Ordnance Report, Maj. Gen. W.H.T. Walkers Division, Sept. 2nd 1863

[Mississippian]

From the CSR of Lt. L.W.H. Magruder, Ordnance Officer:

Brig. Gen. S.R. Gist's Brigade (8th Georgia Batt., 46th Georgia, 16th South Carolina, 24th South Carolina)

Mississippi Rifles cal .54: 0
Rifles cal .57: 1349
Rifles cal .58: 0
Muskets cal .69: 462
Average number rounds in Cartridges boxes of men: 40
Total small arms: 1811

Ammunition in wagons:

Cartridges cal .54: 0
Cartridges cal .57: 104000
Cartridges cal .58: 0
Cartridges cal .69: 26000
Number of Ammunition wagons: 9

Brig. Gen. M.D. Ectors Brigade (9th Texas Infantry, 10th Texas Cav., 14th Texas Cav, 32nd Texas Cav, Pounds Mississippi Sharpshoters, Stones Alabama Sharpshooters

Mississippi Rifles cal .54: 144
Rifles cal .57: 686
Rifles cal .58: 278
Muskets cal .69: 177
Average Number of Rounds in Cartridges Boxes of men: 40
Total Number of Small Arms: 1285

Ammunition in Wagons:

Cartridges cal .54: 6000
Cartridges cal .57: 40000
Cartridges cal .58: 17000
Cartridges cal .69: 10000
Number of Ammunition Wagons: 7

Col. C. Wilsons Brigade: (1st Batt. Georgia Sharpshooters, 25th Georgia, 29th Georgia, 30th Georgia, 4th Louisiana Battalion.)

Mississippi Rifles cal .54: 40
Rifles cal .57: 883
Rifles cal .58: 0
Muskets cal .69: 362
Average Number of Rounds in Cartridge Boxes of Men: 40
Total Number of Small Arms: 1325

Ammunition in Wagons

Cartridges cal .54: 5000
Cartridges cal .57: 63000
Cartridges cal .58: 0
Cartridges cal .69: 29000
Total Number of Ammunition Wagons: 7

Will MacDonald

[Coatsy]

Re: Ordnance Report, Maj. Gen. W.H.T. Walkers Division, Sept. 2nd 1863

Will,

Thanks for posting this. "Shot Pouch" Walker's command is of particular interest to us Georgians, especially when his division was sent to Bragg before Chickamuaga to the Battle of Atlanta.

[Mississippian]

Re: Ordnance Report, Maj. Gen. W.H.T. Walkers Division, Sept. 2nd 1863

Herb,

This division had an interesting 1863. Gist's and Wilson's Brigades had been sent from the Atlantic Coast to Mississippi during Joe Johnson's abortive attempt to save Vicksburg. There they were put in a division with Gregg's Tennesseans who had fought at Raymond and Ector's Texas Brigade from Bragg's Army. The Jackson Campaign was much harder than many people realize, lots of skirmishing and entrenching in the middle of a hot, humid, Mississippi summer. When Walkers Division was ordered to Bragg, Greggs Brigade was detached to the provisional division before Chickamauga, never to return. After Chickamauga, Ector's Texans were sent back to Mississippi to bolster the defenses there, replaced by a brigade of Tennesseans from Cheatham's old division.

Will MacDonald