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Roster of troops at battle of Chickamauga.
[The following roster has been already printed in our papers, but as it was in different shape, and
Captain Polk thinks the present form necessary to prevent confusion and make clear the extract from the forthcoming “Memoir of
General Polk,” we reprint it as here given:]
Confederate force September 19th, General Bragg Commanding.
Walker's corps | 5,175 |
Cheatham's division | 7,000 |
Stewart's division | 4,398 |
Cleburne's division | 5,115 |
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Total, infantry and artillery | 21,688 |
Cavalry | 2,000 |
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Total | 23,688 |
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Loss, about | 4,000 |
Johnson's division | 3,683 |
Laws's division about | 3,000 |
Trigg's brigade | 1,536 |
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Total, infantry and artillery | 8,219 |
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Loss, about | 2,000 |
In reserve, not engaged, two brigades, Preston's | 3,270 |
Federal force September 19th, General Rosecranz Commanding.
Brannan's division | 5,989 |
Baird's division | 4,655 |
Johnson's division | 4,184 |
Palmer's division | 4,853 |
Reynolds's division | 6,268 |
Van Cleve, two brigades | 2,300 |
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Total, infantry | 28,247 |
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Artillery, about | 2,000 |
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Total, about | 30,247 |
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Loss | 7,701 |
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Wood's division | 4,125 |
Barnes's brigade, about | 1,800 |
Davis's division | 2,971 |
Negley's division | 4,349 |
One brigade, Sheridan's division | 1,373 |
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Total, infantry | 14,618 |
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Artillery, about | 1,000 |
Wilder's brigade1--mounted infantry | |
Confederate forces Sept. 20th--General Bragg Commanding.
Hill's corps. | Breckinridge | 3,769 |
Cleburne | 4,670 |
Walker's corps. | Liddell, | 4,355 |
Gist, |
Cheatham's division | 6,000 |
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Total | 18,814 |
Cavalry, (Forrest's) | 3,500 |
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Aggregate | 22,314 |
Of the infantry of this wing 4,749 were fresh troops. | |
Buckner's corps. | Preston | 4,078 |
Stewart | 3,750 |
Hindman's division | 6,100 |
Hood's corps. | Johnson | |
Law | |
Kershaw | |
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Total | 22,840 |
Cavalry (Wheeler's) | 4,000 |
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Aggregate | 26,849 |
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Of the infantry of this wing 10,900 were fresh troops. | |
Total Confederate force | 49,162 |
The Confederate line had 150 pieces of artillery. | |
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Federal force September 20th--General Rosecranz Commanding.
McCook's corps (Twentieth) | 10,640 |
Thomas's corps (Fourteenth) | 14,524 |
Crittenden's corps (Twenty-First) | 13,539 |
Granger's Reserve (Steadman's division) | 5,171 |
Cavalry (Mitchel's corps) | 9,676 |
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Forming a total of | 53,550 |
The Federal line had 170 pieces of artillery. | |