THE OPPOSING FORCES AT FORT DONELSON, TENN.

The comjjosition 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; in for captured or missing ; c for captured.— Editors.

COMPOSITION AND LOSSES OF THE UNION ARMY.

Brig.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant .

First Division, Brig.-Gen. John A. McClernand . FirstBrigade, Col. Richard J. Ogleshy: 8th Ill., Lieut.-Col.Frank L. Rhoads; 18th Ill., Col. Michael K. Lawler (w),Capt. Daniel H. Brush (w), Capt. Samuel B. Marks; 29thHI., Col. James S. Rearden; 30th Ill., Lieut.-Col. EliasS. Dennis; 31st Ill., Col. John A. Logan (w); Battery D,2d III. Lt. Arty., Capt. Jasper M. Dresser; Battery E, 2dIll. Lt. Artillery, Lieut . G. C. Gumbart; A and B, 2dIll. Cavalry , Capts. John R. ITotaling and Thomas J.Larrison; C, 2d, and I, 4th U. S. Cavalry, Lieut . JamesPowell; Ind’p’t companies Ill. Cavalry , Capts. E. Car-michael, James J. Dollins, M. J. O’Haruett, and Lieut .Ezra King. Brigade loss: k, 184; w, 603; m, 66 = 853.Second Brigade, Col. W. II. L. Wallace : 11th Ill., Lieut.-Col. T. E. G. Ransom (w). Major Garrett Nevins (tem-porarily) ; 20th Ill., Col. C. Carroll Marsh ; 45tli Ill., Col.JohnE. Smith; 48th Ill., Col. Isham N. Haynie (tempo-rarily commanding Third Brigade), Lieut. -Col. ThomasH. Smith (k); Battery B, 1st IU. Lt. Artillery, Capt. EzraTaylor; Battery D, 1st Ill. Lt. Artillery, Capt. EdwardMcAllister; 4th Ill. Cavalry , Col. T. Lyle Dickey. Bri-gade loss: k, 99; w, 350; in, 98 = 547. Third Brigade, Col.Win. R. Morrison (w), Col. Leonard F. Ross: 17th Ill.,Major Francis M. Smith, Capt. Henry IT. Busli; 49th Ill.,Lieut. -Col. Phineas Pease. Brigade loss: k, 28; w, 105;m, 19 = 152.

Second Division, Brig.-Gen. Charles F. Smith . FirstBrigade, Col. John McArthur : 9th Ill., Lieut.-Col. JesseJ. Phillips; 12th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Augustus L. Chetlain;41st Ill., Col. Isaac C. Pugh. Brigade loss : k, 69; w, 340;m, 20 = 429. Third Brigade, Col. John Cook: 7th III.,Lieut.-Col. Andrew J. Babcock; 50th Ill., Col. Moses M.Bane ; 52d Ind., Col. James M. Smith ; 12th Iowa, Col. J.J. Woods ; 13th Mo., Col. Crafts J. Wright; Batteries I),H, and K, 1st Mo. Lt. Artillery, Capts. Henry Richardson,F. Welker, and George H. Stone. Brigade loss: k, 10; w,The total loss of the Union forces (army and navy) was

109; ni, 2 = 121. Fourth Brigade, Col. Jacob G. Lauman z25th Ind., Col. James C. Yeatch; 2d Iowa , Col. James M.Tuttle; 7th Iowa, Lieut.-Col. James C. Parrott; 14thIowa, Col. William T. Shaw; Birge’s Mo. Sharp-shooters.Brigade loss: k, 55; w, 301; m, 1 = 357. Fifth Brigade,Col. Morgan L. Smith: 11 th Ind., Col. George F. McGin-nis; 8th Mo., Major John McDonald. Brigadeloss: k, 11;w, 69 = 80.

Third Division, Brig.-Gen. Lew Wallace . FirstBrigade , Col. Charles Cruft: 3lst Ind., Lieut.-Col. JohnOshorn, Major Fred. Arn; 44th Ind., Col. Hugh B. Reed;17th Ky. ,Col. John H. McHenry, Jr.; 25tli Ky., Col. James-M. Shackelford. Brigade loss : k,35; w, 182; m, 16 = 233.Second Brigade [attached to the Third Brigade]: 46thIll., Col. John A. Davis; 57th Ill., Col. Silas D. Baldwin;58th Ill., Col. William F. Lynch; 20th Ohio, Col. CharlesWhittlesey . Brigade loss: k, 6; w, 15; m, 1 =22. ThirdBrigade, Col. John M. Thayer : 1st Neb., Lieut.-Col.Wzn. D. McCord; 58th Ohio , Lieut.-Col. F. F. Rernpel;68th Ohio, Col. S. II. Steedman; 76th Ohio , Col. Wm.B. Woods. Brigade loss: k, 3; w, 24; m, 1=28. XJnat-■ lacked: Battery A, 1st III. Lt. Artillery, Lieut P. P.Wood; A, 32d Ill. Infantry, Capt. Henry Davidson.Loss: w, 10.

