OPPOSING FORCE'S IN WILSON'S RAID, MARCH 22D-APRIL 20(TNt, 1865.



TlEFS UNION  t(RCIPS( . Ureaftr  Corps, Military Dl-
viseon ,f the MiaelssIppI.-lre-vet Maj.-(ieo. James II.
wi-ls'.
F-rort 4th IT. S., Ifleot. Wilimlh-n t)O'C-ell.
FIRv1T IIvISmr,,, llrlg.-iele. EFlwitrl MM'Cttek; (ater
   April 20th) l      Jrls.-tle. .Ihn T. 'ruxton.
 Pirst B,'id,', llr.-teii. Jlhn ' T. ('r',xton: 8th Inw.,
  olX. ,lolY Ith. INorr; 4tb Ky. (M'ttd Ilnr'y), (I. Robert M.
 Khll; fiiul Iy., M141. Wilila If. F1hler ; 21 .Mlh., LieWt.-
 Cnl. Tomams  W. Johnoton. uroad Irifl-tMe, 'l O.-r
 It. LatrwweaiR: 2d1 Iid. lbattalion), Capt. Ro-well S. frill
 twl, a'apt. Joseph fl. Willamsz; 4th Itud., .ie1it.-( 71.
 I-ls,,' 1'. LI,5OuI-n; 4th Ky., 'nl. Wlckliffe Cooper; 7t1
 Ky.. Il,'nt.-('ol. Willi-a  W. Brnailey (w,, Mqn. AndrewS.
 Blhow,,,: 1st Wis., Ileact.-4'ol. Henry ltarnden (wI. Atit-
 lery: 1"t1 Indl. Batt'y, ('apt. Moses M. Beek.
 sucoXt, PiYislon, lBrig.-4;en. Eli Long (w), ol. Robert
   IH. (. M.ilnty.
 Fi,sfiBrnigade (mounted lnflntry)i, ('. Abram 0. Miller
 4w), Col. Jnlaoh (;. Vail: 99th Ill., Linet.-C,,l. Edward Kit-
 chell; 12341 Il., Llett.-Vol. Jonathan Blggt w),apt.Owen
 Wiley; 17th had., Col. JIachb (. Vail, Lieut.-Col. Frank
 White; 72d  ., d.leut.-. .  Chemte-r. Thomsn. .8cosd
 Brioad, Col. Itniert It. (G. Mlnty, Lle,,t.-Cnl. Horace N.
 1IwamIn: 4th Mleh., Lient.-Col. Benjamin D. PHtchatrd;
3dt Ohlo, Lleut.-C.l. Horace N. Ifowiand, Maj. Dariun E.
LIermore; 4th OhIo, Ilent.-Col. George W. Debt tk),
Capt. William W. Shoemaker; 7th Pa., Col. Charles C.
McCormick (w), Lieut.-Col. Jame. F. Andreen. Artiller:



Ch(iago Bloarl of Trade flattery, ('apt. (;eorge I. Robin-

FOUlRTlt 1tV1l1e(, tlriR.-Gen. IEmory Upton; (after April
   20th) Bnre vt Brig.-Gen. Edward F. W ilolMw.
 Fir'a Brigade, 0 0l. Fd-wrd F. Winslow: 3d Iowa, ('ol.
 Jin W. Noble; 4th Iowa, Liewit -Vol. ,Ihn It. Peters;
 10th M,,., tlelt.-C7w. FreWerick II'. Blenteem.  RHecad un-
 0de, lilrevet lIrig.-Ge-. A. .1. Alexander: 5th towan,'ol.
 ,1. MorrIs Y..iong;  t Ohi., C',1. Beroth B. Eleelon;
 7th Obio, Cd. Israel ttarrard. Arilerny: 1, 1lt U. S.,
 Ihe.t. ti  B.rge  R-M ,uitoiy. The effetive strength of the
 foregoing -ommands was abolt 13,00. The lo8 in
 ,ctlon aggregated 99 killed, ws8 wouInded, and 28 miss-
 IIR= 726.
 TIIE CONI'ED)ER ATE FORf'EM. (nrairy - orps, De-
 prartmenit of Alabama, Mississolppi, and East louisiana.-
 1.leut.-4en. N. B. Formrt.
 CIAI.MERS' 1t1540iov, Brlg.-C.en. Jamnes  . R.hallers.
   I(omposed of the brigades of Brig.-t;ens, Frank '.
   Armstrong, Wirt Adams, nnd Peter B. Starke.)
JtACKRtN'S DIVlIST, Brig.-4Sen. William IT. Jaekson.
   tComposed of the brigades of Brig.-.ens. Tyree U.
   Bell and Alexander W. tampbell.)
RonntRY's aRRVAtwe, Brig.-Gen. Philip D. Roddey.
CRossLANW's aRRlAPE, Col. Ed. (aslid.
There were alon onme militia and other forees inder
Major-Generls1 Howell Cobb nd G. W. Smith, and
Brigadker-Generals Fell If. Rnohertson, Daniel W.
Adams, and R. C. Tyler and ,,ther".



