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THE OPPOSING FORCES AT WILLIAMSBURG, VA .

The composition, losses, and strength of each army as here stated give the gist of all the data obtainable in the OfficialRecords. K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; ni for captured or missing ; c for captured.

THE UNION FORCES.

Major-General George B. McClellan. Brigadier-General Edwin V. Sumner , second in command.

THIRD ARMY CORPS, Brigadier-General Samuel P.Heintzelman .

second division, Brig.-Gen. Joseph Hooker.

First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Cuvier Grover: 1st Mass.,Col. Robert Cowdin; lltk Mass., Col. William Blaisdell;2dN. H., Col. Gilman Marston; 26th Pa. , Col. WilliamF. Small (w), Major Casper M. Berry. Brigade loss: k, 33;w, 186; m, 34 = 253. Second BHgade, Col. Nelson Taylor:70th N. Y., Col. William Dwight, Jr. (w c), Major ThomasHolt; 72d N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Israel Moses; 73d N. Y. ,Col.WilliamR. Brewster; 74tli N. Y. , Lieut.-Col. Charles H.Burtis. Brigade loss: k, 191; w, 349; m y 232 — 772.Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Francis E. Patterson: 5thN. J., Col. Samuel II. Starr; 6th N. J. , Lieut.-Col. JohnP. Van Leer (k), Maj. George C. Burling; 7th N. J. ,Lieut.-Col. Ezra A. Carman (w), Maj. Francis Price, Jr.;8tli N. J., Col. Adolphus J. Johnson (w), Maj. Peter II.liyerson (k). Brigade loss: k, 109; w, 353; m, 64 = 526.Artillery, Maj. Charles S. Wainwright: D, 1st N. Y.,Capt. Thomas W. Osborn ; 4th N. Y., Capt. James E.Smith; 6th N. Y., Capt. Walter M. Bramhall; H, 1st U.

S. , Capt. Charles IT. Webber. Artillery loss: k, 4; w,20 = 24.

third division, Brig.-Gen. Philip Kearny . Staff loss:k, 2.

First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Charles D. Jameson: 87tliN. Y., Col. Stephen A. Dodge; 57th Pa. , Col. Charles

T. Campbell; 63d Pa., Col. Alexander Hays ; 105tli Pa.,Col. Amor A. McKuiglit. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen.David B. Birney: 3d Me., Col. Henry G. Staples; 4thMe., Col. Elyah Walker; 38th N. Y. , Col. J. H. IlobartWard: 40tli N. Y. , Col. Edward J. Riley. Brigadeloss: k, 16; w, 92; m, 10 = 118. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Hiram G. Berry: 2d Mich., Col. Orlando M.Poe ; 3d Mich., Col. Stephen G. Champlin; 5th Midi.,Col. Henry D. Terry; 37th N. Y. , Col. Samuel B. Hay-man. Brigade loss: k, 69; w, 223 ; m, 7 = 299. Artillery,Capt. James Thompson: 2d N. J., Capt. John E. Beam;E, IstR. I., Capt. George E. Randolph; G,2dU. S., Capt.Janies Thompson.

FOURTH ARMY CORPS, Brigadier-General ErasmusD. Keyes.

Cavalry: 5th U. S. , Major Joseph H. Whittlesey.first division, Brig.-Gen. Darius N. Couch.

First Brigade, Col. Julius W. Adams: 65th N. Y. (1st U.S. Chasseurs), Lieut.-Col. Alexander Shaler; 67th N. Y. (1st Long Island), Lieut.-Col. Nelson Cross; 23d Pa. ,Col. Thomas H. Neill; 31st Pa. , Col. David IT. Williams;6lst Pa. , Col. Oliver H. Rippey. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John J. Peck: 55th N. Y., Col. P. Regis do Tro-briand; 62dN. Y., Col. John L. Riker; 93d Pa. , Col. JamesM. McCarter; 98th Pa. , Col. John F. Ballier; 102d Pa., Col.Thomas A. Rowley. Brigade loss: k, 18 ; w, 82; m, 24 =124. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Charles Dcvens, Jr.:7th Mass., Col. David A. Russell; 10th Mass., Col. Henry

S. Briggs: 2d R. I., Col. Frank Wheaton . Brigade loss(7th Mass.): k, 1 ; w, 2 = 3. Artillery , Maj. Robert M.West: C, 1st Pa., Capt. Jeremiah McCarthy; D, 1st Pa.,Capt. Edward H. Flood: E, 1st Pa., Capt. TheodoreMiller; H, 1st Pa., Capt. James Brady.second division, Brig.-Gen.William F. Smith .

