862fk: Strength of the Union Forces Defending Washington 20 September 1862

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                  Strength of the Union Forces  
                      Defending  Washington  
                        20 September 1862 


Headquarters, Staff, Escorts  (32/427)
Garrisons                     (790/18,559)
City Guards:
     Washington, D.C.         (120/1,802)
     Alexandria, VA           (71/1,645)

3rd Corps, Maj Gen Heintzelman (787/16,340)
11th Corps, Maj Gen Siegl      (459/9,840)
Whipple's Division             (l89/3,645)
Casey's Division               (268/6,l00)
Corps - Brig. Gen. Stonemen    (l30/4,322)
Bayard's Cavalry Brigade       (73/1,627)
  (Lt. Col. Davies)

Camp of Convalescents, 
  Stragglers, & Recruits
  Brig. Gen. J.P.Slough        (51/3,933)    



U.S.  War Department,  The War of the Rebellion, 
A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and 
Confederate Armies,  Government Printing Office; 
Washington, D.C., 1882

Source: George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection