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1863. in Second Brigade, Fourth Division. 16th Corps, Army of the Tennessee.
U. S.
Detached for Service on Gunboatx. ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. ASTH OHIO INFANTRY. Maj. Ezra P. Jackson.
This regiment was detailed for service on gunhoats hy order of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, dated February 6, 1863; before that date it was attached to First Brigade, First Division, 15th Corps, Army of the Tennessee. Casualties: In the bombardment of Grand Gulf, April 29, killed 1, wounded 18, total 19; near Yazoo City, May 23, killed 1; near Vicksburg, May 23, wounded 5; near Vicksburg, May 27, killed 3, wounded 1, total 4; and during the re- mainder of the siege, not reported. Aggregate reported casualties in regiment during the campaign and siege, killed 5. wounded 24, total 29.
CONFEDERATE ARMY.
C. S. ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Lieut. Gen. JOHN C. PEMBERTON.
STEVENSON'S DIVISION, Maj. Gen. C. L. Stevenson.
MAURY'S-FORNEY'S DIVISION, Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Manry; Maj. Gen. John II. Forney. SMITH'S DIVISION, Maj. Gen. M. L. Smith.
FORNEY'S-BOWEN'S DIVISION, Maj. Gen. John II. Forney; Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen.
WAUL'S TEXAS LEGION. Col. T. N. Waul.
RIVER BATTERIES, Col. Ed. Higgins.
MISCELLANEOUS, one detachment and two companies.
The army was engaged in the battles and movements of the Vicksburg campaign beginning March 29, 1863, and began taking position on the line of defense, May 18-Stevenson's Division on the right, Forney's in the center, and Smith's on the left. Bowen's Di- vision and Wanl's Texas Legion in reserve. The assaults of the Union army, May 19 and May 22, were repulsed. The siege opera- tions of that army were successfully opposed from May 23 to July 3, when a proposal for capitulation was sent by General Pemberton to General Grant. They met for conference that afternoon between the lines and near the Jackson road. The terms of capitulation
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were agreed upon by correspondence after the meeting and, July 4, the army was surrendered to General Grant. The aggregate re- ported casualties in the army during the campaign and defense were, killed 1,302, wounded 3,486. missing 3,448, total 8,236.
C. S.
STEVENSON'S DIVISION: ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Maj. Gen. C. L. STEVENSON.
1ST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. S. M. Barton.
2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. E. D. Tracy: Col. Isham W. Garrott; Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee.
3D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Thomas II. Taylor: Brig. Gen. Alfred Cum- ming.
4TH BRIGADE ARTILLERY (six batteries and a section). Col. A. W. Rey- nolds.
Attached.
CARTER'S 1ST TENNESSEE CAVALRY. Company C. Capt. R. S. Vandyke. SIGNAL CORPS. Lieut. C. H. Barrot.
The division was at Vicksburg at the beginning of the campaign, March 29, 1863, and took position on the right of the line of defense May 18-the First Brigade on the right resting its right at the re- doubt west of the Warrenton road, the fourth on the right center, the third on the left center, and the second on the left, resting its left at the railroad. Countermines against saps were prepared at three points and fired at one. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 18, wounded 132. missing 142, total 292, three officers killed ; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 233, wounded 527, missing 2,103, total 2,863. Maj. Joseph W. Ander- son, chief of artillery, and twelve other officers killed; and in the defense, killed 145, wounded 350, missing 37, total 532. eleven offi- cers killed. The aggregate reported casualties in the division dur- ing the campaign and defense were, killed 396, wounded 1,009, miss- ing 2,282, total 3,687.
(. S. First Brigade.
STEVENSON'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. SETHI M. BARTON.
40TH GEORGIA, Col. Abda Johnson ; Lient. Col. R. M. Young.
41ST GEORGIA. Col. William E. Cmtiss.
42D GEORGIA, Col. R. J. Henderson.
43D GEORGIA, Col. Skidmore Harris; Capt. M. M. Grantham.
52D GEORGIA, Col. C. D. Phillips ; Maj. John Jay Moore.
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Casualties : In the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, 1863, killed 58, wounded 16, missing 737, total 901, Col. Skidmore Harris and two other officers killed; and in the defense, killed 6, wounded 20, missing 16, total 42. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and defense were, killed 64, wounded 126, missing 753, total 943.
C. S. Second Brigade.
STEVENSON'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. E. D. TRACY ; Col. ISHAM W. GARROTT ; Brig. Gen. S. D. LEE.
