[DC musician
John Fahey has written a tune, Desperate Man Blues, for the soldiers surrounded in the capital. At the same time, Early October 1861 was certainly the calm before the storm while both armies reorganized division structures to suit their needs and the seniority of the generals available. At the moment a surprising number of Union generals are on leave with injury and few excess generals are available in any theater. I have found a very interesting document, and account of 22 divisions of the Army written in Mid October, 1861 and related to the forces in the country at that time. The numbering goes up to the 25th division, I cannot make out the number on 3 divisions.]
1st Division - Washington defenses - Ambrose Burnside under George McClellan - 7000 Infantry, 1000 Cavalry, 4 Artillery batteries
2nd Division - Washington defenses - Joseph Hooker under George McClellan - 7000 Infantry, 1000 Cavalry, 3 Artillery batteries
3rd Division - Washington defenses - FitzJohn Porter under George McClellan - 6000 infantry, 1000 Cavalry, 2 Artillery batteries
15th Division (Artillery) - Washington defenses - Samuel Heintzelman under George McClellan - 8 Artillery batteries
4th Division (Reserve) - Washington defenses - CP Stone under Winfield Scott - 7000 Infantry, 1000 Cavalry
16th Division - Washington defenses - D Hunter under Winfield Scott - 5000 Infantry, 2 artillery batteries
8th Division - Baltimore defenses - A Humphries under N. Banks - 8000 Infantry, 500 Cavalry, 1 Artillery battery
Division - Baltimore defenses - Thomas Meagher under N. Banks - 9000 Infantry
9th Division - Outside Manassas - G McCall under Joseph Mansfield - 7000 Infantry, 500 Cavalry, 2 Artillery batteries
17th Division - Harper's Ferry defenses - C Griffen under R Milroy - 6000 Infantry, 1 artillery battery
18th Division - Harper's Ferry defenses - A Howe under R Milroy - 5000 Infantry, 1 artillery batteries
19th Division - Advancing on Staunton from New Market - C Schurz under G Morell - 5000 Infantry, 500 Cavalry, 2 artillery batteries
Division - Advancing on Staunton from Lexington, VA - L Blenker under Lew Wallace - 5000 Infantry, 1 artillery batteries
13th Division - Outside Bowling Green - John McClernand under Ulysses Grant - 6000 Infantry, 2000 Cavalry, 2 Artillery batteries
14th Division - Outside Bowling Green - W Nelson under Ulysses Grant - 5000 Infantry, 1000 Cavalry
22nd Division (Provisional Artillery under newly promoted general while awaiting new subordinate) - Outside Bowling Green - Ulysses Grant - 2 Artillery batteries
21st Division - Cairo Defenses - T Wood under Henry Halleck - 6000 Infantry, 2000 Cavalry, 1 Artillery battery
10th Division - Erie County, Missouri - Nathaniel Lyon under John Fremont - 6000 Infantry, 1000 Cavalry, 1 Artillery battery
20th Division - Erie County, Missouri - S Hurlburt under John Fremont - 3500 Infantry, 1500 Cavalry, 1 Artillery battery
Division - Erie County, Missouri - A Asboth under John Fremont - 2000 Infantry, 500 Cavalry
24th Division - Southeastern California - J Carleton - 1500 Infantry, 1500 Cavalry, 3 Artillery Batteries
25th Division (forming up in the Far West) - South Sante Fe, NM - C Carson - 1000 Cavalry
Loose regiments garrison Western Territorial areas.
Loose regiments garrison all of Northern and Central Missouri but the Southern edge.
Loose regiments garrison all of Eastern Kentucky and are ranging through the countryside to reduce the ability of the traitors to spy on those regions.
Loose regiments and brigades garrison Western Virginia including the Shenandoah Valley and along with cavalry regiments are ranging through the countryside to reduce the ability of the traitors to spy on those regions.
A group of 3 general officers and 3 support units (medical corps, signal corps, and engineering corps) attempted a breakout of Washington DC last turn but were denied. The general officers are in nearby towns recovering from wounds and two of the support units returned to the Army in the capital intact. The supplies of the medical corps unit were captured or destroyed and the men are missing. The unit has been recommissioned in the capital.
Garrison units remain in many cities throughout the Union.
Scouts report that as many as 21 Confederate divisions exist, as Edmund Kirby Smith leads a small force
[power of 86/86] under Beauregard in Montgomery County that claim that name. This may be a cavalry or artillery division that is still forming up. By counting I see 12 divisions in Virginia (one in Manassas, the rest in Maryland), 4 divisions in Kentucky and Clarksville, TN (2 in Bowling Greene), 3 in Missouri. That leaves one in New Orleans and one perhaps on the eastern sea board.