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FIRST DIVISION; FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. JOHN M. THAYER.
ATH lowA, Col. James A. Williamson ; Lieut. Col. George Burton. 9TH IOWA, Maj. Don A. Carpenter; Capt. Frederick S. Washburn ; Maj. Don A. Carpenter; Col. David Carskaddon.
26TH IOWA, Col. Milo Smith.
30TH IOWA, Col. Charles H1. Abbott ; Col. William N. G. Torrence.
The brigade held the left of the division investment line and made an approach to the part of the Confederate line of defense assaulted by the division, May 22, 1863. Casualties: In the assault, May 19, killed 7, wounded 43, total 50; in the assault, May 22, killed 35, wounded 119, missing 1, total 155, Col. Charles H. Abbott and seven other officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, killed 15, wounded 10, total 25. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 57, wounded 172, missing 1, total 230.
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U. S. Artillery.
FIRST DIVISION; FIFTEENTHI CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
IOWA LIGHT, Ist Battery, Capt. Henry H. Griffiths.
21 MISSOURI LIGHT, Battery F, Capt. Clemens Landgraeber.
OHIO LIGHT, 4th Battery, Capt. Louis Hoffman; Lieut. George Froeh- lich.
Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, wounded 1 (in the Iowa Battery) ; in skirmish on Fourteen-Mile Creek, May 12, killed 1 (in the Missouri Battery) ; and in the assault, May 22. wounded 1 (in the Missouri Battery). The aggregate reported casualties in the three batteries during the campaign and siege were, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3. The casualty in the Iowa Bat- tery is credited to the Second Brigade, Fourteenth Division, 13th Corps, to which it was temporarily attached.
U. S. SECOND DIVISION.
FIFTEENTH CORPS: ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. DAVID STUART; Maj. Gen. FRANK P. BLAIR.
Cavalry.
THIELEMANN'S ( Illinois) BATTALION, Companies A. and B. Capt. Milo Thielemann.
10THI MISSOURI, Company C, Capt. Daniel W. Ballou; Lieut. Benjamin Joel.
1ST BRIGADE, Col. Giles A. Smith.
2D BRIGADE, Col. Thomas Kilby Smith; Brig. Gen. Joseph A. J. Light- burn.
3D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Hugh Ewing.
ARTILLERY, four batteries.
The division, under command of Maj. Gen. William T. Sher- man, made a feint attack on the Confederate batteries at Haynes' Bluff, Mississippi, April 30 and May 1, 1863. It made three close approaches to the Confederate line of defense, starting mines at all of them. Casualties: In skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 2, wounded 3, total 5; in the assault, May 19, killed 120, wounded 485, missing 8, total 613, thirteen officers killed or mortally wounded ; and in the assault, May 22, killed 58, wounded 242, miss- ing 4, total 304, four officers killed or mortally wounded. The ag- gregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and siege were, killed 180, wounded 730, missing 12, total 922.
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U. S.
First Brigade.
SECOND DIVISION; FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. GILES A. SMITH.
113THI ILLINOIS (detachment ), Col. George B. Hoge; Lieut. Col. John W. Paddock.
116TII ILLINOIS, Col. Nathan W. Tupper.
6TH MISSOURI. Col. James H. Blood; Lieut. Col. Ira Boutell ; Col. James H. Blood.
STH MISSOURI. Lieut. Col. David C. Coleman ; Maj. Dennis T. Kirby ; Lieut. Col. David C. Coleman.
13TII UNITED STATES, 1st Battalion, Maj. Daniel Chase; Capt. Edward C. Washington : Capt. Charles Ewing; Capt. Charles C. Smith.
The brigade marched from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, May 7, 1863; crossed the river to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, May 11; was en- gaged in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, without casual- ties; advanced against the north face of the Confederate Stockade Redan, in the assault, May 19, and carried the colors of some of the regiments close to that work ; advanced against the Confederate line of defense immediately south of the Graveyard road, in the assault, May 22, and carried the colors of some of its regiments close to that line. It held the left of the division investment line and made an approach to the Confederate Lunette south of the Graveyard road. Casualties : In the assault, May 19, killed 37, wounded 164, miss- ing 1, total 202, two officers mortally wounded; and in the assault, May 22, killed 20, wounded 81, missing 1, total 102, two officers killed or mortally wounded. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 57, wounded 245, missing 2, total 304.
