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wounded ; in the assault, May 22, killed 41, wounded 316, missing 2, total 359, nine officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, killed 33, wounded 179, total 212, eleven officers killed or mortally wounded. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and siege were, killed 194, wounded 1,207, missing 68, total 1,469.
U. S. First Brigade.
THIRD DIVISION; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. C. CARROLL MARS11 ; Brig. Gen. JOHN E. SMITH ; Brig. Gen. MORTIMER D. LEGGETT.
20TH ILLINOIS. Lieut. Col. Evan Richards ; Maj. Daniel Bradley.
31ST ILLINOIS, Col. Edwin S. McCook : Lieut. Col. John D. Rees ; Maj. Robert M. Pearson.
45TH ILLINOIS, Col. Jasper A. Maltby; Maj. Luther H. Cowen; Col. Jasper A. Maltby.
124THI ILLINOIS. Col. Thomas J. Sloan ; Lieut. Col. John H. Howe ; Col. Thomas J. Sloan.
23D INDIANA, Lieut. Col. William P. Davis.
The brigade held the right of the division investment line, its left resting at the Jackson road and its camps clustered about the "White House"; advanced against the Third Louisiana Redan in the assault May 22, carrying the colors of some of its regiments close to that work; and again assaulted that redan when the mine under it was fired the afternoon of June 25. When the detachment of the Army of the Tennessee marched into Vicksburg on the Jack- son road at the end of the siege the brigade led the column, the 45th Illinois leading the brigade. Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863. killed 5, wounded 27, total 32; in skirmish on the north fork of Bayon Pierre, May 3, wounded 5; in the en- gagement at Raymond, May 12, killed 35, wounded 175, missing 25, total 235, Lient. Col. Evan Richards and three other officers killed ; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 22, wounded 104, missing 9, total 135; in the assault, May 22. killed 7. wounded 72, missing 2, total 81, three officers killed or mortally wounded : and during the siege, killed 31. wounded 176, total 207. Lieut. Col. John D. Rees and five other officers killed or mortally wounded. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the cam- paign and siege were, killed 100, wounded 559. missing 36, total 695.
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U. S.
Second Brigade.
THIRD DIVISION; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. ELIAS S. DENNIS ; Brig. Gen. MORTIMER D. LEGGETT ; Col. MANNING F. FORCE.
30THI ILLINOIS, Col. Warren Shedd.
20TH OHIO, Col. Manning F. Force; Capt. Francis M. Shaklee.
GSTH OINIO, Col. Robert K. Scott; Lieut. Col. Jolin S. Snook; Col. Robert K. Scott.
78TH OHIO, Col. Zachariah M. Chandler ; Maj. Jolin T. Rainey ; Lieut. Col. Greenberry F. Wiles.
The brigade formed part of the expeditionary force under Gen- eral Blair and marched to Mechanicsburg; returned to the invest- ment line June 4, 1863; was engaged in the work of the siege on the division front from that time to June 22; withdrew from the investment line on the last named day and took position at Tiffin, on the exterior line, June 30; constructed earthworks and remained in that position to the end of the siege. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, wounded 3; in the engagement at Ray- mond, May 12, killed 10, wounded 75, total 85; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 21, wounded 189, total 210, six officers killed or mortally wounded; and in the assault May 22, wounded 6. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade dur- ing the campaign and siege were. killed 31, wounded 273, total 304.
U. S. Third Brigade.
THIRD DIVISION; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. JOHN D. STEVENSON.
STH ILLINOIS, Col. John P. Post; Lieut. Col. Robert II. Sturgess. 17TH ILLINOIS, Maj. Frank F. Peats; Lieut. Col. Francis M. Smith. SIST ILLINOIS, Lieut. Col. Franklin Campbell; Col. James J. Dollins ; Col. Franklin Campbell.
7TH MISSOURI, Lieut. Col. William S. Oliver; Maj. Edwin Wakefield ; Lieut. Col. William S. Oliver; Maj. Edwin Wakefield; Capt. Rob- ert Buchanan; Lieut. Col. William S. Oliver; Capt. William B. Collins.
32D OHIO, Col. Benjamin F. Potts.
