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C. S. JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Gen. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.
BRECKINRIDGE'S DIVISION, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge.
FRENCH'S DIVISION, Maj. Gen. S. G. French.
LORING'S DIVISION, Maj. Gen. W. W. Loring. WALKER'S DIVISION, Maj. Gen. W. H. T. Walker.
CAVALRY DIVISION, Brig. Gen. William H. Jackson.
RESERVE ARTILLERY, Maj. W. C. Preston.
The army was assembled after the engagement at Jackson, Mis- sissippi, May 14, 1863, in the hope that it would be able to raise the siege of Vicksburg, either by defeating the Army of the Tennessee, or by assisting the Confederate Army of Vicksburg to break through the investment line. Loring's Division and Gregg's, Gist's and Wilson's Brigades of Walker's Division were engaged in some of the battles of the campaign. The army was on the march toward Vicksburg, July 4, and its leading divisions were close to and on the east side of Big Black River. It fell back to Jackson when the Army of Vicksburg surrendered. The aggregate reported casual- ties in the army during the campaign were, killed 111, wounded 392, missing 352, total 855.
C. S. BRECKINRIDGE'S DIVISION ; JOHNSTON'S ARMY.
Maj. Gen. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE.
D. W. ADAMS' BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. D. W. Adams.
KENTUCKY BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. Ben H. Helm.
STOVALL'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. M. A. Stovall. ARTILLERY, Maj. Rice E. Graves.
The division arrived at Jackson, Mississippi, June 1, 1863, from the Department of the Tennessee. Its headquarters were at Bolton. July 4.
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D. W. Adams' Brigade. Brig. Gen. D. W. ADAMS.
32D ALABAMA, Lient. Col. Henry Maury. 13TH AND 20THI LOUISIANA, Col. Augustus Richard.
16TH AND 25TH LOUISIANA, Col. D. Gober. 19THI LOUISIANA, Col. Wesley P. Winans.
14TH LOUISIANA BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS, Maj. John E. Austin.
C. S. Kentucky Brigade.
BRECKINRIDGE'S DIVISION; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Brig. Gen. BEN H. HELM.
41ST ALABAMA, Col. M. L. Stansel.
2D KENTUCKY, Lieut. Col. James W. Hewitt.
4TH KENTUCKY. Col. Joseph P. Nuckols; Lieut. Col. John A. Adair.
6TH KENTUCKY, Lieut. Col. M. H. Cofer.
OTH KENTUCKY, Col. J. W. Caldwell.
Storall's Brigade. Brig. Gen. M. A. STOVALL.
IST AND 3D FLORIDA, Col. W. S. Dilworth. ATII FLORIDA, Lieut. Col. Edward Badger.
47TH GEORGIA, Col. George W. M. Williams.
GOTHI NORTH CAROLINA, Col. Washington M. Hardy ; Lieut. Col. James M. Ray.
Artillery. Maj. RICE F. GRAVES.
TENNESSEE BATTERY, Capt. J. W. Mebane.
KENTUAZY BATTERY. Capt. Robert Cobb. WASHIIF STON (Louisiana) ARTILLERY, (5th Company), Capt. C. H. SIo- comb.
C. S. FRENCH'S DIVISION ; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Maj. Gen. S. G. FRENCH.
MeNAIR'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. E. McNair. MAXEY'S BRIGADE. Brig. Gen. S. B. Maxey. EVAN'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. N. G. Evans.
The division was organized and General French assigned to its command, June 21, 1863. Its headquarters were at Jackson, Mis- sissippi, July 4.
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McNair's Brigade. Brig. Gen. E. McNAIR.
1ST ARKANSAS MOUNTED RIFLES (dismounted), Col. R. W. Harper. 2D ARKANSAS MOUNTED RIFLES (dismounted), Col. J. A. Williamson.
4TH ARKANSAS, Col. H. G. Bunn.
25TH ARKANSAS, Col. Charles J. Turnbull.
31ST ARKANSAS, Col. T. H. McCray.
29TH NORTH CAROLINA, Lieut. Col. William B. Creasman.
39TH NORTH CAROLINA, Col. D. Coleman.
The brigade was ordered from Shelbyville, Tennessee, May 9, 1863. It was near Canton, Mississippi, May 26, and at Yazoo City, Mississippi, June 10, at both dates temporarily in Walker's Di- vision.
