SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, Numbers 57.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 31, 1865.

I. Captain R. J. Hinton, Second Kansas Colored Volunteers, aide-de-camp, having reported, is assigned to duty from March 1 instant.

II. Lieutenant S. P. Curtis, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, having reported, is assigned to duty from March 1 instant.

By command of Major-General Curtis:

C. S. CHARLOT,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

Abstract from return of the Military Division of West Mississippi, Major General Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of March, 1865. *

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters 28 --- 28

Department of the Gulf

(Hurlbut):

Staff 38 2 40

Infantry 384 11,800 14,985

Cavalry 96 2,959 3,708

Artillery 108 3,934 4,747

Total 626 18,695 23,480

Department of Arkansas

(Reynolds): #

Staff 37 --- 38

Infantry 402 10,677 13,887

Cavalry 313 8,283 10,659

Artillery 38 1,384 1,552

Total 790 20,344 26,136

Department of Mississippi

(Dana):

Staff 22 --- 22

Infantry 136 4,056 5,245

Cavalry 58 1,521 1,960

Artillery 62 2,915 3,483

Total 278 8,492 10,710

Sixteenth Army Corps

(Smith):

Staff 5 --- 5

Infantry 686 13,953 16,823

Artillery 24 665 742

Total 715 14,618 17,570

Thirteenth Army Corps

(Granger):

Staff 25 --- 25

Infantry 694 16,048 18,633

Artillery 25 893 960

Total 744 16,941 19,618

Cavalry Corps (Grierson):

Staff 2 --- 2

Infantry 14 374 414

Cavalry 172 4,365 5,019

Artillery 8 218 228

Total 196 4,957 5,661

District of south Alabama

(Smith):

Staff 2 --- 2

Cavalry 9 165 343

Artillery 18 632 811

Total 29 797 1,156

Continued.

Pieces of artillery.

Command. Aggrega Hea Fie Headquarters.

te vy. ld

present

and

absent

General headquarters 28 - - New Orleans and

in the field.

Department of the Gulf New Orleans,

(Hurlbut): La.

Staff 47 - -

Infantry 17,237 4 -

Cavalry 4,588 - 3

Artillery 5,163 16 86

Total 27,035 20 89

Department of Arkansas Little Rock,

(Reynolds): # Ark.

Staff 38 - -

Infantry 17,347 - 3

Cavalry 12,567 - 4

Artillery 1,810 4 71

Total 31,762 4 78

Department of Missis Vicksburg,

sippi (Dana): Miss.

Staff 23 - -

Infantry 5,920 - -

Cavalry 2,954 - -

Artillery 3,975 68 85

Total 12,872 68 85

Sixteenth Army Corps In the field,

(Smith): Ala.

Staff 5 - -

Infantry 26,608 - -

Artillery 887 - -

Total 27,500 - 24

Thirteenth Army Corps Near Spanish

(Granger): Fort, Ala.

Staff 25 - -

Infantry 24,259 - -

Artillery 1,087 - 39

Total 25,371 - 38

Cavalry Corps New Orleans.

(Grierson): La.

Staff 2 - -

Infantry 502 - -

Cavalry 7,993 - -

Artillery 299 - 10

Total 8,796 - 10

District of South Ala Fort Gaines,

bama (Smith): Ala.

Staff 2 - -

Cavalry 511 - -

Artillery 898 - -

Total 1,411 - -

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*For organization of U. S. forces operating about Mobile covering this date, see Vol. XLIX, Part I.

#Also reported with Military Division of the Missouri, see p. 1308.

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