Abstract from return of the Third Cavalry Division, Brigadier General Thomas F. Drayton commanding, for the month of December, 1864.

Present

for duty.

Command Offic Men Effect Aggreg Aggreg Piece

ers ive ate ate s of

total presen presen field

presen t t and artil

t absent lery.

Staff 7 - - 7 10 -

Seventh

Brigade.

Brigadier-

General

SLAUGHTER

Staff 5 - - 5 8 -

2nd Regiment of 59 313 313 420 754 -

Cavalry

Baird's 20 331 331 402 619 -

regiment of

cavalry.

Anderson's 24 321 321 398 705 -

regiment of

cavalry.

Benavides' 17 268 268 328 524 -

regiment of

cavalry.

Gillespie's 4 114 114 136 420 -

cavalry command

Ford's cavalry 37 521 521 700 1,144 -

command.

Welhausen's 2 45 45 55 74 4

light battery

Hughes' light 4 64 64 80 100 4

battery

Jones' light 5 63 63 77 101 6

battery

Nichols' light 2 53 53 79 95 4

battery

Total 179 2,093 2,093 2,680 4,544 18

Eighth Brigade.

Brigadier-

General

McCULLOCH

Staff 7 - - 7 7 -

Sweet's 11 148 148 195 232 -

regiment of

cavalry

Brown's 21 391 391 532 792 -

regiment of

cavalry

Bradford's 21 367 367 439 682 -

regiment of

cavalry

McCord's 11 105 105 163 429 -

regiment of

cavalry

Border Regiment 33 493 493 559 860 -

of Cavalry

Dunn's company 3 53 53 59 81 -

of cavalry

Goode's 4 34 34 44 76 -

company of

cavalry

Rutherford's 3 46 46 53 143 -

company of

infantry

Hopkins' 1 57 57 60 82 -

company of

infantry

Total. 115 1,694 1,694 2,111 3,384 -

Grand total. 301 3,787 3,787 4,798 7,938 -

Abstract from return of the Western Sub-District of Texas, Brigadier General James E. Slaughter commanding, for the month of December, 1864.

Present

for duty.

Command. Offic Men Aggreg Aggrega Pieces

ers ate te of

presen present artille

t and ry.

absent

Staff 7 1 8 8 -

Northern division, 33 142 206 360 -

Western Sub-District

(Pyron)

Western division, 13 224 279 457 -

Western Sub-District

(Benavides)

Southern division, 47 673 873 1,462 -

Western Sub-District

(Ford)

Fort Brown (Jones) 13 188 241 315 6

Corpus Christi 3 64 67 91 -

(Jones)

Total 116 1,292 1,674 2,693 6