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Saturday, March 23, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 12, 1865

Bright, windy, cold, and disagreeable.

There was nothing new at the department this morning. Nothing from below; nothing from South Carolina. Perhaps communications are cut between this and Charleston. All are anxious to hear the result of the anticipated battle with Sherman, for somehow all know that the order to fight him was sent from Richmond more than a week ago.

People's thoughts very naturally now dwell upon the proximate future, and the alternatives likely to be presented in the event of the abandonment of Richmond, and consequently Virginia, by Lee's army. Most of the male population would probably (if permitted) elect to remain at their homes, braving the fate that might await them. But the women are more patriotic, and would brave all in following the fortunes of the Confederate States Government. Is this because they do not participate in the hardships and dangers of the field? But many of our men are weary and worn, and languish for repose. These would probably remain quiescent on parole, submitting to the rule of the conqueror; but hoping still for foreign intervention or Confederate victories, and ultimate independence.

Doubtless Lee could protract the war, and, by concentrating farther South, embarrass the enemy by compelling him to maintain a longer line of communication by land and by sea, and at the same time be enabled to fall upon him, as occasion might offer, in heavier force. No doubt many would fall out of the ranks, if Virginia were abandoned; but Lee could have an army of 100,000 effective men for years.

Still, these dire necessities may not come. The slaveowners, speculators, etc., hitherto contriving to evade the service, may take the alarm at the present aspect of affairs, and both recruit and subsist the army sufficiently for victory over both Grant and Sherman; and then Richmond will be held by us, and Virginia and the Cotton States remain in our possession; and we shall have peace, for exhaustion will manifest itself in the United States.

We have dangerous discussions among our leaders, it is true; and there may be convulsions, and possibly expulsion of the men at the head of civil affairs: but the war will not be affected. Such things occurred in France at a time when the armies achieved their greatest triumphs.

One of the greatest blunders of the war was the abandonment of Norfolk; and the then Secretary of War (Randolph) is now safely in Europe. That blunder brought the enemy to the gates of the capital, and relinquished a fertile source of supplies; however, at this moment Lee is deriving some subsistence from that source by connivance with the enemy, who get our cotton and tobacco.

Another blunder was Hood's campaign into Tennessee, allowing Sherman to raid through Georgia.

SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2p. 417-9

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 5, 1865

Clear and cold.

It is understood now that Gen. Hood has crossed to the south side of the Tennessee River with the debris of his army.

Gen. Butler has returned to Virginia from his fruitless North Carolina expedition. It is supposed we shall have active operations again before this city as soon as the weather and roads will permit.

But it really does seem that the States respectively mean to take control of all their men not now in the Confederate States armies, and I apprehend we shall soon have "confusion worse confounded." The President sends, "for his information," to the Secretary of War, a letter from Gen. Beauregard, dated at Augusta, Ga., Dec. 6th, 1864, in relation to Gen. Sherman's movement eastward, and Gen. Hood's Middle Tennessee campaign. It appears from Gen. B.'s letter to the President that he (Gen. B.) had control of everything. He says he did not countermand Gen. Hood's campaign, because Sherman had 275 miles the start, and the roads were impracticable in Northern Georgia and Alabama. But he telegraphed the Governors of Alabama, Georgia, etc., to concentrate troops rapidly in Sherman's front, ordered a brigade of cavalry from Hood to Wheeler, etc., and supposed some 30,000 men could be collected to oppose Sherman's march, and destroy him. He computed Sherman's strength at 36,000 of all arms. The result shows how much he was mistaken. He will be held accountable for all the disasters. Alas for Beauregard! Bragg only played the part of chronicler of the sad events from Augusta. Yet the President cannot publish this letter of Beauregard's, and the country will still fix upon him the responsibility and the odium. Gen. Beauregard is still in front of Sherman, with inadequate forces, and may again be responsible for additional calamities.

