. Narrative of military operations : directed, during the late war between the states . , forwe were threatened, and Savannah was not. The effective strength of the Army of Tennessee,as shown by the return of May 1, 1864, was thirty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-two infantry,twenty-eight hundred and twelve artillery (fortythousand four hundred and sixty-four), and twenty-three hundred and ninety-two cavalry. This was theentire strength of the army, at and near Dalton, atthat time. Cantys brigade (thirteen hundred andninety-five effectives) is included improperly- It hadjust arrived at R
. Narrative of military operations : directed, during the late war between the states . , forwe were threatened, and Savannah was not. The effective strength of the Army of Tennessee,as shown by the return of May 1, 1864, was thirty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-two infantry,twenty-eight hundred and twelve artillery (fortythousand four hundred and sixty-four), and twenty-three hundred and ninety-two cavalry. This was theentire strength of the army, at and near Dalton, atthat time. Cantys brigade (thirteen hundred andninety-five effectives) is included improperly- It hadjust arrived at Rome, sent there from the vicinity ofMobile, by Major-General Maury. But, on the otherhand, Mercers was not; nor was Martins divisionof cavalry, then near Cartersville, because its horses,worn down by continuous hard service since the be-ginning of the previous summer, were unfit for thefield. It had seventeen hundred men fit for duty,however. The Federal army which Major-General Shermanwas about to lead against us was composed of thetroops that fought at Missionary Ridge, under Gen-. 1864.] COMPOSITION OF FEDERAL ARMY. 303 eral Grant, the Sixteenth, and Twenty-third Corps,and Hoveys division. The veteran regiments of thisarmy had made a very large number of recruits whileon furlough in the previous winter—probably fifteenor eighteen thousand. These men, mixed in theranks, were little inferior to old soldiers. We hadbeen estimating the cavalry, under General Kilpat-rick, at five thousand; but, at the opening of thecampaign, Stonemans, Garrards, and McCooks di-visions arrived—adding, probably, twelve thousand. Our scouts reported that the Fourth Corps andMcCooks division of cavalry were at Cleveland, andthe Army of the Ohio at Charleston, on the 2d, bothon the way to Chattanooga; and that these troopsand the Army of the Cumberland reached Ringgoldin the afternoon of the 4th and encamped there. Our pickets (cavalry) were at the same timepressed back beyond Varnells Station, on
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