Confederate Unit Strengths in the Atlanta Campaign (Corps, Divisions, Brigades, and Regiments)

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In another thread, I asked other contributors about records of unit strengths in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Overland Campaign (Link here: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/co...gn-army-corps-division-and-or-brigade.155605/). I wish to posit the same question in regards to the Army of Tennessee at the time of the Atlanta Campaign.
I have only vague suggestions on this issue. The best I could find were the John Tiller Civil War sim game Atlanta Campaign (yeah, video games, not good source). Otherwise, I have a quote from Craig Symond's bio on Pat Cleburne that his division started the campaign at 5218 effectives (Stonewall of the West pg. 219). Albert Castel is rather vague with his numbers, saying in Decision in the West that Cheatham's Divison numbered approximately 6000 men (pg. 50), Stewart's Division approximately 4000 (pg. 225), Colonel Nisbet's 66th Georgia Regiment was about 1000 men strong (pg. 106), etc. He does gives total effective infantry (of the 7 infantry division in North Georgia) at 41279 men (pg. 106), and the army's Artillery Corps at 3227 present for duty (pg. 108); and the total men in the field ("aggregate present") at 63807, 54500 "present for duty", and 43887 "effectives" (pg. 111). These numbers are nice on their own, but they are very vague and not well broken down.
So, I ask for any more detailed numbers if they are out their. I'd like to single out @AUG and @67th Tigers as they were quite helpful on the earlier thread.
 
Well, not exactly detailed, but I've found that the Australian researchers (Keating and Trout) who designed the old SSG Civil War Battles computer games were pretty dang accurate (within rounding to the nearest 100 men). Here is their breakdown on the Battle of Atlanta (Hood's Second Sortie). So of course, previous losses up to this point would need to be deducted. Again, the information is limited from a full OoB standpoint because primarily only McPherson's Army of the Tennessee was involved on the Union side:

Union Forces (Army of the Tennessee)

Army HQ (attached)
Wangelin's Brigade: 800
Sherman's Detachment: 700

Logan's Corps
Wood's Division (12 guns)
Milo Smith's Brigade: 1400
Williamson's Brigade: 1300

Morgan Smith's Division (16 guns)
Martin's Brigade: 1900
Lightburn's Brigade: 2000

Harrow's Divison (12 guns)
Williams' Brigade: 1900
Walcutt's Brigade: 1700
Oliver's Brigade: 1200

Dodge's Corps
Sweeny's Division (12 guns)
Rice's Brigade: 1500
Mersey's Brigade: 1400

Fuller's Division (10 guns)
Morrill's Brigade: 1700
Sprague's Brigade: 1500

Blair's Corps
Leggett's Division (22 guns)
Force's Brigade: 1800
Scott's Brigade: 1400
Malloy's Brigade: 1100

Giles Smith's Division (22 guns)
Potts' Brigade: 1900
Hall's Brigade: 1800

Confederate Forces (Army of Tennessee)

Army HQ (attached)
Beckham's Artillery Battalion (24 guns)

Hardee's Corps
Maney's Division (18 guns)
Walker's Brigade: 1200
Carter's Brigade: 1300
Strahl's Brigade: 1100
Magevney's Brigade: 900

Cleburne's Division (14 guns)
Lowrey's Brigade: 1200
Govan's Brigade: 1100
A. Smith's Brigade: 1100
Reserve Brigade: 800

Walker's Division
Gist's Brigade: 1300
Stevens' Brigade: 1000
Mercer's Brigade: 900

Bate's Division (14 guns)
Lewis' Brigade: 1000
Tyler's Brigade: 1200
Finley's Brigade: 900

Cheatham's Corps
Brown's Division (14 guns)
Deas' Brigade: 1200
Manigault's Brigade: 1100
Sharp's Brigade: 1200
Brantly's Brigade: 800

Stevenson's Division (14 guns)
Cook's Brigade: 1100
Cummng's Brigade: 1200
Reynolds' Brigade: 1000
Pettus' Brigade: 1100

