jones.

76th U. S. Colored Troops, Major William E. Nye.

SEPARATE CAVALRY BRIGADE.

Brigadier General THOMAS J. LUCAS.

2nd Illinois, Colonel Daniel B. Bush, Jr.

1st Louisiana, Lieutenant Colonel Algernon S. Badger.

31st Massachusetts Infantry (mounted - five companies), Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Nettleton.

2nd New York Veteran, Colonel Morgan H. Chrysler.

Massachusetts Light Artillery, 2nd Battery (B), Lieutenant William Marland.

DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS. *

Major General JOSEPH J. REYNOLDS.

ESCORT.

1st Kansas (mounted - two companies), Captain Milton Kennedy.

PONTONIERS.

18th Illinois (three companies), Captain Jabez J. Anderson.

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General FREDERICK SALOMON.

First Brigade.

43rd Illinois (seven companies), Captain Hugo Westerman.

36th Iowa, Captain William F. Vermilion.

12th Kansas, Major Thomas H. Kennedy.

9th Wisconsin (four companies), Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Jacobi.

Second Brigade.

Colonel JAMES M. WILLIAMS.

11th U. S. Colored Troops (old - five companies), Lieutenant Colonel James M. Steele.

54th U. S. Colored Troops, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fair.

57th U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel Paul Harwood.

79th U. S. Colored Troops, Major Richard G. Ward.

83rd U. S. Colored Troops, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Gillpatrick.

112th U. S. Colored Troops (five companies), Lieutenant Colonel John G. Gustafson.

113th U. S. Colored Troops (four companies), Lieutenant Colonel Lauriston W. Whipple.

Artillery.

3rd Illinois Light, Battery A, Captain Thomas F. Vaughn.

1st Indiana Heavy, Company A, Lieutenant Merritt C. Skinner.

1st Missouri Light, Battery K, Captain James Marr.

2nd Missouri Light, Battery E, Captain Gustave Stange.

Iowa Light, 3rd Battery, Captain Orlo H. Lyon.

Ohio Light, 5th Battery, Captain Theophilus Kates.

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*Or Seventh Army Corps.

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