U. S. Second Brigade.
SECOND DIVISION; FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. THOMAS KILBY SMITH ; Brig. Gen. JOSEPHI A. J. LIGHTBURN.
55TH ILLINOIS, Col. Oscar Malmborg. 127TH ILLINOIS, Col. Hamilton N. Eldridge.
83D INDIANA, Col. Benjamin J. Spooner.
54TH OHIO, Lient. Col. Cyrus W. Fisher.
57TH OHIO, Col. William Mungen ; Col. Americus V. Rice; Lieut. Col. Samnel R. Mott.
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The brigade marched from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, May 7, 1863; crossed the river to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, May 11; was engaged in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, without casual- ties; advanced against the east face of the Confederate Stockade Redan, in the assault the afternoon of May 19, and carried the colors of some of its regiments close to that work ; was not closely engaged in the assault, May 22: formed part of the expeditionary force under General Blair and marched to Mechaniesburg; returned to the investment line, June 4; took position on the right of the di- vision ; and, after June 11, carried forward the approach to the Confederate Stockade west of the redan on the Graveyard road, be- gun by the First and Third Brigades of the Third Division. Cas- ualties: In the assault, May 19, killed 29, wounded 125. missing 1, total 155, five officers killed or mortally wounded; and in the assault, May 22, killed 11, wounded 45, total 56. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 40, wounded 170, missing 1, total 211.
U. S. Third Brigade.
SECOND DIVISION ; FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. HUGH EWING.
30TH OHIO. Col. Theodore Jones; Lieut. Col. George H. Hildt: Col Theodore Jones.
37TH OHIO. Col. Edward Siber ; Lieut. Col. Louis von Blessingh ; Maj. Charles Ilipp ; Col. Edward Siber.
47TH OHIO. Col. Augustus C. Parry.
4TH WEST VIRGINIA, Col. Joseph A. J. Lightburn ; Col. James HI. Day- ton.
The brigade marched from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, May 9. 1863; crossed the river to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, May 15: marched by way of Raymond and Champion's Hill to join the di- vision at Vieksburg. arriving at midnight, May 18, advanced against the curtain west of the Confederate Stockade Redan, in the assault the afternoon of May 19, and carried the colors of some of its regiments close to the Confederate line: advaneed by the flank on the Graveyard road, in the assault, May 22, against the Confed- erate Stockade Redan on that road, following the division volun- teer storming party which placed General Ewing's headquarters flag on the parapet of that redan; held the center of the division
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investment line; and made a close approach to the Confederate Stockade Redan. Casualties: In the assault, May 19, killed 54, wounded 194, missing 6, total 254, six officers killed or mortally wounded ; and in the assault, May 22, killed 25, wounded 116, miss- ing 3, total 144, two officers killed or mortally wounded. The ag- gregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 79, wounded 310, missing 9, total 398.
U. S. Artillery.
SECOND DIVISION; FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
1ST ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery A. Capt. Peter P. Wood.
1ST ILLINOIS LIGHT. Battery B, Capt. Samuel E. Barrett; Lieut. Is- rael P. Rumsey.
1ST ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery H, Capt. Levi W. Hart.
OHIO LIGHT. Sth Battery, Capt. James F. Putnam.
Battery B, 1st Illinois Light, went with the expeditionary force under General Blair to Mechanicsburg; later, was with General Mower west of the river, and did not return to the investment line. Casualties: In skirmishes about Vieksburg, killed 2, wounded 1, total 3 (in Battery A, killed 1, wounded 1, total 2, in Battery H, killed 1) ; in the assault May 19, wounded 2 (in Battery B) ; and in the assault May 22, killed 2, (in Battery B). The aggregate re- ported casualties in the four batteries during the campaign and siege were, killed 4, wounded 3, total 7.
Cavalry.
THIELEMANN'S ( Illinois) BATTALION, Companies A and B, Capt. Milo Thielemann.
10THI MISSOURI, Company C, Capt. Daniel W. Ballou ; Lieut. Benjamin Joel.
Casualties : In skirmishes about Vieksburg, one officer of the Illinois Battalion mortally wounded and one officer in the Missouri company wounded. The aggregate reported casualties in the three companies during the campaign and siege were, wounded 2.
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U. S.
THIRD DIVISION.
FIFTEENTII CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. JAMES M. TUTTLE.
1ST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Ralph P. Buckland; Col. William L, MeMil- len.