Artillery.
LOUISIANA BATTERY, Capt. C. E. Fenner. MCBETH (South Carolina ) ARTILLERY, Lieut. B. A. Jeter. SOUTH CAROLINA BATTERY. Capt. J. F. Culpeper.
C. S. Maxey's Brigade.
FRENCHI'S DIVISION ; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Brig. Gen. S. B. MAXEY.
4TII LOUISIANA, Lieut. Col. William F. Pemington ; Col. S. E. IIuu- ter.
30TH LOUISIANA, Lieut. Col. Thomas Shields.
42D TENNESSEE, Lieut. Col. Isaac N. Ilulme.
46TH AND 55THI TENNESSEE, Col. Alexander J. Brown.
ISTII TENNESSEE, Col. W. M. Voorhies.
49TH TENNESSEE, Maj. David A. Lynn.
53D TENNESSEE, Lieut. Col. John R. White.
1ST TEXAS BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS, Maj. James Burnet.
The brigade was ordered from Port Hudson, Louisiana, to Vieks- burg, May 4, 1863, by General Pemberton. It was at Brookhaven, Mississippi, May 12; and at Jackson, Mississippi, May 30, tempo- rarily attached to Loring's Division.
Evan's Brigade. Brig. Gen. N. G. EVANS.
17TH SOUTH CAROLINA, Capt. James Beaty ; Maj. John R. Culp. 18TH SOUTH CAROLINA, Col. W. II. Wallace.
22D SOUTH CAROLINA, Capt. A. C. Pease. 23D SOUTH CAROLINA, Capt. John M. Kinloch; Col. H. L. Benbow. 26TH SOUTH CAROLINA, Col. A. D. Smith.
HOLCOMBE LEGION, Lieut. Col. W. J. Crawley; Maj. Martin G. Zieg- ler ; Lieut. Col. W. J. Crawley.
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The brigade was ordered from the Department of South Caro- lina, Georgia and Florida. It was at Jackson, Mississippi, May 30, 1863. temporarily attached to Loring's Division ; and was in Breek- inridge's command. June 3.
C. S. LORING'S DIVISION ; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Maj. Gen. W. W. LORING.
IST BRIGADE. Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman; Col. A. E. Reynolds; Brig. Gen. John Adams.
2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. W. S. Featherston.
3D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. A. Buford.
The division was engaged in the battles and movements of the Vicksburg campaign, beginning March 29, 1863; was partially re- organized, April 15; abandoned its artillery at the close of the battle of Champion's Hill. May 16, and marched to Crystal Springs; marched to Jackson, May 19, and from that date became a part of Johnston's army ; and was camped on Bogue Chitto the evening of July 1. Casualties : In the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 16, wounded 61, missing 43, total 120, four officers killed.
C. S. First Brigade. LORING'S DIVISION; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Brig. Gen. LLOYD TILGHMAN ;
Col. A. E. REYNOLDS ; Brig. Gen. JOHN ADAMS.
1ST CONFEDERATE BATTALION, Lieut. Col. G. H. Forney.
STII MISSISSIPPI. Col. Robert Lowry.
14TH MISSISSIPPI. Col. G. W. Abert.
15TH MISSISSIPPI, Lieut. Col. J. R. Binford; Col. M. Farrell.
20TH MISSISSIPPI, Col. D. R. Russell ; Lieut. Col. William N. Brown. 23D MISSISSIPPI, Col. J. M. Wells.
26TH MISSISSIPPI, Col. A. E. Reynolds; Maj. T. F. Parker.
1ST MISSISSIPPI LIGHT ARTILLERY, Company G, Capt. J. J. Cowan.
14TH MISSISSIPPI ARTILLERY BATTALION, Company C, Capt. Jacob Cul- bertson.
The brigade was at Fort Pemberton, Mississippi, at the begin- ning of the Vicksburg campaign, March 29, 1863, and was reorgan- ized April 15. Part of the officers and men of the two artillery companies fell back to Vicksburg at the close of the battle of Cham- pion's Hill, May 16, and served in the defense. Casualties: In the
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battle of Port Gibson, May 1, one regiment (6th Mississippi) en- gaged, not reported; and in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16. killed 5, wounded 10, missing 42, total 57, Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilgh- man killed.
C. S.
Second Brigade.