First BHgade, Brig.-Gen. Winfield S. Hancock (also intemporary command of Davidson’s Third Brigade): etliMe., Col. Hiram Burnham; 43d N. Y. , Col. Francis L.Vinton ; 49th Pa. , Col. William H. Irwin; 5th Wis., Col.Amasa Cobb. Brigade loss: k, 8; w, 76; m, 1 = 85.Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. W. T. II. Brooks: 2d Vt.,Col. Henry Whiting; 3d Vt. , Col. Breed N. Hyde; 4thVt., Col. Edwin H. Stoughton; 5th Vt , Lieut.-Col. LewisA. Grant; 6th Vt. , Col. Nathan Lord. Brigade loss: w,2. Third BHgade (temporarily under Hancock’s com-mand): 7th Me., Col. Edwin C. Mason; 33d N. Y. , Col.Robert F. Taylor; 49th N. Y. , Col. Daniel D. Bidwell;76tli N. Y., Col. James B. McKean. Brigade loss (33dN. Y.): w, 10. Artillery, Capt. Romeyn B. Ayres: 1stN. Y., Lieut. Andrew Cowan; 3d N. Y. , Capt. TliaddeusP Mott; E, 1st N. Y. , Capt. Charles C. Wheeler; F, 5tli

U. S. , Capt. Romeyn B. Ayres.third division, Brig.-Gen. Silas Casey .

First BHgade, Brig.-Gen. Henry M. Naglee: 11th Me.,Col. John C. Caldwell; 56th N. Y. , Col. Charles II. VanWyck; 100 th N. Y., Col. James M. Brown; 52d Pa ,Col. John C. Dodge, Jr.; 104tli Pa., Col. W. W. H. Davis.Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. William IT. Keim: 96tli N.Y., Lieut.-Col. Charles O. Gray; 85th Pa. , Col. JoRhua B.Howell; lOlstPa., Col. Joseph H. Wilson; 103d Pa. ,Maj.Audlcy W. Gazzam. Brigade loss (103d Pa .): w, 2.Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Innis N. Palmer: 81st N. Y. ,Lieut.-Col. Jacob J. De Forest; 85th N. Y. , Col. JonathanS. Belknap; 92d N. Y., Lieut. -Col. Hiram Anderson, Jr. ;93d N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Benjamin C. Butler; 98th N. Y. ,Col. William Dutton. Artillery, Col. Guilford D. Bailey:7th N. Y., Capt. Peter C. Regan ; 8th N. Y. , Capt. ButlerFitch; A, 1st N. Y., Capt. Thomas PI. Bates; II, 1st N.Y. , Capt. Joseph Spratt.

advance-guard, Brig.-Gen. George Stoneman . Brig.-Gen. P. Bt. George Cooke and William H. Emory , bri-gade commanders.

Cavalry: 8tli Ill., Col. John F. Farnsworth; McClellan (HI.) Dragoons, Maj. Charles W. Barker ; 3d Pa., Col. Will-iam W. Averell ; 1st U. 8., Lieut.-Col. 'William N. Grier;6tli U. 8., Maj. Lawrence Williams. Artillery, Lieut.-Col. William IIa 3 r s: B and L, 2 d U. S. , Capt. James M.Robertson; M, 2d U. 8., Capt. Henry Benson; C, 3d U.8., Capt. Horatio G. Gibson; K, 3d U. 8., Capt. Jolm C.Tidball. Advance-guard loss (mostly on May 4-th): k, 15;w, 33; in, 1 =49.

The total loss of the Union army (May 4th and 5tli) was468 killed, 1442 wounded, and 373 captured or missing =2283.

THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.

General Joseph E. Johnston. Major-General James Longstreet in immediate command on the field.

second division (Longstreet ’s).

First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Ambrose P. Hill: 1st Va. ,Col. Louis B. Williams (w), Maj. William H. Palmer (w);7tli Va., Col. James L. Kemper; llth Va. , Col. SamuelGarland (w); 17th Va., Col. M. D. Corse. Brigade loss:k, 67; w, 245 ; m, 14 = 326. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen.Richard H. Anderson (in command on the right). Col.Micah Jenkins : 4th 8. C. (Battalion), Maj. C. 8. Matti-son; 5th S. C., Col. Jolm R. R. Giles; 6th S. C., Col. JohnBratton; Palmetto (8. C.) Sharp-shooters, Col. MicahJenkins , Lieut.-Col. Joseph Walker; La. Foot Rifles,

Capt. MeG. Goodwyn; Fauquier (Va. ) Artillery, Capt.Robert M. Stribling; Williamsburg (Va. ) Artillery,(2 guns), Capt. William R. Garrett; Richmond (Va. ),Howitzers (2 guns), Capt. Edward S. McCarthy. Brigadeloss: k, 10 ; w, 75; in, 6=91. Third BHgade, Brig.-Gen.George E. Pickett : 8th Va., Lieut.-Col. NorbourneBerkeley; 18th Va. , Lieut.-Col. Henry A. Carrington;19th Va, , Col. John B. Strange; 28th Va., Col. RobertC. Allen; Va. Battery, Capt. James Dearing. Bri-gade loss : k, 26; w, 138; m, 26 = 190. Fourth BHgade,Brig.-Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox: 9th Ala., Col. Samuel

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