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The brigade held the left of the division investment line, its right resting at the Jackson road, and advanced against the redoubt immediately south of that road in the assault, May 22, carrying the colors of some of its regiments close to that work. Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, killed 1, wounded 8. missing 2, total 11; in skirmish on the south fork of Bayou Pierre. May 2, Lieut. Col. William S. Oliver severely wounded; in the en- gagement at Raymond, May 2, killed 18, wounded 85, missing 12. total 115, three officers killed; in the battle of Champion's Hill. May 16, killed 7, wounded 36, missing 18, total 61; in the assault, May 22, killed 34, wounded 238, total 272, Col. James J. Dollins and five other officers killed or mortally, wounded; and during the siege, one officer killed, two officers mortally wounded, total 3. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were: killed 61, wounded 370, missing 32, total 463.
U. S. Artillery.
THIRD DIVISION; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Maj. CHARLES J. STOLBRAND.
IST ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery D, Capt. Henry A. Rogers; Lieut. George J. Wood; Capt. Frederick Sparrestrom.
2D ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery G, Capt. Frederick Sparrestrom; Lieut. John W. Lowell.
2D ILLINOIS LIGHT, Battery L, Capt. William II. Bolton.
MICHIGAN LIGIIT, Sth Battery. Capt. Samuel DeGolyer; Lieut. Theo- dore W. Lockwood.
OHIO LIGHT, 30 Battery, Capt. William S. Williams.
By a collision between the transports "Horizon" and "Mod- erator" about 3 a. m., May 1, 1863, while the command was cross- ing the river to Bruinsburg, Mississippi, the "Horizon" was sunk, two enlisted men of Battery G, 2d Illinois, were drowned, the guns, the equipment and most of the horses of the battery were lost. It was sent to Memphis to refit and did not rejoin the division until near the end of the siege. The other batteries of the command were engaged in the battles of the division in the campaign and served on its investment line. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, wounded 2 (in the Michigan Battery) ; in the en- gagement at Raymond, May 12, wounded 1 (in the Michigan Bat- tery) ; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 1 (in the
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Michigan Battery) ; and during the siege, killed 1, wounded 1, total 2 (Capt. Henry A. Rogers killed and Capt. Samuel DeGolyer mortally wounded). The aggregate reported casualties in the com- mand during the campaign and siege were, killed 2, wounded 4, total 6.
U. S. SIXTH DIVISION.
SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. JOHN MCARTHUR.
Escort.
11TII ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Company G, Lieut. Stephen S. Tripp.
1ST BRIGADE, Col. George W. Deitzler; Brig. Gen. Hugh T. Reid. 2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Thomas E. G. Ransom.
3D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Marcellus M. Crocker; Col. William Hall; Col. Alexander Chambers.
Artillery. Maj. THOMAS D. MAURICE.
2D ILLINOIS LIGIIT, Battery F, Capt. John W. Powell.
MINNESOTA LIGHT, 1st Battery, Lieut. Henry Hurter; Capt. William Z. Clayton.
1ST MISSOURI LIGHT, Battery C, Capt. Charles Mann.
OHIO LIGHT, 10th Battery, Capt. Hamilton B. White; Lieut. William L. Newcomb.
The Second and Third Brigades were engaged in the battles and movements of the Vieksburg campaign, beginning March 29, 1863, and served on the investment line. The First Brigade was on duty in the vicinity of Lake Providence, Louisiana, during that time. The division artillery served on the investment line of the Second Brigade (except that the Ohio Battery went with the Third Brigade to take position on the exterior line) without reported casualties. Casualties: In skirmish at Pin Hook, Louisiana, May 10. killed 2, wounded 8, missing 3, total 13, one officer killed; in the assault, May 19, killed 14, wounded 110, total 124; in the as- sault, May 22, killed 58, wounded 277, missing 32, total 367, nine officers killed or mortally wounded ; in action near Lake Providenee, Louisiana, June 9, wounded 1; in skirmish near Lake Providence, June 29, killed 1. wounded 3, total 4, one officer killed; and dur- ing the siege. wounded 1. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and siege were, killed 75. wounded 400, missing 35, total 510.
Shirley House During the Siege.
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U. S.
First Brigade.
SIXTH DIVISION; SEVENTEENTHI CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. GEORGE W. DEITZLER ; Brig. Gen. IIUGH T. REID.
1ST KANSAS, Lieut. Col. Otto M. Tennison ; Col. William Y. Roberts. 16TH WISCONSIN, Maj. Thomas Reynolds; Col. Benjamin Allen.
