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| Posted by The Muse (themuse) on Sep 18 2013 |
The Army of Missouri
On September, 18, 1864 Major-General Sterling Price issued General Orders, No. 8 in which he announced the organization of The Army of Missouri. Of the approximately 12,000 cavalrymen Price would take into Missouri, about 4,000 of them were unarmed. Price expected to capture arms during the raid. Price also announced that the army would march in three columns and come back together at Fredericktown, Missouri. Fagan's Division would be the center column with Marmaduke 10 – 30 miles to the right and Shelby 10-30 miles to the left. Fagan's Division would march to Fredericktown by Martinsburg, Reeves' Station, and Greenville. Price's orders expected the columns to make 18 miles per day. [1]
• Fagan's Division (about 4,000) – Major-General James F. Fagan
• About 5,000 cavalry troops
• Four artillery pieces
• Marmaduke's Division – Major-General John S. Marmaduke
• About 3,500 cavalry troops
• Four artillery pieces
• Shelby's Division – Brigadier-General Jo Shelby
• About 3,500 cavalry troops
• Four artillery pieces
Image Credits
Sterling Price, Library of Congress
James F. Fagan, WICR 31441 in the collection of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, image courtesy of the National Park Service.
John S. Marmaduke, Library of Congress
Jo Shelby, WICR 31493 in the collection of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, image courtesy of the National Park Service.
[1]OR Series 1, Volume 41, Part 3, 943. Edwards, Shelby and His Men, 383; Monnett, Action Before Westport, 21.
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