Compiled Strength Returns of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, Atlanta Campaign

I thought Bouanchard was Co. A originally... and after the Vicksburg exchange the remnants of Co. B + C were just added to the existing Co. A that wasn't part of the surrender... I recall several abstracts in the OR showing these units in "Forney's Division" encompassing the exchanged Vicksburg troops that were gathered in later 1863.
Oh, something else - Co. A was never called Bouanchaud's Battery. They didn't start naming batteries after the captain in command until, I think, the Meridian Campaign and for sure during the Atlanta Campaign. At Jackson Siege there were as many Co. C, or more, as there were Co. A with Bouanchaud, both of which had retreated with Loring to Jackson after Champion Hill. Bouanchaud only had one section of Co. A that went with Loring and many of Co. C, from a section that was overrun at CH plus drivers, teamsters and others. There were only 34 men of Co. C that surrendered at Vicksburg and I don't think they had any killed, wounded or died in the hospital. At least I don't have any source for such. Then add fifty plus brand new recruits from New Orleans via Mobile who 80% of them enlisted in Co. B but since B was under siege, they joined Bouanchaud and his A/C mix of men. Therefore, at Jackson Siege there were many of A, B and C there. That was the first engagement for the new recruits of Co. B.
They were still very often called the Pointe Coupee Artillery the remainder of the war, other batteries were likewise.
 
Finally got off my rear & am now making a combined return for Jonesboro through to the start of the Tennessee Campaign. Taken from earlier returns already posted.

Strength (Effectives)August 31stSeptember 10thSeptember 20thNovember 6th
Army of Tennessee36845 men32615 men33780 men30599 men
Headquarters605 men571 men505 men505
Staff&Escorts135 men134 men130130
Engineers470 men437 men375375
Hardee's Corps12148 men9650 men9944 men10519 men
Staff & Escorts51 men51 men52 men30 men
Cheatham's Division3763 men3231 men3543 men3715 men
Cleburne's Division4319 men3290 men3620 men3962 men
Bate's Division2833 men1896 men2064 men2106 men
Corps Artillery1182 men1182 men665 men706 men
Lee's Corps10104 men8495 men8952 men8632 men
Staff & Escorts76 men80 men75 men75 men
Anderson's Division3020 men2583 men2786 men2754 men
Stevenson's Division3815 men3013 men3269 men3039 men
Clayton's Division2179 men1805 men2029 men2059 men
Corps Artillery1014 men1014 men793 men705 men
Stewart's Corps10052 men9859 men10214 men8708 men
Staff & Escorts71 men70 men72 men70 men
Loring's Division3879 men3823 men4062 men3575 men
French's Division2897 men2855 men2962 men1999 men
Walthall's Division2225 men2171 men2384 men2304 men
Corps Artillery980 men940 men734 men760 men
Cavalry3936 men4040 men4165 men2235 men
Red Jackson's Division3699 men3794 men3931 men2001 men
Red Jackson's Artillery237 men246 men234 men234 men

A few notes: Sometime in August, Baker's Brigade was transferred out of Clayton's Division & assigned to Mobile; I believe this was before Jonesboro. In addition, sometime post Jonesboro, the Kentucky Brigade of Bate's Division is mounted and assigned to Wheeler's Cavalry, though, once again, I cannot pinpoint when this occurred. It was definitely after Jonesboro, where the Kentucky Brigade suffered heavily. A sheer drop in effectives occurring between September & October in French's Division, is obviously a sign of the losses suffered at Allatoona Pass. I believe Loring's Division was also engaged around Decatur, though it may have been a division from Lee's Corps; once again, need to check my readings in a bit. When Jackson moved with Hood out of Georgia, he left Ferguson's Brigade with Wheeler, hence the dramatic drop in numbers.

Another notable change is in Cleburne's Division. At Jonesboro, most of Govan's Brigade was bagged on September 1st (I'll need to check Colonel Peter Green's report to know just how heavy the losses in that unit were). Govan himself was exchanged, along with most of his men, on October 2nd. Therefore, the raise of 330 men between the 10th & 20th of September is from returning wounded or men returning from light duty or such. Govan's return would have brought some 600 men back to the division, though it seems the division's strength was next recorded at a raise of just 342 effectives. Presumably desertions were taking hold in formations such as Olmstead's Brigade.
And just when I think I've found the last note, I just keep finding more:
So, there's another tabulation for the period around September 20th. The following abstract consolidates various reports between September 15th & 24th (Source: O.R. Volume 39 Pt. 2 pg. 838).

