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U. S. NINTII DIVISION.
THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. PETER J. OSTERHAUS.
Brig. Gen. ALBERT L. LEE.
Brig. Gen. PETER J. OSTERHAUS.
1ST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Theophilus T. Garrard; Brig. Gen. Albert L. Lee: Col. James Keigwin.
2D BRIGADE, Col. Lionel A. Sheldon; Col. Daniel W. Lindsey.
CAVALRY (three detachments).
ARTILLERY (two batteries), Capt. Jacob T. Foster.
The division began the march from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, March 31, 1863; advanced in three columns with division fronts against the Confederate line of defense immediately north of Fort Garrott, in the assault, May 22, and carried the colors of its leading regiments close to that line. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson. May 1, killed 36, wounded 175, missing 3, total 214, one officer killed; in the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 19, wounded 88, missing 26, total 133, three officers killed; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, killed 10, wounded 20, missing 1, total 31, one offieer killed; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 3, wounded 9, total 12; in the assault, May 19, killed 2, wounded 62, total 64; in the assault, May 22, killed 29, wounded 150, missing 1, total 180, four officers mortally wounded ; during the siege. wounded 12; and other minor combats, wounded 6. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and siege were. killed 100. wounded 524, missing 31, total, 655.
U. S. First Brigade.
NINTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. THEOPHILUS T. GARRARD. Brig. Gen. ALBERT L. LEE. Col. JAMES KEIGWIN.
118TH ILLINOIS, Col. John G. Fonda.
49TH INDIANA, Col. James Keigwin; Lient. Col. Joseph HI. Thornton ; Col. James Kiegwin; Maj. Arthur J. Hawhe; Lieut. Col. Josephi H. Thornton.
69TH! INDIANA, Col. Thomas W. Bennett; Lieut. Col. Oran Perry.
7TH KENTUCKY, Capt. Elisha B. Treadway; Lieut. Col. John Lucas; Capt. Elisha B. Treadway ; Col. Reuben May.
120TH OHIO, Col. Marcus M. Spiegel.
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The brigade was ordered to Big Black River Bridge, May 23, 1863, under command of General Osterhaus, and remained there until the end of the siege. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gib- son, May 1, killed 18, wounded 102, missing 3, total 123; in the bat- tle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 11, wounded 44, missing 13, total 68, three officers killed; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, wounded 1; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 1; in the assault, May 19, killed 1, wounded 28, total 29; in the assault, May 22, killed 15, wounded 87, total, 102, three officers mortally wounded; and in skirmish near Edwards, July 1, wounded 3. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 46, wounded 265, missing 16, total 327.
U. S. Second Brigade.
NINTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. LIONEL A. SHIELDON ; Col. DANIEL W. LINDSEY.
54TH INDIANA, Col. Fielding Mansfield.
22D KENTUCKY, Maj. William J. Worthington; Lieut. Col. George W. Monroe.
16TII OHIO, Capt. Eli W. Botsford; Maj. Milton Mills.
42D ONIO, Lieut. Col. Don A. Pardee; Maj. William H. Williams ; Col. Lionel A. Sheldon.
114TH OHIO, Col. John Cradlebaugh ; Lieut. Col. John H. Kelley ; Col. John Cradlebaugh ; Lieut. Col. John H. Kelley.
The brigade took position on the investment line on the left of Carr's Division and the right of Hovey's, temporarily under com- mand of General Hovey; its regiments (excepting the 114th Ohio, sent to garrison, Warrenton, Mississippi) were successively ordered to report to General Osterhaus at Big Black River Bridge during the siege. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, killed 15, wounded 66, total, 81, one officer killed; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 6, wounded 42, missing 13, total 61; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, killed 10, wounded 14, missing 1, total 25, one officer killed; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 2, wounded 8, total 10; in the assault, May 19, killed 1, wounded 34, total 35; in the assault, May 22, killed 14. wounded 63, missing 1, total 78, one officer mortally wounded; dur- ing the siege, wounded 12. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 48, wounded 239, missing 15, total 302.
