ENGINEER TROOPS.

Brig. Gen. DANVILLE LEADBETTER, chief engineer.

Lieutenant Colonel S. W. PRESSTMAN, commanding 3rd Regiment.

3rd Confederate Engineers, Company A, Captain R. C. McCalla.

3rd Confederate Engineers, Company B, Captain H. N. Pharr, Cheatham's

division.

3rd Confederate Engineers, Company C, Lieutenant A. W. Gloster, Stewart's division.

3rd Confederate Engineers, Company D, Captain Edmund Winston.

3rd Confederate Engineers, Company F, Captain W. A. Ramsey, Cleburne's division.

3rd Confederate Engineers, Company G, Lieutenant Robert L. Cobb, Hindman's division.

Pioneer Company, Captain A. W. Clarkson.

ESCORTS, ETC.

1st Louisiana (Regulars), Maj. S. S. Batchelor, army headquarters.

1st Louisiana Cavalry, Captain E. G. Davis, army headquarters.

Captain W. C. Raum's (Mississippi) Cavalry Company, at headquarters, Hardee's corps.

Captain Thomas M. Merritt's (Georgia) Cavalry Company,at headquarters, cheatham's division.

Captain R. S. Vandyke's (Tennessee) Cavalry Company, at headquarters, Stevenson's division.

Captain Calvin F. Sander's (Tennessee) Cavalry Company, at headquarters, Cleburne's division.

Lieutenant James M. Boydstun's (Georgia) Cavalry Detachment, at headquarters, Walker's division.

Captain T. M. Lenoir's (Alabama) Cavalry Company, at headquarters, Hindman's division.

Captain H. L. Foule's (Mississippi) Cavalry Company, at headquarters, Breckinridge's division.

Abstract from return of the forces in East Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel Gen. James Longstreet, C. S. Army, commanding, December 31, 1863; headquarters Russellville, Tennessee

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Effective Aggregate

total. present.

General staff. 15 --- --- 15

Infantry:

Hood's division 512 5,266 5,266 7,101

McLaw's division 349 3,825 3,825 5,224

Buckner's division 178 1,559 1,559 2,467

Vaughn's brigade 70 478 478 600

Total infantry 1,109 11,128 11,128 15,554

Cavalry:

General staff 4 --- --- 4

Morgan's division 178 2,012 2,012 2,877

Armstrong's division 169 1,635 1,635 2,273

Total cavalry 351 3,647 3,647 5,154

Artillery:

Alexander's 17 379 379 480

battalion

With cavalry 10 208 208 245

Total artillery 27 587 587 725

Grant total a 1,502 15,362 15,362 21,286

Command. Aggregate Aggregate present Pieces of

present and and absent last artillery

absent. return.

General staff. 19 19

Infantry:

Hood's division 14,766 14,908 ---

McLaw's division 11,372 11,595 ---

Buckner's division 5,418 --- ---

Vaughn's brigade 998 --- ---

Total infantry 32,554 26,503 ---

Cavalry:

General staff 4 --- ---

Morgan's division 6,817 --- ---

Armstrong's division 3,654 --- ---

Total cavalry 10,475 --- ---

Artillery:

Alexander's 776 855 22

battalion

With cavalry 349 --- ---

Total artillery 1,125 855 22

Grant total a 44,173 27,377 22

a The 38th Tennessee, Colonel Carter, is on duty repairing railroad bridges, and is not include in this report.

The returns of Major-General Ransom's command, at present serving with these forces, are made through Maj. Gen. Sam. Jones. His effective strength is: Infantry, three brigades 2,321; cavalry, two brigades, 1,979; artillery, four batteries, 335; total 4,635. [But see Jones' return, p.892.]