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Abstract from return of the Department of the Tennessee, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding, for March 31, 1863. *

Present for duty.

Aggregate

Command. Officers Men. Aggregate present

. present. and

absent.

General

headquarters:

Staff. 19

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20 20

Engineer troops 12 278 641 800

(Bissell).

Pioneer corps 8 223 237 263

(J. W. Fouts).

Total. 39 501 898 1,083

Thirteenth Army

Corps (McClernand):

General 29 310 402 588

headquarters.

NINTH DIVISION 195 4,024 6,182 8,583

(Osterhaus).

Tenth DIVISION 270 4,384 6,301 8,796

(A. J. Smith).

District of East

Arkansas (Prentiss):

Staff (post of

Helena and 9

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10 10

district).

Twelfth DIVISION 171 3,665 4,425 5,314

(Hovey).

Thirteenth DIVISION 178 3,502 4,731 5,574

(Ross).

Cavalry DIVISION 160 2,953 4,106 4,867

(Washburn).

Fourteenth DIVISION+ 209 3,795 4,662 6,230

(Carr).

Total. 1,221 22,633 30,819 39,962

Fifteenth Army Corps

(Sherman):

Staff. 6

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6 8

First DIVISION 341 5,787 8,319 11,265

(Steele).

SECOND DIVISION 315 5,531 6,916 10,001

(Stuart).

Total. 662 11,318 15,241 21,274

SEVENTEENTH Army

Corps (McPherson):

General 13 67 91 111

headquarters.

THIRD DIVISION 362 6,511 7,702 9,328

(Logan).

Sixth DIVISION 328 5,137 6,178 7,607

(McArthur).

Seventh DIVISION 311 5,539 6,871 9,043

(Quinby).

Total. 1,014 17,254 20,842 26,089

Sixteenth Army Corps

(Hurlbut).

General 6 25 31 31

headquarters.

First DIVISION 420 7,513 9,434 11,253

(W. Sooy Smith).

Fourth DIVISION 324 6,087 7,204 8,419

(Lauman).

Eighth DIVISION 233 3,764 4,900 6,135

(J. E. Smith).

District of Columbus 356 5,798 7,364 8,857

(Asboth).

District of Corinth 531 10,231 13,189 15,355

(Dodge).

District of Jackson 393 6,705 8,544 10,186

(Kimball).

District of Memphis 318 4,817 8,086 9,353

(Veatch).

Cavalry DIVISION. 143 2,845 3,865 4,779

Total. 2,724 47,785 62,617 74,368

Grand total. 5,660 99,491 130,417 162,776

Grand total

according to 5,652 99,402 130,390 165,825

departmental tri-

monthly report.

CONTINUATION:

Pieces of

artillery.

Command. Heavy. Field. Headquarters.

General Young's Point.

headquarters:

Staff.

-------

------

Engineer troops

-------

------

(Bissell).

Pioneer corps

-------

------

(J. W. Fouts).

Total.

-------

------

Thirteenth Army

Corps (McClernand):

General

-------

------

Milliken's Bend.

headquarters.

NINTH DIVISION

-------

12 Do.

(Osterhaus).

Tenth DIVISION

-------

16 Do.

(A. J. Smith).

District of East Helena.

Arkansas (Prentiss):

Staff (post of

Helena and

-------

------

district).

Twelfth DIVISION

-------

22 Helena.

(Hovey).

Thirteenth DIVISION

-------

6 Yazoo Expedition.

(Ross).

Cavalry DIVISION

-------

5 Helena.

(Washburn).

Fourteenth DIVISION+ 6 6 Milliken's Bend.

(Carr).

Total. 6 67

Fifteenth Army Corps Young's Point.

(Sherman):

Staff.

-------

------

First DIVISION

-------

16 Young's Point.

(Steele).

SECOND DIVISION

-------

18 Do.

(Stuart).

Total.

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34

SEVENTEENTH Army

Corps (McPherson):

General

-------

------

Lake Providence.

headquarters.

THIRD DIVISION

-------

24 Berry's Landing.

(Logan).

Sixth DIVISION

-------

16 Lake Providence.

(McArthur).

Seventh DIVISION

-------

20 Near Fort Pemberton.

(Quinby).

Total.

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60

Sixteenth Army Corps

(Hurlbut).

General

-------

------

Memphis.

headquarters.

First DIVISION

-------

26 La-Grange.

(W. Sooy Smith).

Fourth DIVISION

-------

20 Memphis.

(Lauman).

Eighth DIVISION

-------

8 Yazoo Pass.

(J. E. Smith).

District of Columbus 105 13 Columbus, Ky.

(Asboth).

District of Corinth 25 32 Corinth.

(Dodge).

District of Jackson

-------

18 Jackson, Tenn.

(Kimball).

District of Memphis

-------

4 Memphis.

(Veatch).

Cavalry DIVISION.

-------

------

{First Brigade, La

{Grange.

{SECOND Brigade,

{Germantown.

Total. 130 121

Grand total. 136 282

Grand total

according to

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298

departmental tri-

monthly report.

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*Compiled, as far as practicable, from the subordinate, as the more accurate, returns.

+Formerly of the Army of Southeast Missouri. Arrived at Milliken's Bend March 26.

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