Old Mr. F. P. Blair and his son Montgomery Blair are on their way here, with authority to confer on peace and submission, etc.

Mr. Lewis, Disbursing Clerk of the Post-Office Department, on behalf of lady clerks has laid a complaint before the President that Mr. Peck, a clerk in the department, to whom was intrusted money to buy supplies in North Carolina, has failed to make return of provisions or money, retaining the latter for several months, while some of his friends have received returns, besides 10 barrels flour bought for himself, and transported at government expense. Some of the clerks think the money has been retained for speculative purposes. It remains to be seen whether the President will do anything in the premises.

The grand New Year's dinner to the soldiers, as I supposed, has produced discontent in the army, from unequal distribution, etc.

No doubt the speculators got control of it, and made money, at least provided for their families, etc.

Hon. J. R. Baylor proposes recruiting in New Mexico and Lower California. The Secretary of War opposes it, saying we shall probably require all the trans-Mississippi troops on this side the river. The President differs with the Secretary, and writes a long indorsement, showing the importance of Baylor's project, etc. Of course the Secretary will "stint and say ay." The President thinks Col. B. can enlist the Indian tribes on our side also.

There is a rumor that Mr. Foote, M. C., has gone into the enemy's lines. He considered the difference between Davis and Lincoln as "between tweedledum and tweedledee."

The prisoners of war (foreigners) that took the oath of allegiance and enlisted in the Confederate States service, are deserting back to the Federal service, under Gen. Sherman's promise of amnesty.

SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2p. 376-8

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Official Reports of the Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee, November 14, 1864-January 23, 1865: No. 236. — Report of Col. J. P. Johnson, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General, C. S. Army

No. 236.

Report of Col. J. P. Johnson, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General, C. S. Army.

JANUARY 8, 1865.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report, and also the report of Major Hays. They will show some of the many difficulties that he had to encounter in complying with his orders to obtain rosters from the Army of Tennessee. That he has been [as] faithful and energetic as the circumstances would permit in completing his work I have no doubt. The fact that the army has been constantly on the move since May last, which deprived the regimental officers of all their papers, and the casualties attending the campaign in loss of officers made it impossible to get up proper rosters sooner, and in great many instances where blank rosters were furnished by Major Hays they would be lost by the officers to whom they were given before they could be made out. Accompanying Major Hays' report you will find rosters of thirty-one regiments completed. He hopes in a short time to finish his entire work and return to Richmond:

I left the army on the 23d of December, at the urgent request of General Hood, to make a verbal report to the President of the condition of the army. This is my explanation for returning before all the work contemplated in my orders were completed.

I submit field returns of December 10 and November 6, marked “AA,” and also brigade returns and rosters of staff officers of Stewart's and Cheatham's corps; also reports of names of staff officers of Lieutenant-General Lee's corps, marked “BB.”1 The movements of the army and scarcity of paper prevented my obtaining fuller returns from General Lee's corps. You will also find organizations of Army of Tennessee by corps, divisions, and brigades, marked “CC.” The report of Col. E. J. Harvie is also submitted; it shows the number of inspectors and status of each serving with the army—“DD.”2 The report of General Elzey, chief of artillery, shows the losses of artillery and condition of artillery on hand on the 21st of December, as well as the assigning of artillery to divisions of the army, marked “EE.” These reports show our loss to have been sixty-five pieces of artillery in the campaign, which left us forty-three pieces on hand. I left the army with an abundance of ammunition for all purposes. Lists of division, brigade, and regimental commanders killed, wounded, missing, and captured in the battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, will be found, marked “FF.”

The spirit and morale of the army was not good after the engagement at Nashville, but had improved before I left it, and no apprehension need be felt for its safety. It was well clothed and well fed during the campaign in Tennessee.

I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. P. JOHNSON,        
Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General.
General S. COOPER,
        Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.

[Inclosure No. 1.]

