60 Southern Historical Society Papers.
October nth, 1864. Arrived at Abingdon before daylight, and found my servant and horse just arrived. Returned to Wytheville by train.
October 1 2th, 1864. Inspected Burroughs' battery, in camp at lead mines near Max Meadow's station. One brass 1 2-pound howit- zer, one iron howitzer, one iron 6-pound howitzer, one Richmond 3-inch rifle, four caissons, one battery forge, three 4-horse wagons, forty-eight battery horses, six sergeants' horses, and sixteen mules ; in all, seventy horses and mules. Present for duty: Captain William H. Burroughs, First Lieutenant John E. Blackwell, Senior Second Lieutenant John J. Burroughs, Junior Second Lieutenant James R. Graham; fourteen non-commissioned officers and ninety privates. The battery was in fair condition. ^
October i^th, 1864. Headquarters Wytheville, Virginia. In- spected Douthat's battery, encamped near here : one 3-inch Rich- mond rifle, three captured United States lo-pound Parrotts, two cais- sons, three 4-horse wagons, thirty-six battery horses, six sergeants' horses, five extra horses, and twelve wagon mules ; in all, fifty-nine horses and mules, all in fair condition. Present for duty : Captain H. C. Douthat, Senior First Lieutenant F. G. Openchain, Junior First Lieutenant James B. Wright, Senior Second Lieutenant F. C. Wood, Junior Second Lieutenant James L. Burks ; twelve non-com- missioned officers and one hundred and six privates. Captain Lynch and Lieutenant Talbot, with the remnants of their respective com- panies, arrived to-day, and all went into camp at the Fair Grounds. Summary of report to General Breckinridge : 1 2-pound howitzers, 14; 6 pound howitzers, 5; Confederate States 3-inch rifles, 7; United States lo-pound Parrotts, 3 ; total number of guns, 29; total number of caissons, 1 1 ; battery forge, i ; wagons serviceable, 8 ; total number serviceable horses and mules, 177. Present for duty: one major, chief of artillery, seven captains, twenty lieutenants ; in all, twenty-eight commissioned officers, sixty-eight non-commis- sioned officers, and four hundred and fifty-three privates, including Byrne's four acting gun-corporals. Total effective force, five hun- dred and forty-nine. Number of chests insufficient, but those on hand are full of ammunition in good order. Guns and carriages in good order generally, but the harness is poor. The men are much in need of clothing, and especially shoes, are badly drilled and worse disciplined. The report does not include the horses of com- missioned officers and those of King's battery.
