The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-05-21

4 that the army when at Adairsyillt, Ga.
t numbered f53, 000) fifty-three Thousand
e effective infantry after the losses sustain
4 at Rocky Face Mountain and Resaca, GA
: (Signed) E B. WADE,
Aid-de-Camp.
J STATE OF TENNESSEE, Rutherford Co
This day came before me, j. n Clark
j. P, for said county, E. B. Wade, and
made oath that the facts stated in the
E within certificate are true to the best Of
his knowledge and belief-this, June 1st
1866.
(Signed) E. B. WADE,
Sworn to and subscribed befor ME the
date above.
(Signed) j. N. CLARK, j. P,
For Rutherford county, Tenn.
The statement of Major Falconer, as
to the infantry at Adairsville, tallies very
we'll with Gen. Wigfal's, as to this arm
Of the service at New Hope Church, and
| have no doubt Of the correctness of Ma
jor Ealconers assertion to me.
Allowing three thousand eight hundred
artillery, Maj. Falconer admits $500 on
the 10th of june we have at Adairsvile
/
artillery; to which add 10, 1876 cavalry,
and we find at Adairsville, about thirty
miles south of Dalton, on the 18th of
May, from this second summary, an eff
fective total of Sc, 939 1t has been
shown that we had on the 10th of June,
near Marietta, %, 248 effectives on the
26th of May, at New Hope Church, Co.
1873; on the 18th of May, at Adairsville,
| 50, 939. 1t is now only necessary to ar
rive at the effective strength of the army
sat and near Dalton, or within the ca
| sy direction of single commander" on
the 9th Of May; then subtract the num-
| Der turned over to me nthe 18th of July,
and we shall finally have the actual loss.
Since the cavalry increased so greatly III
numbers after TIE LIST of MAY, is it not
| reasonable to suppose that our infantry
and artillery increased also after that
date, before we left Dalton? 1t was tele-
graphed over the county that Gen. Sher-
man was about to advance; this informa-
/ ton must have caused quite number of
absentees to return, as Gen. Hardee and
! myself, short time before leaving Dali
ton, found by com parison that we had
about II, 800 effective infantry and artil-
lery In our two corps. Ii a trl-mOnthly
return had been made up on the 10th of
May, the numbers | have stated would
have appeared upon it. Having the
strength of Gen. Wheeler's and Gen.
Martins cavalry, of Hardee's and Hoods
corps, We must now ascertain what rein
forcements joined Gen. Johnston in order
to strike at the effective total Of ali arm
at and en- route to Dalton, on the 9th of
MAY.
OF these troo ps, Gen. Wigfall speaks
thus, page $50: ''The last of these rein
forcements joined Gen. Johnston at New
Hope Church, the 26 of May, nearly
three weeks after they were alleged to be
AT and near Dalton, and amounted to
less than $4,000 men," Col Douglass
West, Of this city, gentleman of high
character, and who was the assistant AID
jutant-General of Gen. Polk, in answer
to a letter from me in regard to the
strength Of Folks corps when it Joined
Gen. Johnston, says: II furnished Gen. |
j. f. Johnston with the exact strength
of each arm of Lieut.. Gen. Folks COM
mand, very soon after his REIMBURSEMENT
of the army of Texas, but I retained no
copy. l feel safe IN stating in general |
terms that the average strength was about /
II, 600 to 13, 600 infantry, 1000 artillery, /
and 5000 cavalry. We bore on the rolls /
an aggregate of about q, 600 present.
This seventeen thousand, az 5000 in I
addition to the twenty-five hundred e. /
200l which Joined the army at New Hope /
Church on the 26th of May, would give I
about the same estimate as that formed by
Gen. Wigfall, i. e., nineteen thousand /
10, 600 j Gen. Johnston SAYS, page 352: /
IL,
Tennessee during the campaign, were
those sent and brought to it by Lieut.. /
Gen. Polk, and formed the corps Of the I
army which he commanded. OF these +
Canty's division of about three thousand
( 10000 effectives, reached Resaca on the !
9th of May; Loring's OF five thousand
10000 on the 18th; French's Of four
thousand 10000 joined us AT Cassville on
the 18th; Quarles' brigade of twenty-five +
hundred (2200) at New Hope Church on /
the 26th. According to this statement !.
we have fourteen thoussnd two hundred +
"a, 200 electives from Gen. Polk; and /
find, page 319, Gen. Johnston admits I
having received more from the same
sources as rs he says in referring to the
operations near Adairsville, on the 18th |
of May. During the day the division
of cavalry commanded by Gen w. H.
jackson, joined the army at Adairsville.
1t had been ordered to it from Mississip-
pi by Lieut.. Gen. Polk This division,
as before stated, was estimated by Major
Falconer at g, 300 three thousand nine
hundred, which, added to the fourteen
thousand two hundred IA, 200,) would
give, according to Gen. Johnston's and
Major Falconer's statements, Us, 100
eighteen thousand one hundred reinforce
ments.
By the following extract from Gen.
Gustavus w. Smiths official report we find
an additional force of about three thousand
State troops:
HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA MILITIA,
MACON, GA, Sept. 10, 1865.
Gen. J. B. Hood, Commanding Army Of
Tennessee, near Lovejoy's Station
GENERAL: My appointment was dated
the 1st of June. took command few
days thereafter, relieving Gen Wayne,
who returned to the duties of his office as
Adjutant and Inspector General of the
State. The force then in the field was
composed entirely of State officers, civil
and military They had been formed into
two brigades of three regiments each, and
one battalion of artillery, making in all
little over 5000. 1.-The command had re-
ported for duty to Gen. j. E. Johnston,
and had been ordered to guard the cross
ings of the Chattahoochee river, from Bos.
well bridge to West Point"
Thus we have sat and near Dalton"
in the two corps of Hardee and Hood,
about AZ. $50; in Wheeler's and Martins
cavalry 6, 239; whilst Folks corps with
ahont 18. 500 IS moving ranidlv to inin rs