. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . Mr. Davis makes statements (Vol. II., ) regarthng the strength of the Army ofNorthern Virginia on the 2 istand 31st of May;but as he treats the subject more minutely far-ther on, we will examine what he says (p. 153):Vol. XXX.—II. • In the Archives Office of the War Department inWashington, there are on file some of the field andmonthly returns of the Army of Northern . The following statements have been taken fromthose papers by Major H. , of the staffof Cieneral Lee. . A statement of the strength of the troop
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . Mr. Davis makes statements (Vol. II., ) regarthng the strength of the Army ofNorthern Virginia on the 2 istand 31st of May;but as he treats the subject more minutely far-ther on, we will examine what he says (p. 153):Vol. XXX.—II. • In the Archives Office of the War Department inWashington, there are on file some of the field andmonthly returns of the Army of Northern . The following statements have been taken fromthose papers by Major H. , of the staffof Cieneral Lee. . A statement of the strength of the troops under(leneral Johnston shows that on May 21st, 1S62, heliad present for duty : Smiths division 10,592 ; Long-streets division, 13,816; Magruders division, 15,680,[240 too little] ; D. IL Ilills division, ; cavalrylirigade, 12S9; reserve artillery. 1160; total 53,688. The above is from Major Taylors memo-randum given the President, made from esti-mates of brigades, not from returns. Without 114. J/A^ASS.■JS TO S£J^£.Y JV^£ MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN B. MAGRIDER. being accurate, it is not far from the the nienK)randum Magruder is given15,920 men. Mr. Davis continues: • Major Taylor in his work ( Four Years with Gen-eral Lee) states : In addition to the troops aboveenumerated, there were two brigades subject to hisorders, then stationed in the vicinity of Hanover Junc-tion, one under the command of General J. R. Ander-son, and the other under the command of GeneralBranch. They were subsequently incorporated intothe di\-ision of General A. P. Hill. [Mr. Davis con-tinues:] . . He estimates the strength of the twoat 4000 effective. ... Pre\ious to the battle of Seven Pines, GeneralJohnston was reenforced by General Hugers divisionof three brigades. The total strength of these three,according to the Reports of the Operations of theArmy of Northern Virginia, was 5008 says : If the strength of these five be addedto the return of May 21, we shall
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