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE,        
December 3, 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to report for your information relative to the discharge of my duties as prescribed in special instructions accompanying Special Orders, No. 85, Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, Richmond, Va., that active operations of this army prevented me from accomplishing the object of my visit. I arrived at army headquarters April 24, and with an efficient staff officer, assigned to duty with me by General Johnston, I prosecuted with energy the completion of the rosters of the several organizations of this army, and but for movements of the enemy in front of Dalton, I should have finished my work within three or four weeks. Owing to the loss of records in many of the regiments, and the depletion of regiments which have been united by orders of generals in the field, I have found the task of getting up such a roster as required by the department much more difficult than I anticipated. I have procured the rosters of twenty-four or twenty-five regiments, and, to make them as correct as possible, gave them my personal attention. I have on three occasions notified the Department of my progress and the difficulties attending a further prosecution of the work during the campaign. All papers and records having been sent to the rear as soon as active operations commenced, it has since been impossible to furnish a roster that will obviate the present difficulties in the Department as to who are officers and the date of their election or promotion, &c. I have been careful to instruct brigade inspectors to report all official changes in regiments, and to impress upon them the necessity of having a correct roster in the Department. I remained with the main army until 8th of August, when I went to Athens, Ga., to give my personal attention to the preparation of the rosters of Williams' brigade, the assistant adjutant-general to whom I had given instructions having been killed. The day after my arrival, and before instructions could be given, the brigade moved to the enemy's rear, and not knowing its destination, I went with it, and was not, owing to its isolation from the balance of the army, able to return to army headquarters for about sixty days. Upon rejoining the army I found brigade inspectors still unable to furnish me the rosters, and so informed the Department. I made this statement frequently to Col. E. J. Harvie, inspector-general of this army, who is aware of the difficulties attending the execution of my orders. General Hood, appreciating the difficulties, desires that I will not interfere with the duties of his officers during the campaign. The blanks which I brought with me to the army I have given to brigade inspectors to be filled up as directed. Those which have been completed are deposited in the safe of W. B. and A. B. Bell, Montgomery, Ala.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THOS. H. HAYS,        
Major and Assistant Inspector-General.
Col. J. P. JOHNSON,
        Assistant Inspector-General.

[Inclosure No. 2.]

AA.

Abstract from field return of the Army of Tennessee, Maj. Gen. John B. Hood, C. S. Army, commanding, for November 6, 1864.

Command.

Present for Duty.

Effective
Total
Present.
Aggregate
Present.
Aggregate
Present &
Absent.

Aggregate Present & Absent Last Return.

 

 

Officers.

 

 

Men.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and escort

14

130

130

166

271

270

Engineer troops.

11

377

375

484

767

767

Total

25

507

505

650

1,038

1,037

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEE'S ARMY

 CORPS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and escort

25

75

75

108

216

216

Johnson's division

303

2,882

2,754

4,029

10,432

10,627

Clayton's division

260

2,171

2,059

3,247

8,978

9,983

Stevenson's division.

401

3,139

3,039

4,489

9,438

10,434

Artillery

42

726

705

909

1,153

1,287

Total

1,031

8,993

8,632

12,782

30,217

31,547

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEWART'S ARMY CORPS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and escort

10

70

70

109

147

147

Loring's division

396

3,688

3,575

4,959

9,903

9,974

French's division

343

2,080

1,999

3,090

8,478

8,536

Walthall's division

289

2,394

2,304

3,568

6,729

6,845

Artillery

52

801

760

958

1,457

1,738

 

1,090

9,033

8,708

12,684

26,714

27,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHEATHAM'S ARMY CORPS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and escort

14

30

30

50

77

147

Cleburne's division

474

4,076

3,962

5,742

13,363

12,545

Bate's division

245

2,220

2,106

3,249

8,026

8,145

Brown's division

443

3,911

3,715

5,322

10,954

11,112

Artillery

39

730

706

880

1,210

1,225

Total

1,215

10,967

10,519

15,243

33,630

33,174

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JACKSON'S DIVISION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cavalry

197

2,344

2,001

3,152

4,508

9,878

Artillery

13

247

234

321

383

383

Total

210

2,591

2,235

3,473

4,891

10,261

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand total

3,571

32,091

30,599

44,832

96,490

103,259


Abstract from field return of the Army of Tennessee, General John B. Hood, C. S. Army, commanding, for December 10, I864.

