THE OPPOSING FORCES AT PEA RIDGE, ARK.

The composition and losses of each army as here stated give the gist of all the data obtainable in the Official Records.K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured.—E ditors.

COMPOSITION AND LOSSES OF THE UNION ARMY.

Brig.-Gen. Samuel R. Curtis .

First and Second Divisions, Brig.-Gen. Franz Sigel .First Division , Col. Peter J. Osterhaus . First Brigade :25tli Ill., Col. William N. Coler; 44th Ill., Col. CharlesKnobelsdorff; 17th Mo., Major August H. Poten. Bri-gade loss: k, 4; w, 22; m, 11 = 37. Second Brigade, Col.Nicholas Greusel. 36th Ill., Col. Nicholas Greusel; 12 thMo. , Major Hugo Wangelin; Illinois Cavalry (2 Cos.),Captains Albert Jenks and Henry A. Smith. Brigadeloss: k, 7; w, 66; m, 36 =109. Artillery: Mo. Battery,Capt. Martin Welfley; 4th Ohio Battery, Capt. LouisHoffmann. Loss: w, 6; m, 4 = 10. Second Division,Brig.-Gen. Alexander Asboth (w). Staff loss: w, 1. Fh'stBrigade, Col. Frederick Schaefer: 2d Mo., Lieut.-Col.Bernard Laiboldt; 15th Mo. , Col. Francis J. Joliat.Brigade loss : k, 8 ; w, 34; m, 22 = 64. Unattached: Fig-ment Hussars Mo. Cavalry , Major Ernerie Meszaros;5th Mo. Cavalry (Benton Hussars), Col. Joseph Nemett;1st Mo. Horse Battery, Capt. G. M. Elbert; 2d OhioBattery, Lieut . W. B. Chapman. Loss: k, 12; w, 29: m,14 = 55.

Third Division, Col. Jefferson C. Davis . First Brigade,Col. Thomas Pattison: 8th Ind., Col. William P. Benton;18th Ind., Lieut.-Col. Henry D. Washburn; 22d Ind. ,Lieut.-Col. John A. Hendricks (m w), Major David W T .

Daily, Jr.; 1st Ind. Battery, Capt. Martin Klauss. Bri-gade loss: k, 17; w, 88 ; m, 6 = ill. Second Brigade, Col.Julius White: 37th Ill., Lieut.-Col. M. S. Barnes; 59th Ill.,Lieut.-Col. C. H. Frederick; Peoria Ill . Battery, Capt. P.Davidson. Brigade loss: k, 29; w, 195; m, 3 = 227. Cav-alry: 1st Mo., Col. C. A. Ellis. Loss : k, 2; w, 2; m, 2 — 6.

Fourth Division, Col. Eugene A. Carr (w). Staff loss:w, 1. First Brigade, Col. Grenville M. Dodge: 35th Ill.,Col. GustavusA. Smith (w), Lieut.-Col. William P. Chand-ler (e); 4th Iowa , Lieut.-Col. John Galligan (w) ; 1stIowa Battery, Capt. Junius A. Jones (w), Lieut . V. J.David. Brigade loss: k, 35 ; w, 200; m, 55 = 290. SecondBrigade, Col. William Yandever: 9th Iowa , Lieut.-Col.Francis J. Herron (w and c), Major William IT. Coyl (w);Phelps’s Mo., Col. John S. Phelps (w); 3d 111. Cavalry ,Major John McConnell; 3d Iowa Battery, Captain Mor-timer M. Hayden. Brigade loss: k, 61; w, 300; m, 30 =391. Unattached; 3d Iowa Cavalry , Col. Cyrus Bussey(during a part of the battle Col. Bussey had commandof other troops in addition to his own regiment), Lieut.-Col. Henry H. Trimble (w); Bowen’s Battalion Mo.Cavalry, Major Wm. D. Bowen; 3d Mo. Infantry, MajorJoseph Conrad; 24th Mo. Infantry , Major Eli W. Wes-ton. Loss: k, 28 ; w, 36 ; m, 18 = 82 .

Total loss in the Union Army (revised returns): 203 killed, 980 wounded, and 201 captured or missing,—total, 1384.

COMPOSITION AND LOSSES OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

Major-Geueral Earl Van Dorn .

