For what it is worth below ae listed four reports concerning the action at Verona.
The Indiana Adjutant General's report concerning the 7th Indiana Cavalry says "a large quantity of rebel stores destroyed, including sixten railroad cars cars, losded with pontoons for Hood's army, and four thousand new Eng;ish carbines".
The after action report of MG Napoleon J. T. Dana, commanding the Department of Mississippi, dated 3 January 1865 reports the destruction by all of Grierson's units at Verona. "Here they captured 6 officers and 20 men, destroyed two trains of sixteen cars each, each loaded with new wagons, pontoons, supplies &, for Hood, burned 300 Army wagons, most of which had been captured from Sturgis, destroyed 4,000 new English carbines, which were for Forrest's command, and large amounts of ordnance stores and ammunition, with quartermaster stores, and commisary stores for Hood's army."
The after action report of MG Cadwallader C. Washburn commanding the District of Vickburg dated 5 January 1865 states "they captured and destroyed 300 army wagons, 4,000 new carbines, an immense ammount of ammunition, two trains of cars, and a large amount of commisary and quartermaster's stores".
The after action report of BG Benjamin H. Grierson states Col. Karge struck the enemy's pickets and his advance reigment, the Seventh Indiana, charged into camp, dispersing the garrison and destroying 2 trains, 32 cars, and 8 warehouses filled with ordnance, commisary, and quartermaster stores; also 200 army wagons, most of which were marked 'US' having been captures from General Sturgis in June last, and which were about being sent, loded with supplies, to the army of General Hood. The bursting of shells which were contained in the immense depot continued until the afternoon of the next day.
The after action report of Colonel Joseph Karge, Second new Jersey Cavalry, commanding First Cavalry Brigade, dated 12 January 1865 shows some real descrepancies. Karge says he halted his main column a short distance from the town and ordered details for the purose of destroying all the property that was accumulated there of which the following is an estimate: 450 Engish carbines; 500 Austrian rifles, 200 boxes ammunition for carbines and rifles, a large amount of fixed ammunition for artillery and shells, the explosion of which commensed at 10 p.m. and did not cease until 5 o'clock the next morning, 200 army wagons marked 'US' a train of 20 cars: a large quamtity of saddles, quartermaster's and commissary stores, which were stored in eight large buildings.
Regardless of some descrepancie in various reports the amount of material must have been considerable. Surely there must be some recovered relics of the material destroyed at Verona.
Russ Pritchard