Command.

Present for Duty.

Effective
Total
Present.
Aggregate
Present.
Aggregate
Present &
 Absent.

Aggregate Present & Absent Last Return.

 

 

Officers.

 

 

Men.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and escort

13

130

130

165

261

261

Engineer troops

11

377

375

484

767

767

Total

24

507

505

649

1,028

1,028

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEE'S ARMY

CORPS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and escort

25

75

75

108

218

216

Johnson's division

219

2,530

2,414

3,688

10,345

10,432

Stevenson's division3

346

2,664

2,572

3,969

8,640

8,978

Clayton's division

254

2,053

1,954

3,175

8,948

9,438

Artillery

42

726

705

909

1,153

1,287

Total

886

8,048

7,720

11,849

29,304

30,351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEWART'S ARMY CORPS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and escort

10

70

70

109

147

147

Loring's division

252

2,625

2,521

4,205

9,590

9,903

French's division3

88

602

569

1,016

2,409

8,378

Walthall's division

160

1,476

1,401

2,621

6,468

6,729

Artillery

52

801

760

958

1,457

1,738

Total

562

5,574

5,321

8,909

20,071

26,895

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHEATHAM'S ARMY CORPS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and escort

14

30

30

50

77

77

Cleburne's division3

274

2,539

2,422

3,923

11,923

13,363

Cheatham's division

267

2,730

2,552

4,042

10,605

10,054

Bate's division

191

1,659

1,562

2,663

7,886

8,026

Artillery

39

730

706

880

1,210

1,225

Total

785

7,688

7,272

11,558

31,701

32,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JACKSON'S DIVISION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cavalry

197

2,344

2,001

3,152

4,508

4,508

Artillery

13

247

234

321

383

383

Total

210

2,591

2,235

3,473

4,891

4,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand total3

2,467

24,408

23,053

36,438

86,995

95,910

[Inclosure No. 3.]

BB.

Abstract from return of Stewart's corps, Army of Tennessee, Lieut. Gen. A1exander P. Stewart, C. S. Army, commanding, for December 9, 1864.

Command.

Effective
Total
Present.
Aggregate
Present.
Aggregate
Present &
 Absent.

Aggregate Present & Absent Last Return.

Prisoners of
war.

Officers.

Men.

LORING'S DIVISION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featherston's brigade

781

1,208

3,332

3,481

44

369

Adams' brigade

1,047

1,769

3,546

3,598

7

43

Scott's brigade

696

1,140

2,700

2,752

9

350

Total

2,524

4,117

9,578

9,831

60

762

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRENCH'S DIVISION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cockrell's brigade4

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sears' brigade

210

396

2,306

2,441

40

439

Ector's brigade

569

1,008

2,398

2,400

17

323

Total

779

1,404

4,704

4,841

57

762

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WALTHALL'S DIVISION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarles' brigade

394

761

1,980

1,918

38

195

Cantey's brigade

732

1,200

3,084

3,079

12

343

Reynolds' brigade

332

673

1,389

1,383

11

77

Total

1,458

2,634

6,453

6,380

61

615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand total

4,761

8,155

20,735

21,052

178

2,139


Abstract from field return of Cheatham's corps, Army of Tennessee, Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham, C. S. Army, commanding, for December 13, 1864.

Command.

Effective
Total
Present.
Aggregate
Present.

Command.

Effective
Total
Present.
Aggregate
Present.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHEATHAM'S DIVISION.