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U. S.
Cavalry.
NINTH DIVISION: THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
2D ILLINOIS (five companies), Lient. Col. Daniel B. Bush, Jr. 3D ILLINOIS (three companies), Capt. John L. Campbell.
GTHI MISSOURI (seven companies). Col. Clark Wright.
Casualties : In skirmish at Dunbar's Plantation, Louisiana, April 15, 1863, wounded 2 (in 2d Illinois) ; in the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3 (in 6th Missouri) ; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 2, wounded 2, total 4 (3d Illinois, wounded 1, 6th Missouri, killed 2, wounded 1, total 3) ; and in skirmish at Birdsong Ferry, June 12, wounded 1 (in 6th Mis- souri). The aggregate reported casualties in the three detachments during the campaign and siege were, killed 3, wounded 7, total 10.
U. S. Artillery. NINTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTHI CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Capt. JACOB T. FOSTER.
MICHIGAN LIGHT, 7th Battery, Capt. Charles II. Lanphere.
WISCONSIN LIGHT, Ist Battery, Lieut. Charles B. Kimball ; Lieut. Oscar F. Nutting.
Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, killed 3, wounded 7, total 10 (in Michigan Battery, killed 3, wounded 3, total 6; in Wisconsin Battery, wounded 4) ; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, wounded 4 (in Wisconsin Bat- tery) ; and in skirmishes about Vicksburg, wounded 1 (in Michigan Battery). The aggregate reported casualties in the command dur- ing the campaign and siege were, killed 3, wounded 12, total 15.
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U. S.
TENTH DIVISION.
THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. ANDREW J. SMITII.
Escort.
ATH INDIANA CAVALRY, Company C, Capt. Joseph P. Lesslie; Capt. Andrew P. Gallagher.
1ST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge.
2D BRIGADE, Col. William J. Landram.
ARTILLERY, two batteries.
The division held the right of the corps investment line and made an approach to within about ten feet of the ditch of the Con-
Confederate South Fort -- Looking North.
federate Innette on the Baldwin's Ferry road. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, killed 2, wounded 29, missing 8, total 39; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, wounded 25; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, wounded 1, missing 1, total 2; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 4, wounded
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14, total 18; in the assault, May 19, killed 5, wounded 30. total 35; in the assault, May 22, killed 58, wounded 295, missing 32, total 385, three officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, killed 1, wounded 11, missing 1, total 13. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and siege were, killed 70, wounded 405, missing 42, total 517.
U. S. First Brigade.
TENTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. STEPHEN G. BURBRIDGE.
16TH INDIANA, Col. Thomas J. Lucas: Maj. James II. Redfield.
60TH INDIANA, Col. Richard Owen.
67TH INDIANA, Lieut. Col. Theodore E. Buehler.
S3D OHIO, Col. Frederick W. Moore.
96TH OHIO. Lieut. Col. Albert H. Brown; Col. Joseph W. Vance. 23D WISCONSIN, Col. Joshua J. Guppey; Lieut. Col. William F. Vilas.
The brigade, in support of Benton's Brigade of Carr's Di- vision, attacked the north face of the lunette on the Baldwin's Ferry road, in the assault, May 22, 1863, placed its colors close to that work, and held its position until relieved by Sanborn's Brigade of Quinby's Division, 17th Corps. It held the left of the division investment line. Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1. wounded 8; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, wounded 16; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, wounded 1, missing 1, total 2; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 3, wounded 14, total 17, one officer killed; in the assault, May 19, killed 2. wounded 15, total 17; and in the assault, May 22, killed 14, wounded 82, missing 2, total 98. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 19, wounded 136, missing 3, total 158.
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U. S.
Second Brigade.
TENTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Col. WILLIAM J. LANDRAM.
77TH ILLINOIS, Col. David P. Grier.
