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393 Series I Volume XLI-I Serial 83 - Price's Missouri Expedition Part I

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the Eighth Cavalry Missouri State Militia, throughout the campaign, while under my command, conducted themselves in the most energetic and soldierly manner, and have earned the gratitude and confidence of the country. My staff officers-Captain William T. Kittredge, assistant adjutant-general; Surg. H. H. Maynard, acting medical director; Major A. B. Freeburn, Second Arkansas Cavalry; Captain John G. Quinn, Sixth Cavalry Missouri State Militia; Captain Charles W. Rubey, Sixth Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia; Lieutenant S. Lee Davis, Seventh Minnesota Infantry, and Lieutenant D. E. Murphy, Eighth Cavalry Missouri State Militia, my personal aides, and Lieutenant George Graves, Sixth Provisional Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, acting commissary of subsistence, and Lieutenant Samuel Turner, Sixth Provisional Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, acting quartermaster-conducted themselves throughout the entire campaign in the most prompt, energetic, and gallant manner.

During the campaign my brigade captured 1 piece of artillery, 250 stand of small-arms, and 800 prisoners, including those captured in the district. The casualties in my brigade during the entire campaign were 1 officer killed and 5 officers wounded, and 9 enlisted men killed and 76 enlisted men wounded, and 1 man missing, as will appear more fully from the accompanying lists. Reports from subordinate commanders are transmitted herewith.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN B. SANBORN,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Lieutenant CLIFFORD THOMSON,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Cavalry Division.

List of officers and men killed, wounded, and missing in the Third Brigade, Cavalry Division, in the campaign against the rebel army under General Price, in Missouri, during the month of October, 1864.

RECAPITULATION.

Killed.

Regiment. Officers. Men. Total.

6th Cavalry Missouri 1 1 2

State Militia.

8th Cavalry Missouri ... 2 2

State Militia.

6th Provisional ... 5 5

Enrolled Missouri

Militia.

2nd Arkansas Cavalry. ... 1 1

Total. 1 9 10

Wounded.

Regiment. Officers. Men. Total.

6th Cavalry Missouri 1 17 18

State Militia.

8th Cavalry Missouri 2 22 24

State Militia.

6th Provisional 2 26 28

Enrolled Missouri

Militia.

2nd Arkansas Cavalry. ... 10 10

Total. 5 75 80

Missing.

Regiment. Officers. Men. Total. Aggregate.

6th Cavalry Missouri ... ... ... 20

State Militia.

8th Cavalry Missouri ... 1 1 27

State Militia.

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

Enrolled Missouri

Militia.

2nd Arkansas Cavalry. ... .. ... 11

Total. ... 1 1 91

JOHN B. SANBORN,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.


HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., November 13, 1864.

COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my command during the late movement of the rebel army under General Price into and through this State:

Preparations for this campaign on the part of the rebels commenced in the valley of the White River about the 10th of June last, General Shelby arriving there with his division, seizing all mills and horses


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