WILSON'S RAID THROUGH ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. )



IN the spring of 18115 the cavalry corps com-
   manded by General James H. Wilson was
encamped at Gravelly Springs and Waterloo, Ala-
bama Csee map, p. 414], on the north bank of the
Tennesee, with a base of supplies at Eastport,
Mississippi. The following condensation of Gen-
eral Wilson's report of June "'9tb, 1865, sum-
marizes the final operations of his corps:
  On 0, the 23d of February [154)9 General Thmona. arrived
at Eaatport with instructions directing me to fit out an
expedition of five or six thousand cavalry for the pur-
pose f making a demonstration upon Tuscaloosa and
Siel.,a iu faor of General Canbly's operations against
Mobile and Central Alabama. -See P. 411-l . . . The
instructions of Lieutenant-Generat Graut, transmitted
to me by G.eneral Thotnas, allowed me the amplest dis-
cretion as an Independent commander."
  The movement was delayed nearly three weeks
by heavy rains, and on the 18th of March the
command crossed the Tennessee.
" At daylight on the 22d of March . . . the move-
ment began. Theentire valley of the Tennessee, having
been devastated by two years of warfare, was quite as
destitute of army suppli-s as the hill country south of
It. It w.s theretore neeessary to scatter the troops over
a wide extent of country, atid march as rapidly as cir-
cumstances would permit. This was rendered safe by
the fact that Forrest' forees were at that time near
West Point, Mississippi, 130 miles south-west of East-
port, while Roddey's occupied )iontevallo, on the Ala-
baun.a and Tenessee River railroad, nearly the same
distince to the south-east. By startiug on. diverging
roais the enemy was left In doubt as to our real object,
and compelled to watch equally Columbus, Tuscaloosa,
and Seliua."
  The command moved southward it; three col-
umns [see map, p. 414], General Emory Upton's di-
visiot; by Barton's Station, Russellville, and Mount
Hope to Jasper, near the Black Warrior River;
General Eli Long's, by Cherokee Station, Frankfort,



andl Thort; Itill to the same point; while General
Edward M. MeCook's, following Longs route as
far as Bear Creek, continued southward to El-
lridge, thence moving east to Jasper. From Jasper
the whole command moved across the two forks
of the Black Warrior and were directed on Monte-
vallo via Elyton.
  "At Elyton, 4n the evening of the 30th, 1 directeit
G(eneral 3tc('sk to -tan-h       f ruxt,n' brig-ld,i with
orders to m-ve on Tuscaloosa as rapidth at 1.-ibie,
burn the pultlic stores, military school, bridges, found-
ric", andl factories at i bat lflac4-, return tward the main
column by wtly of the Centreville road, uIt rnliA it at
or in the --i.ility of ('elms. Besides covering our trains
and inflicting a heavy blow utpon the enemy, I hoped by
this detachtmetit to develop any movement on his part
Intended to int-rceet my main colaunn.'
  While in the vicitiity of Elyton, Upton's division
destroyed the Cahawba Iron Works, iteluding roll-
ing-mills atid collieries. After passing Montevallo,
March 31 st, Upton met a force under General P. D.
Roddey disputing the road to Randolph. Two en-
gagements ensuedl, and Roadey was driven back.
"At Randolph General Upton captured a rebel courier
just from Centreville, aud fro. his pterson took two dis-
patches, one from Brigadier-General IV. It. Jackson,
commandlig one of Forrest's divisions, and the other
from Major Anderson, Forrest's chief-of-taff. Fr-to the
first I leacned that Forrest with a part of his h oiutand
as in imy front (this had also been obtained from pris-
oners); thutJack-onwith his di, isbin and al the wagins
and artillery of the relel ca-alry, marching from TwII-
caloosa vi Trion toward Ceutrev ille, bad euca iped the
night before at B1ill's plantatiwn, three miles beyond
Scottaboro'; that Croxton [Utioni, with the brigade de-
tached at El-ton, had struck Jackson.' rear-gtard at
Trion anid interposed hiniselt betwvee it aud the train;
that Jackson had discovered this, and intended to attack
Croxton at daylight of April ist. I learned frou, the
other dispatch that Chalmurs h ad also arrived at Marion,
Alabama, and bad been ordered to cross to the east side



S 8ee General James H. Wilson's article, "The Union Cavalry in the Hood Campaigu," p. 465.-EDrTOaS
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