The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-20 00:00:00

EIYST.

AUG'

Brighton ' 1 York
Brighton Club
Lewes 4 Lichfield 2B
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Reading
Egham l5 Baden 3l
Royal Windsor
SEPTEMBER. .
Leicester 7 Monmouth 2l
Doncaster
Brecon lB Newmarket Ist Oct 2G
Richmond
OCTOBER.

Northallerton 5 I Newmarket Ho. M
Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Vincennes
Vincennes

NOTE:

Liverpool Autumn

MEER.
Shrewsbury

The Confederate Forces.

(From the New York Herald.)

The rebels have still in the field three armies which may
claim to be organised, viz., the army of Northern Virginia,
the army of Tennessee, and the army of Missouri. The
principal of these is the army of Northern Virginia, now
commanded by Gen. Joe Johnston. The army consists of
four army corps of infantry and two of cavalry. There are 11
divisions, embracing 44 brigades, or 207 regiments, with 44
batteries attached. Accurate data shows very conclusively
that the regiments in the army of Virginia will not ave-
rage over 225 men to the regiment, and 150 to the battery,
which would give an aggregate of 54,375 as the infantry
force of Johnston's army. The two cavalry corps of
Wade Hampton and Fitz Hugh Lee number 46 regiments.
To this force should be added the command of General
Breckinridge,which is really a part of Gen. Gordon's corps,
temporarily detached and mounted, and which is held at all
times in readiness to go to the aid of Richmond. This will
give 62 as the number of cavalry regiments in the army, and
a total of 13,950 cavalry, or a grand total of 67,325 infantry,
cavalry, and artillery as the effective strength of the prin-
cipal army of the rebels. Gen. Hood's army looks stronger
on paper than it really is. He entered Tennessee with an
effective force of 35,000 men, including Forrest's cavalry.
The official reports of General Thomas, and numerousshow
confirmatory statements which have been publish,
This
leaves him an effective force of 20,000 men,
conclusively that his losses amounted to 15,000
lying men.
apparently helpless in the interior of Mississippi and
Ala-
bama. In order to invade Missouri the entire department
idle and
in the organisa-
forces of General Price, whichapl
General Pagan, his suc-
cessor,tion under the command
trtreoaotpfsrotmhe Mis-
souri, organised army left to Smith
of General Kirby Smith was searched for troops, and the-
represent theonly
d,orogann its iValker and other divisions of his
to
ointcehe the transfer
army to General of Walker
command. His army, according
Thusofwteheharveebetlhseaetffective force of
organised armies only a fraction
the three
100,000 s tmen.ateni good's
Uponan 1 theiro untamounted,
moviiearnen of the enemy must be placed. It will be seen that
in the roster appear the forces in the departments of
souri, to 23,000 men.
Bragg, Hardee, Hill, Maury, Dick Taylor, Walker, Ma
gruder, and Buckner. These sub departments of the -
three
y
great military zones or divisions of the Confederacy are
but shells unprotected by regularly organised forces,
and
depending for safety on the natural obstacles of swamps,
deserts, and mountains, and the
few militia whom
the necessity of self-protection ' has
forced into a weak and
incomplete organisation, are
There large numbers of these
regiments, but their effective force .
iis by no means great
They are no doubt being rapidly increased by conscrip-
tion, enforced without mercy under the pressure of
Sherman's advance ; but they can never become formid-
able to an army of veterans like Sherman's. These
militia and garrison forces muster, according to our
roster, 90 regiments and about 12 field batteries, not in-
cluding those of forts still in rebel possession. The
militia organisations doubtless average a greater number
of men to the regiment than do tho veteran regiments
in consequence of the lighter duty required, and other ap-
parent reasons. Our best information leads us to suppose
the militia and home guard organisations average about
500 men to the regiment, and the full complement of men
to a battery (150). This will give us, therefore, a total of
46,000 men. It is believed that there aro not over 5,000
men employed in garrison duty on the coast, at Mobile,
Charleston, &c. This, added to the above, will givete
51,000 as the grand total of the rebel forces outside of h
organised armies.