THE OPPOSING FORCES AT PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND.
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According to the official returns the effective force ofthe armies operating against Petersburg and Richmond ,frotu June to December, 1864, was as follows:
DATE.
June 30th.
July 31st.
August 31st.
September 30th. ..
October 3Lst.
November 30th .. .December 31st....
Cavalry.
Artillery.
Infantry.
Total.
14,044
8,005
85,370
107,419
8,559
8,952
59,810
77,321
5,827
7,200
45,896
58,923
6,799
8,858
61,118
- 76,775
6,295
7,508
71,243
85,046
8,554
7,964
70,205
86,723
9,974
9,582
90,808
110,364
The total losses from June 15th to December 31st, 1864,were as follows:
MONTH.
Killed.
Wounded.
Capturedor Missing.
Total.
June.
2,013
9,935
4,621
16,569
July.
915
3,808
1,644
6,367
August.
876
4,151
5,969
10,996
September.
644
3,503
2,871
7,018
October.
528
2,946
2,094
5,568
November.
57
258
108
423
December.
66
278
269
613
Aggregate.
5,099
24,879
17,576
47,554
Provost Guard, etc.: 1st Ya. Batt’n, Maj. D. B. Bridg-ford; 39th Ya. Batt’n Cav., Maj. John H. Richardson.Engineer Troops; 1st Reg’t, Col. T. M. R. Talcott.
PlRST ARMY CORPS, Lieut.-Gen. James Longstreet .Pickett’s division, Maj.-Gen. George E. Pickett .
Steuart’s Brigade, Brig.-Gen. George H. Steuart: 9thVa., Col. J. J. Phillips; 14th Va. , Col. William White;38th Ya., Col. George K. Griggs; 53d Va. , Col. W. R. Ay-lett; 57th Va., Col. C. R. Fontaine. Corse’s Brigade ,Brig.-Gen. Montgomery D. Corse: 15th Va., Col. T. P.August; 17th Va. , Col. Arthur Herbert; 29th Va., Col.James Giles; 30th Va., Col. R. S. Chew; 32d Va. , Col. E.B. Montague. Hunton’s BHgade, Brig.-Gen. Eppa Ilun-ton : 8th Va., Col. N. Berkeley; 18th Va. , Col. H. A. Car-rington; 19thVa., Col. Henry Gantt ; 28tli Va., Col. Will-iam Watts; 56tli Va., Col. William E. Green. Terry’sBrigade, Brig.-Gen. WilliamR. Terry: IstVa., Col. Fred-erick G. Skinner; 3d Va. , Col. Joseph Mayo, Jr.; 7th Va.,Col. c. C. Flowerree; 11th Va., Col. M. S. Langhorne;24th Va., Lieut.-Col. Richard L. Maury.field’s division, Maj.-Gen. Charles W. Field.
Anderson’s Brigade , Brig.-Gen. G. T. Anderson: 7th£*a., Col. G. TI. Carmical; 8th Ga. , Col. J. R. Towers;9 th Ga. , Lieut.-Col. E. F. Hoge; 11th Ga., Col. F. H. Little;59thGa., Col. J. Brown. Law'sBrigade , Col. W. F. Perry:4th Ala., Col. P. D. Bowles; 15th Ala., Col. A. A. Lowther;
44th Ala.,-; 47th Ala., Col. M. J. Bulger; 48th Ala.,
Bieut.-Col. W. M. Hardwick. Gregg's Brigade, Col. F. S.Bass: 3d Ark., Col. Van H. Manning; 1st Tex., Capt.W. A. Bedell; 4th Tex., Col. J. P. Bane; 5tli Tex., Col.
B. M, Powell. Benning’s Brigade , Brig.-Gen. H. L. Ben-ding: 2d Ga., Lieut.-Col. W. S. Shepherd; 15th Ga. ,Bieut.-Col. S. Z. ITearnsberger; 17th Ga., Col. Wesley
C. Hodges; 20th Ga., Col. J. D. Waddell. Bratton’sBrigade, Brig.-Gen. John Bratton: 1st S. C. , Col. JamesB.Hagood; 5th. S, C., Col. A. Coward; 6th S. C., Col. J.
Steedman; 2d S. C. Rifles, Col. R. E. Bowen; Pal-metto (S. C. ) Sharp-shooters, Col. Joseph Walker.Kershaw’s division, Maj.-Gen. J. B. Kershaw.
'Wofford’s Brigade , Brig.-Gen. Dudley M. DuBose: 16thGa., Maj. J. H. Skelton; 18th Ga. , Col. Joseph Armstrong;24th Ga., Col. C. C. Sanders; 3d Ga . Batt’n Sharp-shoot-ers, Lieut.-Col. N. L. Hutchins, Jr.; Cobb’s Ga . Legion,Bieut.-Col. Luther J. Glenn; Phillips Ga. Legion,Bieut.-Col. Joseph Hamilton. Humphreys’s Brigade ,Brig.-Gen. B. G. Humphreys: 13th Miss., Lieut.-Col.
