Abstract from return of the Military Division of West Mississippi, Major General Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of August, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General 12 ... 12

headquarters.

Department of the ... .... ...

Gulf* (Banks).

Staff. 78 .... 78

Infantry. 1,072 25,370 34,389

Cavalry. 328 7,300 10,748

Artillery. 163 4,965 6,234

Total. 1,641 37,635 51,447

Department of the .... .... ....

Missouri+

(Rosecrans).

Staff. 46 .... 47

Infantry. 97 2,695 3,497

Cavalry. 238 7,158 9,348

Artillery. 24 881 1,124

Total. 405 10,734 14,016

Department of ... ... ...

Arkansas (Steele).

Staff. 33 ... 33

Infantry. 539 12,931 19,346

Cavalry. 341 8,669 14,075

Artillery. 31 1,086 1,299

Total. 944 22,686 34,753

Grand total. 3,002 71,055 100,228

Pieces of artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy. Field. Headquarters.

present

and

absent.

General 12 ... .... New Orleans,

headquarters. La.

Department of the ... ... ... Do.

Gulf* (Banks).

Staff. 85 ... ...

Infantry. 45,648 145 12

Cavalry. 15,135 ... ...

Artillery. 7,415 163 143

Total. 68,283 308 155

Department of the ... ... .... Saint Louis,

Missouri+ Mo.

(Rosecrans).

Staff. 51 ... ...

Infantry. 3,879 12 ...

Cavalry. 13,164 5 2

Artillery. 1,357 4 44

Total. 18,451 21 46

Department of .... ... ... Little Rock,

Arkansas (Steele). Ark.

Staff. 36 ... ...

Infantry. 26,930 ... 3

Cavalry. 20,793 ... 16

Artillery. 1,636 4 61

Total. 49,395 4 80

Grand total. 136,141 333 281

Abstract from return of the Enrolled Missouri Militia, Major General William S. Rosecrans, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of August, 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate Aggregate

present. present

and

absent.

First Military 39 444 550 727

District (Pike).

Fourth Military 75 1,727 1,837 1,984

District (Holland).

Seventh Military 66 987 1,152 1,460

District (Craig).

Eighth Military 16 367 411 443

District

(Douglass).

Total. 196 3,525 3,950 4,614

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*First and Second Divisions, Nineteenth Army Corps, dropped from return; transferred to the Middle Military Division.

+Exclusive of Enrolled Missouri Militia, for return of which see next, post.

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