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[210] to cover the movements of General Sherman, who had received orders to march his force to the relief of Burnside, by way of Cleveland and London. Palmer's corps was detached from the force under General Hooker, and returned to Chattanooga.

I have the honor to annex hereto consolidated returns of prisoners, captured property, and casualties I am, General, very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

George H. Thomas, Major-General U. S. A. Commanding.


Department of the Cumberland--report of casualties during the battle of Chattanooga, November, 1863.

Fourth Army Corps--Major-General Granger: First division, Major-General Stanley, 19 killed, 85 wounded--aggregate, 104; Second division, Major-General Sheridan, 135 killed, 1151 wounded--aggregate, 1286; Third division, Brigadier-General Wood, 150 killed, 851 wounded-aggregate, 1001. Total, 2391.

Fourteenth Army Corps--Major-General Palmer: First division, Brigadier-General Johnson, 46 killed, 258 wounded--aggregate, 304; Third division, Brigadier-General Baird, 97 killed, 461 wounded and missing--aggregate, 565. Total, 869.

Eleventh Army Corps--Major-General Howard: Second division, Brigadier-General Stein-wehr, 25 killed, 176 wounded, 124 missing--aggregate, 325; Third division, Major-General Schurz, 1 killed, 14 wounded, 10 missing--aggregate, 25. Total, 350.

Twelfth Army Corps--Major-General Slocum: First division, Brigadier-General Williams, not engaged; Second division, Brigadier-General George, 56 killed, 255 wounded, 4 missing--aggregate, 345. Total, 345.

Grand Total, 529 killed, 3281 wounded, 141 missing--aggregate, 3955.

The following is a copy of a telegram just received from Major-General Granger at Knoxville. The list of casualties in the Fourth army corps, on the previous page, is compiled from the statement of staff-officers at this place. The discrepancy cannot be explained until General Granger's report is received:

[By telegraph from Strawberry Plains, January sixteenth, 1854, via Calhoun, Tenn.]

Loss in Sheridan's and Wood's divisions 2544 men; in Stanley's, about 200.

G. Granger, Major-General.

report of rebel deserters and prisoners of war received and captured from October 20, 1863, to December 1, 1863.

 October.November.Aggregate.
Deserters,41532573
Prisoners,9854715569
 
Grand Total,13960036142


Ordnance officer's report.

ordnance office, headquarters Department of the Cumberland, Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 16, 1864.
Brigadier-General W. D. Whipple, Assistant Adjutant-General Department of the Cumberland:
sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a list of all ordnance and ordnance stores captured from the enemy, together with a list of expenditures and losses by our own troops in the recent battle of Chattanooga. Captured from the enemy:

cannon, field-guns, and howitzers.

Smooth Bores.--Six-pounder guns, 8; twelve-pounder guns, light, confederate pattern, 13; twelve-pounder guns, model 1857, Leeds and Company, New-Orleans, 6; twelve-pounder field howitzers, 3. Total smooth bores, 30.

Rifled Guns.--Three-inch, confederate pattern, 1; ten-pounder Parrott guns, model 1861, 4; six-pounder field, 2; six-pounder James, 1. Total rifled guns, 8. Twenty-four pound guns, 2. Total number of pieces captured, 40.

Artillery carriages, 28; caissons, 26; battery wagons, 4; travelling forge, 1. A good many parts of harness were captured, but no complete sets; 2336 rounds of artillery ammunition; 6175 stand of small arms, mostly Enfield; 28 cavalry sabres, 549 infantry accoutrements, 511 bayonet-scabbards, 1911 cartridge-pouches, 439 cartridge-boxes, 149 cartridge-box plates, 165 cartridge-box belts, 165 waist-belts, 149 waist-belt plates, and 55,000 rounds infantry ammunition.

Our own troops lost and expended 211 stand of small arms, 171 infantry accoutrements, 1977 rounds artillery ammunition, 1,560,125 rounds infantry ammunition.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

T. G. Bagler, Captain and Chief of Ordnance Department Cumberland.


Major-General Hoorer's report.

headquarters Eleventh and Twelfth corps, Lookout Valley, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1864.
Brigadier-General W. D. Whipple, A. A. G., Army of the Cumberland:
General: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my command in the operations of the army which resulted in driving the rebel forces from their position in the vicinity of Chattanooga, and of its participation immediately afterward in their pursuit.

In order that these operations may be distinctly understood, that the troops concerned be known and receive the honor due them, it is necessary to premise by stating that the general attack was ordered to be made on the enemy's extreme right at daylight on the twenty-first of November, and that preparatory orders were sent through me on the eighteenth, for the Eleventh corps to cross to the north bank of the Tennessee River on the twentieth. At this time the Eleventh corps and a part of the Twelfth corps were encamped in Lookout Valley, opposite to


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