Clayton's Division (14 guns)
Stovall's Brigade: 1300
Holtzclaw's Brigade: 1100
Baker's Brigade: 1100
Gibson's Brigade: 1400

Gustavus Smith's Division (8 guns)
Carswell's Brigade: 1400
Phillips' Brigade: 1500
 
Well, not exactly detailed, but I've found that the Australian researchers (Keating and Trout) who designed the old SSG Civil War Battles computer games were pretty dang accurate (within rounding to the nearest 100 men). Here is their breakdown on the Battle of Atlanta (Hood's Second Sortie). So of course, previous losses up to this point would need to be deducted. Again, the information is limited from a full OoB standpoint because primarily only McPherson's Army of the Tennessee was involved on the Union side:

Union Forces (Army of the Tennessee)

Army HQ (attached)
Wangelin's Brigade: 800
Sherman's Detachment: 700

Logan's Corps
Wood's Division (12 guns)
Milo Smith's Brigade: 1400
Williamson's Brigade: 1300

Morgan Smith's Division (16 guns)
Martin's Brigade: 1900
Lightburn's Brigade: 2000

Harrow's Divison (12 guns)
Williams' Brigade: 1900
Walcutt's Brigade: 1700
Oliver's Brigade: 1200

Dodge's Corps
Sweeny's Division (12 guns)
Rice's Brigade: 1500
Mersey's Brigade: 1400

Fuller's Division (10 guns)
Morrill's Brigade: 1700
Sprague's Brigade: 1500

Blair's Corps
Leggett's Division (22 guns)
Force's Brigade: 1800
Scott's Brigade: 1400
Malloy's Brigade: 1100

Giles Smith's Division (22 guns)
Potts' Brigade: 1900
Hall's Brigade: 1800

Confederate Forces (Army of Tennessee)

Army HQ (attached)
Beckham's Artillery Battalion (24 guns)

Hardee's Corps
Maney's Division (18 guns)
Walker's Brigade: 1200
Carter's Brigade: 1300
Strahl's Brigade: 1100
Magevney's Brigade: 900

Cleburne's Division (14 guns)
Lowrey's Brigade: 1200
Govan's Brigade: 1100
A. Smith's Brigade: 1100
Reserve Brigade: 800

Walker's Division
Gist's Brigade: 1300
Stevens' Brigade: 1000
Mercer's Brigade: 900

Bate's Division (14 guns)
Lewis' Brigade: 1000
Tyler's Brigade: 1200
Finley's Brigade: 900

Cheatham's Corps
Brown's Division (14 guns)
Deas' Brigade: 1200
Manigault's Brigade: 1100
Sharp's Brigade: 1200
Brantly's Brigade: 800

Stevenson's Division (14 guns)
Cook's Brigade: 1100
Cummng's Brigade: 1200
Reynolds' Brigade: 1000
Pettus' Brigade: 1100

Clayton's Division (14 guns)
Stovall's Brigade: 1300
Holtzclaw's Brigade: 1100
Baker's Brigade: 1100
Gibson's Brigade: 1400

Gustavus Smith's Division (8 guns)
Carswell's Brigade: 1400
Phillips' Brigade: 1500
This is helpful in a general sense, though JT's Atlanta Campaign has more detailed numbers
 
