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[273] for a campaign to the Missouri river, assigning his forces to three divisions, under Fagan, Marmaduke and Shelby.

Maj.-Gen. James F. Fagan's division was organized as follows:

Cabell's Arkansas brigade, Brig.-Gen. Wm. L. Cabell,1 Lieut.-Col. A. V. ReiffMonroe's cavalry, Col. James C. Monroe; Gordon's cavalry, Col. Anderson Gordon; Morgan's cavalry, Col. Thomas J. Morgan; Hill's cavalry, Col. John F. Hill; Gunter's cavalry battalion, Lieut.-Col. Thomas M. Gunter; Harrell's cavalry battalion, Lieut.-Col. John M. Harrell; Witherspoon's cavalry battalion, Maj. J. L. Witherspoon; Hughey's battery, Capt. W. W. Hughey.

Slemons' Arkansas brigade, Col. W. F. Slemons,2 Col. William A. Crawford—Second cavalry, Col. W. F. Slemons; Crawford's cavalry, Col. William A. Crawford; Carlton's cavalry, Col. Charles H. Carlton; Wright's cavalry, Col. John C. Wright.

Dobbin's Arkansas brigade, Col. Archibald S. DobbinDobbin's cavalry, Col. Archibald S. Dobbin; McGhee's cavalry, Col. Jas. McGhee; Witt's cavalry, Col. A. R. Witt; Blocher's battery (one section), Lieut. J. V. Zimmerman.

McCray's Arkansas brigade, Col. Thomas H. McCray— Forty-fifth Arkansas (mounted), Col. Milton D. Baber; Forty-seventh Arkansas (mounted), Col. Lee Crandall; Fifteenth Missouri cavalry, Col. Timothy Reves.

Unattached—Lyles' Arkansas cavalry, Col. Oliver P. Lyles; Rogan's Arkansas cavalry, Col. James W. Rogan; Anderson's Arkansas cavalry battalion, Capt. Wm. L. Anderson.

Maj.-Gen. John S. Marmaduke's division (commanded after his capture at Little Osage by Brig. Gen. John B. Clark, Jr.) included Marmaduke's brigade, under Clark (succeeded by Greene), and the brigade of Col. Thomas R. Freeman, which included, with the Missouri regiments of Freeman and Fristoe, Ford's Arkansas battalion, Lieut.-Col. Barney Ford.

Brig.-Gen. Joseph O. Shelby's division included Shelby's Missouri brigade, Col. David Shanks (wounded

1 Captured at the battle of Little Osage river, October 25th.

2 Captured at the battle of Little Osage river, October 25th.

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