Organization of the Army of Tennessee,&c.-Continued.

ARTILLERY-Continued.

Command. Effective Total Aggregate

total. present. present and

absent.

RESERVE-Continued.

Second Battalion, Major

S. C. Williams.

Darden's (Mississippi) 77 81 112

battery, Lieutenant H. W.

Bullen.

Jeffress'(Virginia) 78 81 113

battery, Captain William C.

Jeffress.

Kolb's (Alabama) 100 102 137

battery, Captain R. F. Kolb.

Total 255 264 362

Grand total 630 711 897

RECAPITULATION.

Hardee's 906 1,076 1,470

Breckinridge's 793 958 1,264

Reserve 630 711 897

Total. 2,329 2,745 3,631

Command. Number and description of Rounds

guns. ammunition

per gun.

RESERVE-Continued.

Second Battalion, Major

S. C. Williams.

Darden's (Mississippi) 4 12-pounder Napoleons... 200

battery, Lieutenant H. W.

Bullen.

Jeffress'(Virginia) 4 10-pounder Parrotts.... 150

battery, Captain William C.

Jeffress.

Kolb's (Alabama) 2 6-pounder guns; 2 175

battery, Captain R. F. Kolb. 12-pounder howitzers.

Total ....................... 175

Grand total ....................... 146

RECAPITULATION.

Hardee's ....................... ........

Breckinridge's ....................... ........

Reserve ....................... ........

Total. ....................... ........

RECAPITULATION.

I n f a n t r y.

Command. Effective total. Total present. Aggregate

present and

absent.

Hardee's corps 17,009 20,945 44,153

Breckinridge's corps 12,693 15,601 33,539

Reserve Artillery

------

------

------

Total 29,702 36,546 77,692

A r t i l l e r y.

Command. Effective total. Total present. Aggregate

present and

absent.

Hardee's corps 906 1,076 1,470

Breckinridge's corps 793 958 1,264

Reserve Artillery 630 711 897

Total 2,329 2,745 3,631

T o t a l.

Command. Effective total. Total present. Aggregate

present and

absent.

Hardee's corps 17,915 22,021 45,623

Breckinridge's corps 13,486 16,559 34,803

Reserve Artillery 630 711 897

Total 32,031 39,291 81,323

HEADQUARTERS CHALMERS' CAVALRY, Oxford, December 14, 1863.

Maj. G. W. HOLT:

MAJOR: I desire to make the following explanation as to the condition of my command when Grenada was taken for the benefit of my commanding generals, who, I have reason to believe, censure me for not having more men there to meet the enemy:

Before entering into particulars, however, permit me to say that since General Bragg's Tennesseeans always deserted him largely when he fell back from Tennessee, General Price's Arkansans nearly all left him when he retreated from Little Rock, and General Johnston's Mississippians when he fell back from Jackson, without any censure falling upon those generals, it would be hard to censure me