LORING'S DIVISION; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Brig. Gen. W. S. FEATHERSTON.
3D MISSISSIPPI, Col. T. A. Mellon.
22D MISSISSIPPI, Lieut. Col. H. J. Reid; Col. Frank Schaller.
31ST MISSISSIPPI, Col. J. 1. Orr.
33D MISSISSIPPI, Col. D. W. Hurst.
1ST MISSISSIPPI BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS, Maj. W. A. Rayburn.
1ST MISSISSIPPI LIGHT ARTILLERY, Company D, Capt. Jeff L. Wofford. ALABAMA BATTERY, Capt. S. Charpentier.
The brigade was at Fort Pemberton, Mississippi, at the begin- ning of the Vicksburg campaign, March 29, 1863. Casualties: In the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, wounded 2, missing 1, total 3. Captain Wofford and the men of his company fell back to Vicks- burg and served in the defense. The Alabama Battery was attached after May 16.
C. S. Third Brigade.
LORING'S DIVISION; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Brig. Gen. ABRAHAM BUFORD.
27TII ALABAMA, Col. James Jackson.
35TH ALABAMA, Col. Edward Goodwin.
54TH ALABAMA, Col. Alpheus Baker.
55THI ALABAMA, Col. John Snodgrass.
9TH ARKANSAS, Col. Isaac L. Dunlop.
3D KENTUCKY, Col. A. P. Thompson.
7TH KENTUCKY, Col. Ed. Crossland.
STH KENTUCKY, Col. H. B. Lyon ; Lieut. Col. A. R. Shacklett.
12TH LOUISIANA, Col. Thomas M. Scott.
3D MISSOURI CAVALRY BATTALION (dismounted), Lient. Col. D. Todd Samuel.
POINTE COUPEE (Louisiana) ARTILLERY, Capt. A. Bouanchaud.
The brigade was at Port Hudson, Louisiana, at the beginning of the Vicksburg campaign, March 29, 1863; was organized April 15. and at about that date was ordered to Tullahoma, Tennessee, but was recalled, April 18. Some of the men of the Pointe Coupee Artillery, under Lieut. John Yoist, and. a detachment of the 54th
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Alabama, under Lieut. Joel P. Abney, fell back to Vicksburg at the close of the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, and served in the defense. The 3d Missouri Battalion was of Bowen's Division and was also cut off from its command at the close of that battle; a de- tachment of the battalion, under Capt. Felix Lotspeich, fell baek to Vicksburg and served in the defense. Casualties: In the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 11, wounded 49, total 60, three offi- cers killed.
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Shirley House after Restoration.
C. S. WALKER'S DIVISION ; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Maj. Gen. W. H. T. WALKER.
Escort.
INDEPENDENT COMPANY, GEORGIA CAVALRY, Capt. T. M. Nelson.
ECTOR'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. M. D. Ector.
GREGG'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. John Gregg; Col. Robert Farquharson ; Brig. Gen. John Gregg.
GIST'S BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. S. R. Gist.
WALKER'S-WILSON'S BRIGADE. Brig. Gen. W. II. T. Walker; Col. C. C. Wilson.
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The headquarters of the division were at Canton, Mississippi. May 26, 1863; at Yazoo City, Mississippi, June 10; and near Ver- non, Mississippi, June 15. The division was camped on Bogue Falia the evening of July 1.
Ector's Brigade. Brig. Gen. M. D. ECTOR.
OTHI TEXAS, Col. William H. Young.
10THI TEXAS (dismounted cavalry ), Lieut. Col. C. R. Earp.
14THI TEXAS (dismounted cavalry), Col. J. L. Camp. 32D TEXAS (dismounted cavalry). Col. Julius A. Andrews. ALABAMA BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS, Maj. T. O. Stone. MISSISSIPPI BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS, Capt. M. Pound.
McNALLY'S (Arkansas) BATTERY (section), Lieut. F. A. Moore.
The brigade was ordered from Shelbyville, Tennessee, May 9, 1863. It was at Meridian, Mississippi, May 17; and joined the division about May 21.
C. S. Gregg's Brigade.
WALKER'S DIVISION ; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Brig. Gen. JOHN GREGG : Col. ROBERT FARQUIIARSON ; Brig. Gen. JOHN GREGG.
3D TENNESSEE (Volunteers), Col. C. H. Walker.