97TH ILLINOIS, Col. Friend S. Rutherford; Lieut. Col. Lewis D. Mar- tin.
130TH ILLINOIS, Col. Nathaniel Niles.
19THI KENTUCKY, Lieut. Col. John Cowan; Maj. Josiah J. Man.
ISTII Onto, Capt. Joseph W. Lindsey ; Maj. Virgil HI. Moats; Lieut.
Col. Job R. Parker ; Capt. Joseph W. Lindsey; Col. Peter J. Sul- livan.
The brigade, in support of Lawler's Brigade of Carr's Division, attacked the railroad redoubt, in the assault, May 22, 1863, plaeed the colors of the 77th Illinois on the parapet of that work, and held its position in front of the redoubt until dark. It held the right of the division investment line. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 2, wounded 21, missing 8, total 31; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, wounded 6; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, 1 officer killed ; in the assault, May 19, killed 3, wounded 15, total 18; in the assault, May 22, killed 44, wounded 210, missing 30, total 284, three officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, killed 1, wounded 11, missing 1, total 13. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 51, wounded 263, missing 39, total 353.
U. S. Artillery.
TENTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
CHICAGO MERCANTILE BATTERY, Capt. Patrick HI. White.
OHIO LIGHT, 17th Battery, Capt. Ambrose A. Blount; Capt. Charles S. Rice.
In the assault, May 22, 1863, one gun of the Chicago Mercantile Battery was dragged by hand to within a few yards of the Confed- erate lunette on the Baldwin's Ferry road and served against that work for several hours. Casualties: In the battle of Champion's ITill, May 16, wounded 3 (in the Chicago Mercantile Battery) ; and in the assault, May 22, wounded 3 (in the Ohio Battery). The aggregate reported casualties in the two batteries during the cam- paign and siege were, wounded 6.
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U. S. TWELFTH DIVISION.
THIRTEENTHI CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. ALVIN P. HOVEY.
Escort.
IST INDIANA CAVALRY, Company C. Capt. William McReynolds; Lieut. James L. Carey.
IST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. George F. McGinnis; Col. William T. Spicely ; Brig. Gen. George F. McGinnis.
2D BRIGADE, Col. Peter Kinney ; Col. James R. Slack.
ARTILLERY, three batteries.
The division held the left of the corps investment line and made an approach to within about thirty-five feet of the ditch of the Con- federate Fort Garrott. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, killed 45, wounded 252, missing 12. total 309; in skir- mish on Fourteen-Mile Creek, May 13, wounded 4, cannot be dis- tributed between the two brigades; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 211, wounded 872, missing 119, total 1,202, nineteen officers killed or mortally wounded : and during the siege, killed 19, wounded 76, total 95, cannot be distributed between the two brigades. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and siege were, killed 275, wounded 1,204, missing 131, total 1,610.
U. S. First Brigade.
TWELFTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. GEORGE F. MCGINNIS ; Col. WILLIAM T. SPICELY ; Brig. Gen. GEORGE F. MCGINNIS.
11TH INDIANA, Col. Daniel Macauley ; Lieut. Col. William W. Darnall. 24TH INDIANA, Col. William T. Spicely.
34TH INDIANA, Col. Robert A. Cameron; Lieut. Col. William Swaim: Maj. Robert B. Jones; Col. Robert A. Cameron.
46TH INDIANA, Col. Thomas H. Bringhurst.
29THI WISCONSIN, Col. Charles R. Gill ; Lieut. Col. William A. Greene.
The brigade was in support of Osterhaus' Division in the assault, May 22, 1863, and was not seriously engaged ; it held the left of the division investment line. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 30, wounded 187, missing 1, total 218; and in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16. killed 102, wounded 506, missing 26, total 634, seven officers killed or mortally wounded.
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The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the cam- paign and siege were, killed 132, wounded 693, missing 27, total 852.
U. S. Second Brigade.
TWELFTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. PETER KINNEY : Col. JAMES R. SLACK.
