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638 Series I Volume XXXVIII-III Serial 74 - The Atlanta Campaign Part III

Page 638 Chapter L. THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.

DANVILLE, April 5, 1865.

Lieutenant General J. B. HOOD:

Proceed to Texas, as heretofore ordered.

S. COOPER,

Adjutant ant Inspector General.

DANVILLE, April 7, 1865.

Lieutenant General J. B. HOOD:

A court of inquiry cannot be convened in your case at present. Must proceed to Texas, as heretofore ordered.

S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General.


Numbers 599.

Organization of the Confederate Forces.

APRIL 30, 1864.

ARMY OF TENNESSEE.

General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.

HARDEE'S CORPS.

Lieutenant General WILLIAM J. HARDEE.

CHEATHAM'S DIVISION.

Major General BENJAMIN F. CHEATHAM.

Maney's Brigade.*

Colonel GEORGE C. PORTER.

1st Tennessee,

27th Tennessee,
Colonel Hume R. Feild.

4th Tennessee (Confederate), Lieutenant Colonel Oliver A. Bradshaw.

6th Tennessee,

9th Tennessee,
Lieutenant Colonel John W. Buford.

41st Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel James D. Tillman.

50th Tennessee, Colonel Stephen H. Colms.

24th Tennessee Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver A. Bradshaw.

Strahl's Brigade.+

Brigadier General OTHO F. STRAHL.

4th Tennessee,

5th Tennessee,
Colonel Jonathan J. Lamb.

19th Tennessee, Colonel Francis M. Walker.

24th Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel E. Shannon.

21st Tennessee,

33rd Tennessee,
Lieutenant Colonel Fountain E. P. Stafford.

Wright's Brigade.

Colonel JOHN C. CARTER.

8th Tennessee, Colonel John H. Anderson.

16th Tennessee, Captain Benjamin Randals.

28th Tennessee, Colonel Sidney S. Stanton.

38th Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew D. Gwynne.

51st Tennessee,

52nd Tennessee,
Lieutenant Colonel John G. Hall.

Vaughan's Brigade.++

Brigadier General ALFRED J. VAUGHAN, Jr.

11th Tennessee, Colonel George W. Gordon.

12th Tennessee,

47th Tennessee,
Colonel William M. Watkins.

29th Tennessee, Colonel Horace Rice.

13th Tennessee,

154th Tennessee,
Colonel Michael Magevney, jr.

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* Formerly of Walker's division. Transfer reported on return for February 20.

+ Formerly of Stewart's division. Transfer reported on return for February 20.

++ Formerly of Hindman's division. Transfer reported on return for February 20.

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