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Battle of Westport
Union Order of Battle

Army of the Border

Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis

Escort

11th Kansas Cavalry, Company G

2-gun battery

Lieut. Edward Gill

Provisional Cavalry Division

Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt

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1st Brigade

Col. Charles R. Jennison

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Foster's Missouri Cavalry Battalion

Capt. George S. Grover

15th Kansas Cavalry

Lieut. Col. George H.Hoyt

3rd Wisconsin Cavalry (detachment)

Capt. Robert Carpenter

Battery - 5 guns - manned by 15th Kansas Cavalry

Lieut. Henry L. Baker

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2nd Brigade

Col. Thomas Moonlight

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5th Kansas Cavalry, Companies L & M

Capt. James H. Young

11th Kansas Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Preston B. Plumb

16th Kansas Cavalry, Companies A & D

Lieut. Col. Samuel Walker

Battery - 4 guns - manned by Company E, 11th Kansas Cavalry

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3rd Brigade

Col. Charles W. Blair

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4th Kansas Militia

Col. W. D. McCain

5th Kansas Militia

Col. G. A. Colton

6th Kansas Militia 

Col. James D. Snoddy

(arrested Oct 16)

Col. James Montgomery

10th Kansas Militia

Col. William Pennock

19th Kansas Militia

Col. A. C. Hogan

24th Kansas Militia Battalion

Lieut. Col. George Eaves

14th Kansas Cavalry, Company E

Lieut. William B. Clark

2nd Kansas State Artillery - 2 guns

Lieut. Daniel C. Knowles

9th Wisconsin Battery - 6 guns

Capt. James H. Dodge

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4th Brigade

Col. James Hobart

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2nd Colorado Cavalry

Maj. Jesse L. Pritchard

16th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry

(detachment)

Maj. James Ketner

McLain's Independent Colorado Battery 6 guns

Capt. William D. McLain​

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Kansas State Militia Division

Maj. Gen. George W. Deitzler

Kansas State Adjutant General

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Brigade Field Commanders

Brig. Gen. Melvin S. Grant

Brig. Gen. William H. M. Fishback

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1st Kansas Militia 

Col. Charles H. Robinson

2nd Kansas Militia 

Col. George W. Veale

2nd Kansas Colored Militia

Capt. James L. Rafferty

Capt. Richard J. Hinton

7th Kansas Militia

Col. Peter McFarland

9th Kansas Militia 

Col. Frank M. Tracy

12th Kansas Militia
Col. L. S. Treat

13th Kansas Militia

Col. Alexander​ S. Johnson

14th Kansas Militia

Col. William Gordon

18th Kansas Militia

Col. Matthew Quigg

20th Kansas Militia 

Col. J. B. Hubbell

21st Kansas Militia 

Col. Sandy Lowe

22nd Kansas Militia

Col. William Weer

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Artillery

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Independent Colored Battery 6 guns

Capt. H. Ford Douglas

Topeka Battery of 2nd Kansas Militia

1 gun 

Capt. Ross Burnes

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Unattached Unit

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Kansas City Home Guards

Col. Kersey Coates

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Department of the Missouri

Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans

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Provisional Cavalry Division

Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Egbert B. Brown

(arrested Oct 23)

Col. John F. Philips

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1st Missouri Militia Cavalry

Col. James McFerran

(arrested Oct 23)

Lieut. Col. Bazel f. Lazear

4th Missouri Militia Cavalry

Maj. George W. Kelly

7th Missouri Militia Cavalry

Col. John F. Philips

Lieut. Col. Thomas Theodore Crittenden

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Detachment

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1st Iowa Cavalry

Maj. John McDermont

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. John McNeil

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17th Illinois Cavalry

Col. John Lourie Beveridge

13th Missouri Cavalry

Col. Edwin C. Catherwood

5th Missouri Militia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Joseph Eppstein

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Detachments from:

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7th Kansas Cavalry

Maj. Francis Malone

2nd Missouri Cavalry

Capt. George M. Houston

3rd Missouri Militia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Henry M. Matthews

9th Missouri Militia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Daniel M. Draper

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3rd Brigade

Brig. Gen. John B. Sanborn

2nd Arkansas Cavalry

Col. John E. Phelps

8th Missouri Militia Cavalry

Col. Joseph J. Gravely

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Detachments from:

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6th Enrolled Missouri Militia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. John F. McMahan

7th Enrolled Missouri Militia Cavalry

Maj. W. B. Mitchell

6th Missouri Militia Cavalry

Maj. William Plumb

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4th Brigade

Col. Edward F. Winslow (w)

Lieut. Col. Frederick W. Benteen

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3rd Iowa Cavalry

Maj. Benjamin S. Jones

4th Iowa Cavalry

Maj. Abial Richmond Pierce

10th Missouri Cavalry

Lieut Col. Frederick W. Benteen

Maj. William H. Lusk

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Detachments from:

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7th Indiana Cavalry

Maj. Samuel E. W. Simonson

4th Missouri Cavalry

Capt. George D. Knispel

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Artillery

Col. Nelson D. Cole

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Battery H, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery

4 guns

Capt. William C. F. Montgomery

2 guns

Lieut. Philip Smiley

Battery L, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery

4 guns

Capt. Charles H. Thurber

Battery of 5th Missouri Militia Cavalry

2 guns

Lieut. Adam Hillerich

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Unassigned

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2nd New Jersey Cavalry (detachment)

Capt. Michael Gallagher

19th Pennsylvania Cavalry (1 company)

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XVI Corps

Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith

Not present at the battle

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1st Division

Col. Joseph J. Woods

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2nd Brigade

Col. Lucius Frederick Hubbard

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5th Minnesota Infantry

Col. Lucius F. Hubbard

7th Minnesota Infantry

Col. William R. Marshall

9th Minnesota Infantry

Col. Josiah F. Marsh

10th Minnesota Infantry

Col. S. P. Jennison

8th Wisconsin Infantry

Lieut. Col. William B. Britton

Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery

Lieut. John W. Lowell

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3rd Brigade

Col. Sylvester G. Hill

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33rd Missouri Infantry

Col. William A. Pile

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3rd Division

Col. David Moore

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1st Brigade

Col. Thomas J. Kinney

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58th Illinois Infantry

Col. William F. Lynch

119th Illinois Infantry

Col. Thomas J. Kinney

89th Indiana Infantry

Col. David Moore

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2nd Brigade

Col. James Isham Gilbert

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14th Iowa Infantry

Col. William T. Shaw

27th Iowa Infantry

Lieut. Col. Jed Lake

32nd Iowa Infantry

Col. John Scott

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3rd Brigade

Col. Edward H. Wolfe

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49th Illinois Infantry

Col. William A. Thrush

Col. Phineas Pease

117th Illinois Infantry

Col. Risdon M. Moore

52nd Indiana Infantry

Col. Edward H. Wolfe

3rd Indiana Battery

Capt. Thomas J. Ginn

9th Indiana Battery

Lieut. Samuel G. Calfee

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