Looked through my docs and found a compiled OoB based off the numbers in John Tiller, Numbers for Hardee's and Hood's/Cheatham's/S.D. Lee's Corps and the Georgia Militia from the Battle of Atlanta Scenario, Polk's/A.P. Stewart's Corps from the Ezra Church CSA scenario:
  • Hardee's Corps: 17848
    • Cheatham's Division: 3667
      • Walker's Brigade: 1077
        • 1st/27th Tn: 231
        • 4th Tn (P.A.): 137
        • 6th/9th Tn: 235
        • 41st Tn: 245
        • 50th Tn: 229
      • Carter's Brigade: 986
        • 8th Tn: 139
        • 16th Tn: 135
        • 28th Tn: 232
        • 38th Tn: 235
        • 51st/52nd Tn: 245
      • Vaughan's Brigade: 776
        • 11th Tn: 165
        • 12th/47th Tn: 235
        • 29th Tn: 141
        • 13th/154th Tn: 235
      • Strahl’s Brigade: 828
        • 4th/5th Tn: 222
        • 19th Tn: 125
        • 24th Tn: 137
        • 31st Tn: 121
        • 33rd Tn: 223
    • Cleburne's Division: 5455
      • Govan’s Brigade: 1733
        • 2nd/24th Ak: 182
        • 5th/13th Ak: 280
        • 6th/7th Ak: 281
        • 8th/19th Ak: 240
        • *1st/15th Ak: 231
        • 3rd Confederate: 329
      • Smith’s/Granbury's Brigade: 1529 (1789)
        • 6th/15h Tx: 241
        • 7th Tx: 180
        • 10th Tx: 292
        • 17th/18th Tx Cav: 240 (500)
        • 24th/25th Tx Cav: 260
        • *5th Confederate: 81
        • *35th/48th Tn: 142
      • Lowery's Brigade: 1933
        • 16th Al: 181
        • 33rd Al: 280
        • 45th Al: 303
        • 32nd Ms: 180
        • 45th Ms: 217
        • **5th Ms: 320
        • **8th Ms: 360
    • W.H.T. Walker's Division: 5851
      • Gist’s Brigade: 2061
        • 16th SC: 333
        • 24th SC: 330
        • 46th Ga: 331
        • 8th Ga Bn: 335
        • 65th Ga: 402
        • 2nd Ga S.S. Bn: 330
      • Mercer's Brigade: 1302
        • 1st Ga Vol: 335
        • 54th Ga: 329
        • 57th Ga: 320
        • 63rd Ga: 322
      • Nisbet’s Brigade: 2141
        • 1st Ga Conf.: 460
        • 25th Ga: 421
        • 29th Ga: 420
        • 30th Ga: 420
        • 66th Ga; 420
      • **J. K. Jackson’s Brigade: 1735
        • 5th Ga: 390
        • 47th Ga: 347
        • 65th Ga: 402
        • 2nd Ga S.S. Bn: 330
        • 5th Ms: 320
        • 8th Ms: 360
    • Bate’s Division: 2875
      • T. Smith's Brigade: 1112
        • *2nd Tn (P.A.): 119
        • 10th Tn: 192
        • 15th/37th Tn: 184
        • 20th Tn: 270
        • 30th Tn: 211
        • 37th Ga: 136
      • Lewis's Brigade: 1093
        • 2nd Ky: 176
        • 4th Ky: 274
        • 5th Ky: 180
        • 6th Ky: 179
        • 9th Ky: 284
      • Finley’s Brigade: 670
        • 1st/3rd (Cav) Fl: 174
        • 4th Fl: 162
        • 6th Fl: 220
        • 7th Fl: 114

