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Roster of troops at battle of Chickamauga.

Compiled by Captain W. N. Polk.
[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.


Right wing--Lieutenant-General Polk.

Walker's corps5,175
Cheatham's division7,000
Stewart's division4,398
Cleburne's division5,115
 
Total, infantry and artillery21,688
Cavalry2,000
 
Total23,688
 
Loss, about4,000


Left wing--Major-General Hood.

Johnson's division3,683
Laws's division about3,000
Trigg's brigade1,536
 
Total, infantry and artillery8,219
 
Loss, about2,000
In reserve, not engaged, two brigades, Preston's3,270

Federal force September 19th, General Rosecranz Commanding.


Left wing--Major-General Thomas.

Brannan's division5,989
Baird's division4,655
Johnson's division4,184
Palmer's division4,853
Reynolds's division6,268
Van Cleve, two brigades2,300
 
Total, infantry28,247
 
Artillery, about2,000
 
Total, about30,247
 
Loss7,701


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Right wing--General Orittenden and McCook.

Wood's division4,125
Barnes's brigade, about1,800
Davis's division2,971
Negley's division4,349
One brigade, Sheridan's division1,373
 
Total, infantry14,618
 
Artillery, about1,000
Wilder's brigade1--mounted infantry

Confederate forces Sept. 20th--General Bragg Commanding.


Right wing--Lieutenant-General Polk.

Hill's corps.Breckinridge3,769
Cleburne4,670
Walker's corps.Liddell,4,355
Gist,
Cheatham's division6,000
  
Total18,814
Cavalry, (Forrest's)3,500
  
Aggregate22,314
Of the infantry of this wing 4,749 were fresh troops. 


Left wing--Lieutenant-General Longstreet.

Buckner's corps.Preston4,078
Stewart3,750
Hindman's division6,100
Hood's corps.Johnson 
Law 
Kershaw 
  
Total22,840
Cavalry (Wheeler's)4,000
  
Aggregate26,849
  
Of the infantry of this wing 10,900 were fresh troops. 
Total Confederate force49,162
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
 
Forming a total of53,550
The Federal line had 170 pieces of artillery. 


1 Being unable to ascertain General Wilder's force, the total of this wing cannot be given.

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