ANOTHER Amazing Trans MS cavalry inspection report: C. Greene's MO Brigade

[Mississippian]

Found this by accident, Inspection report of Col. Colton Greene's MO Cavalry Brigade.

CSR of Lt. J. Connor

Inspection of Greene's Brigade. Oct. 24th 1863

Jeffers Regiment: (8th MO Cav)

No of Men on Parade: 125 men & 25 officers
No of Men armed and mounted: 125 men & 25 officers
No of Men unarmed and mounted: 0
No of Men armed and dismounted: 6 men & 0 officers
Discipline: Good
Instruction: Good
Shotguns: 0
Miss Rifles: 30
Minnie Rifles: 25
Sharps Rifles: 20
Muskets: 20
Ark Rifles: 35
Sabers: 30
Colts Navy Pistols: 45
Colts Dragoon Pistols: 5
Holster Pistols: 7
Cartridges: 20 rds per man
Condition of Cartridges: Good
Condition of Arms: Good
Military appearance of officers and men: Good
Condition of Encampment: Good
Condition of Clothing: Indifferent

Burbridge's Regiment: (4th MO Cav)

No of Men on Parade: 103 men & 12 officers
No of Men armed and mounted: 103 men & 12 officers
No of Men unarmed and mounted: 0
No of Men armed and dismounted: 0
Discipline: Good
Instruction: Good
Shotguns: 2
Miss Rifles: 10
Minnie Rifles: 28
Sharps Rifles: 7
Muskets: 2
Ark Rifles: 54
Sabers: 25
Colts Navy Pistols: 30
Colts Dragoon Pistols: 0
Holster Pistols: 20
Cartridges: 20 rds per man
Condition of Cartridges: Good
Condition of Arms: Good
Military appearance of officers and men: Good
Condition of Encampment: Good
Condition of Clothing: Indifferent

Kitchen's Regiment: (7th MO Cav)

No of Men on Parade: 51 men & 6 officers
No of Men armed and mounted: 51 men & 6 officers
No of Men unarmed and mounted: 4 men
No of Men armed and dismounted: 6 men
Discipline: Good
Instruction: Good
Shotguns: 0
Miss Rifles: 0
Minnie Rifles: 0
Sharps Rifles: 0
Muskets: 51
Ark Rifles: 0
Sabers: 6
Colts Navy Pistols: 35
Colts Dragoon Pistols: 12
Holster Pistols: 10
Cartridges: 25 rds per man
Condition of Cartridges: Good
Condition of Arms: Good
Military appearance of officers and men: Good
Condition of Encampment: Good
Condition of Clothing: Indifferent


Inspectors Comments:

"Major,

I have the honor to report that in addition to the tabulation report, that the horses of the above command are in good marching order. The officers efficient, the arms found in good condition and serviceable with the exception of the Arkadelphia Rifles which in seven out of ten are too weak in the spring to burst the cap under two tries of the same cap which is a great objection to this gun. I also find a few Belgian rifles, which there is no proper ammunition.

J. Connor"


Very interesting, very rare too.

Will MacDonald

[Mark Choate]

Re: ANOTHER Amazing Trans MS cavalry inspection report: C. Greene's MO Brigade

This was a very interesting one, Will, I will agree.

Really enjoyed the portion on the number of men and officers who were armed or not and mounted or not. Do you ever find any references to the formal efforts made to find mounts for the men who were not mounted, such as the six with Jeffers unit (8th Mo)?

thx,
Mark

[Mike Ventura]

Re: ANOTHER Amazing Trans MS cavalry inspection report: C. Greene's MO Brigade

Great work (again) Will! More data on the pistol:trooper ratio.