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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 20: battle of the Wilderness (search)
t 40,000 troops which were used for reenforcements during the next two months, besides a constant stream of recruits from all over the North, stimulated by bounties now being paid of a thousand dollars per man, and, early in July, Grant also brought around from New Orleans the 19th corps, about 12,000 men. There were no returns of Longstreet's corps after his return from E. Tenn., but he gives as a liberal estimate, 10,000 men. The return of the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia, on April 20, was as follows:— Ewell's Corps.17,079 Hill's Corps.22,199 Artillery4854 Cavalry8,497 Miscellaneous1,35553,984 Adding 10,000 for Longstreet, Lee's total force was about 64,000, and he had about 274 guns. Against the armies of Sigel and Crook, Breckenridge was able to muster in the Valley and in the S. W. Va., about 9000 men and 24 guns. To meet Butler, Beauregard brought to Petersburg, from various points in the South, troops which he organized into four divisions, comprising