The 1st Kansas served as mounted infantry from about May 1, 1863, to the end of the siege. Casualties: In skirmish at Pin Hook, Louisiana, May 10, killed 2, wounded 8, missing 3, total 13, one offieer killed; in action near Lake Providence, Louisiana, June 9, wounded 1; and in skirmish near Lake Providence, June 29, killed 1, wounded 3, total 4, one officer killed. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 3, wounded 12, missing 3, total 18.
U. S. Second Brigade.
SIXTII DIVISION ; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. THOMAS E. G. RANSOM.
11TH ILLINOIS, Lieut. Col. Garrett Nevius; Lieut. Col. James H. Coates.
72D ILLINOIS, Col. Frederick A. Starring.
95TH ILLINOIS, Col. Thomas W. Humphrey ; Lieut. Col. Leander Blan- den ; Col. Thomas W. Humphrey.
109TII ILLINOIS, Col. Alexander J. Nimmo.
14TII WISCONSIN, Col. Lyman M. Ward.
17THI WISCONSIN, Lieut. Col. Thomas MeMahon : Col. Adam G. Malloy.
The 109th Illinois was assigned to the brigade March 30, 1863. The offieers of Company K and the enlisted men of the regiment were transferred to the 11th Ililnois April 23. The brigade marched from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. April 26; crossed the river to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, May 12; marched by way of Raymond and Champion's Hill, arriving on that battlefield at close of the fighting; held the right of the corps investment line; advanced against the Confederate line of defense north of Glass' Bayon in the assaults May 19 and May 22, carrying the colors of some of its regiments close to that line in both assaults; and made an ap- proach to the Confederate work immediately north of Glass'
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Bayou. Casualties: In this assault, May 19, killed 14, wounded 110, total 124; and in the assault May 22, killed 57, wounded 275, missing 32, total 364, Lieut. Col. Garrett Nevius and eight other officers killed or mortally wounded. The aggregate reported casual- ties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 71, wounded 385, missing 32, total 488.
U. S. Third Brigade.
SIXTHI DIVISION; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. MARCELLUS M. CROCKER; Col. WILLIAM HIALL ; Col. ALEXANDER CHAMBERS.
11TH IOWA, Col. William Hall; Lieut. Col. John C. Abercrombie; Col. William Hall.
13TH IOWA, Col. John Shane.
15TH IOWA, Col. Hugh T. Reid; Col. William W. Belknap.
16TH IOWA, Lieut. Col. Addison H. Sanders; Maj. William Purcell ; Lieut. Col. Addison H. Sanders.
The brigade was engaged in guarding a portion of the road from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, to Hard Times, Louisiana, during the first part of May, 1863; was stationed at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, when Vicksburg was first invested; advanced on the Warrenton road in the assault May 22, and drove the Confederate skirmishers within their entrenchments, advancing its own skirmishers to within about forty yards of the Confederate line; formed part of the ex- peditionary force under General Blair and marched to Mechanics- burg; returned to the investment line June 4 and was engaged in the work of the siege in connection with the Second Brigade until June 22, when it marched to the rear; took position on the exterior line in the vicinity of Fox's plantation and remained on that line to the end of the siege. Casualties: In the assault, May 22, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3; and during the siege, wounded 1. The aggre- gate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 1, wounded 3, total 4.
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U. S.
SEVENTH DIVISION.
SEVENTEENTHI CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. JOHN B. SANBORN ; Brig. Gen. MARCELLUS M. CROCKER ;
Brig. Gen. ISAAC F. QUINBY ; Brig. Gen. JOHN E. SMITHI.
Escort.
4TH MISSOURI CAVALRY, Company F. Lieut. Alexander Mueller. 2D ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Company E, Capt. Samuel P. Tipton.
1ST BRIGADE, Col. Jesse I. Alexander ; Col. John B. Sanborn.
2D BRIGADE, Col. Samuel A. Holmes ; Col. Green B. Raum.
3D BRIGADE, Col. George B. Boomer; Col. Holden Putnam; Brig. Gen. Charles L. Matthies.
ARTILLERY four batteries, Capt. Frank C. Sands; Capt. Henry Dillon.
