Consolidated morning report, 15 December 1863

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CONSOLIDATED MORNING REPORT of [blank] Regiment of [blank] commanded by Colonel [blank]

NOTE.--Regimental and Battalion Staff Officers, when belonging to companies, will be reported in such companies as "on detached service," and be accounted for in "Field and Staff." They will, however, be dropped from aggregate of "Present and Absent" in Field and Staff, and be accounted for in the aggregate of their respective companies.

Date December 15th 1863.			[blank]
Companies			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Present
For duty		Field Officers	1												1
		Assistant Surgeon	1												1
		Regimental Staff Officers	1												1
		Battalion Staff Officers	1												1
		[In some reports, including 23 Oct 63, 'Battalion Staff' is crossed out, and something is written over it, perhaps 'Surgeon']
		Captains		1				1		1					3
		First Lieutenants		1	1			1	1				1		5
		Second Lieutenants				1			1		1	1	1		5
		Regt'l Non-comm'd Staff	2												2
		Batt'n Non-Comm'd Staff
		Hospital Stewards	1												1
		First Sergeants		1		1	1	1			1	1			6
		Company Q.M. Sergeants
		Sergeants		4	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	2		19
		Corporals		6		3	2	5	4	1	3	1	3		28
		Saddlers
		[some morning reports--including 3 September's--have 'Bugler' written in.]
		Wagoners
		Field Music		2	1	1	2	2		2	1		2		13
		Artificers & Blacksmiths		1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2		16
		[In some morning reports, 'Artificers & Blacksmiths' is crossed out and 'Pioneers' written in]
		Privates		26	12	30	17	24	11	14	11	8	6		159
		Recruits							4						4
Special duty		Commissioned Officers								2					2
Extra and daily duty		Non-commissioned Officers							1						1
		Privates		3	1		1	1			1	2			9
Sick		Commissioned Officers	1				1								2
		Non-commissioned Officers
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers &c.
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, have "In Hospital"]
		Privates				1	1	2	2		4	1			11
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, add "in quarters".]
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers
		Non-commissioned Officers									1				1
		[John Wood (H)]
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers and Wagoners
		Privates				1	2				2				5
		[Charles Lowery (C)]
Horses		Serviceable
		Unserviceable
		[some morning reports have 'Unserviceable' crossed out and 'Mules' written in]
Total commissioned			5	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	2		21
Total enlisted			3	43	17	41	30	39	27	19	26	15	15		275
Absent			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
On detached service		Commissioned Officers	2		1		1						1		5
		Enlisted Men		4	4	7	5	8	2	2	4	3	4		43
		[Given the totals, and previous reports, co.B should probably be '2', which makes the total '41'. (The alternative is that 2 fewer men were present.)]
With leave		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men						1							1
Without leave		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men											1		1
Sick		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men		6	6	12	3	16	11	9	7	4	10		84
[in some reports, entries are written in the gutter, with 'In hospital' written in as the heading.]
In hands of civil authority		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men										1	1		2
Horses		Serviceable
		Unserviceable
Total commissioned			2		1		1						[1]		[5]
Total enlisted				10	8	19	8	25	13	11	11	8	16		129
Present & absent			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Commmissioned officers			7	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	3		26
Total enlisted			3	53	25	60	38	64	40	30	37	23	31		404
Aggregate			10	55	27	61	40	66	42	33	38	24	34		430
Aggregate last report			10	55	27	61	40	66	42	33	38	24	34		430
Total of horses
Alterations since last report
G a i n	Commis'd officers	By Promotion or Appoint
		By Transfer
	Enlisted men	Recruits from Depots
		Enlisted in the Regiment
		Re-enlisted
		By Transfer
		From Missing In Action
		From Desertion
L o s s	Commis'd officers	Resigned or Disbanded
		Dismissed
		Transferred
		Missing In Action
		Died in action or of wounds received there
		Died of Disease &c.
	Enlisted men	Discharged Expiration of service
		Discharged For Disability
		Discharged By Sentence G.C.M.
		Discharged By Order
		Discharged By Civil Authority
		Transferred
		Died In action or of wounds received there
		Died Of Disease, &c.
		Missing In Action
		Deserted
Memoranda		Wounded In Action
		No. of Recruits required		45	73	38	60	32	58	68	73	67
		[The co.I and K entries are written in the co.H and I spaces respectively]
		No. of Horses required		43	13	37	23	30	20	15	12	8
		[The co.I and K entries are written in the co.H and I spaces respectively. In some reports, "Guns" is written over "Horses required"]

Remarks (Alterations since last Report to be accounted for by name.)
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Adjutant.

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Commanding the Regiment