Of note is the increase in strength of various units, mostly from returning wounded or sick or furloughs. Cleburne's Division sees a net gain of 563 men between the two reports (even though both are dated the same day). Presumably this is entirely from Govan's exchange. Has to be.
 
A morning report for Nov 1864 "on the march" states that Lt Col Marcellus Pointer was in command of the regiment (on it s way to South Carolina). The actual CO had remained behind in Alabama to bring in stragglers and never reported to the army. He surrendered in Montgomery at the end of the war. Pointer's promotion to Lt. Col. dates to Nov 1864. I have a couple of typed up records from NARA I can post here as well as my transcription of the morning report. Oh, I forgot to mention that this was the 12th Ala Cav.

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This last doc actually should be moved to the Campaign of the Carolinas. I got these docs from NARA, already typed, not by me. They were included with Marcellus Pointer's Spanish American War file, although he was never commissioned to fight in that conflict. Actually that only applies to the organization docs. I found the Morning Report online at an auction site several years ago and this is my transcription of it.
 
Dug up returns for Loring's, French's & Jackson's Divisions as of May 10th (O.R. Volume 38 Pt. 4 pg. 691). In addition, I have separate returns for Sears' & Sam Ferguson's Brigades.

  • Polk's Command (12768 men): LtG Leonidas Polk
    • Polk's Escort (49 men)
    • Loring's Division (4652 men): MG William Loring
      • Featherston's, Adams', & Scott's Brigades (4218 men; not including 40th MS IR, Featherston's Brigade)
      • Myrick's Artillery Battalion (434 men): Maj. John D. Myrick
    • French's Division (3975 men): MG Samuel G. French
      • Ector's & Cockrell's Brigades (2048 men)
      • Sears' Brigade (1694 men): BG Claudius Sears
      • Storr's Artillery Battalion (233 men): Maj. George Storrs
    • Jackson's Division (4092 men)
      • Armstrong's & Ross' Brigades (2517 men)
      • Ferguson's Brigade (1575 men)
Edit: I feel this is quite understrength given the next month's returns for Loring's & French's Divisions are substantially larger.

Looking at an excerpt from Newton's "Lost for the Cause", there is this OOB (which I presume is for April) that may show what Polk's Corps looked like before it arrived in Georgia:

  • Polk's Command:
    • Loring's Division: MG William Loring
      • Featherston's Brigade: BG Winfield Featherston
        • 3rd MS IR: Col. Thomas A. Mellon
        • 22nd MS IR: Col. Frank Schaller
        • 31st MS IR: Col. Marcus D. L. Stephens
        • 33rd MS IR: Col. Jabez L. Drake
        • 1st MS S.S. IB: Maj. James M. Stigler
      • Scott's Brigade: Col. Thomas M. Scott
        • 55th AL IR: Col. John Snodgrass
        • 57th AL IR: Ltc. William C. Bethune
        • 9th AK IR: Col. Isaac Dunlop (transferred to D. H. Reynolds' Brigade?)
        • 12th LA IR: Ltc. Noel L. Nelson
      • Adams' Brigade: BG John Adams
        • 14th MS IR: Maj. Robert J. Lawrence
        • 15th MS IR: Col. Michael Farrell
        • 20th MS IR: Col. William N. Brown
        • 23rd MS IR: Col. Joseph N. Wells
      • Myrick's Battalion: Maj. John D. Myrick
        • Company A, 2nd AL Light AB: Capt. Stephen Charpentier
        • Company A, Pointe Coupee LA Light Artillery Battalion: Capt. Alcide Boaunchard
        • Company G, 1st MS Light: Capt. James J. Cowan
        • Ratliff's MS Light Battery: Capt. William T. Ratliff
        • Lookout TN Light Battery: Capt. Robert L. Barry
    • French's Division: MG Samuel G. French
      • Ector's Brigade: BG Matthew Ector
        • 29th NC IR
        • 9th TX IR
        • 10th TX DCR
        • 14th TX DCR
        • 32nd TX DCR
      • Missouri Brigade: BG Francis Cockrell
        • 1st&4th MO IR
        • 2nd&6th MO IR
        • 3rd&5th MO IR
        • 1st&3rd MO DCR
      • Sears' Brigade: BG Claudius Sears
        • 4th MS IR
        • 35th MS IR
        • 36th MS IR
        • 39th MS IR
        • 46th MS IR
        • 7th MS IR
        • Winston's TN Light Battery: Capt. William C. Winston
      • Storr's Artillery Battalion: Maj. George Storrs
        • Brookhaven MS Light Battery: Capt. James A. Hoskins
        • Guibor's MO Light Battery: Capt. Henry Guibor
My thesis is that the 1341-man deficit in Loring's Division, & the 664-man deficit in French's Division between the May 10th & June 10th returns has to do with regiments joining the commands after the return. For Loring, this would include the 40th MS IR for Featherston; 27th, 35th & 49th AL IR for Scott's Brigade; & the 6th & 43rd MS IR for Adams' Brigade; while for French's Division, the only unit which could have joined to bring the command up to strength would be the 39th NC IR to Ector's Brigade.
In researching this area more, I found that possibly the 29th and 39th NC were detached from Ector and thus the 664 man deficit is accounted for... see OR 38 (4), pg. 668 regarding message to Maury to transfer the 29 NC and 39 NC to French on May 5, 1864 and the 43 MS to Loring for assignment. I know the 39 NC was placed under Reynolds at this time and moved to Ector when the campaign opened, but it appears the 29 NC may have been detached until then and possibly not accounted for in the early May returns for Ector. I believe the 39 NC, sent to Ector, was essentially "swapped out" for the 9 AK [from Scott's brigade] in an attempt to combine the AK units together and to "make way" for Reynolds to be BG and move Coleman to another command.
 
