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APPENDIX H.- Consolidated statement of losses in the medical department, &c.- Continued.

Second Fifth Sixth Ninth Cava- Total

Corps Corps Corps Corps lry

Horses worn

out and

abandoned 25 ..... ...... ..... ..... 25

Horses

captured 6 3 ...... ..... ..... 9

Medicine

wagons lost ..... ..... ..... ..... 2 2

Hospital

wagons lost 1 ..... ...... ..... ..... 1

Ambulances

lost 3 ..... ...... ..... 8 11

Hospital

tents lost a 6 14 ...... ..... ..... 20

Wagon covers

lost ..... 7 ...... ..... ..... 7

Wall tents

lost ..... 1 ..... ..... ..... 1

Field cases

of

instruments

lost ..... ..... ...... ..... 5 5

Pocket cases

of

instruments

lost ..... ..... ..... ..... 7 7

Stretchers

lost 285 ..... ..... ..... ..... 285

a Left to shelter wounded.

APPENDIX I.

Consolidated report of the Ambulance Corps, Army of the Potomac, for the month of May, 1864.

Ambulances

Command Gain Burned, &c. On hand

Second Army

Corps ....... 2 178

Fifth Army

Corps 16 4 170

Ninth Army

Corps a ............. .............. ............

Cavalry Corps ............. .............. 77

Engineer

Brigade ............. .............. 12

General

Patrick's

provost

brigade ............ ............. 11

Sixth Corps ............ ............. 144

Artillery

Reserve, Army

of the

Potomac. b ............. ............. ............

On hand May 1 16 6 592

On hand May 31 ............. .............. 604

Total

authorized ............. .............. 598

Medicine wagons

Command Auten- Auten- Perot, Perot, Total

rieth, rieht, burned, and hand on hand

broken on hand &c.

down,

burned,

&c.

Second Army

Corps 1 7 ...... 8 15

Fifth Army

Corps ....... 6 1 4 10

Ninth Army

Corps a ....... ...... ..... ...... ......

Cavalry Corps ....... 4 ...... ...... 4

Engineer

Brigade ....... 1 ...... ...... 1

General

Patrick's

provost

brigade ....... ....... ...... ...... .......

Sixth Corps ....... 3 ...... 6 9

Artillery

Reserve, Army

of the

Potomac. b ....... ...... ...... ....... ......

On hand May 1 1 21 1 18 39

On hand May

31 ........ 20 ...... 17 37

Total

authorized ........ 21 ...... 20 40

Army wagons

Command Gain Burned, On hand Forges on

broken, hand

&c.

Second Army

Corps ....... 1 56 4

Fifth Army

Corps 7 .......... 58 4

Ninth Army

Corps a ....... ......... ...... .......

Cavalry Corps ........ ......... 38 3

Engineer

Brigade ........ .......... 1 .......

General

Patrick's

provost

brigade ........ ........ 4 1

Sixth Corps ........ ........ 52 3

Artillery

Reserve, Army

of the

Potomac. b ........ ......... ...... .......

On hand May 1 7 1 209 15

On hand May 31 ........ ......... 215 15

Total

authorized .......... ......... 210 15

Horses

Command Gain Killed Died Captured Abando- On hand

ned

Second

Army

Corps 1 ..... 8 2 5 583

Fifth

Army

Corps 35 8 6 3 8 524

Ninth

Army

Corps a ..... ..... ...... ....... ...... ......

Cavalry

Corps ..... ..... ...... ...... ...... 300

Engineer

Brigade ..... ...... ...... ..... ....... 32

General

Patrick's

provost

brigade ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... 29

Sixth

Corps ..... ..... ...... ....... ...... 403

Artillery

Reserve,

Army of

the

Potomac.b ..... ..... ..... ........ ...... ......

On hand

May 1 36 8 14 5 13 1,871

On hand

May 31 ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... 1,882

Total

autho-

rized ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 2,031

Mules

Command Gain Died Captured Abandoned On hand

Second

Army Corps ....... 4 2 4 281

Fifth Army

Corps 37 3 ....... ...... 349

Ninth Army

Corps a ....... ...... ...... ...... ......

Cavalry

Corps ........ ...... ...... ....... 179

Engineer

Brigade ....... ........ ....... ........ ......

General

Patrick's

provost

brigade ...... ....... ...... ....... 24

Sixth

Corps ...... ....... ...... ....... 313

Artillery

Reserve,

Army of

the

Potomac.b ...... ....... ....... ...... ......

On hand

May 1 37 7 2 4 1,146

On hand

May 31 ....... ....... ...... ..... 1,169

Total

authorized ...... ....... ....... ...... 1,203

Command Gain Worn out, On hand

lost, &c.

Second Army

Corps ....... 226 413

Fifth Army

Corps 49 102 342

Ninth Army

Corps a ........ .......... ..........

Cavalry Corps ........ 3 132

Engineer

Brigade ......... ......... 24

General

Patrick's

provost brigade ........ ......... 11

Sixth Corps ......... ......... 292

Artillery

Reserve, Army

of the

Potomac.b ......... ......... ...........

On hand May 1 49 331 1,214

On hand May 31 ......... ......... 945

Total

authorized ......... .......... 1,248

a The Ninth Corps, although accompanying this Army, was not attached to it in orders, therefore it is not carried out.

b No reports of the Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, have been received for consolidation.


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