10TH AND 30TH TENNESSEE, Col. R. W. MacGavock; Lieut. Col. James J. Turner.
41ST TENNESSEE, Col. Robert Farquharson.
50TH TENNESSEE, Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Beaumont.
1ST TENNESSEE BATTALION, Maj. S. H. Colms.
7TH TEXAS, Col. H. B. Granbury.
MISSOURI BATTERY. Capt. H. M. Bledsoe.
The brigade was at Port Hudson, Louisiana, at the beginning of the Vicksburg campaign, March 29, 1863. It was ordered to Jack- son, Mississippi, May 1, by General Pemberton. Casualties in the engagement at Raymond. Mississippi, May 12, killed 73, wounded 251, missing 190, total 514; Col. R. W. MacGavock and eight other officers killed or mortally wounded; and in the engagement at .Jack- son, Mississippi, May 14, not reported.
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C. S. Gist's Brigade.
WALKER'S DIVISION ; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Brig. Gen. S. R. GIST.
46THI GEORGIA, Col. Peyton H. Colquitt.
STH GEORGIA BATTALION, Capt. Z. L. Watters.
16THI SOUTH CAROLINA, Col. James Mccullough.
24THI SOUTH CAROLINA. Lient. Col. Ellison Capers ; Col. C. H. Stevens. SOUTH CAROLINA BATTERY, Capt. T. B. Ferguson.
The brigade was ordered from South Carolina about May 5, 1863, by General Beauregard. A battalion of the 46th Georgia and the 24th South Carolina were engaged at Jackson, Mississippi, May 14. Casualties : Killed 15, wounded 60, missing 118, total 193, one officer killed. A battalion of the 14th Mississippi (First Brigade, Loring's Division) and the Brookhaven (Mississippi) Artillery were then temporarily attached and engaged. Casualties: Killed 2, wounded 4, total 6.
Walker's-Wilson's Brigade. Brig. Gen. W. H. T. WALKER ; Col. C. C. WILSON.
25TH GEORGIA, Lieut. Col. A. J. Williams.
29TH GEORGIA, Col. William J. Young.
30TH GEORGIA, Col. Thomas W. Mangham.
IST GEORGIA BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS, Maj. Arthur Shaaff.
4TH LOUISIANA BATTALION, Lieut. Col. J. McEnery.
MARTIN'S (Georgia) BATTERY, Capt. Robert Martin; Lieut. E. P. Howell.
The brigade was ordered from South Carolina about May 5, 1863, by General Beauregard. It was engaged at Jackson, Missis- sippi, May 14 ; casualties not reported.
C. S. CAVALRY DIVISION; JOHNSTON'S ARMY. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM H. JACKSON.
Escort.
7TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY, Company A, Capt. W. F. Taylor; Lieut. J. W. Sneed.
1ST BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. George B. Cosby.
2D BRIGADE, Brig. Gen. J. W. Whitfield; Col. Lawrence S. Ross; Brig. Gen. J. W. Whitfield.
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The division was ordered from the Department of the Tennessee. about May 26, 1863. Its headquarters was near Canton, Missis- sippi, June 4, and at Vernon, Mississippi, from June 13 to June 23. When the army marched toward Vicksburg, the division covered the heads of its columns.
First Brigade. Brig. Gen. GEORGE B. COSBY.
Escort.
INDEPENDENT COMPANY LOUISIANA CAVALRY. Lieut. Nathaniel M. Mar- tin; Capt. Junius Y. Webb.
1ST MISSISSIPPI, Col. R. A. Pinson.
4TH MISSISSIPPI, Lieut. Col. James Gordon.
28TH MISSISSIPPI, Col. P. B. Starke; Maj. Joshua T. McBee.
ADAMS' (Mississippi) REGIMENT, Col. Wirt Adams; Lieut. Col. Robert
C. Wood, Jr .; Capt. Stephen D. Cleveland; Lieut. Col. Robert C. Wood, Jr .; Col. Wirt Adams.
BALLENTINE'S (Mississippi) REGIMENT, Lieut. Col. W. L. Maxwell ; Maj. William H. Ford.
17TH MISSISSIPPI BATTALION, Maj. A. C. Steede.
CLARK (Missouri) ARTILLERY, Capt. Houston King.
Adams' and the 28th Mississippi regiments were engaged in action at Hill's plantation near Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi, June 22. Casualtes : Killed 5, wounded 16, missing 1, total 22.
