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TWELFTH DIVISION.

Brigadier General ALVIN P. HOVEY.

Escort.

1st Indiana Cavalry, company C, lieutenant James L. Carey.

First Brigade.

Brigadier General F. MCGINNIS.

11th Indiana, lieutenant Colonel William W. Darnall. 24th Indiana, Colonel William T. Spicely. 34th Indiana: Colonel Robert A. Cameron. Major Robert B. Jones. Colonel Robert A. Cameron. 46th Indiana, colonel Thomas H. BRINGHURST. 29th Wisconsin: Colonel Charles R. Gill. Lieutenant Colonel William A. Greene.

SECOND Brigade.

Colonel JAMES R. SLACK .

8th Illinois, colonel John E. Whiting. 47th Indian, lieutenant Colonel John A. McLaughlin. 24th Iowa: Colonel Erber c. BYAM. 28th Iowa, colonel John Connell. 56th Ohio, colonel William H. Raynor.

Artillery.

1st Missouri Light, battery A. Captain George W. Schofield. Ohio Light, 2nd Battery, lieutenant Augustus Beach. Ohio Light, 16th Battery, lieutenant Russell P. Twist.

FOURTEENTH DIVISION.

Brigadier General Eugene a. Carp.

Escort.

3rd Illinois Cavalry, company G: Captain Enos McPhail. Captain Samuel S. Marrett.

First Brigade.

(1.)Brigadier General WILLIAM P. BENTON.

(2). Colonel HENRY D. WASHBURN. *.

(3). Colonel DAVID SHUNK. +

33rd Illinois, colonel Charles E. Lippincott. 99th Illinois: Colonel George W. K. Bailey. Lieutenant Colonel Lemuel Parke. 8th Indiana: Colonel Henry D. Washburn. Captain Jonathan H. Williams. 1st United States (siege guns), major Maurice Maloney.

SECOND Brigade.

Brigadier General Michael K. LAWLER.

21st Iowa: Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius W. Dunlap. Major Salue G. Van Anda. 22nd Iowa: Colonel William M. Stone. Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Graham. Major Joseph B. Atherton. Captain Charles N. Lee. 23rd Iowa, colonel Samuel L. Glasgow. 11th Wisconsin: Colonel Charles L. Harris. Major Arthur Platt.

Artillery.

2nd Illinois Light, battery A: Lieutenant Frank B. Fenton. Captain Peter Davidson. Indiana Light, 1st Battery, captain Martin Klauss.

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*Assumed command May 31. +Assumed command June 27.

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