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of that brigade. When the division went to the Valley, Elzey's brigade was composed of the Thirteenth Virginia regiment, the First Maryland regiment, and a battery of artillery.

On the 14th of June, 1862, just four days after the battle of Port Republic, the returns then made show the following number of officers and men present for duty in the infantry:

In Elzey's brigade:  
 
Officers... 95
Enlisted men... 1,049
 
In Trimble's brigade:  
 
Officers... 123
Enlisted men... 1,049
 
In Taylor's brigade:  
 
Officers... 106
Enlisted men... 1,793
Aggregate... 4,967

These are the last returns before the movement to join General Lee in the attack on McClellan. The First Maryland regiment had then been detached from Elzey's brigade, and the Twelfth Georgia, Twenty-fifth and Thirty-first Virginia regiments, had been transferred to it. The Forty-fourth, Fifty-second and Fifty-eighth Virginia regiments, all small regiments at that time, were subsequently transferred to the brigade, and constituted a part of it in the battles around Richmond. The artillery attached to the brigades was absent at Medium's River depot, to replenish ammunition and get new horses.

The returns for the division, made the 10th and 12th of July, 1862, the first full returns after the Seven Days' Battles, show present for duty, in the infantry:

In Elzey's, then Early's brigade (10th July):  
 
Officers... 115
Enlisted men... 1,444
 
In Trimble's brigade (12th July):  
 
Officers... 100
Enlisted men... 1,528
 
In Taylor's brigade (12th July):  
 
Officers... 67
Enlisted men... 1,291
Total... 4,545