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ORGANIZATION.

HEADQUARTERS.

3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company D, Lieutenant Solomon M. Tabor.

15th Illinois Cavalry, Company H, Captain Thomas J. Beebe.

THIRD DIVISION.

Brigadier General FREDERICK SALOMON.

First Brigade.

Brigadier General SAMUEL A. RICE.

50th Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel T. Wells.

29th Iowa, Colonel Thamas H. Benton, jr.

33rd Iowa, Major Hiram D. Gibson.

9th Wisconsin, Colonel Charles E. Salomon.

Second Brigade.

Colonel WILLIAM E. McLEAN.

43rd Indiana, Major Wesley W. Norris.

36th Iowa, Colonel Charles W. Kittredge.

77th Ohio, Colonel William B. Mason.

Third Brigade.

Colonel ADOLPH ENGELMANN.

43rd Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Dengler.

40th Iowa, Colonel John A. Garrett.

27th Wisconsin, Colonel Conrad Krez.

Artillery.

Captain GUSTAVE STANGE.

2nd Missouri Light, Battery E, Lieutenant Charles Peetz.

Vaughn's (Illinois) Battery, Lieutenant Charles W. Thomas.

Wisconsin Battery.* Captain Martin Voegele.

FRONTIER DIVISION.+

Brigadier General JOHN M. THAYER.

First Brigade.

Colonel JOHN EDWARDS.

1st Arkansas, Lieutenant Colonel Elhanon J. Searle.

2nd Arkansas (eight companies), Major Marshall L. Stephenson.

18th Iowa, Captain William M. Duncan.

2nd Indiana Battery, Lieutenant Hugh Espey.

Second Brigade.

Colonel CHARLES W. ADAMS.

1st Kansas (colored), Colonel James M. Williams.

2nd Kansas (colored), Colonel Samuel J. Crawford.

12th Kansas, Lieutenant Colonel Josiah E. Hayes.

1st Arkansas Battery, Captain Denton D. Stark.

Third (or Cavalry) Brigaded.

Lieutenant Colonel OWEN A. BASSETT.

2nd Kansas Cavalry, Major Julius G. Fisk.

6th Kansas Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel William T. Campbell.

14th Kansas Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel John G. Brown.

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*Manned by Company F, Ninth Wisconsin Infantry.

+Organized March 21, 1864, for the expedition.

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