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Page 94 OPERATIONS IN MO., ARK., KANS., AND IND. T. Chapter XVIII.


Numbers 4. Strength and organization of the Army of the Mississippi, operating against Island Numbers 10, March 31, 1862.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate Aggregate Pieces

present. present of

and artiller

absent. y.

1st 122 2,535 3,330 3,679 N

(Stanley

's,)

Division

..

2nd 121 2,428 2,972 3,390 o

(Hamilto

n's)

Division

..

3rd 151 3,131 3,790 4,647 t

(Palmer'

s)

Division

..

4th 142 2,832 3,447 3,988 s

(Paine's

)

Division

..

5th 97 2,408 2,998 3,523 t

(Plummer

's)

Division

..

Cavalry 75 1,341 2,026 2,236 a

(Granger

's)

Division

..

Artiller 29 782 972 1,053 t

y

(Lothrop

's)

Division

..

Engineer 9 96 802 890 e

troops

(Bissell

)..

Unattach 50 1,238 1,478 1,708 d

ed to

division

s..

Bird's 36 775 842 872 i

Point,

Mo..

Sikeston 6 143 151 167 n

, Mo..

Total*.. 838 17,709 22,808 26,153 original

.

*This does not embrace Buford's (flotilla) brigade, with an aggregate present for duty of 2,251.

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.-Major General JOHN POPE.

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General D. S. STANLEY.

First Brigade.

Colonel JOHN GROESBECK.

27th Ohio Infantry.

39th Ohio Infantry.

Second Brigade.

Colonel J. L. KIRBY SMITH.

43rd Ohio Infantry.

63rd Ohio Infantry.

SECOND DIVISION.

Brigadier General SCHUYLER HAMILTON.

First Brigade.

Colonel W. H. WORTHINGTON.

5th Iowa Infantry.

59th Indiana Infantry.

Second Brigade.

Colonel N. PERCZEL.

10th Iowa Infantry.

26th Missouri Infantry.

Artillery.

11th Ohio Battery.

THIRD DIVISION.

Brigadier General JOHN M. PALMER.

First Brigade.

Colonel JAMES R. SLACK.

34th Indiana Infantry.

47th Indiana Infantry.

Second Brigade.

Colonel G. N FITCH.

43rd Indiana Infantry.

46th Indiana Infantry.


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