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193 Series I Volume XXXIV-II Serial 62 - Red River Campaign Part II

Page 193 Chapter XLVI. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.

Abstract from returns of the Department of the Gulf, &c.-Continued.

Present for Pieces of

duty. artillery.

Comman Office Men. Aggreg Aggreg Heavy. Field. Headq

d. rs. ate ate uarte

presen presen rs.

t. t and

absent

.

Port

Hudson

:

Headqu 13 ...... 13 15 ...... ......

arters

Corps 234 3,880 4,221 5,873 ...... 8

d'Afri

que

Second 23 406 562 776 ...... ......

Brigad

e,

Cavalr

y

Divisi

on

Artill 23 367 527 648 ...... 4

ery

Total 293 4,653 5,323 7,312 ...... 12

Port

Hudson

Distri 140 3,195 4,163 5,649 13 12 Baton

ct of Rouge

Baton, La.

Rouge

Distri 84 2,200 2,931 3,568 ...... 8 Thibo

ct of deaux

La, La.

Fourch

e

Defens 320 6,596 8,138 12,558 40 41 New

es of Orlea

New ns,

Orlean La.

s

Fort 29 623 824 1,010 ...... ......

Jackso

n, La

Brashe 27 455 530 537 ...... ......

r

City,

La

Frankl 16 455 514 518 ...... ......

in, La

Lakepo 12 85 120 139 ...... ......

rt, La

Distri 51 871 1,113 1,199 127 6 Barra

ct of ncas,

Pensac Fla.

ola

Distri 29 751 1,182 1,343 ...... ...... Key

ct of West,

Key Fla.

West

and

Tortug

as

Grand 2,181 42,312 52,533 74,581 190 143

total

Grand 2,238 41,864 52,708 74,813 144 134

total

accord

ing to

monthl

y

return

of the

depart

ment.

Troops in the Department of the Gulf, Major General N. P. Banks, U. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1864.

HEADQUARTERS.

Headquarters troops, Companies A, B, and C, Captain Richard W. Francis.

THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS.*

Major General EDWARD O. C. ORD.

FIRST DIVISION.+

Brigadier General WILLIAM P. BENTON.

First Brigade.

Brigadier General FITZ HENRY WARREN.

33rd Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Leander H. Potter.

99th Illinois, Colonel George W. K. Bailey.

8th Indiana, Colonel David Shunk.

18th Indiana, Colonel Henry D. Washburn.

Second Brigade.

Colonel CHARLES L. HARRIS.

21st Iowa, Major William, D. Crooke.

22nd Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Graham.

23rd Iowa, Colonel Samuel L. Glasgow.

11th Wisconsin, Lieutenant Colonel Luther H. Whittlesey.

Third Brigade.++

Colonel JAMES KEIGWIN.

49th Indian, Major Arthur J. Hawhe.

69th Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel Oran Perry.

16th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Kershner.

114th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Kelly.

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*Headquarters at New Orleans, La. Major General N. J. T. Dana commanding U. S. Forces in Texas. For Third Division, see Madisonville, La., p. 198, post.

+Station, with exceptions noted, at Indianola, Tex.

++The 7th and 27th Kentucky, and the 42nd and 120th Ohio, serving in the District of Baton Rouge, La.

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