Iron-clads and Gun-boats, Flag-Officer Andrew H_Foote (w). St. Louis (flag-ship), Lieut . Leonard Paul-ding, k, 2; w, 8; Carondelet, Commander Henry Walke,k, 5; w, 28; Louisville , Commander Benjamin M. Dove,k, 4;w, 5; Fittsburgh, Lieut . Egbert Thompson, w, 2;Tyler, Lieut.-Com. William Gwin ; Conestoga, Lieut.-Com.S. L. Phelps. Total loss: k, 11; w, 43 = 54. The vessels-which had been in action at Fort Henry (see page 362)carried the same armament at Fort Donelson. The Louis-ville and Pittsburgh were each armed with 6 32-pounders^3 8-inch, and 4 rifled 42-pounders. The Louisville had also-112-pounder boat-howitzer.

510 killed, 2152 wounded, 224 captured or missing = 2886.

COMPOSITION AND LOSSES OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

1 Brig.-Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, 2 Brig-Gen. John B. Floyd , 3 Brig-Gen. Simon B. Buckner (c).

Buckner’s Division. Second Brigade, Col. Wm. E.Baldwin : 2d Ken,, Col. R. W. Hanson; 14th Miss., Maj.W. L. Doss; 20th Miss., Maj. W. N. Brown ; 26th Miss.,Col. A. E. Reynolds ; 26th Temi., Col., John M. Lillard;41st Tenn., Col. Robert Farquliarson. Third Brigade,Col. John C. Brown : 3d Tenn., Lieut.-Col. T. M. Gordon(w), Maj. N. F. Cheairs; 18th Tenn., Col. J. B. Palmer;32d Tenn., Col. E. C. Cook. Artillery: Kentucky Bat-tery, Capt. R. E. Graves; Tenn . Battery, Capt. T. K.Porter (w), Lieut . John W. Morton; Jackson’s Va. Battery. Division loss: lr and w, 577 (approximate).

Johnson’s Command (left wing), Brig-Gen. BuslirodR.Johnson. 1Teiman’s Brigade , Col. A. Heiman: 27th Ala.,Col. A. A. Hughes; 10th Tenn., Lieut.-Col. R. W. Mac-Gavock ; 42d Tenn., Col. W. A. Quarles ; 48th Tenn., Col.W. M. Voorliies; 53d Tenn., Col. A. H. Abernathy,Lieut.-Col. Thomas F. Winston; Tenn . Battery, Capt.Frank Maney (w). Davidson's Brigade , Col. T. J. David-son, Col. J. M. Simonton: 8th Ky., Lieut-Col. IT. B.Lyon; 1st Miss., Col. J. M. Simonton, Lieut-Col. A. S.Hamilton; 3d Miss., Lieut.-Col. J. M. Wells; 7th Texas ,

Col. John Gregg. Brigade loss: k, 68; w, 218 = 286.Drake's Brigade, Col. Joseph Drake: Ala. Battalion,Maj. John S. Garvin; 15t-h Ark., Col. J. J. .Gee ; 4th Miss.,.Maj. T. N. Adair; Tenn . Battalion, Col. B. M. Browder.

Floyd’s Division. First Brigade, Col. G. C. Wharton:51st Va., Lieut-Col. J. M. Massie; 56th Va., Capt. G. W.Davis. Brigade loss : k, 17; w, 80 ; m, 120 = 217. Second'Brigade , Col. John McCausland : 36th Va., Lieut.-Col.L. W. Reid; 60th Va., Maj. Thomas Smith. Brigadeloss:k, 24; w> 91 = 115. Artillery: Va. Batteries, Captains D.A. French and J. H. Guy; Green’s Ken. Battery.

Garrison Forces, Col. J. W. Head, Col. J. E. Bailey:30thTenn., Maj. J. J. Turner; 49th Tenn., Col. J. E.Bailey; 50th Tenn., Col. C. A. Sugg. Fort Batteries , Capt.Joseph Dixon (k), Capt. Jacob Culbertson: A, 30thTenn., Capt. B. G. Bidwell; A, 50th Tenn., Capt. T. W.Beaumont; Maury (Tenn .) Battery, Capt. R. R. Ross.

Cavalry: Tenn. Regiment, Col. N. B. Forrest ; 9th.Tenn . Battalion, Lieut.-Col. George Gantt; Milton’s-Company Tennessee . Unattached: Tennessee BattalionInfantry, Major S. H. Colins.

The total loss of the Confederate army is not definitely stated. General Gideon J. Pillow says, in his report, thatin killed and wounded it was about two thousand. With regard to the number of Confederates captured, GeneralGrant says in his “ Memoirs ”: “I asked General Buckner about what force he had to surrender. He replied thathe could not tell with any degree of accuracy; that all the sick and weak had been sent to Nashville while we wereabout Fort Henry; that Floyd and Pillow had left during the night, taking many men with them; and that Forrest ,and probably others, had also escaped during the preceding night; the number of casualties he could not tell; "buthe said I would not find fewer than 12,000, nor more than 15,000.” But General Buckner says, in his official report,that “ the aggregate of the army, never greater than 12,000, was now reduced to less than 9000 after the departureof General Floyd ’s brigade.”

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