Official Reports of the Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee, November 14, 1864-January 23, 1865: No. 253. — Return of casualties in Forrest's cavalry for November and December, 1864.

No. 253.

Return of casualties in Forrest's cavalry for November and December, 1864. 

[Compiled from nominal lists signed by J. B. Cowan, acting medical director, when not otherwise indicated.]

NOVEMBER

Command.	Killed.		Wounded		Aggregate.
	Officers.	Men.	Officers.	Men.
CHALMERS DIVISION.
Escort1	....	....	....	1	1
Rucker's Brigade.
Staff and escort	....	....	2	1	3
7th Alabama	....	2	8	20	30
5th Mississippi	....	1	....	10	11
14th Tennessee (Neely's).	....	....	1	1	2
26th Tennessee Battalion	....	....	....	3	3
Total	....	3	11	35	49
Biffle's Brigade.2
10th Tennessee	....	....	2	5	7
Total division	....	3	13	40	56
BUFORD'S DIVISION.
Staff and escort.	....	1	....	1	2
Bell's Brigade.
2d Tennessee	....	....	1	3	4
19th Tennessee	13	....	....	6	7
20th Tennessee	....	....	1	4	5
21st Tennessee	....	2	1	22	25
Nixon's Tennessee Regiment.	....	....	1	12	13
Total	1	2	4	47	54
Crossland's Brigade.
3d Kentucky (infantry mounted.)	....	....	....	7	7
7th Kentucky (infantry mounted.)	....	....	2	8	10
8th Kentucky (infantry mounted)	....	1	....	4	5
12th Kentucky	....	....	2	3	5
Huey's Kentucky Battalion	....	....	....	2	2
Total	....	1	4	24	29
Total division	1	4	8	72	85
JACKSON'S DIVISION.
Armstrong's Brigade.
1st Mississippi	....	2	1	26	29
3d Mississippi	....	1	....	11	12
28th Mississippi	....	7	5	27	39
Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment.	....	1	....	13	14
Total	....	11	6	77	94
Ross' Brigade.
1st Texas Legion	....	....	....	4	4
3d Texas	....	....	2	9	11
6th Texas	....	....	1	1	2
9th Texas	....	1	....	4	5
Total	....	1	3	18	22
Total division.	....	12	9	95	116
Forrest's escort	....	....	1	4	5
Young's [Croft's Georgia] battery	....	2	....	5	7
Grand total	1	21	31	216	269

DECEMBER.

Command.	Killed.		Wounded.		Aggregate.
	Officers.	Men.	Officers.	Men.
CHALMERS' DIVISION.
Escort4	....	....	....	4	4
Rucker's Brigade.
Staff and escort	....	....	1	....	1
7th Alabama	....	1	1	11	13
5th Mississippi	....	2	....	4	6
15th Tennessee (Stewart's).	....	....	....	2	2
26th Tennessee Battalion	....	....	15	1	2
Total.	....	3	3	18	24
Biffle's Brigade.
9th Tennessee	....	1	1	6	8
10th Tennessee	....	....	....	3	3
Total	....	1	1	9	11
Total division	....	4	4	27	35
BUFORD'S DIVISION.
Staff and escort	....	1	1	....	2
Bell's Brigade.
Staff	....	....	1	....	1
2d Tennessee	....	....	3	4	7
19th Tennessee	....	1	....	....	1
21st Tennessee	....	3	....	14	17
Nixon's Tennessee Regiment	....	....	....	1	1
Total	....	4	4	19	27
Crossland's Brigade.
3d Kentucky (infantry mounted)	....	....	....	1	1
7th Kentucky (infantry mounted)	....	1	....	7	8
8th Kentucky (infantry mounted)	....	1	....	4	5
12th Kentucky	....	....	....	6	6
Huey's Kentucky Battalion	....	1	....	4	5
Total	....	3	....	22	25
Total division
JACKSON'S DIVISION.
Staff and escort			2	3	5
Armstrong's Brigade.
1st Mississippi	16	1	1	19	22
2d Mississippi	....	1	2	3	6
28th Mississippi	17	2	1	16	20
Ballentine's Regiment	....	3	....	2	5
Total	2	7	4	40	53
Ross' Brigade.
3d Texas	....	....	....	3	3
6th Texas	....	....	3	4	7
Total	....	....	3	7	10
Total division	2	7	9	50	68
Morton's battery	....	1	....	5	6
Grand total	2	20	18	123	163

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¹ From nominal list signed by Capt. T. C. Smith, commanding escort.

² A provisional organization, reported in original as of Rucker’s brigade.

³ Lieut. M Horton, killed.

⁴ Nominal list signed by Capt. C. T. Smith, commanding escort gives 1 officer and 1 man captured.

⁵ Lieut. John F. Titus died of wounds.

⁶ Lieut. B. H. Benson killed.

⁷ Lieut. W. W. Wyatt Killed.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 45, Part 1 (Serial No. 93), p. 760-2