C. S. Second Brigade.
CAVALRY DIVISION; JOHNSTON'S ARMY.
Brig. Gen. J. W. WHITFIELD ; Col. LAWRENCE S. Ross ; Brig. Gen. J. W. WHITFIELD.
3D TEXAS, Lieut. Col. J. S. Boggess.
6TH TEXAS, Col. Lawrence S. Ross.
9TH TEXAS, Col. D. W. Jones.
1ST TEXAS LEGION, Lieut. Col. J. H. Broocks.
BRIDGES' BATTALION, Maj. H. W. Bridges.
Reserve Artillery Maj. W. C. PRESTON.
COLUMBUS (Georgia ) ARTILLERY, Capt. Edward Craft.
DURRIVE'S (Louisiana ) BATTERY, Capt. Edward Durrive, Jr.
CULPEPER'S (South Carolina ) BATTERY, Capt. James F. Culpeper. (Also for a time reported with French's Division. )
WATIES' (South Carolina ) BATTERY, Capt. John Waties.
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UNION SUMMARY COMMANDS.
ILLINOIS-Infantry (Sth. 11th, 13th, 14th. 15th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 320, 334. 37th, 40th, 41st, 430, 45th, 46th, 47th, 4Sth, 53d. 54th, 55th, 56th, 6ist. 634, 72d, 76th, 77th, 81st. 87th. 90th, 93d. 94th, 95th. 97th, 99th, 101st. 103d, 106th. 108th. 113th. 114th, 116th, 118th. 120th, 124th, 126th, 127th, 130th, 13Ist) 55; Cavalry (Thielemann's Bat- talion, Kane County, Independent Company, 2d, 3d. 4th. 5th, 7th, 10th. 11th, 15th) 10; Artillery (Cogswell's Battery, Chicago Mercantile Battery, Batteries A, B, D, E, F. H and I, 1st Light and Batteries A, E, F, G. K and L, 2d Light) 15; total 79.
INDIANA-Infantry (Sth, 11th. 12th, 16th, 18th, 23d, 24th, 26th. 34th, 46th. 47th, 48th, 49th, 53d, 54th, 59th, 60th, 67th, 69th, 83d, 93d. 97th, 99th1. 100th) 24; Cavalry (1st. 4th) 2; Artillery (1st, 6th) 2; total 28.
IOWA-Infantry (3d, 4th, 5th. 6th, Sth. 9th, 10th. 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 234, 24th, 25th, 26th, 28th, 30th, 31st, 34th, 35th, 38th, 40th) 28; Cavalry (3d, 4th) 2; Artillery (1st. 2d) 2; total 32.
KANSAS- Infantry (1st) 1.
KENTUCKY-Infantry (Independent Company of Pioneers, 7th, 19th, 22d ) 4.
MASSACHUSETTS-Infantry (29th, 35th, 36th) 3.
MICHIGAN-Infantry (2d, Sth, 12th, 15th. 17th, 20th, 27th) 7; Ar- tiffery (7th, Sth) 2; total 9.
MINNESOTA-Infantry (3d, 4th. 5th) 3; Artillery ( 1st) ; total 4.
MISSOT RI-Infantry (30, 6th. 7th. 8th. 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 24th, 26th, 27th, 29th. 30th, 31st, 32d, 35th, Engineer Regiment of the West) 17: Cavatry (4th. 6th, 10th) 3; Artillery (Batteries A, B, C, E, F, and M, 1st Light. and Battery F (Landgraeber's), 2d Light) 7; total 27.
NEW HAMPSHIRE-Infantry (6th, 9th, 11th) 3.
NEW YORK-Infantry (46th, 51st, 79th) 3; Artillery (Battery L. 2d Light) 1; total 4.
OHIO-Infantry ( 16th. 20th, 224, 30th, 32d, 37th, 420, 46th, 47th, 48th, 53d, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th. 68th 70th. 72d. 76th. 78th. 80th, 83d. 95th, 96th, 114th, 120th ) 26; Cavalry (4th) 1; Artillery (20, 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th, Sth, 10th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th, Yost's) 12: total 39.
PENNSYLVANIA-Infantry (45th, 50th, 51st, 100th) 4; Artillery ( Darell's Battery) 1; total 5.
RHODE ISLAND-Infantry (7th) 1.