G. O’Brien; 17th Miss., Capt. J. C. Cochran; 18thMiss., Lieut.-Col. William TI. Luse; 21st Miss., Col. D.N. Moody. Bryan’s Brigade , Brig.-Gen. Goode Biyan:l0 th Ga.. Col. Willis C. Holt; 50th Ga. , Col. P. McGla-®han; 51st Ga., Lieut.-Col. Jspnes Dickey; 53d Ga. , Col.J* P. Simms. Conner’s Brigade , Brig.-Gen. James Con-ner : 2d S. C., Col. J. D. Kennedy; 3d S. C. , Lieut.-Col. R.G. Moffett; 7th S. C., Capt. E. J. Goggans ; 8th S. C., Col.J* W. Henagan; 15th S. C., Col. J. B. Davis; 20tli S. C.,Gol. s. ]yj. Boykin; 3d S. C Batt’n, Lieut.-Col. W. G. Rice.artillery,]) Brig.-Gen. E. P. Alexander.
R. M. Anderson; Ga. Batt’y, Lieut . Morgan Callaway;Ga. Batt’y, Capt. H. H. Carlton; N. C. Batt’y, Capt.Basil C. Manly. Huger’s Battalion, Lieut.-Col. F. Huger:
S. C. Batt’y, Capt. W. W. Pickling; La . Batt’y (Moody’s),Lieut. J. C. Parkinson; Va . Batt’y, Capt. W. W. Parker;Va. Batt’y, Capt. John D. Smith; Va. Batt’y, Capt. O.B. Taylor; Va. Batt’y, Lieut . James Woolfolk. Hard-away’s Battalion (detached from the Second Corps),Lieut.-Col. R. A. Hardaway: Va. Batt’y, Capt. Willis J.Dance; Va. Batt’y, Capt. Archibald Graham; Va . Batt’y,Capt. Charles B. Griffin; Va. Batt’y, Capt, B. H. Smith,Jr. Haskell’s Battalion, Maj. John C. Haskell: N. C. Batt’y, Capt. IT. G. Flanncr; N. C. Batt’y, Capt. JohnA. Ramsay; S. C. Batt’y, Capt. IT. R. Garden; Va . Batt’y,Capt. J. N. Lamkin. Stark’s Battalion, Lieut.-Col. A. W.Stark: La. Batt’y, Capt. Charles A. Green; Va. Batt’y,Capt. A. D. Armistead; Va . Batt’y, Capt. David A. French.
SECOND ARMY CORPS, Maj.-Gen. John B. Gordon .RODES’S DIVISION.
Battle’s Brigade : 3d Ala.,-; 5tli Ala.,-; 6th
Ala.,-; 12th Ala.,-; 61st Ala.,-. Grimes ’s
Brigade : 32d N. C.,-; 43d N. C.,-; 45th N. C. ,
-; 53d N. C.,-; 2d N. C. Batt’n, -. Cox’s
Brigade: 1st N. C.,-; 2d N. C.,-; 3d N. C. ,
-; 4th N. C.,-; 14th N. C.,-; 30th N. C. ,
-. Cook’s Brigade: 4th Ga.,-; 12th Ga. ,-;
EARLY’S DIVISION, Brig.-Gen. John Pegram.
Johnston’s Brigade: 5th N. C.,-; 12tli N. C.,-;
20th N. C.,-; 23d N. C.,-; 1st N. C. Batt’n,
-. Lewis’s Brigade: 6th N. C.,-; 21st N. C. ,
-; 54th N. C.,-; 57th N. C. ,-. Pegram’s
Brigade: 13th Va.,-; 31st Va., -; 49th Va. ,
Gordon ’s division, Brig.-Gen. C. A. Evans.
Evans’s Brigade : 13th Ga.,-;'26th Ga. ,-; 31st
Ga.,-; 38th Ga.,-; 60tli Ga., -; 61st Ga. ,
-; 12th Ga. Batt’n, -. Terry’s Brigade, Brig.-
Gen. William Terry: 2dVa.,-; 4thVa.,-; 5th
Va., -; 10th Va., -; 21st Va., -; 23d Va. ,
-; 25th Va.,-; 27th Va.,-; 33d Va. ,-;
37th Va., -; 42d Va., -; 44th Va. , -; 48th
Va. , -. York’s Brigade: 1st La., -; 2d La.,
-; 5th La.,-; 6th La.,-; 7th La.,-;
8th La.,-; 9th La.,-; 10th La,,-; 14th La. ,
-; I5tli La.,-. [With the exception of Hard-away’s battalion, attached to the First Corps, the artil-lery of the Second Corps was “ still in the Valley.”]THIRD ARMY CORPS, Lieut.-Gen. Ambrose P. Hill .heth’s division, Maj.-Gen. Henry Hetk.
Davis’s Brigade , Brig.-Gen. Joseph R. Davis: 1st Con-federate Batt’n, Maj. F. B. McClung; 2d Miss., Col. J.M. Stone; lltli Miss., Lieut.-Col. W. B. Lowry; 26thMiss., Col. A. E. Reynolds; 42d Miss., Col. A. M. Nelson.Cooke’s Brigade, Brig.-Gen. J. R. Cooke: 15tli N. C. ,Lieut.-Col. W. H. Yarborough; 27th N. C., Col. J. A.Gilmer, Jr.; 46th N. C., Col. W. L. Saunders ; 48tli N. C.,Col. S. TI. Walkup; 55th N. C. , Col. John K. Connally.
4- Some of the regimental and battery commanders mentioned were not in actual command on December 31st.i Brig.-Gen. W. N. Pendleton commanded the artillery of the army.