Fourth Regiment Infantry—Seven companies and a portion of another sailed from New York January 3d in the transport-ship Geo. Peabody; arrived February 7th, not landing until the thirteenth; forty-seven days on board; balance of regiment arrived about the same time.
Forty-Seventh Regiment Infantry—Entire regiment sailed from New York December 22d on steamer Mississippi; had a pleasant voyage of eight days to Ship Island; arrived at New Orleans December 31st.
Forty-Eighth Regiment Infantry—Embarked December 29th on steamer Constellation, sailing from New York for Fortress Munroe January 4th; after detention of seven days sailed for New Orleans, and arrived February 1st.
Forty-Ninth Regiment Infantry—Left New York January 24th on the steamer Illinois; arrived at New Orleans February 7th.
Fiftieth Regiment Infantry—Three companies were on steamer Jersey Blue, one company on steamer New Brunswick, five companies on steamer Niagara, one company on ship Jenny Lind. The Jersey Blue sailed from New York about December 11th, became unmanageable at sea and was obliged to put into Hilton Head in distress; troops were landed and remained on shore about three weeks, then embarked on bark Guerrilla, and arrived at New Orleans January 20th. The New Brunswick sailed December 1st; arrived at New Orleans December 16th. The Niagara sailed December 13th, sprang a leak first night out, machinery became disabled, and it was necessary to put in at Delaware Breakwater; arrived at Philadelphia sixteenth, where the steamer was condemned by a Board of Survey as unfit for transport service. Ship Jenny Lind arrived at Philadelphia January 1st, took the five companies on board, and on the ninth sailed for Fortress Munroe, arriving on the thirteenth. As the Jenny Lind was not capable of accommodating all the troops, three companies were transferred to ship Montebello—she sailed sixteenth; arrived at New Orleans January 27th. The Jenny Lind arrived at New Orleans February 9th.
Fifty-Third Regiment Infantry—Embarked on steamer Continental January 17th, and after a stormy passage of twelve days reached New Orleans January 30th.
Thirty-Eighth Regiment Infantry—Left Baltimore November 10th on steamer Baltic; arrived at Fortress Munroe November 12th; left Fortress Munroe December 4th; after a smooth and pleasant passage arrived at Ship Island December 13th; went into camp on the island until the twenty-ninth; embarked on steamer Northern Light, and arrived at New Orleans December 31st.
Forty-First Regiment Infantry—Sailed from New York December 4th in steamer North Star, and after a remarkable pleasant passage arrived at New Orleans, via Ship Island, December 15th.
Twelfth Light Battery—Sailed from Boston January 3d in ship E. W. Farley; arrived at New Orleans February 3d, after a very rough passage.
Thirteenth Light Battery—Sailed from Boston January 20th in ship DeWitt Clinton; arrived at Fortress Munroe February 11th, after a very stormy passage and loss of fifty-seven horses; after a long, tedious voyage from Fortress Munroe arrived at New Orleans May 10th: becalmed off the Florida coast, steamer Geo. Peabody towed the ship to Key West; from Key West the steamer St. Mary’s towed the ship to within one day’s sail of the Mississippi River.