The division marehed from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, April 18 to 25, 1863, and crossed the river to Bruinsburg, Mississippi, May 1. Casualties: In skirmish near the north fork of Bayou Pierre, May 3, killed 1, wounded 1, total 2; in the engagement at Raymond, May 12, killed 3, wounded 3, total 6 (in the escort com- pany, killed 1, wounded 1, total 2) ; in the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 35, wounded 227, missing 3, total 265, one officer killed; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 128, wounded 528, missing 15, total 671, ten officers killed or mortally wounded; in skirmishes about Vicksburg, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3; in the assault May 19, killed 2, wounded 3, total 5; in the assault May 22, killed 51, wounded 287, missing 2, total 340, six officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, killed 8, wounded 58, total 66. The aggregate reported casualties in the division dur- ing the campaign and siege were, killed 229, wounded 1,109, miss- ing 20, total 1,358.
U. S. First Brigade.
SEVENTHI DIVISION; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. JESSE I. ALEXANDER ; Col. JOHN B. SANBORN.
48TH INDIANA, Col. Norman Eddy.
59TH INDIANA, Lieut. Col. Jefferson K. Scott; Col. Jesse I. Alexander.
4TH MINNESOTA, Lieut. Col. John E. Tourtellotte.
18TH WISCONSIN, Col. Gabriel Bouck.
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The brigade advanced late in the afternoon in the assault May 22, 1863, against the north face of the Confederate Lunette on the Baldwin's Ferry road, relieving Burbridge's Brigade of Smith's Division. Thirteenth Corps; was part of the expeditionary force under General Blair and marched to Mechanicsburg; returned to its place on the left of the division investment line June 4; re- mained in that position until June 24, when it moved to the right and occupied the part of the line vacated by the Third Brigade. Casualties: In skirmish near the north fork of Bayou Pierre, May 3. killed 1, wounded 1. total 2; in the engagement at Raymond, May 12, wounded 1; in the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 4, wounded 33, total 37; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 5, wounded 51, total 56; in the assault May 22, killed 36, wounded 176, missing 2, total 214, four officers killed or mortally wounded; and during the siege, killed 1, wounded 11, total 12. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the cam- paign and siege were, killed 47. wounded 273, missing 2, total 322.
U. S. Second Brigade.
SEVENTH DIVISION: SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. SAMUEL A. HOLMES ; Col. GREEN B. RAUM.
56TH ILLINOIS, Col. Green B. Raum ; Capt. Pinckney J. Welsh. 17TH IOWA, Col. David B. Hillis; Lieut. Col. Clark R. Wever ; Col. Da- vid B. Hillis; Col. Clark R. Wever; Maj. John F. Walden.
10THI MISSOURI, Lieut. Col. Leonidas Horney; Maj. Francis C. Deim- ling.
24TH MISSOURI, Company E. Lieut. Vincent Chalifoux ; Lieut. Daniel Driscoll.
SOTH OITO, Col. Matthias HI. Bartilson ; Maj. Pren Metham.
The brigade held the center of the division investment line; marched south of the railroad late in the afternoon of May 22 to reinforce Osterhaus' Division, but did not assault, and returned to its place in the line next day. The 56th Illinois and 17th Iowa were engaged in the assault following the firing of the mine under the Third Louisiana Redan, June 25. Casualties: In the engage- ment at Raymond, May 12, 1863, killed 2, wounded 1, total 3; in the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 30, wounded 182, miss- ing 3, total 215, one officer killed; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 12, wounded 87, missing 4, total 103, Lieut. Col.
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Leonidas Horney killed; in the assault May 22, killed 1, wounded 11, total 12, one officer mortally wounded; and during the siege, killed 7, wounded 47, total 54. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 52, wounded 328, missing 7, total 387.
U. S. Third Brigade.
SEVENTH DIVISION; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Col. GEORGE B. BOOMER ; Col. HOLDEN PUTNAM ; Brig. Gen. CHARLES L. MATTHIES.
98D ILLINOIS, Col. Ilolden Putnam; Lieut. Col. Nicholas C. Buswell ; Col. Holden Putnam.
5TH IOWA, Lieut. Col. Ezekiel S. Sampson : Col. Jabez Banbury.
10THI IOWA, Col. William E. Small.
26TH MISSOURI. Maj. Charles F. Brown ; Capt. Benjamin D. Dean.