Dug up returns for Loring's, French's & Jackson's Divisions as of May 10th (O.R. Volume 38 Pt. 4 pg. 691). In addition, I have separate returns for Sears' & Sam Ferguson's Brigades.

  • Polk's Command (12768 men): LtG Leonidas Polk
    • Polk's Escort (49 men)
    • Loring's Division (4652 men): MG William Loring
      • Featherston's, Adams', & Scott's Brigades (4218 men; not including 40th MS IR, Featherston's Brigade)
      • Myrick's Artillery Battalion (434 men): Maj. John D. Myrick
    • French's Division (3975 men): MG Samuel G. French
      • Ector's & Cockrell's Brigades (2048 men)
      • Sears' Brigade (1694 men): BG Claudius Sears
      • Storr's Artillery Battalion (233 men): Maj. George Storrs
    • Jackson's Division (4092 men)
      • Armstrong's & Ross' Brigades (2517 men)
      • Ferguson's Brigade (1575 men)
Edit: I feel this is quite understrength given the next month's returns for Loring's & French's Divisions are substantially larger.

Looking at an excerpt from Newton's "Lost for the Cause", there is this OOB (which I presume is for April) that may show what Polk's Corps looked like before it arrived in Georgia:

  • Polk's Command:
    • Loring's Division: MG William Loring
      • Featherston's Brigade: BG Winfield Featherston
        • 3rd MS IR: Col. Thomas A. Mellon
        • 22nd MS IR: Col. Frank Schaller
        • 31st MS IR: Col. Marcus D. L. Stephens
        • 33rd MS IR: Col. Jabez L. Drake
        • 1st MS S.S. IB: Maj. James M. Stigler
      • Scott's Brigade: Col. Thomas M. Scott
        • 55th AL IR: Col. John Snodgrass
        • 57th AL IR: Ltc. William C. Bethune
        • 9th AK IR: Col. Isaac Dunlop (transferred to D. H. Reynolds' Brigade?)
        • 12th LA IR: Ltc. Noel L. Nelson
      • Adams' Brigade: BG John Adams
        • 14th MS IR: Maj. Robert J. Lawrence
        • 15th MS IR: Col. Michael Farrell
        • 20th MS IR: Col. William N. Brown
        • 23rd MS IR: Col. Joseph N. Wells
      • Myrick's Battalion: Maj. John D. Myrick
        • Company A, 2nd AL Light AB: Capt. Stephen Charpentier
        • Company A, Pointe Coupee LA Light Artillery Battalion: Capt. Alcide Boaunchard
        • Company G, 1st MS Light: Capt. James J. Cowan
        • Ratliff's MS Light Battery: Capt. William T. Ratliff
        • Lookout TN Light Battery: Capt. Robert L. Barry
    • French's Division: MG Samuel G. French
      • Ector's Brigade: BG Matthew Ector
        • 29th NC IR
        • 9th TX IR
        • 10th TX DCR
        • 14th TX DCR
        • 32nd TX DCR
      • Missouri Brigade: BG Francis Cockrell
        • 1st&4th MO IR
        • 2nd&6th MO IR
        • 3rd&5th MO IR
        • 1st&3rd MO DCR
      • Sears' Brigade: BG Claudius Sears
        • 4th MS IR
        • 35th MS IR
        • 36th MS IR
        • 39th MS IR
        • 46th MS IR
        • 7th MS IR
        • Winston's TN Light Battery: Capt. William C. Winston
      • Storr's Artillery Battalion: Maj. George Storrs
        • Brookhaven MS Light Battery: Capt. James A. Hoskins
        • Guibor's MO Light Battery: Capt. Henry Guibor
My thesis is that the 1341-man deficit in Loring's Division, & the 664-man deficit in French's Division between the May 10th & June 10th returns has to do with regiments joining the commands after the return. For Loring, this would include the 40th MS IR for Featherston; 27th, 35th & 49th AL IR for Scott's Brigade; & the 6th & 43rd MS IR for Adams' Brigade; while for French's Division, the only unit which could have joined to bring the command up to strength would be the 39th NC IR to Ector's Brigade.
Adding some more regiment numbers from research...