  • S.D. Lee's Corps: 14284
    • Clayton's Division: 4698
      • Holtzclaw's Brigade: 1110
        • 18th Al: 382
        • 32nd/58th Al: 278
        • 36th Al: 281
        • 38th Al: 169
      • Baker’s Brigade: 1113
        • 37th Al: 271
        • 40th Al: 269
        • 42nd Al: 170
        • 54th Al: 403
      • Stovall's Brigade: 703
        • ***1st Ga State Line: 97
        • 40th Ga: 101
        • 41st Ga: 99
        • 42nd Ga: 108
        • 43rd Ga: 100
        • 52nd Ga: 105
      • Gibson's Brigade: 1772
        • 1st La Reg: 281
        • 13th La: 383
        • 16th/25th La: 280
        • 19th La: 284
        • 20th La: 364
        • 14th La S.S. Bn: 180
    • Hindman's Division: 4582
      • Manigault's Brigade: 1135
        • 10th SC: 250
        • 19th SC: 220
        • 24th Al: 231
        • 28th Al: 130
        • 34th Al: 304
      • Dea’s Brigade: 1422
        • 19th Al: 230
        • 22nd Al: 230
        • 25th Al: 153
        • 39th Al: 231
        • 50th Al: 230
        • 17th Al S.S. Bn: 229
      • Walthall's Brigade: 1030
        • 24th/27th Ms: 411
        • 29th/30th Ms: 230
        • 34th Ms: 329
      • Sharp’s Brigade: 995
        • 7th Ms: 101
        • 9th Ms: 233
        • 10th Ms: 140
        • 41st Ms: 160
        • 44th Ms: 230
        • 9th Ms S.S. Bn: 131
    • Stevenson's Division: 5518
      • Brown’s Brigade: 1580
        • 3rd Tn: 270
        • 18th Tn: 255
        • 26th Tn: 355
        • 32nd Tn: 345
        • 23rd/45th Tn: 255
      • Pettus’ Brigade: 1543
        • 20th Al: 245
        • 23rd Al: 320
        • 30th Al: 245
        • 31st Al: 321
        • 46th Al: 312
      • Reynolds’ Brigade: 1210
        • 54th Va: 245
        • 63rd Va: 320
        • 58th NC: 245
        • 60th NC: 320
      • Cumming's Brigade: 1185
        • ***2nd Ga State Line: 93
        • 34th Ga: 240
        • 26th Ga: 241
        • 39th Ga: 323
        • 56th Ga: 326

  • Stewart's Corps: 13759
    • Loring’s Division: 5570
      • Featherston’s Brigade: 1757
        • 3rd Ms: 283
        • 22nd Ms: 245
        • 31st Ms: 335
        • 33rd Ms: 244
        • 40th Ms: 345
        • 1st Ms Bn: 305
      • Adams’ Brigade: 2213
        • 6th Ms: 405
        • 14th Ms: 365
        • 15th Ms: 375
        • 20th Ms: 348
        • 23rd Ms: 265
        • 43rd Ms: 445
      • Scott's Brigade: 1600
        • 27th Al: 195
        • 35th Al: 184
        • 49th Al: 165
        • 55th Al: 365
        • 57th Al: 255
        • 12th La: 436
    • Walthall’s Division: 4161
      • Cantey’s Brigade: 1900
        • 17th Al: 361
        • 26th Al: 400
        • 29th Al: 350
        • 37th Ms: 410
      • D.H. Reynolds' Brigade: 800
        • 1st Ak Mtd Rifles: 190
        • 2nd Ak Mtd Rifles: 153
        • 4th Ak: 114
        • 9th Ak: 150
        • 25th Ak: 166
      • Quarles’ Brigade: 1461
        • 1st Al: 169
        • 4th La Bn: 150
        • 30th La: 162
        • 42nd Tn: 218
        • 46th/55th Tn: 233
        • 48th Tn: 127
        • 49th Tn: 130
        • 53rd Tn: 272
    • French’s Division: 4430
      • Ector’s Brigade: 1677
        • 29th NC: 284
        • 39th NC: 192
        • 9th Tx: 295
        • 10th Tx Cav: 299
        • 14th Tx Cav: 307
        • 32nd Tx Cav: 300
      • Cockrell’s Brigade: 1190
        • 1st/4th Mo: 301
        • 2nd/6th Mo: 302
        • 3rd/5th Mo: 300
        • 1st/3rd Mo Cav: 287
      • Sears Brigade: 1563
        • 4th Ms: 309
        • 35th Ms: 292
        • 36th Ms: 303
        • 46th Ms: 402
        • 7th Ms Bn: 257
  • Wheeler’s Cavalry Corps (Incomplete):
    • Martin’s Division:
      • Iverson’s Ga Brigade: 862
        • 1st Ga Cav: 179
        • 2nd Ga Cav: 173
        • 3rd Ga Cav: 170
        • 4th Ga Cav: 170
        • 6th Ga Cav: 170
      • Allen’s Al Brigade: 1019
        • 1st Al Cav: 170
        • 3rd Al Cav: 171
        • 4th Al Cav: 162
        • 7th Al Cav: 169
        • 51st Al Cav: 176
        • 12th Al Cav Bn: 171
    • Kelly’s Division(In):
      • Grigsby’s Ky Brigade: 789
        • 1st Ky Cav: 203
        • 2nd Ky Cav: 199
        • 9th Ky Cav: 221
        • Dortch’s Ky Bn: 49
        • Allison’s Tn Sq: 76
        • Hamilton’s Tn Bn: 41
    • W. H. Jackson’s Division (In):
      • Armstrong’s Ms Brigade: 816
        • 1st Ms Cav: 202
        • 2nd Ms Cav: 213
        • 28th Ms Cav: 200
        • Ballentine’s Ms Cav: 201
      • Sul Ross’ Tx Brigade: 568
        • 3rd Tx Cav: 190
        • 6th Tx Cav: 181
        • 27th Tx Cav: 197
  • Georgia State Militia:
    • 1st (G. W. Smith’s) Division, Ga Militia: 4571
      • 1st (Carswell’s) Brigade: 1140
        • 1st Regiment: 379
        • 2nd Regiment: 381
        • 3rd Regiment: 380
      • 2nd (Phillips’) Brigade: 1139
        • 4th Regiment: 361
        • 5th Regiment: 392
        • 6th Regiment: 386
      • 3rd (Anderson’s) Brigade: 1131
        • 7th Regiment: 384
        • 8th Regiment: 376
        • 9th Regiment: 371
      • 4th (McKay’s) Brigade: 1161
        • 10th Regiment: 383
        • 11th Regiment: 387
        • 12th Regiment: 391
  • Unassigned units:
    • Youngblood’s Bn: 400
    • Gholson’s Bn: 236