UNITED STATES ARMY-Infantry ( 1st, 13th) 2; Artillery (E. Sec- ond) 1; total 3.
WEST VIRGINIA-Infantry (4th) 1.
WISCONSIN-Infantry (Sth, 11th, 12th. 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th. 20th. 23d, 25th, 27th, 29th, 33d) 13: Cavalry (2d) 1: Artillery (1st. 6th, 12th) 3; total 17.
AGGREGATE: infantry, 194: Cavalry, 19; Artillery. 47; total 260- not including eight regiments of negroes in process of enlistment.
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CONFEDERATE COMMANDS.
ALABAMA- Infantry (20th, 23d, 27th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 35th, 37th. 40th, 41st, 42d, 46th, 54th, 55th. Stone's Battalion of Sharpshooters) 15; Ar- tillery (Company C, 2d Battalion; Waddell's Battery ; Sengstak's Battery ; Charpentier's Battery) 4; total 19.
AARKANSAS-Infantry (4th, 9th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 25th, 31st, 12th Battalion-Sharpshooters) 9; Cavalry (1st Rifles-Dismounted, 2d Rifles -Dismounted, 1st Battalion - Dismounted, Bridge's Battalion-Sharp- shooters ) 4; Artillery (Appeal Battery, McNally's Battery) 2; total 15.
FLORIDA-Infantry (1st. 3d, 4th) 3.
GEORGIA-Infantry (25th, 29th, 30th, 34th, 36th. 39th, 40th. 4Ist. 42d, 43d, 46th, 47th, 52d. 56th, 57th, 1st Battalion of Sharpshooters, Sth Battalion) 17; Cavalry (Nelson's Independent Company) 1; Artillery (Cherokee Battery, Martin's Battery, Columbus Battery) 3; total 21.
KENTUCKY-Infantry (2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 7th, Sth, 9th) 7; Artillery (Cobb's Battery) 1; total S.
LOUISIANA- Infantry (3d, 4th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th (sometimes known as 29th), 30th, 31st, 4th Battal- ion, 14th Battalion of Sharpshooters, Fleitas' Zonave Battalion) 18: Cav- alry (Martin's Independent Company) 1; Artillery (Bond's Bruce's But- ler's, Capers', Grayson's, Hayne's, Lamon's, and Robertson's companies of the 1st Heavy ; Barrow's, Grandpre's, Hart's and MeCrory's companies of the Sth Heavy Battalion; Companies A, B and C of Pointe Coupee; 5th Company, Washington-Fenner's Battery; Durrive's Battery; Gomez's, Marks', Morlot's and Theard's companies of the 22d Regiment-Gomez's and Theard's companies served as infantry during the defense) 22; total 41.
MISSOURI-Infantry (1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th) 6; Cavalry (1st- Dismounted, 3d-Dismounted) 2; Artillery (3d Battery, Guibor's Battery, Landis' Battery, Wade's Battery, Lowe's Battery, Bledsoe's Battery, Clark's Battery) 7; total 15.
MARYLAND-Artillery (3d Battery) 1.
MISSISSIPPI-Infantry (2d, 4th. 5th-State Troops, 6th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 22d, 23d, 26th, 31st, 33d, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 40th, 43d, 46th, 1st Battalion-Sharpshooters, 3d Battalion - State Troops, 7th Battalion, Pound's Battalion-Sharpshooters) 23; Cavalry (1st, 4th, 28th, Adams' Regiment, Ballentine's Regiment, 17th Battalion) 6; Artillery (Companies A, C, D, E, G and I of the 1st Light; Companies A, B and C of the 14th Light Battalion ; Hudson's Battery, Vaiden Battery) 11; total 40.
NORTH CAROLINA-Infantry (29th, 39th. 60th) 3.
SOUTH CAROLINA-Infantry (16th, 17th, 18th, 22d, 23d, 24th, 26th, Holcombe Legion) S; Artillery (Culpeper's Battery. Ferguson's Battery, Watie's Battery. McBeth's Battery) 4; total 12.
TENNESSEE-Infantry (3d-Volunteers, 3d-Provisional Army, 10th, 30th, 31st, 41st, 42d, 43d, 46th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 53d, 55th. 59th, 60th, Gist. 62d, 1st Battalion) 19; Cavalry (Company C, 1st Company A, 7th) 2; Ar- tillery (Companies A, B, C and D, 1st Heavy, Johnston's Battery. Lynch's Battery, Tobin's Battery, Mebane's Battery) S; total 29.