LORING
40 MS [195] - by subtraction of posts listed in OR 32 (3), pg. 862 from Withers' command in OR 38 (4), pg. 691 [see Newton];
6 MS [299] - based on the average regimental strength in Loring's Division [see Newton];
27 AL [250] and 35 AL [250] - OR 32 (3), pg. 735 (Effectives);
49 AL [291] - OR 32 (3), pg. 862, see Cahaba AL post (PFD) [see Newton];

FRENCH
Ward AL bat [124] - subtraction of Storrs' battalion totals from OR 38 (4), pg. 891 from his total in OR 38 (3), pg. 677;

CANTEY
26 AL [288] - OR, series 2, part 7, pg. 137 (rank and file);

MERCER
57 GA [625] - OR, series 2, part 7, pg. 137 (rank and file);
29 GA (A & G) and 30 GA (K) [183] - average company size (61) for units along GA coast [see Newton];
54 GA [690] - (rank and file) [see Newton];

ARTILLERY - Effectives 4/1/64 OR 32 (3), pg. 731
Hoxton (McCants [72], Turner [80], Fowler [95])
Hotchkiss (Warren [90], Goldwaithe [82], Key [51])
Martin (Bledsoe [67], Ferguson [81], Howell [77])
Cobb (Cobb [92], Slocomb [116], Mebane [66]) HARDEE - 969
Eldridge (Stanford [72], Eufaula [102], Fenner [110])
Courtney (Douglas [85], Garrity [95], Dent [111])
Johnston (Cherokee [79], Rowan [108], Marshall [83]) HOOD - 845
Palmer (Lumsden [94], Havis [102], Anderson [117])
Williams (Jeffries [69], Kolb [96], Darden [55])
Waddell (Bellamy [65], Emory [62], Barret [97]) RESERVE - 757
Robertson (Ferrell [27], Huggins [81], Wiggins [72], White [77], Huwald [69]) [put together from various cavalry reports]

See also image for ARTILLERY - Library of Congress Microfilm Reel 68, image 179

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some of these are PFD, some effectives, some PFD minus officers.
 
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MERCER
57 GA [625] - OR, series 2, part 7, pg. 137 (rank and file);
29 GA (A & G) and 30 GA (K) [183] - average company size (61) for units along GA coast [see Newton];
54 GA [690] - (rank and file) [see Newton];
I've seen a diary entry by a Captain George Mercer claiming that Mercer's Brigade began the brigade with 2800 men, though he doesn't specify if thats PFD or effectives. According to the O.R.s (Volume 38 Part 3 pg. 676), the 63rd Georgia joined the army soon after the April 30th report, with "effective total, 814; total present, 927; aggregate present and absent, 1204".Total present either means PFD or aggregate present, and the "rank and file" clarifier probably means PFD as well.

From what I've read from Alfred C. Young's excellent Overland statistics book, you can get a rough estimate of effectives by multiplying the PFD figures by 0.94. Thus, the 54th Georgia would contain 649 effectives; 57 Georgia 587 or 588 (depending on how you round) and added with 814 from the 63rd Georgia, that's 2051 effectives. Assuming the 1st Georgia Volunteers contains about as many men as the 54th Georgia, then that makes 2700 effectives for the brigade.

Does Newton list 1st Georgia Volunteers anywhere in his book? I wasn't able to find them in the excerpts I have on hand, and I don't own the full work.
 
I've seen a diary entry by a Captain George Mercer claiming that Mercer's Brigade began the brigade with 2800 men, though he doesn't specify if thats PFD or effectives. According to the O.R.s (Volume 38 Part 3 pg. 676), the 63rd Georgia joined the army soon after the April 30th report, with "effective total, 814; total present, 927; aggregate present and absent, 1204".Total present either means PFD or aggregate present, and the "rank and file" clarifier probably means PFD as well.