STTI ILLINOIS, Col. John E. Whiting.
47THI INDIANA, Col. James R. Slack ; Lieut. Col. John A. Mclaughlin.
24TH IOWA, Col. Eber C. Byam; Lieut. Col. John Q. Wilds.
28TH IOWA, Col. John Connell.
56TH OHIO, Col. William H. Raynor.
The brigade was at Big Black River Bridge during the assault, May 22, 1863, and took position on the right of the division invest- ment line May 25. The 87th Illinois was assigned June 23. Cas- ualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 15, wounded 62, missing 11, total 88; and in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 108, wounded 363, missing 93, total 564, eleven officers killed or mortally wounded. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 123, wounded 425, missing 104, total 652.
U. S. Artillery.
TWELFTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
1ST MISSOURI LIGHT, Battery A, Capt. George W. Schofield. OHIO LIGHT, 2d Battery, Lieut. Augustus Beach.
OHIO LIGHT, 16th Battery, Capt. James A. Mitchell; Lieut. Russell P. Twist.
The 2d Ohio Battery was with General Osterhaus at Big Black River Bridge during the siege. The Missouri Battery served the siege guns on the investment line of Hovey's Division. Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, wounded 3 (in the 2d Ohio Battery) ; and in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 1, wounded 3, total 4 (in the Missouri Battery, wounded 2, and in the 16th Ohio Battery, killed Capt. James A. Mitchell, wounded 1, total 2). The aggregate reported casualties in the three batteries during the campaign and siege were, killed 1, wounded 6, total 7.
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U. S. FOURTEENTH DIVISION.
THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. EUGENE A. CARR.
Escort.
3D ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Company G. Capt. Enos McPhail ; Capt. Samuel S. Marrett.
1ST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. William P. Benton; Col. Henry D. Washburn; Col. David Shunk.
2D BRIGADE, Col. Charles L. Harris; Col. William M. Stone; Col. Sam- uel Merrill; Col. William M. Stone; Brig. Gen. Michael K. Law- Ier.
ARTILLERY, two batteries.
The division was in advance in the march from Bruinsburg towards Port Gibson, held the center of the corps investment line, and made an approach to within abont thirty feet of the ditch of the Confederate Railroad Redoubt. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1. 1863, killed 42, wounded 222, total 264; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, killed 29. wounded 216, missing 1, total 246, six officers killed or mortally wounded ; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, one officer killed; in the assault, May 22. killed 115, wounded 559, missing 36, total 710, six- teen officers killed or mortally wounded; in the attack on Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, June 7, killed 23, wounded 34, total 57; and dur- ing the siege, killed Capt. Enos McPhail. wounded 2, total 3. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and siege were, killed 212. wounded 1,035, missing 37. total 1.284.
T. S. First Brigade.
FOURTEENTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM P. BENTON : Col. HENRY D. WASHBURN. Col. DAVID SHUNK.
33D ILLINOIS, Col. Charles E. Lippincott.
99TH ILLINOIS. Col. George W. K. Bailey; Capt. Asa C. Matthews: Lient. Col. Lemuel Parke.
STH INDIANA, Col. David Shunk; Maj. Thomas J. Brady.
18TH INDIANA, Col. Henry D. Washburn; Capt. Jonathan H. Wil- liams.
1ST UNITED STATES (siege guns), Maj. Maurice Maloney.
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The brigade advanced against the Confederate Lunette on the Baldwin's Ferry road in the assault, May 22, 1863, and placed the colors of its regiments close to that work and to the curtain south of it, the flag of the 99th Illinois being carried across the curtain. The brigade held the right of the division investment line. Casual- ties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 27, wounded 134, total 161; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, killed 1, wounded 22, missing 1, total 24; in skir- mishes about Vicksburg, one officer killed; in the assault, May 22, killed 61, wounded 273, missing 7, total 341, eight officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, one officer and one en- listed man of the 1st U. S. Infantry mortally wounded. The aggre- gate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 91, wounded 433, missing 8, total 532.
