December 14.
The effective force of the division was five thousand three hundred and fifty-nine.
as shown by the following:
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Statement.
| effective strength--December 14, 1864. |
| Commands. | Commanding Officers. | Officers. | Enlisted Men. | Aggregate. |
| Division Headquarters | | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| First Brigade | Colonel Harrison | 26 | 1,033 | 1,059 |
| Second Brigade | Colonel Mitchell | 24 | 1,104 | 1,128 |
| Third Brigade | Colonel Grosvenor | 39 | 852 | 891 |
| Second Brigade (Army of Tennessee） | Colonel Malloy | 22 | 1,925 | 1,947 |
| Miscellaneous Camp | Captain Eaton | 4 | 304 | 308 |
| Total | | 121 | 5,238 | 5,359 |
Orders were again received to be ready to march at six o'clock A. M., of the next day. Arms were issued to the portion of troops that were unarmed, and command was put in readiness to comply with the order.
In the evening orders were received from
Major-General Steedman to detail one of the brigades to report for duty to
Colonel Morgan, commanding colored brigade, on my left.
Lieutenant-Colonel C. H.
Grosvenor (who had succeeded
Lieutenant-Colonel Banning in command of the brigade) was ordered to report to
Colonel Morgan.
This order detached
Colonel Grosvenor's brigade from my immediate control during the operations before
Nashville, and it did not again rejoin its command until it reached
Murfreesboro, marching by way of
Franklin, Tennessee.
