Battle of Backbone Mountain

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Prairie Grove of the American Civil War on December 7, 1862, in Washington County, Arkansas. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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Army of the Frontier

MG James G. Blunt[1] 9,216 men on the battlefield

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     BG James G. Blunt 3,144

1st Brigade


   BG Frederick Salomon 752

2nd Brigade


   Col William A. Weer 902

3rd Brigade


   Col William F. Cloud 1490

2nd Division[5]
     Col Daniel Huston, Jr. 2118

1st Brigade


   Col John G. Clark 938

2nd Brigade


   Col William Dye 1175

3rd Division
     BG Francis J. Herron 3950

1st Brigade


   Ltc Henry Bertram 1765

2nd Brigade


   Col William W. Orme 1600

Unattached 585

  • 14th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Col John M. Richardson 100 men
  • 1st Arkansas Cavalry: Col Marcus LaRue Harrison 485 men

Notes

  1. ^ Blunt had replaced John Schofield as commander when the latter fell ill a week earlier and returned to St. Louis to recuperate.
  2. ^ a b Shea 2009, p. 99.
  3. ^ Shea 2009, p. 95.
  4. ^ Shea 2009, p. 96.
  5. ^ The division's regular commander, BG James Totten, was absent during the battle. The 2nd Division was attached to Herron's division.
  6. ^ a b c Shea 2009, p. 160.
  7. ^ Shea 2009, p. 158.
  8. ^ Units marked by (*) joined together to form Colonel Dudley Wickersham's Cavalry Brigade

References

  • Shea, William L. (2009). Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3315-5.

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