U. S. Second Brigade.
FOURTEENTHI DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. CHARLES L. IIARRIS ;
Col. WILLIAM M. STONE ;
Col. SAMUEL MERRILL ; Col. WILLIAM M. STONE; Brig. Gen. MICHAEL K. LAWLER.
21ST IOWA, Col. Samuel Merrill ; Maj. Salue G. Van Anda ; Lieut. Col. Cornelius W. Dunlap; Maj. Salue G. Van Anda.
22D lowA, Lieut. Col. Harvey Graham; Col. William M. Stone; Maj. Joseph B. Atherton ; Col. William M. Stone; Lieut. Col. Harvey Graham ; Maj. Joseph B. Atherton; Capt. Charles N. Lee.
23D lowA, Lieut. Col. Samuel L. Glasgow; Col. William H. Kinsman ; Col. Samuel L. Glasgow.
11THI WISCONSIN, Lieut. Col. Charles A. Wood; Col. Charles L. Har- ris ; Maj. Arthur Platt.
The brigade advanced against the Confederate Railroad Re- doubt in the assault, May 22, 1863, placed the colors of the 22d Iowa on the parapet of that work, and temporarily occupied a part of it with a small detachment. The 23d Iowa was detailed to guard prisoners to Memphis, Tennessee, at the close of the engagement at Big Black River Bridge. May 17, and was engaged in the attack on Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, June 7, before rejoining the brigade. Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 13, wounded 88. total 101; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, killed 27. wounded 194, total 221, Col. William H.
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Kinsman and five other officers killed or mortally wounded; in the assault, May 22, killed 54, wounded 285, missing 29, total 368, Lieut. Col. Cornelius W. Dunlap and seven other officers killed or mortally wounded ; and in the attack on Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, June 7. killed 23, wounded 34, total 57. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were. killed 117, wounded 601, missing 29, total 747.
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U. S. Artillery.
FOURTEENTH DIVISION; THIRTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
2D ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery A, Lieut. Jacob C. Hansel; Lieut. Frank B. Fenton ; Capt. Peter Davidson.
INDIANA LIGHT, 1st Battery, Capt. Martin Klauss.
Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, killed 2 (one in each battery) ; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, killed 1 (in the Indiana Battery) ; and in the assault, May 22, wounded 1 (in the Indiana Battery). The aggre-
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gate reported casualties in the two batteries during the campaign and siege were, killed 3, wounded 1, total 4.
U. S. FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN.
1ST DIVISION. Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele.
2D DIVISION, Brig. Gen. David Stuart ; Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair.
3D DIVISION, Brig. Gen. James M. Tuttle.
CAVALRY: 4th Iowa, Lieut. Col. Simeon D. Swan.
ARTILLERY (nine batteries), Maj. Ezra Taylor.
The corps took position on the right of the investment line, May 19, 1863-Steele's Division on the right, resting its right at the river above Vicksburg, Blair's on the left across the Graveyard road, and Tuttle's at first in reserve but later in the center. It made close approaches to four points on the Confederate line of defense and started mines at all of them. Casualties: In skirmish on Four- teen-Mile Creek, May 12, killed 6, wounded 6. total 12; in the en- gagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 6, wounded 22, missing 4, total 32; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 4. wounded 16, miss- ing 2, total 22; in the assault. May 19, killed 134, wounded 571, missing 8, total 713; in the assault, May 22, killed 150, wounded 666. missing 42. total 858; during the siege, killed 19, wounded 31, missing 1, total 51 ; in action at Hill's Plantation, June 22, killed 8, wounded 16, missing 23, total 47; and other minor combats, killed 1, wounded 11, total 12. The aggregate reported casualties in the corps during the campaign and siege were, killed 328, wounded 1,339. missing 80, total 1,747.