The brigade advanced late in the afternoon of May 22, 1863, against the curtain immediately north of the Confederate Railroad Redoubt; held the right of the division investment line to June 22, when it withdrew from that line, marched to the rear, and June 30 took position in the vicinity of Tiffin, on the exterior line, fortified its front and remained in that position to the end of the siege. Casualties: In the engagement at Jackson, May 14, killed 1, wounded 10, total 11; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 111, wounded 388, missing 11, total 510, nine officers killed or mortally wounded; in skirmishes abont Vicksburg, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3; in the assault May 19, killed 2, wounded 3, total 5; and in the assault May 22, killed 14, wounded 100, total 114, Col. George B. Boomer killed. The aggregate reported casual- ties in the brigade during the campaign and siege were, killed 129, wounded 503, missing 11, total 643.
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U. S. Artillery.
SEVENTH DIVISION; SEVENTEENTH CORPS; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Capt. FRANK C. SANDS ; Capt. HENRY DILLON.
1ST MISSOURI LIGHT, Battery M, Lieut. Junius W. MacMurray.
OHIO LIGHT, 11th Battery, Lieut. Cyrus Sears; Lieut. Fletcher E. Armstrong ; Capt. Frank C. Sands.
WISCONSIN LIGIIT, 6th Battery, Capt. Henry Dillon; Lieut. Samuel F. Clark.
WISCONSIN LIGHT, 12th Battery, Capt. William Zickerick.
The Missouri Battery served on the investment line until June 22, when it was ordered to the rear; went with the Third Brigade to take position on the exterior line. The Ohio Battery went with the First Brigade on the march to Mechanicsburg, under General Blair, and was temporarily assigned to Kimball's Division, 16th Corps, June 6, 1863. Casualties : In the engagement at Jackson, May 14, wounded 2 (in the 6th Wisconsin) ; and in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, wounded 2 (in the 6th Wisconsin). The aggregate reported casualties in the command during the campaign and siege were, wounded 4.
U. S. HERRON'S DIVISION. ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Maj. Gen. FRANCIS J. HERRON.
1ST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. William Vandever. 2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. William W. Orme.
The division arrived at Young's Point, Louisiana, June 11, 1863, on transports from the Department of the Missouri; and took posi- tion on the left of the investment line, June 15, resting its left at the river below Vieksburg and connecting its right with the left of Lauman's Division at or near the Hall's Ferry road. The First Brigade held the left, and the Second Brigade the right of the division investment line. The division began an approach to the Confederate Redoubt immediately west of the Warrenton road. Its aggregate reported casualties from June 15 to the end of the siege were, killed 5, wounded 16, total 21.
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U. S.
First Brigade.
HERRON'S DIVISION; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM VANDEVER.
37TH ILLINOIS, Col. John C. Black.
26TH INDIANA, Col. John G. Clark.
20TH IOWA, Col. William McE. Dye.
34TH IOWA, Col. George W. Clark.
3STH IOWA. Col. D. Henry Hughes.
1ST MISSOURI LIGHT ARTILLERY, Battery E, Capt. Nelson Cole.
IST MISSOURI LIGHT ARTILLERY, Battery F, Capt. Joseph Foust.
The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade from June 15. 1863, to the end of the siege were, killed 4, wounded 6, total 10.
Second Brigade. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM W. ORME.
94TH ILLINOIS, Col. John McNulta. 19TH IOWA, Lient. Col. Daniel Kent.
20TH WISCONSIN, Col. Henry Bertram.
1ST MISSOURI LIGHT ARTILLERY, Battery B, Capt. Martin Welfley.
The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade from June 15, 1863, to the end of the siege were, killed 1, wounded 10, total 11.
U. S. UNATTACHED CAVALRY; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Col. CYRUS BUSSEY.
5TH ILLINOIS, Maj. Abel H. Seley ; Maj. Thomas A. Apperson. 3D IOWA, six companies, Maj. Oliver H. P. Scott.
2D WISCONSIN, Col. Thomas Stephens.
The troops composing this command arrived in the Yazoo River on transports at intervals from June 1 to 16, 1863. The command was engaged in skirmishing, out-post duty, and reconnaissances. It was massed on Bear Creek, June 29, to watch the lower Benton road and the ford on Big Black River below Birdsong Ferry. Casual- ties : In skirmish at Mechanicsburg, June 4. killed 1, wounded 3, total 4 (in 5th Illinois) ; in skirmish near Ellisville, June 25, miss- ing 37 (in 5th Illinois). The aggregate reported casualties from June 4 to the end of the siege were, killed 1, wounded 3. missing 37, total 41.
