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585 Series I Volume XXIII-I Serial 34 - Tullahoma Campaign Part I

Page 585 Chapter XXXV. THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN.


Numbers 90. Abstracts from Returns of Department Numbers 2, for June 20 and July 10, 1863.*

RETURN FOR JUNE 20, 183; HEADQUARTERS AT SHELBYVILLE, TENN.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Effective total

present.

Polk's corps:

Infantry 1,187 13,600 13,390

Cavalry 11 165 163

Artillery 37 707 707

Total Polk's corps 1,235 14,493 14,260

Hardee's corps:

Infantry 1,191 14,471 14,255

Cavalry 12 135 135

Artillery 27 579 559

Total Hardee's 1,230 15,187 14,949

corps

Reserve Artillery:

Infantry with 20 236 228

artillery

Artillery 23 429 413

Total Reserve 43 665 641

Artillery

Wheeler's cavalry

corps:

Cavalry 718 8,755 8,689

Artillery 12 284 278

Total Wheeler's 730 9,039 8,967

cavalry corps

Forrest's cavalry

division:

Cavalry 295 4,024 3,982

Artillery 7 128 125

Total Forrest's 302 4,152 4,107

cavalry division

Cavalry escort of 8 165 165

General Bragg

Total Army of 3,548 43,701 43,089

Tennessee

District of 127 1,286 1,266

Tennessee

District of 110 1,635 1,624

Northern Alabama

Grand total 3,785 46,622 45,979

Department No 2

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate

present present and present and

absent absent last

report

Polk's corps

Infantry 16,861 25,968 26,033

Cavalry 219 303 364

Artillery 829 946 950

Total Polk's 17,909 27,932 274,347

corps

Hardee's

corps:

Infantry 18,511 24,932 24,746

Cavalry 189 251 251

Artillery 698 835 619

Total Hardee's 19,398 263,018 25,616

corps

Reserve

Artillery:

Infantry with 290 377 379

artillery

Artillery 508 567 563

Total Reserve 798 944 942

Artillery

Wheeler's

cavalry corps:

Cavalry 11,559 15,408 15,810

Artillery 321 382 382

Total 11,880 15,790 16,192

Wheeler's

cavalry corps

Forrest's

cavalry

division:

Cavalry 4,762 6,527 52,510

Artillery 141 208 218

Total 4,903 6,735 5,728

Forrest's

cavalry

division

Cavalry escort 182 213 201

of General

Bragg

Total Army of 55,070 76,917 76,026

Tennessee

District of 2,415 3,189 2,995

Tennessee

District of 2,042 3,475 3,475

Northern

Alabama

Grand total 59,527 83,581 82,496

Department No

2

RETURN FOR JULY 10, 1863; HEADQUARTERS AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

General

headquarters:

Staff and 29 165 165

escort

Sappers and 4 101 101

miners

(Captain

George B.

Pickett's

company)

Total 33 266 266

Polk's corps:

Infantry 1,330 14,017 13,785

Artillery 38 698 675

Cavalry 12 180 179

Total 1,380 14,639 14,426

General

headquarters:

Staff and 203 237 229

escort

Sappers and 105 109 109

miners

(Captain

George B.

Pickett's

company)

Total 308 346 338

Polk's corps:

Infantry 17,405 25,771 25,968

Artillery 803 941 946

Cavalry 218 301 303

Total 18,426 27,013 27,217

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*Return for June 30, 1863, cannot be found among the Confederate archives.

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