From what I've read from Alfred C. Young's excellent Overland statistics book, you can get a rough estimate of effectives by multiplying the PFD figures by 0.94. Thus, the 54th Georgia would contain 649 effectives; 57 Georgia 587 or 588 (depending on how you round) and added with 814 from the 63rd Georgia, that's 2051 effectives. Assuming the 1st Georgia Volunteers contains about as many men as the 54th Georgia, then that makes 2700 effectives for the brigade.

Does Newton list 1st Georgia Volunteers anywhere in his book? I wasn't able to find them in the excerpts I have on hand, and I don't own the full work.
They are not part of the contingent he sets apart as they did not go initially with the other regiments. He treats the "814" as rank and file, which is the first part of the PFD equation I posted to you a few weeks ago... multiplying by 1.065 renders the officers generally. I'll work on isolating the 1 GA Vol to get a rough number for them, they were ordered north in late May. Newton has the three regiments of Mercers brigade totaling 2,276 PFD [54 @ 736, 57 @ 666 and 63 @ 867] and then those three companies headed to Stevens' brigade. The 57 GA has an exact number presented for "rank and file" on that quotation I gave above so they are pretty easy to nail down.
 
I've seen a diary entry by a Captain George Mercer claiming that Mercer's Brigade began the brigade with 2800 men, though he doesn't specify if thats PFD or effectives. According to the O.R.s (Volume 38 Part 3 pg. 676), the 63rd Georgia joined the army soon after the April 30th report, with "effective total, 814; total present, 927; aggregate present and absent, 1204".Total present either means PFD or aggregate present, and the "rank and file" clarifier probably means PFD as well.

From what I've read from Alfred C. Young's excellent Overland statistics book, you can get a rough estimate of effectives by multiplying the PFD figures by 0.94. Thus, the 54th Georgia would contain 649 effectives; 57 Georgia 587 or 588 (depending on how you round) and added with 814 from the 63rd Georgia, that's 2051 effectives. Assuming the 1st Georgia Volunteers contains about as many men as the 54th Georgia, then that makes 2700 effectives for the brigade.

Does Newton list 1st Georgia Volunteers anywhere in his book? I wasn't able to find them in the excerpts I have on hand, and I don't own the full work.
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Here's Newton's PFD methodology.
 
Dug up returns for Loring's, French's & Jackson's Divisions as of May 10th (O.R. Volume 38 Pt. 4 pg. 691). In addition, I have separate returns for Sears' & Sam Ferguson's Brigades.

  • Polk's Command (12768 men): LtG Leonidas Polk
    • Polk's Escort (49 men)
    • Loring's Division (4652 men): MG William Loring
      • Featherston's, Adams', & Scott's Brigades (4218 men; not including 40th MS IR, Featherston's Brigade)
      • Myrick's Artillery Battalion (434 men): Maj. John D. Myrick
    • French's Division (3975 men): MG Samuel G. French
      • Ector's & Cockrell's Brigades (2048 men)
      • Sears' Brigade (1694 men): BG Claudius Sears
      • Storr's Artillery Battalion (233 men): Maj. George Storrs
    • Jackson's Division (4092 men)
      • Armstrong's & Ross' Brigades (2517 men)
      • Ferguson's Brigade (1575 men)
Edit: I feel this is quite understrength given the next month's returns for Loring's & French's Divisions are substantially larger.

Looking at an excerpt from Newton's "Lost for the Cause", there is this OOB (which I presume is for April) that may show what Polk's Corps looked like before it arrived in Georgia:

