GDG- Blacks at Gettysburg

[Bob Huddleston]

I am pasting below a report on the numbers of contrabands in the Cavalry
Corps in August 1863. I am not certain how it will appear but if you want a
clean Word copy, let me know privately. 

I am assuming that "public" would be quartermaster corps employees and
"private" ones would be individual servants.

Take care,

Bob

Judy and Bob Huddleston
10643 Sperry Street
Northglenn, CO  80234-3612
huddleston.r at comcast.net

"The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane."
---Mark Twain, 1907

Report of Negroes
Cavalry Corps
Lieutenant J[ohn]. W. Spangler
Act. Chf. Q.M.

Report of Colored persons employed in public and private capacity in Cav
Corps Army of the Potomac

Command		Public		Private			Public
Private
			Service		Service			

Hd Qrs Cav Corps	17		25		--	17
25
Q.M. Dept      1st Div	25		  1
Ambulance Corps			  1
1st Brigade	      "	  1		66
2d Brigade	      "	  		43
Reserve Brigade    "	   6		37			32
150
Hd Qrs		2d Div			  7
Q.M. Dept.	   "	   1		  1
1st Brigade	   "	   1		30
2d Brigade	   "	 		76
3d Brigade	   "			55			   2
169
Hd Qrs		3d Div	    2		  9
Hd. Qrs    1st Brigade	    4		  9	   	   
5 N.Y.        Cav       "   		11
1st Vermont "           "	     		18
1st Virginia  "	         "			18
1st Penn        "         " 			18
Hd. Qrs       2d Brigade     		21
1st Mich    Cav	     "	     2		25
5th Mich       "	      "	  		15
6th Mich       "	     "			14
7th Mich       "       "      		21
Batteries	      "			  4
Escort		     "			  2	--	  8	161
Maj Robertson 1st Brig H Arty 31	  4	--	 31	    4
QM Dept 2 Brig Horse Arty	  10	 
Battery A 2nd US Arty			  2	--	 10	  25
				Total			100	571

Head Qrs 1st Cav Division
	August 11, 1863
		T[heodore] C Bacon
		[signed by Merritt]			W. Merritt
								Brig. Gen'l.
Vols.
								Commdg.
Division

Report of Negroes employed in the 1st Cavalry Division, August 11, 1863

Command		In Public Service	Private Servants	Total	Not
Employed

Head Qrs 1st Cav Div					14		14
Q.M. Dept. 1st Cav Div	25			  1		26
Ambulance Corps					  3		  3
1
1st Cav Brigade		  1			73		74
2nd  "	    "						43		43
Reserve   "			  6			37		43
Battery B&G, 2nd Arty				  1		  1
   " 	    D     "     "


Total				32			172		204
1

					
						Head Quarters 2nd Division
CC
							August 13th, 1863

Capt A[ndrew] J[acob] Cohen
    Asst Adjt Genl Cav Corps
	Capt

	In compliance with Circular from Hd Qrs Army of the Potomac, I have
the honor to report the following number of contrabands in this division

					Public Service
Private Service

Div Hd Qrs
12
Divn Qr Mr Dept				
1st Brigade					1
81
3rd Brigade
63
[different handwriting:]
2n Brigade			No report received	1 RI, 6th Ohio + 8th
Penn

1	156
Total			192
[original handwriting:]
					Very Respectfully
					Your Obdt Servt
[signed by Gregg:]				DMM Gregg
						Brig Gen Vols

Return of the  Number of Negroes employed in 2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cav
Corps commanded by Col Pennock Huey 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Regiments		Servants	US Employees	  Total
Remarks

Brig Hed Qrs		  6				      6		No
Negroes in the 
6th Ohio    Cavalry	18				     18
employ of the U.S. 
2nd New York "	18				     18		Government
4th New York  "	  6				       6
8th Penns	"	10				      10
1s R.I.		"	17				      17
6th Light N.Y. Battery 						None

Total			75				      75

Hed Qrs 2nd Cav Brigade
Little Georgetown, Va, Aug 11 1863
						[signed by Huey]	P
Huey
						[clerk's handwriting:] Col
8th Penna Cavy
	JE Carpenter
Com'd'g Brigade
	AAA Genl		


Head Quarters 3d Cavalry Division
	Warrenton Junction Aug 11th 1863

Captain
	I have the honor to report, in accordance with Circular from Corps
Head Quarters, the number of Public and Private negroes in the command as
follows:

								Private
Public
Division Head Quarters				   9		   6
1st Brigade	     Do	   Do					   2
2d	Do	     Do	   Do					   2
2
1st Virginia Cavalry						  18
18th Penna	Do						  15	
1st Vermont	Do						  18
5th New York	Do						  11
1st Michigan	Do						  24
5th	Do	Do						  14
6th 	Do	Do						  13
7th	Do	Do						  2"
				Total				146
8

				Very Respectfully
					Your Obt. Servt.
						TG Elste [?]
						AAGenl