THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE VALLEY CAMPAIGNS.

March 23d-June 10th, 1862.

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

THE UNION ARMY.

FORCES AT KERNSTOWN, MARCH 23d, 1862.Brigadier-General James Shields (w), Colonel Nathan Kimball. Staff loss: w, 1.

First Brigade, Col. Nathan Kimball (also commandedthe division on the field of battle): 14th Ind., Lieut.-Col.William Harrow; 8th Ohio , Col. Samuel S. Carroll: 67tiiOhio, Lieut.-Col. Alvin C. Voris; 84th Pa. , Col. WilliamG. Murray (k). Brigade loss: k, 45; w, 200; m, 1 = 246.Second Brigade, Col. Jeremiah C. Sullivan: 39th Ill.,Col. Thomas O. Osborn; 13th Ind., Lieut.-Col. Robert S.Foster; 5th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. John H. Patrick; 62d Ohio ,Col. Francis B. Pond. Brigade loss: k, 23; w, 69 = 92.Third Brigade, Col. Erastus B. Tyler: 7th Ind., Lieut.-Col. John F. Cheek; 7th Ohio , Lieut.-Col. William R.Creighton; 29th Ohio, Col. Lewis P. Buckley; 110th Pa. ,Col. William D. Lewis, Jr.; 1st W. Va., Col. Joseph Tho-burn. Brigade loss: k, 43; w, 171; m, 21 =235. Cavalry ,Col. Thornton F. Brodhead: 1st Squadron Pa., Capt.

John Keys; Indpt. Co’s, Md., Captains Henry A. Cole,William Firey, and John Horner ; 1st W. Va. (Battalion),Maj . B. F. Chamberlain; 1st Ohio (Co’s A and C), Capt.Nathan D. Menken; 1st Mich. (Battalion), Lieut.-Col.Joseph T. Copeland. Cavalry loss: k, 3; w, 6=9. Ar-tillery, Lieut.-Col. Philip Damn: A, W. Va. , Capt. JohnJenks; B, W. Va. ; H, 1st Ohio, Capt. James F. Hunting-ton ; L, 1st Ohio, Capt. Lucius N. Robinson; E, 4th U. S. ,Capt. Joseph C. Clark, Jr. Artillery loss : k, 4; w, 2 = 6.

Total loss (March 22d and 23d): killed, 118; wounded,450; missing, 22 =590.

General Shields reports (“Official Records,”XII., Pt.I., p. 342): “ Our force in infantry, cavalry, and artillerydid not exceed 7000. . . . We had 6000 infantry, acavalry force of 750, and 24 pieces of artillery.”

FORCES AT MCDOWELL, VA., MAY 8TH, 1862.Brigadier-General Robert C. Schenek.

2filroy , s Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Robert H. Milroy : 25thOhio, Lieut.-Col. W. P. Richardson; 52d. Ohio , Lieut.-Col. Ebenezer H. Swinney ; 73d Ohio , Col. Orland Smith;75tli Ohio, Col. Nathaniel C. McLean; 2d W. Va. , Col.John W. Moss; 3d W. Va. , Lieut.-Col. Francis W. Thomp-son ; I, 1st Ohio Art’y, Capt. Henry F. Hyman; 12tliOhio Batt’y, Capt. Aaron C. Johnson; 1st W. Va. Cav.(3 co’s), Maj . John S. Krepps. Brigade loss: k, 20; w, 177;m, 2 = 199. Schenek’sBrigade, Brig.-Gen. R. C. Schenek:55th Ohio, Col. John C. Lee; 82d Ohio , Col. JamesCantwell; 6th W. Va., Col. JohnL.Zeigler; IstBattalion

Conn. Cav., Maj . Judson M. Lyon; K, 1st Ohio Art’y,Capt. William L. I)e Beck. Brigade loss (82d Ohio ): k,6; w, 50; m, 1 =57.

Total loss: killed, 26; wounded, 227; missing, 3 = 256.

General Schenek says (“ Official Records,” XII., Pt. I.,pp. 462, 463), that he “brought into the field an aggre-gate of only 1300 infantry, besides De Beck’s battery. . . and about 250 of the 1st Battalion ConnecticutCavalry.” . . . “ Adding to the 1768 of Milroy ’s bri-gade about 500 of the 82d Ohio , which was the number inaction, the entire force we had engaged was 2268.”