  • Polk's Command:
    • Loring's Division: MG William Loring
      • Featherston's Brigade: BG Winfield Featherston
        • 3rd MS IR: Col. Thomas A. Mellon
        • 22nd MS IR: Col. Frank Schaller
        • 31st MS IR: Col. Marcus D. L. Stephens
        • 33rd MS IR: Col. Jabez L. Drake
        • 1st MS S.S. IB: Maj. James M. Stigler
      • Scott's Brigade: Col. Thomas M. Scott
        • 55th AL IR: Col. John Snodgrass
        • 57th AL IR: Ltc. William C. Bethune
        • 9th AK IR: Col. Isaac Dunlop (transferred to D. H. Reynolds' Brigade?)
        • 12th LA IR: Ltc. Noel L. Nelson
      • Adams' Brigade: BG John Adams
        • 14th MS IR: Maj. Robert J. Lawrence
        • 15th MS IR: Col. Michael Farrell
        • 20th MS IR: Col. William N. Brown
        • 23rd MS IR: Col. Joseph N. Wells
      • Myrick's Battalion: Maj. John D. Myrick
        • Company A, 2nd AL Light AB: Capt. Stephen Charpentier
        • Company A, Pointe Coupee LA Light Artillery Battalion: Capt. Alcide Boaunchard
        • Company G, 1st MS Light: Capt. James J. Cowan
        • Ratliff's MS Light Battery: Capt. William T. Ratliff
        • Lookout TN Light Battery: Capt. Robert L. Barry
    • French's Division: MG Samuel G. French
      • Ector's Brigade: BG Matthew Ector
        • 29th NC IR
        • 9th TX IR
        • 10th TX DCR
        • 14th TX DCR
        • 32nd TX DCR
      • Missouri Brigade: BG Francis Cockrell
        • 1st&4th MO IR
        • 2nd&6th MO IR
        • 3rd&5th MO IR
        • 1st&3rd MO DCR
      • Sears' Brigade: BG Claudius Sears
        • 4th MS IR
        • 35th MS IR
        • 36th MS IR
        • 39th MS IR
        • 46th MS IR
        • 7th MS IR
        • Winston's TN Light Battery: Capt. William C. Winston
      • Storr's Artillery Battalion: Maj. George Storrs
        • Brookhaven MS Light Battery: Capt. James A. Hoskins
        • Guibor's MO Light Battery: Capt. Henry Guibor
My thesis is that the 1341-man deficit in Loring's Division, & the 664-man deficit in French's Division between the May 10th & June 10th returns has to do with regiments joining the commands after the return. For Loring, this would include the 40th MS IR for Featherston; 27th, 35th & 49th AL IR for Scott's Brigade; & the 6th & 43rd MS IR for Adams' Brigade; while for French's Division, the only unit which could have joined to bring the command up to strength would be the 39th NC IR to Ector's Brigade.
JACKSON CAVALRY DIVISION - OR 39 (2), pg. 569 (see footnotes) April 25 - 29, 1864

Armstrong - 119 officers 1534 men
Ross - 102 officers 1105 men
 
I guess I'm redoing all the docs I've done.
Yeah, excellent argument for PFDs, think this clarifies things.
Effectives are nice... ultimately have to find one metric and then convert all the myriad figures into it as Confederate totals are all over the place and can't compare apples with oranges with bananas. It's so very confusing reading these reports trying to figure out in each what exactly they include and preclude from each.
 
[For your studies] --> At Resaca, Maj. John D. Myrick's Artillery Battalion consisted of three batteries: Capt. Robert L. Barry's Lookout (Tennessee) Artillery, Capt. Alcide Bouanchaud's Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, and Capt. James J. Cowan's Co. G, 1st Regt. Miss. Light Artillery. Myrick's battalion mustered 308 officers and men, 209 horses and mules, and twelve Confederate manufactured 12-pounder Napoleons.
Bouanchaud's Battery had 133 men present and fit for duty in Aug. 31, 1864 (after a loss of five men absent sick and three killed during the campaign). They had about the same number in May 1864 and were later reinforced with exchanged Vicksburg parolees.
Both Cowan's and Barry's experienced shortages of men and had between 80 and 90 men per battery during the campaign. Barry's did not participate in the Franklin/Nashville Campaign. Darden's Battery, Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery, was eventually assigned to Myrick's Artillery Battalion (I think after Decatur). Both Cowan's and Darden's suffered about 10% loss in men at Decatur further hampering their war long problem with insufficient manpower. Bouanchaud's was on other assignment during that engagement and probably numbered around 120 men at Nashville as some were detached or assigned elsewhere after the evacuation of Atlanta on Sept. 1, 1864.
 
I have made thee OoB threads on the Confederate Army in the Atlanta Campaign, including in them a strength table. However, I think I should try and combine the information I posted there and add in stuff I left out.
The returns for April 30th through August 31st are located in the O.R.s, S1, Volume 38, Part 3, Pages 676-683. In order to compare the aftermath of the campaign, I decided I'd use the November 6th, from O.R.s, S1, V45, Part 1, Page 678. While not ideal (I would have preferred a September return if it could be found), I feel it is worth the comparison. If someone is able to dig up a September or October return I missed, let me know, and I'll make an addendum post to this thread detailing that.

