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

Page 679 Chapter I. REPORTS, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.

Abstract from return of the Army of Tennessee, General Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. Army, commanding-Continued.

JULY 10, 1864.

Offic Men. Effect Aggreg Aggrega Piec

ers. ive ate te es

Command. total presen present of

presen t. and arti

t absent ller

y

GENERAL

HEADQUARTERS.

Staff and 19 168 168 201 257 --

escort

Engineer troops 17 353 350 433 603 --

Total 36 521 518 634 860 --

HARDEE'S CORPS.

Staff and 33 200 200 287 401 --

escort

Cheatham's 556 3,327 3,174 4,733 8,259 --

division

Cleburne's 476 3,852 3,743 5,478 9,328 --

division

Walker's 409 4,129 4,046 5,559 12,063 --

division*

Bate's division 318 2,290 2,171 3,275 6,563 --

Artillery 49 928 892 1,201 1,617 47

Total 1,841 14,726 14,226 20,533 38,231 47

HOOD'S CORPS.

Staff and 30 105 105 143 217 --

escort

Hindman's 496 4,931 4,766 6,426 11,618 --

division

Stevenson's 467 4,150 4,003 5,695 11,540 --

division

Clayton's 446 4,058 3,936 5,457 12,540 --

division

Artillery 43 766 743 994 1,337 36

Total 1,482 14,010 13,553 18,715 37,252 36

ARMY OF

MISSISSIPPI.

Staff# 11 --- --- 11 13 --

Loring's 511 4,491 4,410 5,786 10,358 --

division

French's 343 2,919 2,817 4,017 8,994 --

division

Walthall's 399 3,569 3,485 4,840 8,560 --

division

Artillery 61 1,050 1,000 1,207 1,838 50

Total 1,325 12,029 11,712 15,861 29,763 50

CAVALRY.

Army of 398 3,572 3,524 5,002 8,088 --

Mississippi++

Wheeler's 791 7,618 6,648 11,317 18,880 18

corps@

Total 1,189 11,190 10,172 16,319 26,968 18

Artillery 58 789 751 951 1,180 36

Reserve

Grand total// 5,931 53,265 50,932 73,013 134,254 187

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*Jackson's brigade broken up and the 2nd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters and 65th Georgia and 5th and 8th Mississippi Regiments temporarily attached to Gist's brigade. The 5th and 47th Georgia Regiments (aggregate present and absent 1,099) transferred to Savannah, Ga.

#Escort included in cavalry of the Army of Mississippi.

++Artillery attached is reported in Army of Mississippi.

@Including artillery attached.

// The aggregate present and absent includes 345 officers and 6,649 men absent as prisoners of war.

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