Notation:

*Polk’s Brigade disbanded; 5th Confederate and 35th/48th Tn transferred to J. A. Smith’s Tx Brigade; 1st/15th Ak to Govan’s Brigade; and 2nd Tn (P.A.) t0 T. B. Smith’s Brigade, Bate’s division

**J. K. Jackson’s command broken up sometime in July; 65th Ga Regiment and 2nd Ga S.S. transferred to Gist’s Brigade; 5th and 8th Ms to Lowrey’s Brigade; 5th Ga and 47th Ga most likely sent to Savannah.

***Georgia State Line Troops
 
So, looked through the OR's finally, and I found these tables
Series 1, Volume 38, Part 3, Pg. 675-676, showing returns for April 30th
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Pg. 676-677 showing returns for June 10th
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Pg. 678, showing returns for June 30th
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Pg. 679, returns for July 10th
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Pg. 680, Returns fur July 31st
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Pg. 681, Returns for August 10th
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Pg. 682, Returns for August 20th
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Also, a couple of bizarre things I noticed
1: The 63rd GA Regiment is absolutely huge for a late war confederate regiment, about 3 men shy of the strength of the 26th NC at Gettysburg. I guess it is understandable given it was on garrison duty in Savannah up til that point.
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2: In the July 10th report, it says J. K. Jackson's Brigade was broken up, with most of its units going to other brigades, except for 5th and 47th GA Infantry Regiments, which are sent to Savannah. I cannot think of why this was done, as Johnston was constantly complaining about needing reinforcements, why 2 large regiments would be sent to the rear.
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2: In the July 10th report, it says J. K. Jackson's Brigade was broken up, with most of its units going to other brigades, except for 5th and 47th GA Infantry Regiments, which are sent to Savannah. I cannot think of why this was done, as Johnston was constantly complaining about needing reinforcements, why 2 large regiments would be sent to the rear. View attachment 331703
About this time, the Commander of Charleston and Savannah wrote to (IRC) Gen. Cooper with the statement that he had NO infantry in his command -- all of it and most of his field artillery had been sent to Lee and Johnston. These 2 regiments may have been in reply to his vulnerability.
 
About this time, the Commander of Charleston and Savannah wrote to (IRC) Gen. Cooper with the statement that he had NO infantry in his command -- all of it and most of his field artillery had been sent to Lee and Johnston. These 2 regiments may have been in reply to his vulnerability.

