Loss in the division from May 4 to July 1, 1864:

Officers.

Brigades. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total.

Reserve Brigade. 7 28 11 46

First Brigade. 5 20 6 31

Second Brigade. 3 21 1 25

Total 15 69 18 102

Men.

Brigades. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total Aggre

gate.

Reserve Brigade. 98 416 157 671 717

First Brigade. 93 310 342 745 776

Second Brigade. 56 229 54 339 364

Total 247 955 553 1,755 1,857

For further details I would respectfully refer to the inclosed reports of brigade commanders.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

A. T. A. TORBERT,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Commanding.

Lieutenant Colonel JAMES W. FORSYTH,

Chief of Staff, Cavalry Corps.

Numbers 192. Report of Brigadier General Wesley Merritt, U. S. Army, commanding First Division, of operations May 7-26.

HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY RESERVE BRIGADE,
July 6, 1864.

CAPTAIN: In compliance with directions received through headquarters First Cavalry Division, from headquarters of the corps, I respectfully submit the following report of the operations of the division, from the time I assumed command (May 7, 1864) to the 26th of the same month, when General torbert, the present commander, assumed command:

At the time I took command by orders from division headquarters, the First and Second Brigades were in position in front of the Furnaces, about 2 miles from Todd's Tavern, and the Reserve Brigade was near Alrich's plantation. On the 7th the Reserve Brigade marched by the position named above occupied by the other two brigades, and assuming command of the division, I ordered Colonel Devin's brigade to follow the Reserve Brigade, while General Custer continued to hold the position already occupied by his command. On the evening of the same day the Reserve Brigade met a force of the enemy's cavalry near Todd's Tavern, and a brisk fight occurred. Colonel Gibbs, commanding Reserve Brigade, handled it with great skill, and drove the enemy some miles on the road to Spotsylvania Court-House. The Second Brigade was held as reserve, but it was not found necessary to use it on that day. On the morning of the 8th, by orders received from army headquarters, I advanced the two brigades of the division, then with me on the road to Spotsylvania Court-House (the First Brigade still near the Furnaces). The orders were to take position near Spotsylvania on the Block house road. On advancing the leading brigade (the Reserve) was immediately