BANKS’S COMMAND, MAY 23D-25TH, 1862.Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks .

first division, Brig.-Gen. Alplieus S. Williams.

First Brigade, Col. Dudley Donnelly : 5th Conn., Lieut.-Col. George D. Chapman; 28th N. Y. , Lieut.-Col. EdwinF. Brown; 46th Pa., Col. Joseph F. Knipe; IstMd., Col.John R. Kenly (w and c). Brigade loss: k, 17; w, 98;m, 735 = 850. Third Brigade, Col. George II. Gordon: 2dMass., Lieut.-Col. George L. Andrews; 29th Pa. , Col.John K. Murphy (c), Capt. Samuel M. Zulieli; 27th Ind.,Col. Silas Colgrove; 3d Wis., Col. Thomas II. Ruger.Brigade loss: k, 22; w, 80; m, 507=609. Cavalry: 1stMich. (5 co’s), Col. Thornton F. Brodhead, Maj . AngeloPaldi. Loss: k, 10; w, 9; m, 35 = 54. Artillery, Capt.Robert B. Hampton: M, 1st N. Y., Lieut . James H. Pea-body: F, Pa., Lieut. J. Presley Fleming; F, 4th U. S. ,Lieut. Franklin B. Crosby. Artillery loss: k, 2; w, 14;in, 12 = 28.

cavalry brigade, Brig.-Gen. John P. Hatch: 1st Me.(5 co’s), Lieut.-Col. Calvin S. Douty; 1st Vt., Col.

Charles H. Tompkins; 5tlx N. Y. , Col. Othneil De Forest;1st Md. (5 co’s), Lieut.-Col. Charles Wetschky. Bri-gade loss; k, 5; w, 25; m, 294 = 324.

unattached : 10th Me., Col. Geo. L. Beal; 8th N. Y. Cav. (5 co’s, dismounted), Lieut.-Col. Charles R. Bab-bitt ; Pa . Zouaves d’Afrique, Capt. CharLes H. T. Collis;E, Pa. Art’y (section), Lieut . Charles A. Atwell. Unat-tached loss: k, 6; w, 17: m, 131 = 154.

The total loss of Banks’s troops at Front Royal , Mid-dletown, Newtown, Winchester, etc., from May 23d to25th, is reported as 62 killed, 243 wounded, and 1714 cap-tured or missing =2019. But Jackson claims (“OfficialRecords,” Vol. XII., Pt. I., p. 708) that the whole numberof prisoners captured by his command was about 3050,including about 750 sick and wounded in the hospitals atWinchester and Strasburg. The effective strength ofBanks ’s command was reported, April 30th, at 9178, andJune 16th (after the battle) at 7113.

FORCES AT HARPER’S FERRY , MAY 26TH-30TH, 1862.Brigadier-General Rufus Saxton.

Brigade Commanders: Brig.-Gens. James Cooper andJohn P. Slough, and Col. Dixon S. Miles .

Troops: Cole’s Md. Cav., Capt. Henry A. Cole; 1stMd. Cav. (6 co’s), Maj. James M. Deems; 5th N. Y. Cav. (4 co’s), Maj. George H. Gardner; 8tli N. Y. Cav.(4 co’s, dismounted), Maj . William L. Markell; K, 1stN. Y. Art’y, Capt. Lorenzo Crounse; L, 1st N. Y. Art’y,Capt. John A. Reynolds; 60th N. Y. , Col. William B.Goodrich: 78th N. Y., Col. Daniel Ullmann; 102d N. Y. ,Lieut.-Col. William B. Haywood; 109th Pa. , Col. Henry

J. Stainrook; 111th Pa. , Col. Matthew Schlaudecker; 3dDel., Col. William O. Redden; 1st Md., P. H. B., Col.William P. Maulsby; Purnell Legion, Md., Col. WilliamJ. Leonard; 3d Md., Col. David P. De Witt; 1st D. C.,Col. James A. Tait; 8th and 12th U. 8. (battalion), Capt.Thomas G. Pitcher; Naval Battery, Lieut . C. H. Daniels.

The loss in Saxton’s command was 1 killed, 6 wounded,and 8 captured or missing=15. The forces consisted“of not more than 7000 effective men.” (See “OfficialRecords,” Vol. XII., Pt. I., p. 641.)

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