Jackson's Brigade was intended to be exchanged for Mercer's large Brigade sent from Georgia to Johnston's Army to help repel Sherman. Johnston drug his feet on keeping his end of the deal, and then only sent 2 of the 3 regiments.


4/16/64 Richmond orders-
-1st Ga*-54th​ Ga-57th​ Ga under Gen Mercer will move to Dalton & report to Gen Johnston
-Thereby relieving 5th​ Ga-47th​ Ga-55th​ Ga [probably 65th] which will move under Gen Jackson to Savannah.
*as to 1st​ Ga Vols-revoked 4/28/64

4/22 Jones to Richmond AG Cooper-I have had the honor to receive extracts from S O #89, War Dept, ordering the 1st & 54th & 57th Regts Ga Vols to proceed to Dalton, Ga., to relieve the 5th, 47th, & 55th* 65th​ Ga Regts;

5/3 Charleston, S Jones to J E Johnston-vital that Jackson’s Bgde come here at once. Mercer’s Bgde left here on 4/29-I have sent all my Infy to Richmond

5/4 same too same- I require Jackson’s Bgde here ASAP

5/5 Jones to Gen Johnston-Charleston is not threatened, but I am sending off last Infy Bgde to Va under urgent orders from War Dept, & require Jackson's Bgde here soon as possible.

5/6 same to same-Please inform me when I may expect Jackson's Bgde. I am in great need of Infy in this Dept.

5/11 same to same- Has Jackson's Bgde been ordered to me? If not, when will it be? I want it very much.

5/13 same to same- I believe the enemy will attack this place very soon. I beg that you will send Jackson's Bgde to me without longer delay.

5/13 Jones to Cooper- Gen Johnston has not yet sent Jackson's Bgde to me, though I have repeatedly asked him to do so. I am in great need of them. I believe there will be an attack on this place very soon.

5/14 Charleston, S Jones to Gilmer at Savannah-have you heard anything of Gen Jackson & his 3 Ga Regts?

5/17 Bragg to Cooper- The action of Gen Johnston in not sending back the troops ordered after he had received those sent to relieve them should be explained. He has not even notified the Dept of his action. Orders just issued for troops to come here are rendered nugatory by this unauthorized action.


7/5 Jones to Col Rains, Augusta- Order the QM at Augusta to prepare transportation for the troops coming from Gen Johnston's army so as not to lose a moment in hurrying them on here; they consist of two Regts.

7/5 Charleston, Jones’ AG to Jones on James Island-Gen Jackson with 2 Regts in Augusta with orders for Savannah. I countermanded those & so he can come directly here

7/6/64 Charleston-Sam Jones to Cooper-Johnston has ordered 2 Regts to me. I need more

7/6 Jones’ AG to Taliaferro-the 5th​ & 47th​ Ga [agg 525] on the way to James Island-they have no rations

7/7 Charleston-Sam Jones to Cooper-Johnston only sent me 521 men. Can I get any reinforcements?

7/8 Jones to Gen Johnston-The two Regts you send only number 520. Can you not at least send the other Regts of Jackson's Bgde? The attack on this place is formidable & persistent; fire today very heavy, disabling several of my best guns; I greatly need reinforcements.
 
Reading Daniel Sutherland's article on Daniel Govan, No Better Officer in the Confederacy (I'll give a link to my copy below). According to him, Govan's Brigade (presumably including the regiments from Polk's brigade after it was dissolved) numbered 1221 men on July 22nd, lost 86 killed, 322 wounded, and 91 captured at Bald Hill/Atlanta, thus leaving 722 unwounded men (Page 27 on the file).
I am not certain which of the two sources Sutherland cited for the paragraph that he gleans these numbers from. Either the Purdue's Cleburne biography (which I do not have and it looks super rare), or the citation from the O.R.
Edit: I checked the volume of the O.R. he cited, both are about the battle of Jonesborough he quotes later in the paragraph. Assume its in Purdue and Purdue. I'd love a copy for Christmas.
 