20TH ALABAMA, Col. Isham W. Garrott; Lieut. Col. Edmund W. Pet- tus; Col. Isham W. Garrott; Col. Edmund W. Pettus.
23D ALABAMA, Col. F. K. Beck.
30TH ALABAMA, Col. C. M. Shelley ; Capt. John C. Francis.
31ST ALABAMA, Col. D. R. Hundley ; Lieut. Co]. T. M. Arrington; Maj. George W. Mathieson; Lieut. Col. T. M. Arrington.
46TH ALABAMA, Col. M. L. Woods; Capt. George E. Brewer; Lieut. Col. Edmund W. Pettus; Capt. George E. Brewer.
The brigade reinforced by Waul's Texas Legion, repulsed a de- termined assault on its front and especially at the railroad redoubt on its left, May 22, 1863. Colonel Pettus leading a detachment of the Legion that reoccupied the redoubt in the afternoon. Counter- mines were prepared at that redoubt and at Fort Garrott on the right of the brigade, one of which was fired at the redoubt the night of July 2. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 17, wounded 112, missing 142, total 271, Brig. Gen. E. D. Tracy and one other officer killed, Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee assigned to command May 2; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 44, wounded 142, missing 604, total 790, two officers killed; and in the defense, killed 70, wounded 147, missing 7, total 224, Col. Isham W. Garrott and two other officers killed. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and defense were, killed 131, wounded 401, missing 753, total 1,285.
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C. S.
Third Brigade.
STEVENSON'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. THOMAS HI. TAYLOR ; Brig. Gen. ALFRED CUMMING.
34TH GEORGIA, Col. James A. W. Johnson.
36TH GEORGIA, Col. Jesse A. Glenn ; Maj. Charles E. Broyles.
39TH GEORGIA, Col. J. T. McConnell; Lieut. Col. J. F. B. Jackson.
56THI GEORGIA, Col. E. P. Watkins; Lieut. Col. J. T. Slaughter. 57TH GEORGIA, Col. William Barkuloo.
Two sorties were made from the salient redoubt on the east side of the Hall's Ferry road at which the right of the brigade rested ; in the last one. the night of June 22, 1863, a lieutenant colonel and five men were captured. A countermine was prepared at that re- doubt during the night of July 2. Casualties: In the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 121, wounded 269, missing 605, total 995. seven officers killed; and in the defense, killed 43. wounded 128, total 171, one officer killed. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and defense were. killed 164, wounded 397, missing 605, total 1,166.
C. S. Fourth Brigade.
STEVENSON'S DIVISION ; ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Col. A. W. REYNOLDS.
3D TENNESSEE (Provisional Army), Col. N. J. Lillard. 31ST TENNESSEE, Col. W. M. Bradford.
43D TENNESSEE, Col. James W. Gillespie. 59TH TENNESSEE, Col. William L. Eakin.
The left of the brigade rested at the Hall's Ferry road and a detachment of its left regiment was engaged in the sortie the night of June 22, 1863. Casualties: In the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, missing 152 (including 12 at Big Black River), the brigade having been ordered to take charge of and guard the army train to Brownsville north of the railroad, and not actively engaged in the defense, killed 16, wounded 25, missing 14, total 55, six officers killed. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and defense were, killed 16, wounded 25. missing 166, total 207.
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C. S. Artillery.
STEVENSON'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
ALABAMA BATTERY, Capt. J. F. Waddell.
BOTETOURT ( Virginia ) ARTILLERY, Capt. J. W. Johnston ; Lient. Fran- cis G. Obenchain.
CHEROKEE ( Georgia ) ARTILLERY, Capt. Max Van Den Corput. BD MARYLAND BATTERY, Capt. F. O. Claiborne; Capt. John B. Rowan. HUDSON'S ( Mississippi) BATTERY. Lieut. J. R. Sweaney ; Lient. M. H. Trantham.
POINTE COUPEE (Louisiana ) ARTILLERY, Company A (Section), Lieut. John Yoist.
POINTE COUPEE ( Louisiana ) ARTILLERY, Company C, Capt. Alexander Chust.
Capt. J. W. Johnston served as Division Inspector-General of Light Artillery during the defense. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, killed 1, wounded 20, total 21 (in the Vir- ginia Artillery, one officer killed; in the Mississippi Battery, wounded 20) ; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 9, wounded 10, missing 5, total 24 (in the Alabama Battery) ; and in the defense, killed 10, wounded 30, total 40 (in the Alabama Bat- tery, killed 9, wounded 30, total 39; in the Maryland Battery, Capt. F. O. Claiborne killed). The aggregate reported casualties in the six batteries and section during the campaign and defense were, killed 20, wounded 60, missing 5, total 85.