2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower.
3D BRIGADE, Col. Joseph J. Woods; Brig. Gen. Charles L. Matthies ; Col. Joseph J. Woods.
ARTILLERY, two batteries, Capt. Allen C. Waterhouse; Capt. Nelson T. Spoor.
The division marched from Duckport, Louisiana, May 2, 1863, and crossed the river to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, May 7. The First and Third Brigades began the approach known as "Lightburn's." Casualties: In the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 6, wounded 22, missing 4, total 32; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 1, wounded 13, missing 2, total 16; in the assault, May 19, killed 5, wounded 31, total 36; in the assault, May 22, killed 18, wounded 154, missing 29. total 201, three officers killed or mortally wounded ; during the siege, killed 3, wounded 20, missing 1. total 24; and other minor combats, killed 1, wounded 11, total 12. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and siege were, killed 34, wounded 251, missing 36, total 321.
U. S. First Brigade.
THIRD DIVISION; FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. RALPH P. BUCKLAND; Col. WILLIAM L. McMILLEN.
114TH ILLINOIS, Col. James W. Judy.
93D INDIANA, Col. DeWitt C. Thomas.
72D OHIO, Lieut. Col. LeRoy Crockett ; Maj. Charles G. Eaton.
95TH OHIO, Col. William L. McMillen; Lient. Col. Jefferson Brum- back.
The brigade held the right of the division investment line, its right connecting with the left of Steele's Division, and, in connec- tion with the Third Brigade, began the approach known as "Light- burn's" to the Confederate Stockade west of the redan on the Graveyard road. It was engaged in the work of the siege until June 22, 1863, when it marched to Bear Creek on the exterior line. Casualties : In the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 4,
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wounded 9, total 13; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 1, wounded 13, missing 2, total 16: in the assault, May 19, killed 4, wounded 30, total 34; in the assault, May 22, wounded 9; and during the siege. killed 2, wounded 16, missing 1, total 19. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 11, wounded 77. missing 3. total 91.
Mint Spring Bayou.
U. S. Second Brigade.
THIRD DIVISION: FIFTEENTH CORPS: ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. JOSEPH A. MOWER.
47THI ILLINOIS, Col. John N. Cromwell : Lieut. Col. Samuel R. Baker. 5THI MINNESOTA, Col. Lucius F. Hubbard.
11THI MISSOURI, Maj. Eli Bowyer: Col. Andrew J. Weber; Lieut. Col. William L. Barnum.
STH WISCONSIN. Col. George W. Robbins.
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The brigade advanced by the flank on the Graveyard road, in the assault the afternoon of May 22, 1863, and placed the flag of the leading regiment (11th Missouri) on the parapet of the Stockade Redan on that road ; formed part of the expeditionary force under command of General Blair; was ordered to the west side of the river ; marched to Richmond, Louisiana; returned to the vicinity of Young's Point, Louisiana, and remained on that side of the river until the end of the siege. Casualties: In the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 1, wounded 9, missing 3, total 13, Col. John N. Cromwell killed near Jackson, May 16; in the assault, May 22, killed 17, wounded 136, missing 29, total 182, three officers killed or mortally wounded; in skirmish at Mechanicsburg, June +, wounded 2; in skirmish at Richmond, Louisiana, June 15, killed 1, wounded 8, total 9; and in the trenches on the peninsula opposite Vicksburg, June 29, mortally wounded 1 (Col. Andrew J. Weber). The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the cam- paign and siege were, killed 19, wounded 156, missing 32, total 207.
U. S. Third Brigade.
THIRD DIVISION ; FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. JOSEPH J. WOODS ; Brig. Gen. CHARLES L. MATTHIES; Col. JOSEPH J. WOODS.
STH IOWA, Col. James L. Geddes.
12TH IOWA, Maj. Samuel R. Edgington ; Col. Joseph J. Woods: Lieut. Col. Samuel R. Edgington. 35THI IOWA, Col. Sylvester G. Hill.
The brigade held the left of the division investment line, its left connecting with the right of Blair's Division, and, in connection with the First Brigade, began the approach known as "Light- burn's" to the Confederate Stockade west of the redan on the Graveyard road. It was engaged in the work of the siege until June 22, 1863, when it marched to Bear Creek on the exterior line. Casualties : In the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 1. wounded 1, missing 1, total 3; in the assault, May 19, killed 1. wounded 1. total 2; in the assault May 22, wounded 5; and during the siege, wounded 1. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 2, wounded 8. missing 1, total 11.