Strength by Effective Total PresentApril 30thJune 10thJune 30thJuly 10thJuly 31stAugust 10thAugust 20thAugust 31stNovember 6th
Army of Tennessee44679 men; 144 guns61546 men; 187 guns54900 men; 187 guns49932 men; 187 guns44514 men; 187 guns44485 men; 187 guns43414 men; 187 guns43467 men; 187 guns30559 men
Stafff/Escort174186158168165142135135130
Engineers422422349350337390470470375
Hardee's Corps20125 men; 48 guns18035 men; 47 guns15635 men; 47 guns14226 men; 47 guns11489 men; 59 guns12084 men; 59 guns11780 men; 59 guns12148 men; 59 guns10519 men
Staff/Escort240220197168187160645130 men
Cheatham's/Maney's Division416736893454317435283772362637633715
Cleburne's Division521842583855374338214092416943193962
Walker's Division6014 (Includes 63rd Georgia, "814 effectives"632449804046Division DisbandedN/AN/AN/AN/A
Bate's Division351126032250217127712870274228332106
Corps Artillery975 men; 48 guns941 me; 47 guns899 men; 47 guns892 men; 47 guns1182 men; ~59 guns1190 men; ~59 guns1179 men; ~59 guns1182 men; ~59 guns706 men
Hood's/Lee's Corps19201 men; 36 guns15332 men; 36 guns14046 men; 36 guns13553 men; 36 guns11920 men; 48 guns11355 men; 48 guns10615 men; 48 guns10103 men; 48 guns8632 men
Staff/Escort1681011061051101167176108
Hindman's/Anderson's Division605751224982476633043110302430202754
Stevenson's Division632349714237400340023903376338153039
Stewart's/Clayton's Division57814377399239363455317527222179 (- Baker's Brigade)2059
Corps Artillery872 men; 36 guns761 men; 36 guns747 men; 36 guns743 men; 36 guns1049 men; ~48 guns1051 men; ~48 guns1035 men; ~48 guns1014 men; ~48 guns705 men
Polk's/Stewart's CorpsNot Available15357 men; 36 guns12712 men; 50 guns11712 men; 50 guns10312 men; 48 guns9955 men; 48 guns9855 men; 48 guns10052 men; 48 guns8708 men
Staff/Escort4887111337170
Loring's Division55594589441036333546360638793575
French's Division44063334281731173018286828971999
Cantey's/Walthall's Division1943 men; 6 guns (Cantey's Brigade)4485372434852503 (McGuirk and Youngblood attached)2437238022252304
Corps Artillery859 men; 36 guns1065 men; 50 guns1000 men; 50 guns973 men; ~48954 men; ~48 guns968 men; ~48 guns980 men; ~48 guns760 men
Cavalry2419 men; 18 guns11236 men; 32 guns11242 men; 18 guns10172 men; 18 guns10291 men; ~32 guns10559 men; ~32 guns10559 men; ~32 guns10559 men; ~32 guns2235 men; ~14 guns
Wheeler's Corps2419 men (incomplete)6366 men6886 men6648 men6623 men6283 men6283 men6283 men
Wheeler's Artillery27 men (incomplete); 18 guns18 guns18 guns18 guns~18 guns340 men; ~18 guns340 men; ~18 guns340 men; ~18 guns
Jackson's Division45374356 men (831 dismounted)3524 men3668 men3699 men369936992001 men
Jackson's Artillery333 men; 14 guns14 guns237 men; ~14 guns237 men; ~14 guns237 men; ~14 guns234 men; ~14 guns
Artillery Reserve817 men; 36 guns978 men; 36 guns758 men; 36 guns751 men; 36 gunsDisbandedN/AN/AN/AN/A
I just ran across these general numbers of the AOT under Johnston and Hood during the Atlanta Campaign. You probably already have this. https://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/mss/ooh-pdf/M91b39f024.pdf
 