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TEXAS- Infantry (2d. 7th, 9th, 1st Battalion-Sharpshooters, 1st Bat- (alion, 2d Battalion) 6: Cavalry (3d, 6th, 9th, 10th -- Dismounted, 14th- Dismounted, 32d-Dismounted, Whitfield's Legion. Cleveland's Battalion ) S; Artillery (Wall's Battery) 1; total 15.
VIRGINIA-Artillery (Botetourt Battery) 1.
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY-Infantry (1st Battalion) 1.
MISCELLANEOUS-Davidson's Signal Corps, King's Signal Corps, Barrot's Signal Corps, City Guards, Partisan Rangers-total 5.
AGGREGATE: Infantry 134. Cavalry 25, Artillery 63, miscellaneous 5. total 227.
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Major General ULYSSES S. GRANT. Army of the Tennessee.
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Report of Major General U. S. Grant.
MADE TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG, JULY 4, 1863.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, VICKSBURG, MISS., July 6, 1863.
COLONEL : I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the Army of the Tennessee, and co-operating forces, from the date of my assuming the immediate command of the expedition against Vieksburg, Miss., to the reduction of that place :
From the moment of taking command in person, I became satis- fied that Vicksburg could only be turned from the south side, and, in accordance with this conviction, I prosecuted the work on the canal, which had been located by Brig. Gen. (Thomas) Williams across the peninsula on the Louisiana side of the river, with all vigor, hoping to make a channel which would pass transports for moving the army and carrying supplies to the new base of operations thus provided. The task was much more herculean than it at first ap- peared, and was made much more so by the almost continuous rains that fell during the whole of the time this work was prosecuted. The river, too, continued to rise and made a large expenditure of labor necessary to keep the water out of our camps and the canal.
Finally, on March 8, the rapid rise of the river, and the conse- quent great pressure upon the dam across the canal, near the upper end, at the main Mississippi levee, caused it to give way and let through the lowlands back of our camps a torrent of water that separated the north and south shores of the peninsula as effectually as if the Mississippi flowed between them. This occurred when the enterprise promised success within a short time. There was some delay in trying to repair damages. It was found, however, that with the then stage of water some other plan would have to be adopted for getting below Vicksburg with transports.
Capt. F. E. Prime, chief engineer, and Col. G. G. Pride, who was acting on my staff, prospected a route through the bayous which run from near Milliken's Bend, on the north, and New Carthage, on the south, through Roundaway Bayou, into the Tensas River. Their
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report of the practicability of this route determined me to commence work upon it. Having three dredge-boats at the time, the work of opening this route was executed with great rapidity. One small steamer and a number of barges were taken through the channel thus opened, but the river commencing about the middle of April to fall rapidly, and the roads becoming passable between Milliken's Bend and New Carthage, made it impracticable and unneccessary to open water communication between these points.
Soon after commencing the first canal spoken of, I caused a channel to be cut from the Mississippi River into Lake Providence; also one from the Mississippi River into Coldwater, by way of Yazoo Pass.
I had no great expectations of important results from the former of these, but having more troops than could be employed to advan- tage at Young's Point, and knowing that Lake Providence was connected by Bayou Baxter with Bayou Macon, a navigable stream, through which transports might pass into the Mississippi below, through Tensas, Washita and Red rivers, I thought it possible that a route might be opened in that direction which would enable me to co-cperate with General Banks on Port Hudson.
By the Yazoo Pass route I only expected at first to get into the Yazoo by way of Coldwater and Tallahatchee with some lighter gunboats and a few troops, and destroy the enemy's transports in that stream and some gunboats which I knew he was building. The navigation, however, proved so much better than had been expected that I thought for a time of the possibility of making this the route for obtaining a foothold on high land above Haynes' Bluff, Mis- sissippi, and small-class steamers were accordingly ordered for transporting an army that way.
Maj. Gen. J. B. McPherson, commanding 17th Army Corps, was directed to hold his corps in readiness to move by this route, and one division each from the 13th and 15th Corps were collected near the entrance of the pass, to be added to his command. It soon became evident that a sufficient number of boats of the right class could not be obtained for the movement of more than one division.
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