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1043 Series I Volume XLVIII-I Serial 101 - Powder River Expedition Part I

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Abstract from return of the Department of New Mexico, Brigadier General James H. Carleton, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of February, 1865.

Present for duty,.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters. 28 . . . 30

Albuquerque. 1 46 54

Fort Bascom. 6 185 206

Fort Bowie. 1 38 45

Fort Craig. 10 295 341

Fort Cummings. . . . 29 32

Fort Goodwin. 3 114 139

Fort Marcy. 1 48 61

Fort McRae. 1 19 32

Fort Stanton. 2 97 117

Fort Sumner. 8 239 268

Fort Union. 19 506 591

Union Depot. 1 9 10

Fort Wingate. 2 96 112

Fort Whipple. . . . 24 59

Franklin. 7 152 172

Las Cruces. 4 89 135

Los Pinos. . . . 83 98

Tubac. 1 52 75

In the field en route. 2 86 88

Total. 97 2. 207 2. 665

Pieces of artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy. Field.

present

and

absent.

General headquarters. 31 . . . . . .

Albuquerque. 60 . . . 4

Fort Bascom. 256 . . . . . .

Fort Bowie. 84 . . . 2

Fort Craig. 426 2 13

Fort Cummings. 48 . . . . . .

Fort Goodwin. 155 . . . . . .

Fort Marcy. 66 . . . 2

Fort McRae. 49 . . . . . .

Fort Stanton. 164 . . . . . .

Fort Sumner. 339 . . . 4

Fort Union. 808 4 4

Union Depot. 10 . . . . . .

Fort Wingate. 131 . . . . . .

Fort Whipple. 111 . . . 2

Franklin. 228 . . . . . .

Las Cruces. 171 . . . . . .

Los Pinos. 104 . . . . . .

Tubac. 97 . . . . . .

In the field en route. 88 . . . . . .

Total. 3. 426 6 31

Organization of troops in the Department of New Mexico, Brigadier General James H. Carleton, U. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865.

Albuquerque.

3rd U. S. Artillery, Battery A, Captain John B. Shinn.

Fort Bascom.

1st New Mexico Cavalry, Companies D, E, I, and M, Major Edward H. Bergmann.

Fort Craig.

Colonel OSCAR M. BROWN.

1st California, Company B, Captain Daniel B. Haskell.

1st New Mexico, Company D, Captain William Ayres.

1st New Mexico, Company E, Captain William H. Lent.

1st California Cavalry, Company F, Captain Thomas A. Stombs.

1st California Cavalry, Company H, Lieutenant Lewis F. Samburn.

Fort Cummings.

1st California, Company F, Lieutenant John K. Houston.

Fort Goodwin.

Major JAMES GORMAN.

1st New Mexico, Company I, Captain Smith H. Simpson.

1st California Cavalry, Company I, Captain William B. Kennedy.

Fort Marcy.

5th United States, Company K, Captain Samuel Overnshine.


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