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d in a great measure to the furloughing of the Tennessee troops — about two thousand in number — and of those who lived in the vicinity. It is a source of equal regret to me that I have not the field return of the Army, which was being made upon the 23d of January, the day I left Tupelo for Richmond. The following letter from Colonel A. P. Mason, assistant adjutant general, written soon thereafter, will establish the approximate strength of the Army after its arrival at Tupelo, on the 10th of January: [Private.] Richmond, March 10th, 1865. General:--In compliance with your request made a few days since in reference to the strength of the Army of Tennessee at the time you left Tupelo, Mississippi, I respectfully submit that, according to my recollection of a Field return of the Army, which was being made at that time and finished a day or two after your departure, the effective total of the infantry and artillery was about fifteen thousand (15,000)--perhaps a few hundred