 

 

BATE'S DIVISION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gist's brigade

880

1,224

Tyler's brigade

482

876

Mane's brigade

654

1,046

Finley's brigade

410

765

Strahl's brigade

497

898

Jackson's brigade

657

986

Vaughan's brigade

511

845

Escort company

13

31

Total

2,542

4,013

Total

1,562

2,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEBURNE'S DIVISION.

 

 

RECAPITULATION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smith's brigade

892

1,806

Cheatham's division

2,542

4,013

Lowrey's brigade

580

837

Cleburne's division

2,350

3,726

Govan's brigade

534

951

Bate's division

1,562

2,663

Granbury's brigade

344

649

 

 

 

Total

2,350

3726

Grand total5

6,454

10,402


Respectfully submitted.
H. HAMPTON,        
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Inclosure No. 4.]

CC.

Organization of the Army of Tennessee by corps, divisions, and brigades, November 20, 1864.5

LEE'S CORPS.
Lieut. Gen. STEPHEN D. LEE.

Stevenson's Division.
Maj. Gen. CARTER L. STEVENSON.

Cumming's brigade, Col. Elihu P. Watkins.
Pettus' brigade, Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus.
Brown's brigade,    }
                               }Col. Jos. B. Palmer.
Reynolds' brigade }

Johnson's Division.
Maj. Gen. EDWARD JOHNSON.

Deas' brigade, Brig. Gen. Zach. C. Deas.
Manigault's brigade, Brig. Gen. Arthur M. Manigault.
Tucker's brigade, Brig. Gen. Jacob H. Sharp.

Clayton''s Division.
Maj. Gen. HENRY D. CLAYTON.

Stovall's brigade, Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall.
Gibson's brigade, Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson.
Holtzclaw's brigade, Brig. Gen. James T. Holtzclaw.


STEWART'S CORPS.
Lieut. Gen. ALEXANDER P. STEWART.

Loring's Division.
Maj. Gen. WILLIAM W. LORING.

Featherston's brigade, Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston.
Adams' brigade, Brig. Gen. John Adams.
Scott's brigade, Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Scott.

French's Division.
Maj. Gen. SAMUEL G. FRENCH.

Cockrell's brigade, Brig. Gen. Francis M. Cockrell.
Sears' brigade, Col. William W. Witherspoon.
Ector's brigade, Col. Julius A. Andrews.

Walthall's Division.
Maj. Gen. EDWARD C. WALTHALL.

Quarles' brigade, Brig. Gen. George D. Johnston.
Cantey's brigade, Brig. Gen. Charles M. Shelley.
Reynolds' brigade, Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds.


CHEATHAM'S CORPS.
Maj. Gen. BENJAMIN F. CHEATHAM.

Cleburne's Division.
Maj. Gen. PATRICK R. CLEBURNE.

Smith's brigade, Brig. Gen. James A. Smith.
Lowrey's brigade, Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey.
Govan's brigade, Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan.
Granbury's brigade, Brig. Gen. Hiram B. Granbury.

Bate's Division.
Maj. Gen. WILLIAM B. BATE.

Tyler's brigade, Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Smith.
Finley's brigade, Col. Robert Bullock.
Jackson's brigade, Brig. Gen. Henry R. Jackson.

Brown's Division.
Maj. Gen. JOHN C. BROWN.

Gist's brigade, Brig. Gen. States R. Gist.
Maney's brigade, Brig. Gen. John C. Carter.
Strahl's brigade, Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl.
Vaughan's brigade, Brig. Gen. George W. Gordon.

Respectfully submitted.
JAS. COOPER,        
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


[Inclosure No. 5.]

EE.

Abstract from inspection report of the artillery, Army of Tennessee, Maj. Gen. Arnold Elzey, C. S. Army, commanding, for December 21, 1864; headquarters in the field, near Pulaski, Tenn.                       

Command.

