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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Westport of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
MG Sterling Price
Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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Marmaduke's Division
BG John S. Marmaduke
Escort:
- 5th Missouri Cavalry, Company D: Cpt D. R. Stallard
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Marmaduke's Brigade
BG John Bullock Clark, Jr.
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- 3rd Missouri Cavalry: Col Colton Greene
- 4th Missouri Cavalry: Col John Q. Burbridge
- 7th Missouri Cavalry: Col Solomon G. Kitchen
- 8th Missouri Cavalry: Col William L. Jeffers
- 10th Missouri Cavalry: Col Robert R. Lawther
- 14th Missouri Cavalry Battalion: Ltc J. F. Davies
- Hogan's Engineer Company: Cpt James T. Hogan
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Artillery
Maj Joseph H. Pratt
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- Harris' Missouri Battery (1 gun): Lt T. J. Williams
- Hynson's Texas Battery (4 guns): Cpt Henry C. Hynson
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Freeman's Brigade
Col Thomas R. Freeman
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Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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Shelby's Division
BG Joseph O. Shelby
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Shelby's Iron Brigade
BG M. Jeff Thompson
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- 5th Missouri Cavalry: Col Frank B. Gordon
- 11th Missouri Cavalry: Col Moses W. Smith
- 12th Missouri Cavalry: Ltc William H. Erwin
- Crisp's Cavalry Battalion: Ltc John T. Crisp
- Elliott's Missouri Cavalry: Col Benjamin F. Elliott
- Johnson's Cavalry Battalion: Maj Rector Johnson
- Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Alonzo Slayback
- Collin's Missouri Battery (2 guns): Cpt Richard A. Collins
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Jackman's Brigade
Col Sidney D. Jackman
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- Hunter's Missouri Cavalry: Col DeWitt C. Hunter
- Jackman's Missouri Cavalry: Ltc C. H. Nichols
- Schnable's Missouri Cavalry Battalion: Ltc John A. Schnable
- Williams' Missouri Cavalry Battalion: Ltc D. A. Williams
- Collins' Missouri Battery (2 guns): Lt Jacob D. Connor
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Tyler's Brigade
Col Charles H. Tyler
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- Coffee's Missouri Cavalry: Col J. T. Coffee
- Perkin's Missouri Cavalry: Col Caleb Perkins
- Searcey's Missouri Cavalry: Col James T. Searcey
- Unorganized recruits
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Unattached
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References
- Jenkins, Paul B. The Battle of Westport (Kansas City, MO: Franklin Hudson Publishing Co.), 1906.
- Monnett, Howard N. Action Before Westport: 1864 (Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado), 1995. [revised edition]