I just ran across these general numbers of the AOT under Johnston and Hood during the Atlanta Campaign. You probably already have this. https://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/mss/ooh-pdf/M91b39f024.pdf
yes, I've come across this article before. It's from Battles & Leaders Volume IV. It is a good resource, though he makes a few notable errors in his calculation. For example, he places the strength of Cantey's Division, sans Quarles, at 5300 officers & men at the start of the campaign. Checking the O.R. return for April, Cantey's Brigade (which includes Selden's Battery) number 1643 officers & men, with a note saying the 37th Mississippi, estimated at around 400 effectives, had yet to arrive; thus his brigade would have numbered at max 2100 officers & men (though this does not include the 26th Alabama, which arrived later in the month from Andersonville). In addition, Dan Reynolds, in his diary, noted he had "about 800 men" in his reunified brigade at Resaca May 13th. He lost 28 men killed & wounded on the 8th at Dug Gap in the 1st & 2nd Arkansas Rifles, so that makes 828. However, given the wording, I presume this doesn't include officers. Assuming that each regiment had about 25 officers present for duty, Reynolds probably had somewhere between 900 & 1000 officers & men PDF in his brigade.
(Note: I have discovered, via Reynolds' diary, that he started the campaign with the 39th North Carolina, 1st & 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, & 4th & 25th Arkansas Infantry; on May 25th, the 39th NC was replaced by the 9th Arkansas from Scott's Brigade, Loring's Division).
Even accounting for the two batteries of the divisional artillery that must have joined sometime during this early stage of the campaign, Cantey's Division sans Quarles, sans the 1st & 26th Alabama, numbered somewhere around 3400-3500 officers & men MAX.
Long diatribe, but that's the biggest issue with Dawes' figures. Keep in mind he was serving in Sherman's army, and probably was biased towards playing up Johnston's numbers; after all, if Johnston was so understrength, why didn't Sherman just attack attack attack over and over again? It makes Sherman look like a genius and Johnston look like a lying fool.
That said, with my own research, I find most of Dawes' figures accurate. My assessment: Johnston was outnumbered the entire campaign, and yet never really by a factor of 2:1 or greater. Johnston had the striking power to potentially cause damage to Sherman's army, and yet he was incapable of doing so in May, and failed to even attempt to do so in June or July. Doing the math, Johnston lost around equal as many troops during his tenure as did Sherman, despite constantly being on the defense. It astounds me that the mathematicians who denigrate Lee for his heavy losses don't apply their same ire towards Johnston, a man who never won a battle (that didn't involve his opponent charging him head on against breastworks; Kennesaw, New Hope Church & Pickett's Mill are Union defeats more than Confederate victories), and gets praised to the high heavens as the Confederacy's "secret weapon".
 
yes, I've come across this article before. It's from Battles & Leaders Volume IV. It is a good resource, though he makes a few notable errors in his calculation. For example, he places the strength of Cantey's Division, sans Quarles, at 5300 officers & men at the start of the campaign. Checking the O.R. return for April, Cantey's Brigade (which includes Selden's Battery) number 1643 officers & men, with a note saying the 37th Mississippi, estimated at around 400 effectives, had yet to arrive; thus his brigade would have numbered at max 2100 officers & men (though this does not include the 26th Alabama, which arrived later in the month from Andersonville). In addition, Dan Reynolds, in his diary, noted he had "about 800 men" in his reunified brigade at Resaca May 13th. He lost 28 men killed & wounded on the 8th at Dug Gap in the 1st & 2nd Arkansas Rifles, so that makes 828. However, given the wording, I presume this doesn't include officers. Assuming that each regiment had about 25 officers present for duty, Reynolds probably had somewhere between 900 & 1000 officers & men PDF in his brigade.
(Note: I have discovered, via Reynolds' diary, that he started the campaign with the 39th North Carolina, 1st & 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, & 4th & 25th Arkansas Infantry; on May 25th, the 39th NC was replaced by the 9th Arkansas from Scott's Brigade, Loring's Division).
Even accounting for the two batteries of the divisional artillery that must have joined sometime during this early stage of the campaign, Cantey's Division sans Quarles, sans the 1st & 26th Alabama, numbered somewhere around 3400-3500 officers & men MAX.
Long diatribe, but that's the biggest issue with Dawes' figures. Keep in mind he was serving in Sherman's army, and probably was biased towards playing up Johnston's numbers; after all, if Johnston was so understrength, why didn't Sherman just attack attack attack over and over again? It makes Sherman look like a genius and Johnston look like a lying fool.
That said, with my own research, I find most of Dawes' figures accurate. My assessment: Johnston was outnumbered the entire campaign, and yet never really by a factor of 2:1 or greater. Johnston had the striking power to potentially cause damage to Sherman's army, and yet he was incapable of doing so in May, and failed to even attempt to do so in June or July. Doing the math, Johnston lost around equal as many troops during his tenure as did Sherman, despite constantly being on the defense. It astounds me that the mathematicians who denigrate Lee for his heavy losses don't apply their same ire towards Johnston, a man who never won a battle (that didn't involve his opponent charging him head on against breastworks; Kennesaw, New Hope Church & Pickett's Mill are Union defeats more than Confederate victories), and gets praised to the high heavens as the Confederacy's "secret weapon".
Nice detail.
 
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