Aggregate present

for duty.

Aggregate present.

Effective for

the field —

enlisted men.

Pieces of

artillery.

LEE'S CORPS.

 

 

 

 

Col. R. F. BECKHAM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnston's battalion, Maj. J. W. Johnston

242

310

227

12

Courtney's battalion, Maj. A. R. Courtney

327

381

298

12

Eldridge's battalion, Maj. J. W. Eldridge

288

331

314

12

Total

857

1,022

839

36

 

 

 

 

 

STEWART'S CORPS.

 

 

 

 

Lieut. Col. S.C. WILLIAMS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Myrick's battalion, Maj. J. D. Myrick

262

327

253

12

Storrs' battalion, Maj. G. S. Storrs

212

242

184

12

Trueheart's battalion, Maj. D. Trueheart

314

327

290

12

Total

788

896

727

36

 

 

 

 

 

CHEATHAM'S CORPS.

 

 

 

 

Col. M. SMITH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cobb's battalion, Capt. C. H. Slocomb

231

271

229

12

Hoxton's battalion, Capt. W. B. Turner

277

335

260

12

Hotchkiss' battalion, Capt. H. M. Bledsoe

223

256

207

12

Total

731

862

696

36

 

 

 

 

 

Forrest's cavalry

 

 

 

16

Grand total

2,376

2,780

2,262

124

 

 

 

 

 

Number of guns when

at Florence, Ala.

 

 

 

124

Number of guns now on hand.

 

 

 

59

This report is special, having been called for by the major-general commanding the artillery, and is necessarily incomplete, as the army is constantly on the march, and neither infantry nor artillery can be considered in condition to make such reports as will enable this department to render complete inspection returns till we are in regular camp. But for the movement we are now making the regular monthly report for the 20th instant would have been made to the inspector-general of the army, but is deferred for the reasons given. This form shows the condition of the artillery at the time the army crossed the Tennessee, with the exception of that connected with the cavalry, which is not complete except as to the number of guns. General Forrest was placed in command of all cavalry serving with this army, and in consequence of his leaving Florence, at which place he joined us on the day after his arrival, did not make a field return of his artillery; hence the impossibility of giving any other information than this report contains; and the activity of his movements since that date have also prevented a full return. Before the army retired from its position in front of Nashville, I rode thirty-eight miles to inspect the artillery of Major-General Forrest's command, but found it so much scattered as to be unable to do so—one of his batteries being in rear of Nashville; one in rear of our army recuperating its horses; one at Corinth, Miss.; and the others at such distant points as to prevent an inspection at that time—but was promised by his inspector a full report by the 18th instant, which has not been made in consequence of our position.

Previous to the 14th of November last the battalions known as Hoxton's, Hotchkiss', and Cobb's were under immediate command of Col. M. Smith, and were assigned to Cheatham's corps (formerly Hardee's), and Trueheart's, Myrick's, and Storrs' were under command of Lieut. Col. S.C. Williams and assigned to Stewart's corps, and the battalions of Eldridge, Courtney, and Johnston, commanded by Col. R. F. Beckham, were assigned to Lee's corps (the same officers now commanding excepting Col. R. F. Beckham), but at the date mentioned (November 14) Special Orders, No. 34 (a copy of which accompanies this report), changed the status of the artillery and divided the several commands with the divisions, which is its condition at this time.

Many limbers, caissons, and horses belonging to lost guns were saved, but as they have been hurried to the rear their number is not positively known, nor can it be ascertained for several days.

Since the army crossed the Tennessee, Col. R. F. Beckham, commanding artillery of Lee's corps, is the only field officer of artillery known to have been killed, and the artillery of that corps is now commanded by Lieut. Col. L. Hoxton, and Hoxton's battalion by its senior captain; and the only field officer who has returned to the command in the same time is Maj. A. R. Courtney, of the same corps.

No artillery serving with the cavalry was lost in the recent engagements as far as known to this office.

