Army of the Border
The Army of the Border was a Union army during the American Civil War. It was created from units in the Department of Kansas to oppose Sterling Price's Raid in 1864. 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 Lexington and Little Blue River before falling back and joining Curtis and the rest of the army at Westport. At the Battle of Westport, Curtis's two divisions were joined by Alfred Pleasonton's cavalry division from the Department of the Missouri, bringing the Union army to about 22,000, including Pleasonton's cavalry. After the battle, the militia units returned to their respective counties while Blunt's volunteers continued the pursuit along with Pleasonton's division. Blunt's division fought Price in the last major battle of the campaign at Newtonia.
Commander
- Major General Samuel R. Curtis
Major battles and campaigns
- Price's Missouri Expedition
- * Second Battle of Lexington
- * Battle of Little Blue River
- * Battle of Byram's Ford
- * Battle of Westport
- * Battle of Mine Creek
- * Second Battle of Newtonia
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
- 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant
Army of the Border
Escort:
- 2nd Kansas Cavalry : 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 |
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| First Provisional Cavalry Division MG James G. Blunt Escort: Company E, 14th Kansas Cavalry: 2Lt William B. Clark | 2nd Brigade Col Thomas Moonlight |
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| First Provisional Cavalry Division MG James G. Blunt Escort: Company E, 14th Kansas Cavalry: 2Lt William B. Clark | 3rd Brigade Col Charles W. Blair BG William H. M. Fishbeck |
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| First Provisional Cavalry Division MG James G. Blunt Escort: Company E, 14th Kansas Cavalry: 2Lt William B. Clark | 4th Brigade Col James Hobart Ford |
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| 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 |
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| Second Division MG Alfred Pleasonton Escort: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt Henry E. Palmer | 2nd Brigade BG John McNeil |
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| Second Division MG Alfred Pleasonton Escort: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt Henry E. Palmer | 3rd Brigade BG John Benjamin Sanborn |
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| Second Division MG Alfred Pleasonton Escort: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt Henry E. Palmer | 4th Brigade Ltc Frederick William Benteen |
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