# Battle of Mine Creek order of battle: Union

Of the brigades listed below, only Philips' and Benteen's brigades, and a small part of Sanborn's brigade from the Union Army of the Border fought in the Battle of Mine Creek of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. The entire organization of the Army of the Border is shown.

## Command disputes

By order of MG James G. Blunt (General Field Orders No. 2) the militia regiments of William H. M. Fishbeck, Brigadier General of Militia, were placed under the command of Charles W. Blair, Colonel of Volunteers; Fishbeck was infuriated that his command had been subordinated to a volunteer officer. Because Kansas law stated that militia should be kept under the command of militia officers, Fishbeck disregarded Blunt's order. Blunt had Fishbeck arrested and held until released by order of MG Samuel Curtis. Upon his release, Fishbeck resumed command of the Kansas Militia regiments, with orders to obey directives that came from MG Blunt. This rather cumbersome arrangement had BG Fishbeck in direct command of the militia units attached to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, and Col Charles Blair in overall command of the brigade. Howard N. Monnett describes the arrangement as a "brigade within a brigade". Blair and Fishbeck led the militia into action at Westport (accompanied onto the field by MG George W. Dietzler), and then in the subsequent pursuit of Price until MG Curtis ordered the militia to return home.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain
* Lt = 1st Lieutenant
* 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant

## Army of the Border

MG Samuel Ryan Curtis
Escort:
* 2nd Kansas Cavalry (battalion): Maj Henry Hopkins
* Company G, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt C. L. Gove
* Company H, 15th Kansas Cavalry
* Mountain howitzer battery: Lt Edward Gill
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Provisional Cavalry Division MG James G. Blunt Escort: Company E, 14th Kansas Cavalry: 2Lt William B. Clark | 1st Brigade Col Charles R. Jennison | (Brigade did not participate in Battle of Mine Creek) |
| First Provisional Cavalry Division MG James G. Blunt Escort: Company E, 14th Kansas Cavalry: 2Lt William B. Clark | 2nd Brigade Col Thomas Moonlight | (Brigade did not participate in Battle of Mine Creek) |
| First Provisional Cavalry Division MG James G. Blunt Escort: Company E, 14th Kansas Cavalry: 2Lt William B. Clark | 3rd Brigade [Kansas State Militia Division] Col Charles W. Blair BG William H. M. Fishback | (Brigade did not participate in Battle of Mine Creek) |
| First Provisional Cavalry Division MG James G. Blunt Escort: Company E, 14th Kansas Cavalry: 2Lt William B. Clark | 4th Brigade   Col James Hobart Ford | (Brigade did not participate in Battle of Mine Creek) |
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Second Division   MG Alfred Pleasonton Escort: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt Henry E. Palmer | 1st Brigade   Col John Finis Philips | 1st Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Ltc Bazel F. Lazear 4th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Maj George W. Kelly 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Ltc Thomas Theodore Crittenden |
| Second Division   MG Alfred Pleasonton Escort: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt Henry E. Palmer | 2nd Brigade BG John McNeil | 17th Illinois Cavalry: Col John Lourie Beveridge 7th Kansas Cavalry: Maj Francis M. Malone 2nd Missouri Cavalry: Cpt George M. Houston 13th Missouri Cavalry: Col Edwin C. Catherwood 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Ltc Henry M. Matthews 5th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Ltc Joseph A. Eppstein 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Ltc Daniel M. Draper Battery B, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Mountain howitzer battery (4 12-pdr) (Brigade arrived after conclusion of the Battle of Mine Creek, but was in the Battle of Little Osage and the Battle of Marmiton River immediately following the Battle of Mine Creek) |
| Second Division   MG Alfred Pleasonton Escort: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt Henry E. Palmer | 3rd Brigade BG John Benjamin Sanborn | 2nd Arkansas Cavalry: Col John Elisha Phelps 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Maj William Plumb 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Col Joseph J. Gravely 6th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia: Col John F. McMahan 7th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia: Maj W. B. Mitchell Battery H, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt William C. F. Montgomery Battery L, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Thurber (Battery L, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery fought at the Battle of Mine Creek, remainder of Brigade arrived after conclusion of Battle of Mine Creek) |
| Second Division   MG Alfred Pleasonton Escort: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry: Cpt Henry E. Palmer | 4th Brigade   Ltc Frederick William Benteen | 7th Indiana Cavalry: Maj S. W. Simonson 3rd Iowa Cavalry: Maj Benjamin S. Jones 4th Iowa Cavalry: Maj Abial Richmond Pierce 4th Missouri Cavalry (detachment): Cpt Charles D. Knispel [command combined with the 7th Indiana Cavalry] 10th Missouri Cavalry: Maj William H. Lusk |