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U. S.
DISTRICT NORTHEAST LOUISIANA; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Brig. Gen. JEREMIAH C. SULLIVAN ; Brig. Gen. ELIAS S. DENNIS.
DETACHED BRIGADE, Col. George W. Neely. AFRICAN BRIGADE, Col. Isaac F. Shepard.
The headquarters of the District were at Young's Point, Louis- iana. The command was employed in guarding the approaches to the right bank of the river. The Detached Brigade was assembled and the African Brigade enrolled, organized, equipped, and armed after the beginning of the siege of Vicksburg. Casualties: Killed 78, wounded 246, missing 409, total 733.
Detached Brigade. Col. GEORGE W. NEELY.
63D ILLINOIS, Col. Joseph B. MeCown.
IOSTHI ILLINOIS, Lieut. Col. Charles Turner.
120TH ILLINOIS, Col. George W. MeKeaig.
131ST ILLINOIS, Col. George W. Neely ; Maj. Joseph L. Purvis.
10TH ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Companies A. D. G. and K. Maj. Elvis P. Shaw.
The command was assembled after the investment of Vieksburg, the selection of its regiments being determined by necessity or con- venience. The 108th Illinois was engaged in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, and in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16. attached to the Second Brigade, Tenth Division, 13th Corps. No casualties are reported in the command during the siege.
U. S. African Brigade.
DISTRICT NORTHEAST LOUISIANA; ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Col. ISAAC F. SHEPARD.
POST OF MILLIKEN'S BEND, LOUISIANA. C'ol. HIRAM SCOFIELD.
STII LOUISIANA, Col. Hiram Scofield.
9TH LOUISIANA, Col. Herman Lieb: Maj. Erastus N. Owen ; Lieut. Col. Charles L. Paige.
11THI LOUISIANA, Col. Edwin W. Chamberlain ; Lieut. Col. Cyrus Sears. 13THI LOUISIANA, Lieut. Ilerman Knoll.
1ST MISSISSIPPI, Lieut. Col. A. Watson Webber.
3D MISSISSIPPI, Col. Richard H. Ballenger.
Casualties : In the attack on Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, June 7, 1863, killed 78, wounded 246, missing 265, total 589.
The Shirley House in 1868.
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POST OF GOODRICH'S LANDING, LOUISIANA.
Col. WILLIAM F. WOOD.
1ST ARKANSAS, Lieut. Col. James W. Campbell. 10TH LOUISIANA, Col. Frederick M. Crandal.
Two companies (numbering 144 officers and men) of the 1st Arkansas were captured June 29, 1863, at Mounds, near Goodrich's Landing.
U. S. Detached for Service on Gunboats.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
29TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY (detachment.)
Companies D and K were assigned to duty on gunboats by order of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, dated February 18, 1863; Company D. under Capt. Eberlee P. H. Stone, served during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg on gunboat "Tyler" and a detachment from the company for a time on U. S. S. "Tuscumbia;" Company K. under Capt. Elijah P. Curtis, with enlisted men of other companies of the regiment attached to it, served on gunboat "Petrel" and on other boats. Casualties: In the bombardment of Grand Gulf, April 29, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3 (in Company D). The de- tachment was borne on the returns for January 31, 1863, in First Brigade, District of Jackson, 16th Corps, Army of the Tennessee.
U. S. Detached for Service on Gunboats.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
101ST ILLINOIS INFANTRY (detachment.)
Company A was detailed for service on gunboats, March 6, 1863. Its operations after that date, during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, are not of record; Company D served for a time at Gen- eral Grant's headquarters, and, later was assigned to duty on the gunboats "Cricket" and "Rattler;" Company G was detailed for duty, about March 1, 1863, on the ram "Switzerland" and appears to have served on that ram during the campaign and siege; Com- pany H served on the gunboat "LaFayette;" a detachment from the company served on the ram "Monarch ;" Company K was on duty as provost-guard at General Grant's headquarters; a detach- ment from the company was, for a time, in charge of coal fleet. Casualties in detachment during the campaign and siege, not re- ported. The detachment was borne on the returns for January 31,
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