Army of the Border

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The Army of the Border was a

Samuel R. Curtis
was in command of the army throughout its duration.

Major General James G. Blunt, who commanded the District of South Kansas, was placed in command of the army's 1st Division, which was broken up into three brigade of volunteer cavalry regiments and a fourth of Kansas state militia units. Major General George Dietzler commanded the rest of the Kansas state militia units and organized them into the 2nd Division of the army.

Blunt's division fought at the battles of

Newtonia
.

Commander

  • Major General
    Samuel R. Curtis
    (October 14 – November 8, 1864)

Major battles and campaigns

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Army of the Border

MG Samuel Ryan Curtis

Escort:

  • 2nd Kansas Cavalry
    (battalion): Maj Henry Hopkins
  • Company G,
    11th Kansas Cavalry
    : Cpt C. L. Gove
  • Company H,
    15th Kansas Cavalry
  • Mountain howitzer battery: Lt Edward Gill
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Provisional Cavalry Division
MG James G. Blunt
Escort:
Company E,

14th Kansas Cavalry
: 2Lt William B. Clark

1st Brigade


Col Charles R. Jennison

  • 15th Kansas Cavalry
    : Ltc George H. Hoyt
  • James B. Pond
  • Foster's Battalion, Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia: Cpt George S. Grover
  • Mountain howitzer battery (5 12-pdr): 2Lt Henry L. Barker
2nd Brigade


Col Thomas Moonlight

3rd Brigade [Kansas State Militia Division]


Col Charles W. Blair
BG William H. M. Fishbeck

4th Brigade


   Col James Hobart Ford

  • 2nd Colorado Cavalry
    : Maj J. H. Pritchard
  • 16th Kansas Cavalry
    (detachment)
  • McLain's Independent Colorado Battery
    (6 guns): Cpt W. D. McLain
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
     MG Alfred Pleasonton
Escort:
Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt Henry E. Palmer

1st Brigade


   Col John Finis Philips

2nd Brigade


BG John McNeil

  • 17th Illinois Cavalry: Col John Lourie Beveridge
  • 7th Kansas Cavalry
    : Maj Francis M. Malone
  • 2nd Missouri Cavalry: Cpt George M. Houston
  • 13th Missouri Cavalry: Col Edwin C. Catherwood
  • 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Ltc Henry M. Matthews
  • 5th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Ltc Joseph A. Eppstein
  • 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Ltc Daniel M. Draper
  • Battery B, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery
  • Mountain howitzer battery (4 12-pdr)
3rd Brigade


BG John Benjamin Sanborn

  • 2nd Arkansas Cavalry: Col John Elisha Phelps
  • 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Maj William Plumb
  • 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Col Joseph J. Gravely
  • 6th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia: Col John F. McMahan
  • 7th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia: Maj W. B. Mitchell
  • Battery H, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt William C. F. Montgomery
  • Battery L, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Thurber
4th Brigade


   Ltc

Frederick William Benteen
  • 7th Indiana Cavalry
    : Maj S. W. Simonson
  • 3rd Iowa Cavalry: Maj Benjamin S. Jones
  • 4th Iowa Cavalry
    : Maj Abial R. Pierce
  • 4th Missouri Cavalry
    (detachment): Cpt Charles D. Knispel [command combined with the 7th Indiana Cavalry]
  • 10th Missouri Cavalry
    : Maj William H. Lusk


Notes

The list shown is the entire Army of the Border. Brigades from this army fought in battles during

Price's Raid
.

See also

  • Westport Union order of battle
  • Mine Creek Union order of battle

References

  • Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001,
    ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
    .
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