THE OPPOSING FORCES AT CEDAR CREEK.

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Harper’s Ferry , Martinsburg, and further west on tlieBaltimore and Ohio Railroad, and in West Virginia .

His losses in the principal engagements were: Win-chester, or the Opequon, C97 killed, 3983 wounded, 338captured or missing,— total, 5018; Fisher’s Hill, 52 killed,

457 wounded, 19. captured or missing,—total, 528; CedarCreek, 644 killed, 3430 wounded, 1591 captured or miss-ing,—total, 5665. During the campaign the Union lossaggregated 1938 killed, 11,893 wounded, and 3121 capturedor missing =16,952.

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THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.— Lieut.-Gen. Jubal A. Early .

ramseuu’S division, Maj.-Gen. 8. D. Ramseur (k).Battle's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. C. A. Battle, Lieut.-Col. E.

L. Hobson: 3d Ala.-; 5tli Ala., Lieut.-Col. E. L.

Hobson; 6th Ala., Capt. J. Green; 12th Ala., Capt. P.D. Rose; 61st Ala., Maj. W. E. Piuckard. Cook's Brigade,Brig.-Geu. Phil. Cook : 4th Ga., Lieut.-Col. W. H. Willis;12th Ga., Capt. James Everett; 21st Ga., Capt. II. T.Battle; 44tli Ga., Lieut.-Col. J. W. Beck Grimes's Bri-gade, Brig.-Gen. Bryan Grimes: 32d and 53d and 2d N.C. Battalion, Col. I>. G. Cowand; 43d and 45th N. C. ,Col. John R. Winston. Cox's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Will-iam R. Cox: 1st N. C. , Capt. W II. Thomson; 2d N. C.,Capt. T. B. Beall; 3d N. C. , Capt. W. II. Thomson; 4th

N. C. -; 14tliN. C., Capt. Joseph Jones; 30th N. C.,

Capt. J. C. McMillan.

regram’s (Early’s) division, Brig.-Gen. John Pegram.

Godwin's Brigade : 6th N. C.-; 21st N. C. -;

54tli N. C.-; 57th N. C.-. Johnston's Brigade ,

Brig.-Gen. Robert D. Johnston: 5th N. C. -; 12th

N. C.-; 20th N. C., Col. T. F. Toon ; 23d N. C. -;

1st N. C. Battalion Sharp-shooters, Capt. R. E. Wilson.Pegram's Brigade, Col. John 8. Iloffman: 13th Va. ,Capt. Felix lleiskell; 31st Va. , Lieut.-Col. J. 8. K. Mc-Cutcken; 49th Va., Capt. John G. Lobban; 52d Va. ,Capt. J. M. Humphreys; 58th Va., Capt. L. C. James.Gordon’s division, M«j.-Geu. John B. Gordon .

Evans's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. C. A. Evans: 13tli Ga.

-; 26th Ga.-; 31st Ga.-; 38th Ga. -;

60tli Ga.-; 61st Ga. -; 12 th Ga. Battalion,-.

Hays's Brigade, 5tli, 6th, and 7th La.-; 8th La. -;

9th La. -. Terry's Brigade (composed of the frag-

mentary remains of fourteen of the regiments of EdwardJohnson’s division, most of which was captured by theenemy, May 12th, 1864), Brig.-Gen. William Terry: 2d,4tli, 5th, 27th, and33d Va. [Stonewall Brigade], Col. ,T. II.S. Funk; 21st, 25th, 42d, 44th, 48th, and 50th Va . [J. M.Jones’s Brigade], Col. R. II. Dungan ; 10tli, 23d, and 37thVa . [Steuart’s brigade], Lieut.-Col. S. II. Saunders.

Stafford's Brigade : 1st and 14tli La.-; 2d La. -;

10tli and 15tli La. -.

Kershaw's division, Maj.-Gen. J. B. Kershaw.

Conner's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James Conner, Maj.James M. Goggin: 2d 8. C., Maj. B. R. Clyburn; 3d 8.

C., Maj. R. T. Todd ; 7tli 8. C.-; 8th S. C.-; 15tli

8. C.-; 20tli 8. C., Col. 8. M. Boykin ; 3d 8. C. Bat-talion,-. Wofford's Brigade : 16tli Ga. -; 18th

Ga.-; 24th Ga. -; 3d Ga. Battalion,-;

Cobb’s Ga. Legion,-; Phillips’s Ga. Legion. Hum-

phreys's Brigade , Brig.-Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys:

13th Miss.-; 17th Miss.-; 18tli Miss.-; 21st

Miss.-. Bryan's Brigade , Col. James P. Simms:

10th Ga., Col. W. C. Ilolt; 50tli Ga., Col. P. McGlaslian;

51st Ga. , Col. E. Ball; 53d Ga.-.

wiiarton’s division, Brig.-Gen. G. C. Wharton.