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I get the feeling there is an article like this on the Orphan brigade or some brigade or division level unit which had good break downs in numbers. I hear a lot about how the Orphan brigade started with 1200 men and ended with 400 men in this campaign, but I have no clue where this number comes from.
 
Reading Daniel Sutherland's article on Daniel Govan, No Better Officer in the Confederacy (I'll give a link to my copy below). According to him, Govan's Brigade (presumably including the regiments from Polk's brigade after it was dissolved) numbered 1221 men on July 22nd, lost 86 killed, 322 wounded, and 91 captured at Bald Hill/Atlanta, thus leaving 722 unwounded men (Page 27 on the file).
I am not certain which of the two sources Sutherland cited for the paragraph that he gleans these numbers from. Either the Purdue's Cleburne biography (which I do not have and it looks super rare), or the citation from the O.R.
Edit: I checked the volume of the O.R. he cited, both are about the battle of Jonesborough he quotes later in the paragraph. Assume its in Purdue and Purdue. I'd love a copy for Christmas.
Thanks.
 
So, looked through the OR's finally, and I found these tables
Series 1, Volume 38, Part 3, Pg. 675-676, showing returns for April 30th View attachment 331692
Pg. 676-677 showing returns for June 10th View attachment 331694View attachment 331695
Pg. 678, showing returns for June 30thView attachment 331696
Pg. 679, returns for July 10thView attachment 331698
Pg. 680, Returns fur July 31stView attachment 331699
Pg. 681, Returns for August 10thView attachment 331700
Pg. 682, Returns for August 20th View attachment 331701

View attachment 331697
I just realized I seemed to have misposted the final page, detailing the remaining table for August 31st.
I shall rectify this

Page 682-683, August 31st Returns (same day as the Battle of Jonesborough)
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Also, Abstracts for the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Tennessee (Richard Taylor's Command), which could have theoretically provided reinforcements to the campaign (Particularly Forrest's Corps), from that same date. Also OoBs to give a better glimpse at how the department was organized.
O.R., Series 1, Volume 39, Part 2, pg. 886-889
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Hi is there any resources like this for the union?
I believe there are similar tables for the union, but usually those just go down to corps level. Also, their system of counting troops is very convoluted (there's another thread on the Wilderness Campaign where a user breaks down the problems with Union strength returns and how they are organized).
Basically, for the Confederates, you just need to look at the "Effective Total Present" section to see what they would have been able to field in combat. For the union, the issue is somewhat trickier.
 
thank you for the response in your opinion how accurate are the numbers in the john tiller software games from what I've seen on youtube their numbers for Antietam are pretty similar to the documentation I have for Antietam but I'm on the fence about picking up their games.
 
thank you for the response in your opinion how accurate are the numbers in the john tiller software games from what I've seen on youtube their numbers for Antietam are pretty similar to the documentation I have for Antietam but I'm on the fence about picking up their games.
They're generally accurate. Sometimes they're clearly estimating with some units for certain campaigns. Other times their numbers are slightly too high (I only have the mobile version, but for Franklin, Cleburne's division, minus J. A. Smith's brigade, is already too large to my knowledge, and especially the 5th Confederate, which I'm sure ended the Atlanta Campaign with only a small cadre as most were captured, numbers 215 men in that.)
Overall though, good games, though I can only recommend the most recent ones on computer as they are the cleanest and least buggy, and also because there's only so many of these that you can get before you run into space issues.
 
They're generally accurate. Sometimes they're clearly estimating with some units for certain campaigns. Other times their numbers are slightly too high (I only have the mobile version, but for Franklin, Cleburne's division, minus J. A. Smith's brigade, is already too large to my knowledge, and especially the 5th Confederate, which I'm sure ended the Atlanta Campaign with only a small cadre as most were captured, numbers 215 men in that.)
Overall though, good games, though I can only recommend the most recent ones on computer as they are the cleanest and least buggy, and also because there's only so many of these that you can get before you run into space issues.
i wish they attached the unit sizes before each scenarios in a pdf but its manageable to click on each unit and record the numbers. thank you for all the help I believe one of your posts led me to Ezra Carmens manifesto for Antietam
 
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