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Casualties in the Cavalry Corps, Department of the Missouri.

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officer Men. Total. Officer Men.

s. s.

First Brigade:

1st Cavalry ... 3 3 2 35

Missouri State

Militia.

4th Cavalry 1 1 2 5 43

Missouri State

Militia.

7th Cavalry ... 3 3 4 17

Missouri State

Militia.

Total. 1 7 8 11 95

Second Brigade:

Merrill's Horse. ... ... ... ... 5

5th Cavalry ... 5 5 ... 6

Missouri State

Militia.

13th Missouri ... ... ... 4 ...

Cavalry.

7th Kansas ... ... ... ... 1

Cavalry.

17th Illinois ... ... ... ... 2

Cavalry.

Total. ... 5 5 4 14

Third Brigade:

6th Cavalry 1 1 2 1 19

Missouri State

Militia.

8th Cavalry ... 2 2 2 22

Missouri State

Militia.

6th Provisional ... 5 5 2 26

Enrolled Missouri

Militia.

2nd Arkansas ... 1 1 ... 11

Cavalry.

Total. 1 9 10 5 78

Fourth Brigade:

4th Missouri ... 4 4 1 11

Cavalry.

10th Missouri ... ... ... 1 18

Cavalry.

3rd Iowa Cavalry. ... 3 3 ... 42

4th Iowa Cavalry. 1 1 2 ... 18

7th Indiana ... ... ... ... 6

Cavalry.

Total. 1 8 9 2 95

Grand total. 3 29 32 22 282

Missing.

Command. Total. Officer Men. Total. Aggreg

s. ate.

First Brigade:

1st Cavalry 37 ... ... ... 40

Missouri State

Militia.

4th Cavalry 48 ... ... ... 50

Missouri State

Militia.

7th Cavalry 21 ... ... ... 24

Missouri State

Militia.

Total. 106 ... ... ... 114

Second Brigade:

Merrill's Horse. 5 ... 19 19 24

5th Cavalry 6 ... 4 4 15

Missouri State

Militia.

13th Missouri 4 ... ... ... 4

Cavalry.

7th Kansas 1 ... ... ... 1

Cavalry.

17th Illinois 2 ... ... ... 2

Cavalry.

Total. 18 ... 23 23 46

Third Brigade:

6th Cavalry 20 ... ... ... 22

Missouri State

Militia.

8th Cavalry 24 ... ... ... 26

Missouri State

Militia.

6th Provisional 28 ... ... ... 33

Enrolled Missouri

Militia.

2nd Arkansas 11 ... ... ... 12

Cavalry.

Total. 83 ... ... ... 93

Fourth Brigade:

4th Missouri 12 .... ... ... 16

Cavalry.

10th Missouri 19 ... 1 1 20

Cavalry.

3rd Iowa Cavalry. 42 ... ... ... 45

4th Iowa Cavalry. 18 ... 2 2 22

7th Indiana 6 ... ... ... 6

Cavalry.

Total. 97 ... 3 3 109

Grand total. 304 ... 26 26 362


Numbers 15. Reports of Brigadier General Egbert B. Brown, U. S. Army, commanding District of Central Missouri and First Brigade, Cavalry Division.

OCTOBER 11, 1864.

COLONEL: I have the honor to report that in obedience to a telegraphic order received by me at Warrensburg on the 23rd ultimo from the major-general commanding, to concentrate my command from the west, I broke up the depots os stores at that point and moved them by railroad and wagons to Sedalia, followed by the troops in Johnson, Henry, La Fayette and saline Counties, who on arriving went into camp at that place. The wagon trains moved toward Jefferson City on the 28th, and the day following the troops took up the line of march for the same place, arriving there with all the stores and transportation on the 1st instant. On the 28th I had ordered Colonel Frank Hickox to call into use all the means in his power to fortify the capital, and as my forces when concentrated would be less then 2,500 fighting men he was ordered to occupy a line inside of the works begun under the direction of Major-General Fremont in 1861, I then intending


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