the commencement of this campaign, numbered
ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven effective men, and
two hundred and fifty-four pieces of artillery, and was divided as
follows:

The Army of the Cumberland, Major-General Thomas commanding--infantry,
fifty-four thousand five hundred and sixty-eight; artillery, two
thousand three hundred and seventy-seven; cavalry, three thousand eight
hundred and twenty-eight. Total, sixty thousand seven hundred and
seventy-three; with one hundred and thirty guns. Army of the Tennessee,
Major-General McPherson commanding--infantry, twenty-two thousand four
hundred and thirty-seven; artillery, one thousand four hundred and
four; cavalry, six hundred and twenty-four. Total, twenty-four thousand
four hundred and sixty-five; with ninety-six guns. Army of the Ohio,
Major-General Schofield commanding--infantry, eleven thousand one
hundred and eighty-three; artillery, six hundred and seventy-nine;
cavalry, one thousand six hundred and ninety-seven. Total, thirteen
thousand five hundred and fifty-nine; with twenty-eight guns. These
numbers continued relatively the same during the campaign, the losses
in battle and from sickness being about compensated by recruits, and
returns from furlough and hospitals.

The Fourteenth Corps, to which our division belonged, was commanded by
Major-General Palmer, and was assigned to a position under Thomas in
the centre.

In the move of the grand army on the 7th, our division reached Tunnel
Hill at noon, where the enemy made a slight resistance, and while it
was getting into position, a battery played upon it from an eminence
near the village. This battery was soon dislodged and the enemy put to
flight, retreating behind Rocky Face Ridge, where he took up position
in Buzzard's Roost Gap, our forces following up rapidly, confronting
his position, and throwing up works in case of an attack. The night of
the 7th passed off with some skirmish firing in the gap at the Roost,
and the next day, nothing was done, only the division changed its
front.

The command now held this front until the 12th, during which time there
were various demonstrations made on the rebel's invincible position, to
no advantage. While here, the Eighty-sixth was continually exposed to
the fire of the enemy's sharpshooters, who occupied a position on the
highest and most abrupt portions of the Rocky Face Ridge, from whence
they viewed us, on the far-spread plain below, as mere