ARMY, UNITED STATES. 



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nino three-battalion regiments, organized 

 in 1801, retain the. designation of the regiments 

 to which they belonged, and under the new or- 



.lion will be known as the llth, 12th, 

 i:Hli, 1 4th, 15th, IGtli, 17th, 18th, and 19th regi- 

 ments of infantry. The second battalions of the 

 >atla!iou regiments become respectively 

 the 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, 2Gth, 27th, 

 and 28tli regiments of infantry; and the third 



i.nis the 29th, 30th, 31st, 82d, 33d, 34th, 

 .'t.Mh, 3(5th, and 37th regiments of infantry. 

 The four regiments to bo composed of colored 

 men will be designated the 38th, 39th, 40th, 

 and 41st regiments of infantry. The remain- 

 ing four regiments will be designated the 42d, 

 43d, 44th, and 45th regiments of infantry, Vet- 

 eran Reserve Corps, and will be regarded as a 

 distinct organization, in which promotions will 

 bo regulated accordingly. 



Tn the following table will be found a list of 

 the several military departments into which the 

 country has been divided, with the troops as- 

 signed to each : 



1. The Department of the East, Major-Genr 

 oral George G. Meade to command, to em- 

 brace the New England States, New York, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Fort Delaware. 

 Headquarters at Philadelphia. First regiment 

 of artillery, 10 companies; Third regiment of 

 artillery, 10 companies; Fourth regiment of ar- 

 tillery, 3 companies ; Fourth regiment of infan- 

 try, 7 companies; Forty-second regiment of 



fantry, 10 companies. 



2. The Department of the Lakes, Briga- 

 er and Brevet Major General Joseph Hooker 



to command, to embrace the States of Ohio, 

 Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and "Wisconsin. 

 Headquarters at Detroit. Fourth regiment of 

 artillery, 1 light battery; Fourth regiment of 

 infantry, 3 companies ; Forty-third regiment of 

 infantry, Veteran Reserves, 10 companies. 



3. The Department of Washington, Briga- 

 dier and Brevet Major General E. K. S. Canby 

 to command, to embrace the District of Colum- 

 bia, Alexandria and Fairfax Counties, Virginia, 

 and the States of Maryland and Delaware, ex- 

 cept Fort Delaware. Headquarters at Wash- 

 ington. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 3 compa- 

 nies ; Fourth regiment of artillery, 7 companies ; 

 Twelfth regiment of infantry, 10 companies ; 

 Thirtieth regiment of infantry, 10 companies ; 

 Fortieth regiment of infantry, recruiting in 

 Washington; Forty-fourth regiment of infantry, 

 Veteran Reserves, 10 companies. 



4. The Department of the Potomac, Brig- 

 adier and Brevet Major General John M. Scho- 

 tield to command, to embrace the States of 

 Virginia, except Alexandria and Fairfax Coun- 

 ties, and W T est Virginia. Headquarters at Rich- 

 mond. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 1 company ; 

 Fifth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery and 

 4 companies; Eleventh regiment of infantry, 

 10 companies ; Twentieth regiment of infantry, 

 10 companies; Twenty-first regiment of infan- 

 try, 10 companies; Twenty-ninth regiment of 

 infantry, 10 companies. 



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5. The Department of the South, Major- 

 General Daniel E. Sickles to command, to em- 

 brace the States of North and South Carolina. 

 Headquarters at Charleston. Fifth regiment 

 of cavalry, 4 companies ; Third regiment of ar- 



' tillery, 1 light battery ; Sixth regiment of in- 

 fantry, 10 companies ; Eighth regiment of infan- 

 try, 10 companies. 



6. The Department of the Tennessee, Ma- 

 jor-General George II. Thomas to command, 

 to embrace the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, 

 Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Headquar- 

 ters at Louisville. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 

 4 companies; Second regiment of infantry, 10 

 companies; Fifteenth regiment of infantry, 10 

 companies; Sixteenth regiment of infantry, 10 

 companies ; Twenty-fourth regiment of infan- 

 try, 10 companies ; Twenty-fifth regiment of 

 infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-third regiment 

 of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-fourth regi- 

 ment of infantry, 10 companies; Forty -fifth 

 regiment of iafantry, Veteran Reserves, 10 com- 

 panies. 



7. The Department of the Gulf, Major- 

 General Philip H. Sheridan to command, to 

 embrace the States of Florida, Louisiana, and 

 Texas. Headquarters at New Orleans. Fourth 

 regiment of cavalry, 12 companies ; Sixth regi- 

 ment of cavalry, 12 companies; Ninth regiment 

 of cavalry, 12 companies; First regiment of ar- 

 tillery, 2 light batteries ; Fifth regiment of ar- 

 tillery, 6 companies ; First regiment of infantry, 

 10 companies; Seventh regiment of infantry, 

 10 companies; Seventeenth regiment of infan- 

 try, 10 companies; Twenty-sixth regiment of 

 infantry, 10 companies ; Thirty-fifth regiment 

 of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-ninth regi- 

 ment of infantry, 10 companies ; Forty-first 

 regiment of infantry, 10 companies. 



8. The Department of the Arkansas, Brig- 

 adier and Brevet Major General E. O. C. Ord 

 to command, to embrace the State of Arkansas 

 and Indian Territory west. Headquarters at 

 Little Rock. Fifth regiment of artillery, 1 

 light battery ; Nipeteenth regiment of infantry, 

 10 companies ; Twenty-eighth regiment of in- 

 fantry, 10 companies; Thirty-seventh regiment 

 of infantry, 10 companies. 



9. The Department of the Missouri, Major- 

 Gcneral Winfield S. Hancock to command, to 

 embrace the States of Missouri and Kansas, and 

 the Territories of Colorado and New Mexico. 

 Headquarters at Fort Leavenworth. Second 

 regiment of cavalry, 2 companies ; Third regi- 

 ment of cavalry, 12 companies ; Seventh regi- 

 ment of cavalry, 12 companies ; Fourth regi- 

 ment of artillery, 1 light battery ; Third regi- 

 ment of infantry, 10 companies; Fifth regiment 

 of infantry, 10 companies; Tenth regiment of 

 cavalry, 12 companies; Thirty-eighth regiment 

 of infantry, 10 companies. 



10. The Department of the Platte, Brig- 

 adier and Brevet Major General Philip St. 

 George Cooke to command, to embrace the 

 State of Iowa, the Territories of Nebraska and 

 Utah, so much of Dakota as lies west of the 



