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Battle of Byram's Ford
Blunt's Order of Battle

1st Provisional Cavalry Division

(Blunt's Division)

Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt

Escort

Company E, 14th Kansas Militia Cavalry Regiment

Lieut. William B. Clark

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1st Brigade

Col. Charles R. Jennison

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15th Kansas Cavalry Regiment

Lieut. Col. George H. Hoyt

3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiemt

(5 companies)

Lieut. J. B. Pond

Foster's Battalion, Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia

Capt. George Grover

15th Kansas Mountain Howitzer Battery

5 guns

Lieut. H. L. Barker

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2nd Brigade

Col. Thomas Moonlight

11th Kansas Cavalry Regiment

(9 companies)

Lieut. Col. P. B. Plumb

5th Kansas Cavalry Regiment

(Companies L and M)

Capt. James H. Young

16th Kansas Cavalry Regiment

(Companies A and D)

Lieut. Col. Sam Walker

11th Kansas Militia Cavalry Regiment (mounted)

Col. A. J. Mitchell

11th Kansas Mountain Howitzer Battery

4 guns

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3rd Brigade

Col. Charles W. Blair

6th Kansas Militia Cavalry Regiment (mounted)

Col. James Montgomery

24th Kansas Militia Cavalry Regiment (mounted - detachment)

Lieut. Col. George Eaves

Right Section, 2nd Kansas State Militia (Douglas Battery) Artillery - 2 guns

Lieut. Patrick H. Minor

Battery, 9th Wisconsin Light Artillery

6 guns

Capt. J. H. Dodge

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4th Brigade

Col. James H. Ford

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2nd Colorado Cavalry Regiment

Maj. J. A. Pritchard

16th Kansas Cavalry Regiment (detachment)

Maj. James Ketner

McLain's Independent Colorado Battery

6 guns

Capt. W. D. McLain

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