Wharton's Brigade: 45th Va.-; 50th Va. -;

51st Va.-; 30th Va. Battalion Sharp-shooters,-.

Echols's Brigade: 22d Va.-; 23d Va . Battalion,-;

26th Va. Battalion,-. Smith's Brigade, Col. Thomas

Smith : 36tli Va. -; GOtli Va., Capt. A. G. P. George;

45th Va. Battalion, Capt. W. B. Ileusly; Thomas Legion,Lieut.-Col. James li. Lowe.

CAVALRY .

lomax’s division, Maj.-Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax.

Imbodcn's Brigade: 18th Va.-; 23d Va. -; 62d

Va.-. McCausland's Brigade , Brig.-Gen. John Me*

Causlaud: 14th Va.-; 16th Va.-; 17th Va.

-; 25tli Va.-; 37th Va. Battalion,-. B. T.

Johnson's Brigade: 8th Va.-; 21st. Va. -; 22d

Va. -; 34tli Va. Battalion,-; 36tli Va. Battalion,

-. Jackson's Brigade , Brig.-Gen. IL B. Davidson:

1st Md.-; 19th Va.-; 20 th Va. -; 46th Va,

Battalion,-; 47tli Va. Battalion,-—.

rosser’s (Fitz Lee’s) division, Maj. Gen. Tlios. L. Rosser.

Wickham's Brigade : 1st Va.-; 2d Va. -; 3d

Va, -; 4t.h Va.-. liosser's Brigade: 7tli Va.

-; lith Va,-; 12tli Va.-; 35th Va. Battalion,

-. Payne's Brigade : 5th Va.-; 6th Va. -;

15th Va-.

ARTILLERY , Col. T. II. Carter.

Braxton's Battalion : Va. Battery (Carpenter’s); Va .Battery (I-Iardwicke’s); Va, Battery (Cooper’s). Carter'sBattalion : Ala. Battery (Reese’s) ; Va . Battery (W. P.Carter’s); Va. Battery (Pendleton’s); Va . Battery(Fry’s). Cutshaw's Battalion: Va. Battery (Carring-ton’s); Va. Battery (Tanner’s); Va . Battery (Garber’s).Nelson's Battalion, Lieut.-Col. William Nelson : Ga. Bat-tery (Milledge’s); Va. Battery (Kirkpatrick’s); Va .Battery (Massie’s). King's Battalion, Lieut.-Col. J. FloydKing: Va. Battery (Bryan’s); Va.Battery (Chapman’s);Va. Battery (Lowry’s). Horse Artillery : Md. Bat-tery (Gridin’s); Va. Battery (Jackson’s); Va . Battery(Lurty’s); Va. Battery (McClanalmn’s); Va . Battery(Johnston’s); Va. Battery (Shoemaker’s); Va . Battery(Thomson’s).

The maximum effective strength of Early’s army inthe Valley is estimated at about 20,000 of all arms, aboutAugust 15tli, 1864; but at the battle of Winchester, Sep-tember 19th, liis force laid been reduced by the departureof Kersliaw, who on August 31at had been 3822 strong,ollieers and men. [See foot-note, p. 524.] According toEarly’s official report the losses in killed and woundedfrom September 1st to October 1st were 291 killed and 2023wounded = 2314. The loss (including the missing) of theinfantry and artillery at the Opequon is stated at 3611.At Fisher’s Hill the infantry and artillery lost 30 killed,210 wounded, and 995 missing = 1235. At Cedar Creek700 or 800 were killed and wounded. In his “ Memoir,”1 >. 112, General Early says that his losses at Cedar Creekwere “ about I860 in killed and wounded and somethingover 1000 prisoners.”

Colonel B. W. Crowninshield, who was provost-mar-shal of Sheridan’s command, says in his “CedarCreek,” that he “had on his books, record of 7000 un-wounded prisoners who were soldiers,” and Colonel E.B. Parsons, who succeeded Crowninshield as provost-marshal, reported about 13,000 Confederate prisonersreceived by him from August 1st, 1864, to March 1st, 1865.This statement is denied by General Early , who says(“Memoir,” p. 118): “My loss in killed, wounded, andprisoners, at Winchester and Fisher's Hill, had been lessthan 4000, ami, at Cedar Creek, about 3000, but theenemy has attempted to magnify it to a much largerfigure, claiming as prisoners several thousand morethan my entire loss, flow he makes out his estimate isnot for me to explain. . . I know that a number ofprisoners fell into the (‘many’s hands who did not belongto my command; such as cavalrymen on details to gotfresh horses, soldiers on leave of absence, conscripts onspecial details, citizens not in the service, men em-ployed in getting supplies for the departments, andstragglers and deserters from other commands.”