The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 719
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CHAP. xIX.1 ARKANSAS POST. 719
Return of Casualties in the Union forces, 4c.-Continued.
Killed. Wounded. Captured or
missing.
Command.
Cavalry.
Thielemann's Illinois Battalion, Companies A and B *.. ... .... ....
10th Missouri, Company C*..... : ............ . ...... . . ...... .".Total Cavalry.... ..... .......................................... ......
Total Second Division ........................... 2 22 18 141
Total Fifteenth Army Corps ................... 6 s0 42 459 ...... 187
...__.. 11 598Total Army of the Mississippi............. 6 128 65 833 ...... 29 129061
Olcers killed.-Capt. David B. Greene, Third Missouri; Capt. Thaddeus Lemert, Seventy-sixth
Ohio; Capt. Lewis J. Eyman and Lieut. John S. Taylor, One hundred and sixteenth Illinois; Lieuts.
Peter L. Hyde and James S. Patterson,' Twenty-sixth Iowa.
No. 3.
Reports of Col. Warren Stewart, Chief of Oavalry, of reconnaissances
January 10 and 13 and expedition January 14-15.
HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD,
North of Post Arkansas, January 10, 1863.
MAJOR: I have the honor to submit the following report:
At 9 p. m. this day I was ordered by the general commanding to take
his escort, Captain Sparks' company (L), Third Illinois Cavalry, 40 men,
and proceed to reconnoiter the enemy's position. Proceeding in a west-
erly direction through a dense undergrowth, from a point 1 mile west
of the second line of rifle-pits, three-eighths of a mile, I came upon an
abandoned cantonment. Three-eighths of a mile farther, over broken
and dry ground, I came upon the main cantonment of the enemy, one-
half mile in front of the main works. Their mounted cavalry fled at our
approach, but about 80 dismounted cavalry threw down their arms and
surrendered. Going farther west 200 or 3.00 yards I encountered a deep
bayou that could be crossed by throwing a log bridge 40 feet across the
main channel. This bayou, I learned, debouched into the Arkansas
River three-quarters of a mile above the fort, and is their protection to
their left flank and rear. I advise the qecupation of the right bank of
this bayou by one brigade and a battery, for the purpose of cutting off
retreat and for enfilading their rifle-pits. On my return at 9 p. m. I
advised General Sherman of the nature of the ground and my views on
the occupation of the right bank of the bayou.
I remain, major, your obedient and humble servant,
W. STEWART,
Colonel and Chief of Cavalry.
Maj. A. SCHWARTZ, Assistant Adjutant- General.
* No loss reported.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/730/?q=%221862%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.