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U. S. Artillery.
THIRD DIVISION: FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Capt. ALLEN C. WATERHOUSE : Capt. NELSON T. SPOOR.
IST ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery E, Lient. John A. Fitch; Capt. Allen C. Waterhouse.
IOWA LIGHT, 2d Battery. Lieut. Joseph R. Reed.
The command served on the investment line to June 22, 1863, when it moved with the First and Third Brigades to Bear Creek on the exterior line. Casualties: In the engagement at Jackson, May 14, wounded 3 (in the Illinois Battery, wounded 2, in the Iowa Battery, wounded 1) ; in the assault, May 22, killed 1, wounded 4, total 5 (in the Illinois Battery, killed 1, wounded 1, total 2; in the lowa Battery, wounded 3) ; and during the siege, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3 (in the Iowa Battery ). The aggregate reported casualties in the command during the campaign and siege were, killed 2, wounded 9, total 11.
U. S. Cavalry.
FIFTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
4TH IOWA, Lieut. Col. Simeon D. Swan.
The regiment occupied Haynes' Bluff. Mississippi, May 19, 1863, and turned over to the commander of the gunboat "DeKalb" the guns and stores abandoned there. Casualties: In skirmish on Four- teen-Mile Creek, May 12, killed 1; in action at Hill's Plantation near Birdsong Ferry, June 22, killed 8, wounded 16, missing 23, total 47, one officer mortally wounded. The aggregate reported casualties in the regiment during the campaign and siege were, killed 9, wounded 16, missing 23, total 48.
U. S. SIXTEENTH CORPS (DETACHMENT) ; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Maj. Gen. CADWALLADER C. WASHBURN.
Escort. 2D WISCONSIN CAVALRY, Company H, Lieut. Ernest J. Myers.
1ST DIVISION, Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith. 4THI DIVISION, Brig. Gen. Jacob G. Lanman.
PROVISIONAL DIVISION, Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball.
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The divisions of the detachment were successively ordered to Vicksburg by General Grant after the beginning of the campaign. The First Division arrived at Haynes' Bluff, Mississippi, about June 12, 1863, the Fourth at Young's Point, Louisiana, May 19, and the Provisional Division at Satartia, Mississippi, June 4. The Fourth Division took position on the investment line; the First and the Provisional Divisions remained in the vicinity of Haynes' Bluff and formed the left wing of the exterior line. The aggregate reported casualties in the detachment during the siege were, killed 8, wounded 39, missing 117, total 164.
U. S. FIRST DIVISION.
SIXTEENTH CORPS (DETACHMENT) ; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM SOOY SMITH.
Escort.
7TH ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Company B, Capt. Henry C. Forbes.
1ST BRIGADE. Col. John M. Loomis.
2D BRIGADE, Col. Stephen G. Hicks.
3D BRIGADE, Col. Joseph R. Cockerill.
4TH BRIGADE, Col. William W. Sanford.
Artillery. Capt. WILLIAM COGSWELL.
1ST ILLINOIS LIGIIT, Battery F, Capt. John T. Cheney. 1ST ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery I, Lieut. William N. Lansing. ILLINOIS LIGHT, Cogswell's Battery. Lieut. Henry G. Eddy. INDIANA LIGIIT, 6th Battery, Capt. Michael Mueller.
The division took position at Haynes' Bluff, Mississippi, about June 12, 1863, and assisted in fortifying that point. By order of General Sherman, dated June 26, it took position on Oak Ridge from Neily's on the right to the postoffice on the left, fortified that line and remained on it to the end of the siege.
First Brigadc. Col. JOHN M. LOOMIS.
26TH ILLINOIS, Lieut. Col. Robert A. Gillmore.
JOTHI ILLINOIS, Col. Timothy O'Meara.
12TH INDIANA, Col. Reuben Williams.
100TH INDIANA, Lieut. Col. Albert Heath.
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U. S. Second Brigade.
FIRST DIVISION; SIXTEENTH CORPS (DETACHMENT) ; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Col. STEPHEN G. HICKS.
40TII ILLINOIS. Maj. Hiram W. Hall.
103D ILLINOIS, Col. Willard A. Dickerman.
