Blount_Letter_007_47777

[Trumpets?] N^o of men including Officers

Remarks No. Return has been made to me of the second Brigade under the Command of Brigadier General George Doherty the strength of that Brigade will exceed three thousand Rank & file -

-There are many Companies of Cavalry in the State of which there is no Return-

-There is no Return of the 47^th Regiment and the 2^nd Regiment of Lincoln County in the 5^th Brigade -

Nor is there any Return of One Regiment in the 7^th Brigade -

John Williams Adjutant Gen^l of Tennessee

[illegible] Sepbemter [sic] 25 ^th 1812

- Annual Return of the Militia

Infantry Commissioned Officers [?] [?] Majors 915 Sergeants 422 Corporals. 495 Musicians 25,538 Rank & file

Arms, Ammunition, and accoutrements 9419 Rifles 4626 Muskets 69 Bayonets 162 Cartidge Boxes " Steel Rods " Scabbards & Belts 13, 570 Flints 3,823 Wires & Brushes " Knapsacks 1,238 Cartridges with Balls 54,746 Loose Balls

[?] of the State of Tennessee for the year 1812 Cavalry

3,731 pounds of powder 44 Number of Regiments 9 Number of Brigades 26,036 Number of men including Officers " Companies of Cavalry 2 Lieutenant Colonels 3 Majors 2 Adjutants 1 Quarter Masters 13 Captains 13 Lieutenants 12 Cornets 33 Sergeants 9 Musicians 357 Rank & file 120 pairs of pistols 120 pairs of Holsters 100 Swords 357 Horses 357 Saddles [35?] Bridle

Free John William Adjutant Gen^l of Tennessee

His Excellency Willie Blount Nashville Tennessee