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General Blair to General Pemberton:

St. Louis, January 24, 1874. General J. C.Pemberton, Fauquier County, Virginia . DearGeneral: I take pleasure, in answer to yourletter of the 19th of January, in saying that it wasgenerally understood in our army that General J.Johnston’s courier, conveying dispatches to youprevious to the battle of Baker’s Creek or Cham-pion Hills, betrayed his dispatches to General

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Grant, and also your answers to General Johns-ton’s orders, so that, in fact, General Grant hadthe most precise information as to your move-ments and those of General Johnston. I do notknow positively from General Grant these facts,but the matter was spoken of by the officers ofour army in such a way as to leave no doubtin my mind. Very respectfully, your obedientservant, Frank P. Blair .

CONFEDERATE RIVER-BATTERY ON THE RIOGE SOUTH OF VICKSBURG. FROM A SKETCH MADE AFTER THE SURRENDER.

THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN.

May lst-July 4th, 1803.

The composition, losses, anil strength of each army as here srateil givo the gist of all the ilata obtainable in the OfficialRecords. It stands for killed; \v for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured.

UNION FOECES: AEMY OF THE TENNESSEE, Maj.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ,

Engineers: let Batt. Eng. Regt. of the West, Maj. W. Tweeddalc.

Escort: A, 4th Ill. Cav., Capt. Embury D. Osband.

NINTH ARMY CORPS (joined Juno 14-17), Maj.-Gen.John G. Parke .

first division, Brig.-Geii. Thomas Welsh.

First Brigade, Col. Henry Bowman : 36tli Mass., Lieut.-Col. John B. Norton; 17th Mich., Lieut.-Col. ConstantLuce; 27th Mich., Col. Dorus M. Fox; 45th Pa. , Col.John I. Ourtin. Third Brigade, Col. Daniel Leasure: 2dMich., Col. William Humphrey; 8th Mich., Col. FrankGraves; 20th Mich., Lieut.-Col. W. Huntington Smith;79th N. Y., Col. David Morrison; 100th Pa. , Lieut.-Col.MathewM. Dawson. Artillery: D, Pa. ,Capt. G.W.Durell.second division, Brig.-Gon. Robert B. Potter.

First Brigade, Col. Simon G. Griffin : 0th N. H., Lieut.-Col. Henry H. Pearson; 9tli N. II., Col. Herbert B.Titus; 7th R. I., Col. Zenas R. Bliss. Second Brigade ,Brig.-Gen. Edward Ferrero: 35th Mass., Col. SumnerCarruth; lltli N. H., Lieut.-Col. Moses N. Collins; 51stN. Y., Col. Charles W. Le Gendre; 51st Pa., Col. John F.Hartranft . Third BHgadc , Col. Beniamin C. Christ: 29thBlass., Lieut.-Col. Joseph II. Barnes; 46th N. Y. , Col.Joseph Gcrhardt; 50th Pa. , Lieut.-Col. Thomas S. Bren-lioltz. Artillery : L, 2d N. Y., Capt. Jacob Roemer.

ARTILLERY reserve, E, 2d U. S., Lieut . Samuel N.Benjamin.

THIRTEENTH ARMY COI^PS, Maj.-Gen. John A.BlcClernand, Maj.-Gen. Edward O. C. Ord.

Escort: L, 3d Ill. Cav., Capt. David R. Sparks.Pioneers: Indpt. Co., Ky. Inf.. Capt. Win. F. Patterson.ninth division, Brig.-Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus (w).Brig.-Gen. Albert L. Lee, Brig.-Gen. Peter J. Oster-haus . Staff loss: Big Black Bridge, w, I.

First Brigade , Brig.-Gen. Tlieophilus T. Garrard, Brig*"Gen. Albert L. Lee (w), Col. Janies Keigwin: 118th lib*Col. John G. Fonda; 49th Ind. , Col. .Tames Keigwin,Mnj. Arthur J. flawho, Lieut-Col. Joseph XL Thornton,69tli Iud., Col. ThoimiR W. Bennett, Lieut. -Col. OranPerry; 7th Ky., Maj- II. W. Adams, Lieut.-Cnl. JohnLucas, Col. Reuben May; I20tli Ohio, Col. Marcus M*Spiegel. Brigade loss: Port Gibson, k, 18 ; w, 102 ;

3 = 123. Champion’s Hill, k, 11 ; w,44; m.13 = 68. RitfBlack Bridge, w, 1. Vicksburg , assault May 19th, k, 15w, 28 = 29; assault May 22d, k, 15 ; w, 87 = 102. SecondBrigade, Col. Lionel A. Sheldon, Col. Daniel W. Lindsey :54th Ind., Col. Fielding Mansfield; 22d Ky., Lieut. -Col.George W. BTonroe; 16th Ohio , Capt. Eli W. Botsford,Maj. Milton Mills; 42d Ohio . Lieut.-Col. Don A. Pardee,Blaj . William II. Williams, Col. Lionel A. Sheldon ; 114thOhio , Col. John Cradlebargh fw), Lieut.-Col. JohnKelly. Brigade loss: Port Gibson, k, 15; w, Cfl=»8l.Champion’s Hill, k, 0; w, 42; m, 13=61. Big BlackBridge, k, !0; w, 14; m, 1 = 25. Vicksburg , assaultMay 19th, k, 1; w, 34 = 35; assault May 22 d, k.w, 63; in, 1 = 78. Cavalry: 2d Ill. (5 co’s), Lieut, -CobDaniel B. Bush, ,Tr.; 3d Ili. (3 co’s), Capt, John L. Camp'bell; 6th Mo. (7 oo’sb Col. Clark Wright, Cavalry Ins*:Champion’s Hill, k, 2; w, 2 = 4. Artillery, Capt. JacobT. Foster: 7th Mich., Capt. Charles IT. Lanphere;Wis.. Lieut. Charles B. Kimball, Lieut . Oscar i\ Nuttin#*Artillery loss: Port Gibson, k, 3; w, 7 = 10. Big BlankBridge, w, 4.

tenth division, Brig.-Gen. Andrew J. Smith.

Escort: C, 4tli Ind. Cav., Capt. Andrew I’. Gallagher*

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