C. S. MAURY'S-FORNEY'S DIVISION ; ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Maj. Gen. DABNEY II. MAURY ; Maj. Gen. JOHN H. FORNEY.
HIEBERT'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Louis Ilebert; Col. William W. Wither- spoon ; Brig. Gen. Louis Hebert. MOORE'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. John C. Moore.
The division held the line from Haynes' Bluff on the right to the Mississippi River at the beginning of the Vicksburg campaign, March 29, 1863; General Forney assigned to command April 17; it took position in the center of the line of defense, May 18-Moore's Brigade on the right resting its right at the railroad, and Hebert's Brigade on the left resting its left at the Graveyard road. Coun- termines against saps and mines were prepared at three points and fired at one. Casualties: In the defense of Haynes' Bluff, April 30. wounded 3; and in the defense, killed 340, wounded 759, missing
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21, total 1,120, thirty-three officers killed or mortally wounded. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the cam- paign and defense were, killed 340, wounded 762, missing 21, total 1,123.
C. S. Hebert's Brigade.
MAURY'S-FORNEY'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. LOUIS HEBERT ; Col. W. W. WITHERSPOON ; Brig. Gen. LOUIS HEBERT.
3D LOUISIANA, Maj. David Pierson ; Lieut. Col. Samuel D. Russell ; Maj. David Pierson.
21ST LOUISIANA, Col. Isaac W. Patton.
22D LOUISIANA (detachment ), Lieut. Col. John T. Plattsmier.
36TH MISSISSIPPI, Col. W. W. Witherspoon.
37THI MISSISSIPPI, Col. O. S. Holland.
38THI MISSISSIPPI, Col. Preston Brent ; Capt. D. B. Seal.
43D MISSISSIPPI, Col. Richard Harrison.
7TH MISSISSIPPI BATTALION, Capt. A. M. Dozier.
2D ALABAMA ARTILLERY BATTALION, Company C, Capt. T. K. Emanuel ; Lieut. John R. Sclater.
APPEAL ( Arkansas) BATTERY, Capt. William N. Hogg; Lieut. Christo- pher C. Scott; Lieut. R. N. Cotten.
The brigade, reinforced by regiments of Cockrell's Brigade of Bowen's Division, repulsed determined and repeated assaults on its front, May 19 and May 22, 1863; and with the same reinforcement. repulsed the assault following the firing of the mine under the Third Louisiana Redan, June 25. It closed to the right, June 2, thereby making room for Green's Brigade between its left and the Graveyard road. Countermines were prepared at two points. Cas- ualties : In the defense of Haynes' Bluff, April 30, wounded 3; and in the defense, killed 219, wounded 455, missing 21, total 695, twenty-five officers killed or mortally wounded. The aggregate re- ported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and defense were, killed 219, wounded 458, missing 21, total 698.
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C. S.
Moore's Brigade.
MAURY'S-FORNEY'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. JOHN C. MOORE.
37TH ALABAMA, Col. James F. Dowdell.
40TH ALABAMA, Col. John H. Higley.
42D ALABAMA, Col. John W. Portis; Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Lanier ; Col. John W. Portis.
35TH MISSISSIPPI, Col. William S. Barry; Lieut. Col. C. R. Jordan. 40TH MISSISSIPPI, Col. W. B. Colbert.
2D TEXAS. Col. Ashbel Smith.
1ST MISSISSIPPI LIGHT ARTILLERY, Companies A, C, D, E, G and I, Col. William T. Withers.
ALABAMA BATTERY, Capt. H. H. Sengstak.
POINTE COUPEE ( Louisiana ) ARTILLERY, Company B, Capt. Wm. A. Davidson.
The brigade, reinforced by regiments of Green's Brigade, re- pulsed determined and repeated assaults on its front, May 22, 1863. Countermines were prepared at the lunette on the Baldwin's Ferry road, one of which was fired June 28. Casualties: In the de- fense, killed 121, wounded 304, total 425, eight officers killed or mor- tally wounded.
C. S. SMITH'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Maj. Gen. M. L. SMITH.
BALDWIN'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. William E. Baldwin; Col. Allen Thomas; Col. Robert Richardson; Brig. Gen. William E. Bald- win.
