better than it had been at Fredericksburg. The roads by which the wounded were brought from the front, a distance of about 10 miles, were good and generally level, so that little suffering or exhaustion was caused by the trip. Supplies of every kind wee abundant and readily accessible; ice was freely supplied from ice-houses in the vicinity; soft bread was furnished after the 5th of June, and straw supplied on and after the 7th. No hospital gangrene made its appearance, and very little erysipelas.

When this hospital had become fairly established, and it was apparent that its organization would be somewhat permanent, the magnitude of the interests involved rendered it necessary that special officers should be assigned to duty in it, in charge of the commissary and quartermaster's departments, respectively. The state of the case having been represented to General Meade, an order was issued on the 10th, directing Captain Jones, assistant quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, and Captain Talbot, assistant commissary of subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, to report to Dr. Dalton for duty connected with their respective departments. They entered upon their duties on the 13th, and their subsequent labors contributed largely to the success and prosperity of the hospital. On the 11th, preparations began for a move. As fast as the tents could be emptied they were taken down, and by the 14th the hospital was packed and ready to move. Each corps organization was kept separate, and had a separate barge allotted to it for its transportation. The depot hospital boats and barges, together with those of the medical purveyor, moved on the 15th, passing first to the vicinity of Jamestown Island, and finally reaching City Point without accident on the evening of the 17th. The depot at White House was not entirely broken up, however, the train of the Cavalry Corps, and rations, forage, ammunition, being retained, guarded by the force under General Abercrombie, until the Cavalry Corps should return from its Gordonsville expedition.

SCHEDULE H.-Consolidated return of wounds received in battles between the Pamunkey and James Rivers, May 28 to June 15, 1864.

Location of Second Corps Fifth Corps Sixth Corps

wounds, &c.

Head and face 240 114 332

Neck 40 12 53

Shoulder 160 49 124

Thorax 154 60 135

Abdomen 102 31 81

Back and hips 179 60 122

Perineum and

genitals 17 4 3

Superior

extremities 775 275 567

Inferior

extremities 1,009 290 728

Large arteries or

nerves 5 1 ........

Total 2,681 896 2,145

Shell wounds 88 226 136

Cannon-shot wounds 4 7 9

Bullet wounds 2,544 660 1,995

Amputations 176 91 214

Excisions 20 29 32

Aggregate strength

present 25,757 21,219 20,920

Medical officers 166 142 117

Killed (by

regimental report) 531 a100 400

Wounded (by

regimental report) 2,453 977 2,200

Missing (by

regimental report) 862 a300 220

Deaths in field

hospitals 80 26 55

Officers wounded 156 47 70

Location of Ninth Corps Cavalry Corps Total

wounds, &c.

Head and face 119 65 870

Neck 19 20 144

Shoulder 52 37 422

Thorax 109 60 518

Abdomen 45 28 287

Back and hips 79 34 474

Perineum and

genitals 9 9 42

Superior

extremities 381 177 2,175

Inferior

extremities 385 195 2,607

Large arteries or

nerves ........ ......... 6

Total 1,198 625 7,545

Shell wounds 58 27 535

Cannon-shot wounds 5 2 27

Bullet wounds 1,023 581 6,803

Amputations 121 31 633

Excisions 18 15 144

Aggregate strength

present 14,718 14,180 96,794

Medical officers 78 57 560

Killed (by

regimental report) 246 143 1,420

Wounded (by

regimental report) 1,386 738 7,754

Missing (by

regimental report) 296 186 1,864

Deaths in field

hospitals 35 16 212

Officers wounded 61 47 381

No report from the Eighteenth Corps received.

a Estimated.