The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-02-09

operations against Nicksburg by the river route
He therefore decided to take command in per
son. His army had been, under orders of the
War Department dated Dec. IS, 1852, organ
lied into four corps. to be known as the Thir.
teentb, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth
to be commanded respectively by Mai. Gems
McClernand, Sherman, Hurbut, and Mcpher.
son. The Thirteenth Corps, thus organized.
was composed as follows:
Mai. Gen. John A. MeClernand, commanding
Signal Corps. Lieut. J. M. McClintock.
Ninth Divsion-Brig. Gen. 2. Joseph Oster-
haus First Brigade-Col. VIM. Vandever-
115th Ill.,, 69th Ind, 120th Ohio. Second Bri-
eade-Col. Daniel w. Lindsey-49th Ind Sd
KY, Hath Ohio Third Brigade-CoI. John +.
Ohio. Attached-3d Iii. Cav. Cos. A and X
Kentucky Engineers and Mechanics; Signal
Corps. Lieut.. Fisher; 7th Mich. battery; 1st
Wis. battery.
Tenth Division-Brig. Gen. Andrew J.
Smith. First Brigadc-Brig Gen. Stephen G..
q. Neutrality-suspicious. Goth and 9th Ind. sd,
Goth Ohio and 23d Wis. Second Brigade-Col.
VIM. j. Landram-77th, 9th, 108th and 13lst
ILL.,, 10Th KY, 4Sth Ohio. Artllery-Chicago
Mercantile battery 18th Ohio battery. Cavalry
-4th Ind, Co. c; 9th Mo-, Co. C.
This portion Of the corps was known as the
First Corps, Army of the Mississippi, from Jan.
4 to IA, 1863. Brig Gen. George w. Morgan
was in command from Jan. till relieved by
Ma. Gen. McClernand. Jan. 81, 1863.
On Jan. 81 Gen. Grant was directed by the
President to assume command of all troops in
Arkansas within reach of his command, and
under these instructions he on the 22d of
January, 1863 attached to the Thirteenth Corps
the troops under Brig Gen. Willis A. German.
The following was the organization of these
troops, as ordered, Feb. g. 1868
Twelfth Divison-Brg. Gen. Alvin p.
Hovey. First Brigade-Co. James II. Slack
43d 10th. 47th Ind. Second Brgade-Col.
Peter Kinney-2Sth Iowa, 35ih Mo-, seth Ohio.
Third Brigade--Col. George +. McGinnis-1lth,
cath, 3ith Ind Goth Wis. Artllery-2d H.,
Battery d, Sd Iowa battery Cd aud 10Th Ohio
batteries ~, ~
Thirteenth Division-Brig.- Gen. Clinton B.
Fisk. First BTigade--Co Charles w. Kilt
redge-33d, Seth Iowa, 33d Mo- Second Bril-
gade-Col. James M. Lewis--24th, Goth Iowa,
2Sth Wis. Artllery-lst No. Light. Battery A.
Cavalry Divison-Brg Gen. Cadwallader
Baker-5th, 10th ILL., Cos. A. ID, G and X. 1st
lad, 9th Mo- Second Brigadc-Col. Cyrus
Bussey-2d Ark. (three companies), 9th Ill.,, Sd
Iowa Cos. A, b, c, ID, ] and K J. 4th Iowa, 5th
Kan. I'd Wis Cos b. G, t. r, II, /, l. and NJ.
The strength of the corps as per returns for
Jan. 81. 1863, including Gen. Germans COM
mand, was as follows: Present for duty-Ofli-
Seis' A,Vooi cnllsteu men, 2U,OZ3, aggregate
present, 29,S7S; aggregate present and ABSENT
3S,s57; with "a pieces Of field artillery. The
General Headquarters of the corps was at
Yonng's Point La. with the Ninth (Osterhaus)
and Tenth "a. j. Smith, Divisions. Brig Gen.
Germans command was stationed at Helena,
Ark.
On March 26, 1868, Brig Gen. L. A. Cars
Division, of the Army of Southeast Missouri.
arrived at Mllikens Bend, La, and was at
tached to the corps as the Fourteenth Divis-
ion.
The following WAS the organization of the
corps on April 80, 1868:
Maj. Gen. John A. McCernand, commanding.
General Headquarters-2d. Ill. Cav. (seven
companies), Sd Ill. Cav, CO. l.; 9th Mo. Cav.
(seven companies), Patterson's Pioneer Corps,
Fishers Signal Corps
Ninth Division .-Gen. Peter Joseph
Osterhaus. First Brgade-Col. Tbeophilus L.
Garrard-ll5th ILL.,, 49th and Goth Ind, It'll
KY. 120th Ohio. Second Brigade-Col. Lionel
A. Sheldon-5ith Ind, 22d KY, 10th, AID, and
Hath Ohio. Cavalry-Cos and X, Sd Ill.
Artilcry-7lh Mich battery, 1st Wis. battery.