15TH MICHIGAN, Col. John M. Oliver.
46TH ONIO. Col. Charles C. Walcutt.
Third Brigade. Col. JOSEPHI R. COCKERILL.
UTTII INDIANA, Col. Robert F. Catterson,
99TII INDIANA, Col. Alexander Fowler.
53D OHIO, C'ol. Wells S. Jones.
70TH OHIO. Maj. William B. Brown.
Fourth Brigade. Col. WILLIAM W. SANFORD.
4STII ILLINOIS, Lient. Col. Lucien Greathouse. GTII IOWA, Col. John M. Corse.
U. S. FOURTH DIVISION.
SIXTEENTHI CORPS (DETACHMENT) ; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. JACOB G. LAUMAN.
Cavalry.
15TH ILLINOIS, Companies F and I, Maj. James G. Wilson.
1ST BRIGADE, Col. Isaac C. Pugh.
2D BRIGADE, Col. Cyrus Hall.
3D BRIGADE, Col. George E. Bryant ; Col. Amory K. Johnson.
Artillery. Capt. GEORGE C. GUMBART.
2D ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery E, Lieut. George L. Nispel. 2D ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery K. Capt. Benjamin F. Rodgers. OHIO LIGHT, 5th Battery, Lieut. Anthony B. Burton.
OHIO LIGHT, 7th Battery, Capt. Silas A. Burnap.
OnIO LIGHT, 15th Battery, Capt. Edward Spear, Jr.
The division reported at Young's Point, Louisiana, from May 13 to 19, 1863. The First and Second Brigades were ordered to
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Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi; arrived there May 20 and marched from that place to take position on the extreme left of the invest- ment line May 24. They moved to the right by order of General Grant, dated May 28, connected with the left of the Thirteenth Corps, their own left resting at or near the Hall's Ferry road. The Third Brigade proceeded to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, and remained there from May 18 to June 11, when it started to rejoin the other brigades. The division made an approach to the salient Confed- erate work on the east side of the Hall's Ferry road. Its aggre- gate reported casualties during the siege were, killed 8, wounded 39, missing 117, total 164. one officer killed and one mortally wounded. The division casualties cannot be fully distributed to the three brigades.
U. S. First Brigade.
FOURTH DIVISION: SIXTEENTH CORPS (DETACHMENT) ; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Col. ISAAC C. PUGHI.
41ST ILLINOIS, Lieut. Col. Jolin H. Nale. 53D ILLINOIS, Lient. Col. Seth C. Earl. 3D IOWA, Col. Aaron Brown.
33D WISCONSIN, Col. Jonathan B. Moore.
On transport en route to Vicksburg and near Greenville, Missis- sippi, fourteen enlisted men of the 3d Iowa were wounded May 18, 1863.
Second Brigade. Col. CYRUS HALL.
14TH ILLINOIS, Lieut. Col. William Cam; Capt. Augustus II. Cornman. 15TH ILLINOIS, Col. George C. Rogers.
46TH ILLINOIS, Col. Benjamin Dornblaser.
76THI ILLINOIS, Col. Samuel T. Busey.
53D INDIANA, Col. Walter Q. Gresham.
On the picket line west of the Warrenton road 7 officers and 104 enlisted men of the 46th Illinois were captured the night of May 25, 1863. In the approach to the salient Confederate work on the east side of the Hall's Ferry road Lient. Col. William Cam was captured the night of June 22. The 53d Indiana was trans- ferred to the Third Brigade June 22. One officer was killed and one mortally wounded.
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Third Brigade. C'ol. GEORGE E. BRYANT ; Col. AMORY K. JOHNSON.
2ATH ILLINOIS, Maj. Hinman Rhodes. 32D ILLINOIS, Col. John Logan; Lieut. Col. William Hunter.
12TH WISCONSIN, Lieut. Col. DeWitt C. Poole; Col. George E. Bryant. 1
Confederate South Fort-Looking Sonth.
U. S. PROVISIONAL DIVISION.
SIXTEENTHI CORPS (DETACHMENT) ; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. NATHAN KIMBALL.
ENGELMANN'S BRIGADE, Col. Adolph Engelmann. RICHMOND'S BRIGADE, Col. Jonathan Richmond. MONTGOMERY'S BRIGADE, Col. Milton Montgomery.
