Abstract from return of the Department of the East, Major General John A. Dix,* U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of October, 1864.

Abstract from return of the Department of the East, Major General John A. Dix,* U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of October, 1864.

Command Officers Men Aggrega Aggrega Pieces

te te of

present present heavy

and artille

absent ry

General 123 - 123 123 -

headquarters

City and 37 1,003 1,523 2,534 -

Harbor of

New York

[Hunt]

Boston 46 1,325 1,652 1,695 141

Harbor and

Massachu-

setts Sea-

coast

Defenses

[Floyd

Jones]

Defenses of 10 277 296 378 -

Portsmouth

Harbor and

Maine Sea-

coast

[Dawson]

Military 9 169 198 463 -

District of

Northern New

York

[Robinson]

Military 304 10,760 13,390 14,142 -

District of

Western New

York +

[Diven]

Other forts 13 438 613 677 -

Total 542 13,962 17,795 20,012 141

Troops in the Department of the East, Major General John A. Dix.* U. S.

Army, commanding, October 31, 1864.

CITY AND HARBOR OF NEW YORK.

Brigadier General LEWIS C. HUNT.

Fort Hamilton.

Major DICKINSON WOODRUFF.

10th United States [three companies], Captain George H. Crosman.

12th United States [Invalid Company], Captain William M. Quimby.

Fort Lafayette.

LieutenantColonel MARTIN BURKE.

1st and 2nd Battalions,17th United States, Captain John P. Wales.

Fort Columbus.

LieutenantColonel JAMES V. BOMFORD.

20th New York Battery, Captain B. Franklin Ryer.

U. S. General Service Recruits, LieutenantJames McKim.

Fort Richmond.

Colonel HENRY S. BURTON.

7th United States, Company A, Captain David P. Hancock.

7th United States, Company B, LieutenantAlonzo A. Cole.

5th U. S. Artillery, Battery G, LieutenantJacob B. Rawles.

Sandy Hook.

LieutenantColonel ENOCH STEEN.

28th New York Battery, Captain Josiah C. Hannum.

---------------

*Major General John J. Peck, U. S. Army, second in command.

+Note on original says 7,238 of the number for duty and 640 of the sick [1,597] are rebel prisoners of war.

---------------