VAUGHN'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. J. C. Vaughn.
LEE'S-SHOUP'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee; Brig. Gen. Francis A. Shoup.
MISSISSIPPI STATE TROOPS, Brig. Gen. Jeptha V. Harris.
Attached.
DETACHMENT, Maj. J. R. Stevens.
14TH MISSISSIPPI LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTALION, Maj. M. S. Ward. MISSISSIPPI PARTISAN RANGERS, Capt. J. S. Smyth.
SIGNAL CORPS, Capt. Max T. Davidson.
The division was at Vicksburg at the beginning of the campaign, March 29, 1863; took position on the line of defense, May 18, and the morning of May 19-Shoup's Brigade on the right resting its right at the angle in the Stockade Redan on the Graveyard road,
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Baldwin's in the center, and Vaughn's on the left resting its left at or near the river ; and repulsed determined and repeated assaults on its right, May 19 and May 22. Countermines against saps and mines were prepared at three points and fired at one. Casualties : In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 12, wounded 48, missing 27, total 87 ; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, not reported ; and in the defense, killed 151, wounded 338, missing 18, total 507, fifteen officers killed or mortally wounded. The ag- gregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and defense were, killed 163, wounded 386, missing 45, total 594.
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C. S. Baldwin's Brigade.
SMITH'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM E. BALDWIN ; Col. ALLEN THOMAS ; Col. ROBERT RICHARDSON ; Brig. Gen. WILLIAM E. BALDWIN.
17TII LOUISIANA, Col. Robert Richardson ; Lieut. Col. Madison Rog- ers; Maj. W. A. Redditt ; Col. Robert Richardson.
31ST LOUISIANA, Col. (. II. Morrison; Lieut. Col. S. H. Griffin; Maj. James W. Dranghon.
ATII MISSISSIPPI, Col. P. S. Layton ; Lieut. Col. T. N. Adaire; Capt. Thomas P. Nelson.
46THI MISSISSIPPI, Col. C. W. Sears.
TENNESSEE BATTERY, Capt. Thomas F. Tobin.
One regiment was engaged at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, 1863. Casualties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 12, wounded 48, missing 27, total 87; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, not reported; and in the defense, killed 30, wounded 85, missing 6, total 121, Lieut. Col. Madison Rogers, Lieut. Col. S. II. Griffin and one other officer killed. The aggregate re- ported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and defense were, killed 42, wounded 133, missing 33, total 208.
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C. S. Vaughn's Brigade.
SMITH'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. J. C. VAUGIIN.
GOTH TENNESSEE, Col. J. II. Crawford; Lieut. Col. N. Gregg; Capt. J. W. Bachman. G1ST TENNESSEE, Col. F. E. Pitts; Lieut. Col. James G. Rose. 62D TENNESSEE. Col. John A. Rowan.
Casualties : In the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, 1863, not reported; and in the defense, killed 9, wounded 22, missing 10, total 41.
C. S. Lee's-Shoup's Brigade.
SMITH'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. S. D. LEE; Brig. Gen. FRANCIS A. SHOUP.
26TH LOUISIANA, Col. Winchester Hall; Lieut. Col. William C. Crow. 27TH LOUISIANA, Col. L. D. Marks; Lieut. Col. L. L. McLaurin ; Maj. Alex S. Norwood; Col. L. D. Marks; Capt. Joseph T. Hlatch. 28TH (29th) LOUISIANA, Col. Allen Thomas.
MCNALLY'S (Arkansas) BATTERY, Capt. Francis McNally.
The brigade, reinforced by regiments of Cockrell's Brigade of Bowen's Division, repulsed determined and repeated assaults on its front, May 19 and May 22, 1863. Countermines were prepared at two points and fired at one. Casualties: In the defense, killed 107, wounded 199, total 306, Col. L. D. Marks, Lieut. Col. L. L. McLaurin and ten other officers killed or mortally wounded.
C. S. Mississippi State Troops. SMITH'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Brig. Gen. JEPTHA V. HARRIS.
5THI REGIMENT, Col. H. C. Robinson.
3D BATTALION, Lieut. Col. Thomas A. Burgin.
The command arrived at Vicksburg about May 10, 1863. Cas- nalties : In the defense, killed 3, wounded 28, total 31.
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Attached.
DETACHMENT, Maj. J. R. Stevens.
14TH MISSISSIPPI LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTALION, Maj. M. S. Ward. MISSISSIPPI PARTISAN RANGERS, Capt. J. S. Smyth.
