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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