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Organization of troops in the Military Division of West Mississippi, Major General Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army, commanding, August 31, 1864.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
Major General NATHANIEL P. BANKS.
HEADQUARTERS.
Headquarters troops, Companies A and B, Captain John C. Hays.
NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS.
Major General JOSEPH J. REYNOLDS.
SECOND DIVISION.
Brigadier General ELIAS S. DENNIS.
Escort.
1st Kansas (mounted), Captain Milton Kennedy.
First Brigade.
Colonel BENJAMIN DORNBLASER.
8th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Josiah A. Sheetz.
11th Illinois, Captain Nathaniel C. Kenyon.
46th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Jones.
76th Illinois, Colonel Samuel T. Busey.
7th Missouri (detachment), Lieutenant Brice P. Munns.
30th Missouri, Major William T. Wilkinson.
Second Brigade.
Colonel JAMES R. SLACK.
99th Illinois, Colonel George W. K. Bailey.
47th Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel John A. McLaughlin.
21st Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel Salue G. Van Anda.
120th Ohio, Major John F. McKinley.
29th Wisconsin, Colonel William A. Greene.
Artillery.
Massachusetts Light, 7th Battery (G), Captain Newman W. Storer.
New York Light, 26th Battery, Captain George W. Fox.
THIRD DIVISION.
Brigadier General GEORGE F. MCGINNIS.
First Brigade.
Colonel LIONEL A. SHELDON.
37th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Eugene B. Payne.
23rd Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Clark.
7th Kentucky, Colonel Reuben May.
42nd Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Don A. Pardee.
35th Wisconsin, Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Smith.
Second Brigade.
Colonel WILLIAM T. SPICELY.
97th Illinois, Major Victor Vifquain.
24th Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel John F. Grill.
69th Indiana, Major George H. Bonebrake.
22nd Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel William J. Worthington.
16th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Kershner.
114th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Kelly.
Third Brigade.
Colonel FREDERICK W. MOORE.
130th Illinois, Captain Jacob W. Wilkin.
83rd Ohio, Major Stephen S. L'Hommedieu, jr.
77th Illinois,* Colonel David P. Grier.
67th Indiana,* Major Francis A. Sears.
34th Iowa,* Colonel George W. Clark.
96th Ohio,* Lieutenant Colonel Albert H. Brown.
3rd Maryland Cavalry* (dismounted), Lieutenant Colonel Byron Kirby.
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*At Mobile Bay, Ala.
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