SIGNAL CORPS, Capt. Max T. Davidson.
The detachment under Major Stevens was composed of officers and men of Loring's Division, largely of the 6th Mississippi. de- tached from that command at the close of the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, 1863. Casualties : In the defense, killed 2, wounded 1, missing 2, total 5. Battery C, 14th Mississippi Light Artillery Battalion, was engaged in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16; Batteries A and B and one section of Battery C served in the de- fense. Casualties : In the defense, wounded 3. Neither the Mis- sissippi Partisan Rangers nor the Signal Corps are mentioned in the "Official Records" except in the statement of the organization of the Confederate Army of Vicksburg. The aggregate reported cas- ualties in the attached commands during the defense were, killed 2, wounded 4, missing 2, total 8.
C. S. FORNEY'S-BOWEN'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Maj. Gen. J. H. FORNEY ; Maj. Gen. JOHN S. BOWEN.
FIRST (Missouri) BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen; Col. Francis M. Cockrell. 2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Martin E. Green; Col. T. P. Dockery.
The headquarters of the division were at Big Black River Bridge at the beginning of the Vicksburg campaign, March 29, 1863; General Bowen assigned to command, April 17. The division was nominally in reserve at the beginning of the defense, but was engaged in repulsing the assaults, May 19 and May 22, and in all the work of the defense. Casualties: In the defense of Grand Gulf, April 29, killed 3, wounded 18, total 21, Col. William Wade. Chief of Artillery, killed; in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1. killed 26, wounded 148, missing 172, total 346, one officer killed; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 131, wounded 430, missing 307, total 868, sixteen officers killed; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, killed 3, wounded 9, missing 539, total 551 (cannot be distributed to the two brigades), one officer
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killed ; and in the defense, killed 190, wounded 504, missing 74, total 768, twenty-four officers killed. The aggregate reported casualties in the division during the campaign and defense were, killed 353, wounded 1,109, missing 1,092, total 2,554.
C. S. First ( Missouri) Brigade.
FORNEY'S BOWEN'S DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Brig. Gen. JOHN S. BOWEN ; Col. FRANCIS M. COCKEELL.
1ST AND ATH MISSOURI. Col. A. C. Riley.
2D MISSOURI. Col. Francis M. Cockrell: Lieut. Col. Pembroke S. Sen- teny ; Maj. Thomas M. Carter.
3D MISSOURI, Lient. Col. F. L. Hubbell ; Col. W. R. Ganse: Maj. J. K. McDowell.
5TH MISSOURI. Col. James McCown; Lient. Col. R. S. Bevier; Col. James McCown.
OTH MISSOURI, Col. Engene Erwin; Maj. S. Cooper ; Col. Eugene Er- win; Maj. S. Cooper.
GUIBOR'S ( Missouri) BATTERY, Capt. Ilenry Guibor; Lieut. William Corkery: Lient. Cornelins Heffernan.
LANDIS' ( Missouri) BATTERY, Capt. John C. Landis; Lient. John M Langan.
WADE'S ( Missouri ) BATTERY, Lient. R. C. Walsh.
The Fifth and Sixth Regiments were engaged in the repulse of the assault following the firing of the mine under the Third Louis- iana Redan, June 25. Col. Eugene Erwin and one other officer killed. Casualties: In the defense of Grand Gulf, April 29, killed 2, wounded 18, total 20; in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, killed 13, wounded 97. missing 96, total 206, one officer killed ; in the bat- tle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 65, wounded 293, missing 242, total 600; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, cannot be stated; and in the defense, killed 113, wounded 446, total 559. The aggregate reported casualties in the brigade during the campaign and defense were, killed 193, wounded 854, missing 338, total 1,385.
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C. S. Second Brigade.
FORNEY'S-BOWEN'S DIVISION: ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
Brig. Gen. MARTIN E. GREEN ;
Col. T. P. DOCKERY.
15TH ARKANSAS, Lient. Col. W. W. Reynolds; Capt. Caleb Davis.
19THI ARKANSAS, Col. T. P. Dockery: Capt. James K. Norwood.
20TH ARKANSAS, Col. D. W. Jones.
21ST ARKANSAS, Col. J. E. Cravens ; Capt. A. Tyler.
IST ARKANSAS CAVALRY BATTALION (dismounted), Capt. W. S. Catter- son : Capt. John J. Clark.
12TH ARKANSAS BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS, Capt. Griff Bayne ; Lieut. John S. Bell.
