GENERAL
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION,

FIELD ORDERS,
ARMY OF THE BORDER, Numbers 2.
In the Field, Hickman Mills, October 15, 1864.

The troops of the First Division, Army of the Border, are hereby organized into brigades as follows, to wit: First Brigade, under the command of Colonel C. R. Jennison, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, will consist of the Fifteenth Kansas City, detachment of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and five mountain howitzers. Second Brigade, under the command of Colonel T. Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, will consist of the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, detachment of the Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, detachment of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry, and four mountain howitzers. Third Brigade, under the command of Colonel C. W. Blair, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, will consist of the Fifth Regiment Kansas State Militia, commanded by Colonel G. A. Colton; the Sixth Regiment Kansas State Militia, commanded by Colonel James D. Snoddy; the Tenth Regiment Kansas State Militia, commanded by Colonel William Pennock, under the immediate command of Brigadier General W. H. M. Fishback, Kansas State Militia; Independent Battery Colorado Volunteer Artillery, and section of Second Kansas Battery.

Commanding Officers of regiments, detachments, and batteries will report immediately to the commanding offices of brigades for further orders.

By command of Major-General Blunt:

GEO. S. HAMPTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. TROOPS FROM FIRST SUB-DIST. OF SOUTH KANSAS,
In the Field, Hickman Mills, October 15, 1864.

Captain GEORGE S. HAMPTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

SIR: I have the honor to report in compliance with your request that the militia from Linn County, which accompanied my command to this place, number from 550 to 600 and are commanded by Colonel James D. Snoddy, Sixth Kansas State Militia. As they have never reported to me I have no official notice of their strength.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. R. JENNISON,

Colonel Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND COLORADO CAVALRY,
Independence, Mo., October 15, 1864.

Captain GEORGE S. HAMPTON,

Asst. Adjt. General, Dist. of South Kans., Hickman Mills, Mo.:

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report to the major-general commanding my arrival at this place this morning, reaching here by sunrise. Major J. Nelson Smith has not yet returned with his battalion, nor have I heard from him. I find the telegraph wire down between this place and Kansas City; also between here and Pleasant Hill. I have sent out a party to repair line toward Kansas City, and will send out

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