Accompanying this is a statement6 showing the number and kind of guns lost by each corps and the number and kind now on hand.

Respectfully submitted.
CHAS. SWETT,        
Captain and Inspector-General Artillery Army of Tennessee.

[Sub-inclosure.]

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 34.}
HDQRS. ARTILLERY, ARMY OF TENN.,        
Florence, Ala., November 14, 1864.

I. Pursuant to paragraph III, Special Orders, No. 148, headquarters Army of Tennessee, the following assignment of battalions of artillery to the divisions of the army, respectively, is hereby made: Cobb's battalion to Bate's division; Courtney's battalion to Johnson's division; Eldridge's battalion to Clayton's division; Hotchkiss' battalion to Cleburne’s division; Hoxton's battalion to Brown's division; Johnston's battalion to Stevenson's division; Myrick's battalion to Loring's division; Storrs' battalion to French's division; Trueheart's battalion to Walthall's division.

II. By this assignment it is not designed or intended to bring in conflict with the division commanders any authority or interest in the artillery heretofore vested in the chiefs of artillery of the corps, but to secure a hearty co-operation in everything that tends to promote the strength and efficiency of the artillery arm of the service. All orders and directions to the battalions from the division commanders will be promptly and strictly obeyed.

By order of Major-General Elzey:
WM. PALFREY,        
Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Inclosure No. 6.]

FF.

List of division, brigade, and regimental commanders killed, wounded, missing, and captured in the battle of November 30, at Franklin, Tenn.

LEE'S CORPS.

JOHNSON'S DIVISION.
 
Deas' Brigade.
Maj. E. H. Armistead, 22d Alabama, wounded.

Sharp's Brigade.
Col. W. H. Bishop, 7th and 9th Mississippi, killed.
Lieut. Col. W. H. Sims, 10th and 44th Mississippi, wounded.
Capt. J. M. Hicks, 41st Mississippi, wounded.

Manigault's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. A. M. Manigault, wounded.
Col. N. N. Davis, 24th Alabama, wounded.
Col. T. P. Shaw, 19th South Carolina, wounded.

Brantly's Brigade.
Lieut. Col. J. M. Johnson, 30th Mississippi, wounded.
Maj. G. W. Reynolds, 29th Mississippi, killed.
Maj. J. K. Allen, 30th Mississippi, missing.

No casualties in Stevenson's and Clayton's divisions.
 

STEWART'S CORPS.

LORING'S DIVISION.
 
Adams' Brigade.
Brig. Gen. John Adams, killed.
Col. M. Farrell, 15th Mississippi, wounded.
Col. W. N. Brown, 20th Mississippi, wounded.

Scott's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. T. M. Scott, wounded.
Col. S.S. Ives, 27th, 35th, and 49th Alabama (consolidated), wounded.
Col. C. J. L. Cunningham, 57th Alabama, wounded.
Col. N. L. Nelson, 12th Louisiana, killed.

Featherston's Brigade.
Col. M.D. L. Stephens, 31st Mississippi, wounded.
Lieut. Col. S. M. Dyer, 3d Mississippi, wounded.

FRENCH'S DIVISION.

Cockrell's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. F. M. Cockrell, wounded.
Col. H. A. Garland, 1st and 4th Missouri, killed.
Col. E. Gates, 1st and 3d Missouri, wounded.
Lieut. Col. W. F. Carter, 2d and 6th Missouri, wounded.
Capt. P. Canniff, 3d and 5th Missouri, killed.

Sears' Brigade.
Col. W. W. Witherspoon, 36th Mississippi, killed.
Col. T. N. Adaire, 4th Mississippi, wounded.
Maj. T. D. Magee, 46th Mississippi, wounded.

WALTHALL'S DIVISION.

