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Huntsville, Ala., May 31, 1862.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
The telegraph reports the evacuation of Corinth. It is extremely important that I should receive at the earliest possible moment information touching the motives and future plans of the enemy. You doubtless fully appreciate the difficulties by which I am surrounded, while ignorant of the disposition the enemy is about to make of the powerful forces recently concentrated at Corinth.

O. M. Mitchel, Major-General, Commanding.

Abstract from returns of the armies of the Mississippi and of the Tennessee and of the District of the Ohio for May 31 and June 1, 1862.

Command. Present for duty. Aggregate present. Aggregate present and absent. Remarks,
Officers. Men.
Army of the Mississippi (Pope):         Near Corinth.
 Right wing (Rosecrans 525 10,356 13,050 16,018  
 Left wing (Hamilton 527 10,317 12,544 15,318  
 Cavalry Division (Granger 114 2,408 3,153 4,135  
 Engineers (Bissell 6 105 762 865  
 Reserves (Carlin 71 1,736 2,033 2,228  
Total 1,243 24,922 31,542 38,564  
Army of the Tennessee:         Near Corinth.
 Right wing (Thomas)--          
  2d Division (Davies 283 5,246 6,745 10,343  
  4th Division (Hurlbut 290 5,629 7,094 9,861  
  5th Division (W. T. Sherman 344 6,060 7,867 11,873  
  6th Division (McKean 255 5,401 6,939 10,251  
  7th Division (T. W. Sherman 368 7,066 8,305 11,306  
Total 1,540 29,402 36,950 53,634  
 Reserve Corps (McClernand):         Near Corinth.
  1st Division (Judah 319 5,537 7,159 11,355  
  3d Division (Wallace 264 5,540 7,029 9,370  
Total 583 11,077 14,188 20,725  
Total Armies of the Tennessee and Mississippi. 3,366 65,401 82,680 112,923  
District of the Ohio (Buell):          
 2d Division (McCook 370 7,785 9,225 11,902 Near Corinth.
 3d Division (Mitchel 339 6,072 8,672 11,687 North Alabama, &c.
 4th Division (Nelson 299 6,212 7,641 10,693 Near Corinth.
 5th Division (Crittenden 199 3,460 4,298 6,556 Do.
 6th Division (Wood 349 6,220 7,458 10,455 Do.
 7th Division (Morgan 442 8,240 10,154 12,730 Cumberland Gap.
 5th Brigade (Negley 134 2,927 3,320 4,223 Nashville.
 23d Brigade (Lester 110 2,411 2,853 3,367  
 Dumont's command 95 1,683 2,019 2,447  
 Cavalry (Jackson 90 1,798 2,379 3,151 Near Corinth.
 Artillery reserve (Barnett 17 453 490 564  
 Unattached artillery 13 315 364 437  
 Unattached cavalry 110 2,419 2,841 3,405  
 Unattached infantry 227 5,157 6,067 7,019  
Total 2,803 55,152 67,781 88,636  
Grand total 6,169 120,523 150,461 201,559  

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