Missouri State Guard, Major-General Sterling Price .Confederate Volunteers : Escort, Cearnal’s Bat-talion Cavalry, Lieut.-Col. J. T. Cearnal (w). First Bri-gade, Col. Henry Little: 1st Cavalry , Col. Elijah Gates;1st Infantry , Col. John Q. Burbridge; 2d Infantry, Col.Benjamin A. Rives (m w), Lieut.-Col. J. A. Pritchard;1st Battery, Capt. W’illiam Wade; 2d Battery, Capt. S.Churchill Clark (k), Lieut . James L. Farris. Second Bri-gade, Brig.-Gen. 'William Y. Slack (m w), Col. Thomas H.Rosser: Battalion Infantry, Col. John T. Hughes ; Bat-talion Infantry, Major R. S. Bevier; Battalion Infantry,Col. Thomas IT. Rosser; Battalion Cavalry, Col. G. W.Riggins; Light Battery, Capt. Win. Lucas. Brigadeloss: k, 5; w, 37 = 42. Third Brigade, Col. Colton Greene.Brigade loss: k, 6; w, 59 = 65. State Troops, SecondDivision, Brig.-Gen. Martin E. Green. Third Division,Col. John B. Clark, Jr.: 1st Infantry, Major Rucker (w);2d Infantry, Col. Congreve Jackson; 3d Infantry, MajorHutchinson; 4th and5th Infantry (consolidated), Col. J.A. Poindexter (w) ; 6th Infantry, Lieut.-Col. Peacher.Division loss: k, 11; w, 101; m, 35 = 147. Fifth Division,Col. James P. Saunders: detachments of infantry,cavalry, and Kelly’s battery of artillery. Division loss:k, 9; w, 32 = 41. Sixth Division, Major D. H. Lindsay:detachments of infantry and Gorham’s battery of artil-lery. Division loss: w, 13; m, 34 = 47. Seventh andNinth Divisions, Brig.-Gen. D. M. Frost: detachmentsof infantry and cavalry and Guibor’s and MacDonald’sbatteries of artillery; also included the Third Brigade

of Volunteers given above. Eighth Division, Brig.-Gen. James S. Rains: Infantry under Col. William H.Erwin, Lieut.-Cols. John P. Bowman, A. J. Pearcy, andStemmons ; Bledsoe’s battery, and Shelby’s company ofcavalry. Division loss: k, 2 ; w, 26 = 28.

McCulloch’s Division, Brig.-Gen. Ben. McCulloch(k), Col. E. Greer. Infantry Brigade, Col. Louis Hubert(c), Col. Evander McNair: 4th Ark., Col. Evander Mc-Nair, Lieut. -Col. Samuel Ogden; 14th Ark., Col. M. C.Mitchell; 16 th Ark., Col. J. .F Hill; 17th Ark., Col. F. A.Rector; 21st Ark., Col. D. McRae: 3d Louisiana , MajorW. F. Tunnard (c), Capt. W. S. Gunnell. Cavalry Bri-gade, Brig.-Geu. James McIntosh (k): 1st Ark. MountedRifles, Col. T. J. Churchill; 2d Ark. Mounted Rifles, Col.B. T. Embry; 3d Texas, Col. E. Greer, Lieut.-Col. WalterP. Lane; 4th Texas , Col. Wm. B. Sims (w), Lieut.-Col.William Quayle; 6th Texas, Col. B. W. Stone; 11th Texas ,Lieut.-Col. Janies J. Dimond. Artillery: Hart’s, Pro-vence ’s, Gaines’s, and Good’s batteries.

Pike’s Command, Brig.-Gen. Albert Pike . CherokeeRegiment, Col. Stand Watie ; Cherokee Regiment, Col.John Drew; Creek Regiment, Col. D. N. McIntosh;Squadron Texas Cavalry, Capt. O. G. Welch.

Other Troops (not included in preceding roster):1st Battalion Ark. Cavalry , Major W. H. Brooks; Bat-talion Texas Cavalry, Major R. P. Crump; BattalionTexas Mounted Rifles, Major J. W. Whitfield; Teel’sTexas Battery; 19th Ark. Infantry, Lieut.-Col. P. R.Smith ; 22d Ark. Infantry, Col. G. W. King.

The Confederate loss is reported at 800 to 1000 killed and wounded, and between 200 and 300 prisoners.

STRENGTH OF THE OPPOSING FORCES.

The effective force of the Union Army did not exceed10,500 infantry and cavalry, with 49 pieces of artillery.(See “ Official Records,” VIII., p. 196.)

The effective strength of the Confederate Army wasas follows: Price ’s command, 6818, with 8 batteries of

artillery (“ Official Records,” VIII., p. 305); McCulloch’scommand, 8384, with 4 batteries of 18 pieces (“ OfficialRecords,” VIII., p. 763); and Pike ’s command, 1000 (“ Of-ficial Records,” VIII., p. 288), making an aggregate of16,202 infantry and cavalry.

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