U. S. FIRST DIVISION.
FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Maj. Gen. FREDERICK STEELE.
Cavalry.
KANE COUNTY ( Illinois) INDEPENDENT COMPANY. Lieut. Thomas J. Beche.
3D ILLINOIS, Company D. Lient. James K. McLean; Capt. Thomas M. Davis: Lient. Jonathan Kershner.
1ST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Frank P. Blair ; Col. Francis H. Manter ; Col. Bernard G. Farrar.
2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Charles II. Hovey ; Col. Charles R. Woods ..
3D BRIGADE. Brig. Gen. John M. Thayer.
ARTILLERY, three batteries.
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The division marched from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, May 2, 1863; crossed the river to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, May 6 and 7; and was engaged at Jackson, May 14, without casualties. In the assault, May 22, it advanced, late in the afternoon, against the Con- federate line of defense in front of its left (third) brigade, that brigade leading, and carried the colors of some of its regiments close to that line. The division made an approach to the part of the Confederate line of defense which it assaulted, May 22. Cas- malties: In skirmish on Fourteen-Mile Creek, May 12, killed 5, wounded 6, total 11; in skirmishes abont Vicksburg, one officer killed; in the assault, May 19, killed 9, wounded 55, total 64, two officers killed; in the assault, May 22, killed 74, wounded 270, miss- ing 9, total 353, fourteen officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, killed 16, wounded 11, total 27, two officers killed or mortally wounded. The aggregate reported casualties in' the division during the campaign and siege were, killed 105, wounded 342, missing 9, total 456.
U. S. First Brigade.
FIRST DIVISION; FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. FRANK P. BLAIR; Col. FRANCIS H. MANTER ; Col BERNARD G. FARRAR.
13TH. ILLINOIS, Col. Adam B. Gorgas.
27TH MISSOURI, Col. Thomas Curly.
29TH MISSOURI, Col. James Peckham.
30TH MISSOURI, Lieut. Col. Otto Schadt.
31ST MISSOURI, Lieut. Col. Samuel P. Simpson; Col. Thomas C. Fletch- er; Lieut. Col. Samuel P. Simpson; Maj. Frederick Jaensch ; Lieut. Col. Samuel P. Simpson.
32D MISSOURI, Col. Francis H. Manter; Maj. Abraham J. Seay.
The brigade formed part of the expeditionary force under com- mand of General Blair, marched to Mechanicsburg, returned to the investment line about June 4, 1863, and took position in the cen- ter of the division. Casualties: In the assault, May 19, killed 1, wounded 9, total 10, one officer killed; and in the assault, May 22. killed 2, wounded 5, total 7, one officer killed. The aggregate re- ported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 3, wounded 14, total 17.
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U. S.
Second Brigade.
FIRST DIVISION; FIFTEENTHI CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. CHARLES E. HOVEY ; Col. CHARLES R. WOODS.
25TH IOWA, Col. George A. Stone.
31ST IOWA, Col. William Smyth ; Maj. Theodore Stimming.
3D MISSOURI, Col. Isaac F. Shepard; Lieut. Col. Theodore Meumann. 12TH MISSOURI, Col. Hugo Wangelin.
17TH MISSOURI, Col. Francis Hassendeubel ; Maj. Francis Romer; Col. Francis Hassendeubel; Lieut. Col. John F. Cramer.
76TH OHIO, Col. Charles R. Woods; Lient. Col. William B. Woods.
The brigade held the right of the division investment line. Cas- ualties : In skirmish on Fourteen-Mile Creek, May 12. 1863, killed 4, wounded 6, total 10; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, one officer killed; in the assault, May 19, killed 1, wounded 3, total 4, one offi- cer killed ; in the assault May 22, killed 37, wounded 145, missing 8. total 190, five officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, one officer killed, Col. Francis Hassenduebel mortally wounded, total 2. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 44, wounded 155, miss- ing 8, total 207.
U. S. Third Brigade.
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