Quarles' Brigade.
Brig. Gen. W. A. Quarles, wounded.
Col. Isaac N. Hulme, 42d Tennessee, wounded.
Lieut. Col. T. M. Atkins, 49th Tennessee, wounded and captured.
Maj. S.C. Cooper, 46th Tennessee, wounded and captured.
Maj S.L. Knox, 1st Alabama, wounded and captured.
Maj. J. E. McDonald, 55th Tennessee, killed.
Capt. James J. Rittenbury, 53d Tennessee, wounded and captured.

Cantey's Brigade.
Col. V. S. Murphey, 17th Alabama, missing.
Lieut. Col. J. S. Garvin, 26th Alabama, wounded.
Capt. A. V. Gardner, 29th Alabama, wounded.

Reynolds' Brigade.
Maj. J. C. Bratton, 9th Arkansas, wounded.


CHEATHAM'S CORPS.

CLEBURNE'S DIVISION'.
Maj. Gen. P. R. Cleburne, killed.

Granbury's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. H. B. Granbury, killed.
Lieut. Col. R. B. Young, 10th Texas, killed.
Maj. W. A. Taylor, 24th and 25th Texas Cavalry, missing.
Capt. J. W. Brown, 7th Texas, missing.
Capt. R. Fisher, 6th and 15th Texas, missing.
Capt. A. A. Cox, 5th Confederate, missing.

Lowrey's Brigade.
Col. W. H. H. Tison, 32d Mississippi, wounded.
Col. John Weir, 5th Mississippi,wounded.
Col. F. A. Ashford, 16th Alabama, killed.
Col. R. F. Crittenden, 33d Alabama, missing.
Lieut, Col, R. H. Abercrombie, 45th Alabama, wounded.

Govan's Brigade.
Maj. A. T. Meek, 2d and 24th Arkansas, killed.
Capt. M.P. Garrett, 1st and 15th Arkansas, killed.
Capt. M. H. Dixon, 3d Confederate, missing.

BROWN'S DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. John C. Brown, wounded.

Gist's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. S. R. Gist, killed.
Col. E. Capers, PAth South Carolina, wounded.
Maj. S. J. C. Dunlop, 46th Georgia, wounded.

Maney's Brigade.Brig.
Gen. J. C. Carter, wounded.

Strahl's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. O. F. Strahl, killed.
Col. J. A. Wilson, 24th Tennessee, wounded.
Col. M. Magevney, jr., 154th Tennessee, wounded.
Lieut. Col. F. E. P. Stafford, 31st Tennessee, killed.

Vaughan's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. O. W. Gordon, captured.

BATE'S DIVISION.

Jackson's Brigade.
Col. George A. Smith, 1st Confederate Georgia, killed.
Lieut. Col. A. S. Hamilton, 66th Georgia, wounded.

Finley's Brigade.
Lieut. Col. E. Badger, 1st Florida Cavalry and 4th Florida Infantry, wounded.

SUMMARY.

Rank of officer.

Killed.

Missing.

Wounded.

Captured

Major-general

1

1

0

0

Brigadier-general

4

5

0

1

Colonel

6

15

2

0

Lieutenant-colonel.

2

9

0

0

Major

3

5

2

0

Captain

1

3

4

0

Total

18

38

8

1

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1 Rosters of staff officers omitted.

2 Omitted.

3 Notes on original return state that Joseph B. Palmer’s brigade (Brown’s and Reynolds’ combined), of Stevenson’s division, Cockrell’s and Sears’ brigades, of French’s division and Mercer’s (Smith’s) brigade of Cleburne’s division, were on detached service and not included; that no return from Forrest’s cavalry having been received, it has not been included; and that Jackson’s division is given as reported November 6, 1864, no later return having been received.

4 On detached service.

5 Erroneous additions. A correct addition of the factors makes the aggregate present of Cleburne’s division 4,243, and aggregate present of Bate’s division 2,658 and gives a grand total of 10,914 in column of aggregate present.

6 Not found.

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. 676-86