Early on Monday morning (March 22d) we continued our march, but owing to the slow progress of the gunboats did not reach Hill's plantation until Tuesday, the 23d instant, where we remained until the 25th; we then reembarked, and arrived at Young's Point on Friday, the 27th instant.
Below you will find a list of casualties.

Very respectfully, Giles A.SMITH, Colonel Eighth Missouri, commanding First Brigade.
P.S.-I forgot to state above that the Thirteenth Infantry and One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois being under the immediate command of General Sherman, he can mention them as their conduct deserves.
On the 3d of April, a division of troops, commanded by Brigadier-General J.M.Tuttle, was assigned to my corps, and was designated the Third Division; and, on the 4th of April, Brigadier-General D.Stuart was relieved from the command of the Second Division, to which Major-General Frank P.Blair was appointed by an order from General Grant's headquarters.

Stuart had been with me from the time we were at Benton Barracks, in command of the Fifty-fifth Illinois, then of a brigade, and finally of a division; but he had failed in seeking a confirmation by the Senate to his nomination as brigadier-general, by reason of some old affair at Chicago, and, having resigned his commission as colonel, he was out of service.

I esteemed him very highly, and was actually mortified that the service should thus be deprived of so excellent and gallant an officer.

He afterward settled in New Orleans as a lawyer, and died about 1867 or 1868.
On the 6th of April, my command, the Fifteenth Corps, was composed of three divisions: The First Division, commanded by Major-General Fred Steele; and his three brigades by Colonel Manter, Colonel Charles R.Wood, and Brigadier-General John M.Thayer.
The Second Division, commanded by Major-General Frank P.Blair; and his three brigades by Colonel Giles A.Smith, Colonel Thomas Gilby Smith, and Brigadier-General Hugh Ewing.
The Third Division, commanded by Brigadier-General J.M.