1ST MISSOURI CAVALRY (dismounted). Col. E. Gates; Maj. William C. Parker.
3D MISSOURI CAVALRY BATTALION (dismounted). Lient. Col. D. Todd Sammel: Capt. Felix Lotspeich.
3D MISSOURI BATTERY. Capt. William E. Dawson.
LOWE'S ( Missouri) BATTERY, Capt. Schuyler Lowe: Lient. Thomas B. Catron.
The brigade took position on the line of defense, June 2, 1863, resting its left at the angle of the Storkade Redan on the Grave- yard road and connecting its right with the left of Hebert's Brigade. Detachments only of the First and Third Missouri Cav- alry were engaged in the defense. General Green was killed in the trenches, June 27, and Colonel Dockery assigned to command. Cas- nalties: In the battle of Port Gibson, May 1. killed 13. wounded 51, missing 76, total 140; in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16 (estimated), killed 66, wounded 137, missing 65, total 268; in the engagement at Big Black River Bridge, May 17, cannot be stated; and in the defense (estimated), killed 77, wounded 58, missing 74. total 209. The aggregate reported and estimated casualties in the brigade during the campaign and defense were, killed 156, wounded 246, missing 215, total 617.
C. S. WAUL'S TEXAS LEGION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Col. T. N. WAUL.
IST BATTALION ( Infantry), Maj. Eugene S. Bolling. 2D BATTALION ( Infantry), Lieut. Col. James Wrigley. ZOUAVE BATTALION ( Infantry), Capt. J. B . Fleitas CAVALRY BATTALION, Lieut. Thomas J. Cleveland. ARTILLERY COMPANY, Capt. J. Q. Wall.
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The Legion was at Fort Pemberton, Mississippi, during March and April, 1863. By order of General Pemberton, dated May 4, Colonel Waul moved on transports to Snyder's Bluff, leaving 300 of his troops at Fort Pemberton. He reported that the part of the Legion that entered Vicksburg, May 17, and served in the defense, consisted of eleven infantry companies, one artillery company, a detachment of mounted scouts, and a battalion of attached Zouaves. The afternoon of May 19, the command reported to General Ste- venson and was assigned a position in rear of the left of Lee's Brigade, that being the most assailable and threatened point on the line of Stevenson's Division. It assisted in repulsing the assaults on General Lee's line, May 22, with a detachment from two of its companies-about thirty-five men, led by Col. Edmund Pettus, 20th Alabama. reoccupied the railroad redoubt. Casualties: In the de- fense, killed 47, wounded 190, missing 8, total 245, ten officers re- ported killed.
C. S. RIVER BATTERIES; ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Col. ED. HIGGINS.
1ST LOUISIANA HEAVY ARTILLERY, Col. C. A. Fuller; Lieut. Col. D. Beltzhoover.
STH LOUISIANA HEAVY ARTILLERY BATTALION, Maj. F. N. Ogden.
22D LOUISIANA (detachment), Capt. Samuel Jones.
1ST TENNESSEE HEAVY ARTILLERY, Col. A. Jackson, Jr.
TENNESSEE BATTERY, Capt. J. B. Caruthers.
TENNESSEE BATTERY, Capt. T. N. Johnston.
TENNESSEE BATTERY, Capt. J. P. Lynch.
VAIDEN ( Mississippi) BATTERY, Capt. S. C. Bains.
The command, at the beginning of the defense, May 18, 1863. was in charge of thirty-one heavy guns in position on the river front line, and thirteen light guns on the city front. All the light and six of the heavy guns were successively ordered to the rear line of defense with the detachment serving them. The attacks of the Union gunboats were repulsed, May 22 and May 27, the gunboat "Cincinnati" being sunk in the great bend of the river by the upper batteries on the last-named day. Casualties: In opposing the passage of the Union transports, the night of April 22, killed 1, wounded 2, total 3; and during the defense, about 30 killed and wounded.
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MISCELLANEOUS; ARMY OF VICKSBURG.
54TH ALABAMA (detachment), Lieut. Joel P Abney. CITY GUARDS, Capt. E. B. Martin.
SIGNAL CORPS, Capt. C. A. King.
The detachment of the 54th Alabama, Buford's Brigade, Tor- ing's Division, was engaged in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, 1863, and served in the defense. Neither the Detachment, the City Guards, nor the Signal Corps are mentioned in the "Official Records" except in the statement of the organization of the Con- federate Army of Vicksburg.
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