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Organization of troops in the District of the Kanawha - Continued.

Third Brigade.

Colonel GEORGE CROOK.

11th Ohio.

36th Ohio.

44th Ohio.

47th Ohio.

Fourth Brigade.*

Colonel J. A. J. LIGHTBURN.

4th West Virginia.

9th West Virginia.

Young's West Virginia company.

1st West Virginia Cav. (two companies).

Schambeck's (Illinois) cavalry company.

Not Brigaded.

1st Ohio Cavalry (one company).

2nd West Virginia Cavalry.+

Abstract from Returns* of the Department of the Rappahannock, Major General Irvin McDowell commanding, for the month of May, 1862.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men.

1st (Shields) Division 466 9,737

2nd (Ricketts') 427 8,911

Division

King's Division 466 8,560

McCall's division 440 10,751

Doubleday's brigade 46 752

Geary's brigade 78 1,967

Cavalry (Bayard's) 100 1,744

Brigade

Grand total 2,023 42,422

Continuation:

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces of

present. present and field

absent. artillery.

1st (Shields) Division 11,115 14,096 30

2nd (Ricketts') 9,999 11,879 22

Division

King's Division 9,690 12,073 ----

McCall's division 11,592 12,983 22

Doubleday's brigade 881 983 6

Geary's brigade 2,233 2,398 6

Cavalry (Bayard's) 1,974 2,335 ----

Brigade

Grand total 47,484 56,747 86

* Of the several divisions and unattached brigades.

Organization of the Department of the Rappahannock, Major General Irvin McDowell commanding, May 31, 1862.

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General JAMES SHIELDS.

First Brigade.

Brigadier General NATHAN KIMBALL.

14th Indiana, Colonel William Harrow.

4th Ohio, Colonel John S. Mason.

8th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel F. Sawyer.

7th West Virginia, Colonel James Evans.

Second Brigade.

Brigadier General ORRIS S. FERRY.

39th Illinois, Colonel Thomas O. Osborn.

13th Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Foster.

62nd Ohio, Colonel Francis B. Pond.

67th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Voris.

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* Including all troops on the Kanawha and Guyandotte below the mouth of the Gauley.

+ One company with First Brigade, one with the Second Brigade, and five with the Third.

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