A portion of the division bore a part in skirmish at Mechanics- burg, Mississippi, June 4, 1863, without reported casualties. Unit- ing with the remainder of the division at Haynes' Bluff, June 7, the whole force held that position until June 15, when it moved
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to Snyder's Bluff, strongly fortified that point and remained there to the end of the siege.
Engelmann's Brigade. Col. ADOLPH ENGELMANN.
43D ILLINOIS, Lieut. Col. Adolph Dengler.
61ST ILLINOIS, Maj. Simon P. Ohr. 106TH ILLINOIS, Maj. John M. Hurt. 12TH MICHIGAN, Col. William H. Graves.
Richmond's Brigade. Col. JONATIIAN RICHMOND.
18TH ILLINOIS, Col. Daniel N. Brush. 54TH ILLINOIS, Col. Greenville M. Mitchell. 126TH ILLINOIS, Maj. William W. Wilshire. 22D OHIO, Col. Oliver Wood.
Montgomery's Brigade. Col. MILTON MONTGOMERY.
40TH IOWA. Col. John A. Garrett. 3D MINNESOTA, Col. Chauncey W. Griggs. 25TH WISCONSIN, Lieut. Col. Samuel J. Nasmith. 27TH WISCONSIN, Col. Conrad Krez.
U. S.
SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Maj. Gen. JAMES B. McPHERSON.
Escort.
4TH COMPANY OHIO CAVALRY, Capt. John S. Foster.
3D DIVISION, Maj. Gen. John A. Logan. 6TH DIVISION, Brig. Gen. John McArthur.
7TH DIVISION, Col. John B. Sanborn; Brig. Gen. Marcellus M. Crocker ; Brig. Gen. Isaac F. Quinby ; Brig. Gen. John E. Smith.
The corps took position in the center of the investment line the morning of May 19, 1863-the Second Brigade of the Sixth Di- vision on the right, the Third Division in the center and the Sev- enth Division on the left. It made close approaches to two points on the Confederate line of defense, starting mines at both. Casual- ties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1. killed 6, wounded 41. missing 2, total 49; in skirmish on the south fork of Bayou Pierre. May 2, wounded 1; in skirmish on the north fork of Bayou Pierre, May 3, killed 1, wounded 6, total 7 ; in skirmish at Pin Ilook. Louis- iana, May 10, killed 2, wounded 8, missing 3, total 13; in the en-
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gagement at Raymond, May 12, killed 66, wounded 339, missing 37, total 442; in the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 35, wounded 227, missing 3, total 265 ; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 179, wounded 857, missing 42, total 1,078; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3; in the assault, May 19, killed 16, wounded 113, total 129; in the assault May 22, killed 150, wounded 880, missing 36, total 1,066 ; in action near Lake Prov- idence, Louisiana, June 9, wounded 1; in skirmish near Lake Provi- dence, June 29, killed 1, wounded 3. total 4, and during the siege, killed 41, wounded 238, total 279. The aggregate reported casual- ties in the corps during the campaign and siege were, killed 498, wounded 2,716, missing 123, total 3,337.
U. S. THIRD DIVISION
SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. LOGAN.
Escort.
2D ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Company A, Capt. John R. Hotaling ; Lieut. Wil- liam B. Cummins.
1ST BRIGADE, Col. C. Carroll Marsh; Brig. Gen. John E. Smith; Brig. Gen. Mortimer D. Leggett.
2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Elias S. Dennis; Brig. Gen. Mortimer D. Leg- gett ; Col. Manning F. Force.
3D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson. ARTILLERY five batteries, Maj. Charles J. Stolbrand.
The division marched from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, April 25, 1863, and crossed the river to Bruinsburg, Mississippi, the even- ing of April 30 and the morning of May 1; advanced against the Third Louisiana Redan on the right and the great redoubt on the left of the Jackson road in the assault, May 22, and carried the flags of its leading regiments close to both works; made an approach along the Jackson road to the Third Louisiana Redan and fired mines under that work the afternoon of June 25 and the afternoon of July 1. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 6, wounded 41, missing 2, total 49; in skirmish on the south fork of Bayou Pierre, May 2, wounded 1; in skirmish on the north fork of Bayou Pierre, May 3, wounded 5; in the engagement at Ray- mond, May 12, killed 63, wounded 336, missing 37, total 436, seven officers killed ; in the battle of Champion's Ilill, May 16, killed 51, wounded 329, missing 27. total 407, six officers killed or mortally
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