Letter

Joseph R. West to W. D. Green, September 7, 1864

OFFICE CHIEF OF CAVALRY, DEPT. OF ARKANSAS,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Arkansas :

COLONEL: Pursuant to Special Orders, ters, I have the honor to submit to the genera

ment the following plan serving in the District of Little Rock:

No. 200, from your headquar7th Missouri – – 1st Indiana…

TStekO Wi ee eetee wet inigse = nema 215 elnivinpisais orisieinnisisice == jst Missouri 3d Missouri 3d U.S. Cavalry 4th Arkansas

Third Brigade (headquarters at Austin) : 8th Missouri 9th Lowa

TOth cE Wows: ocean oie ai onl seein w’e’aiem i aia 11th Missouri 2d Missouri

Fourth Brigade (headquarters at Huntersville) : ist Nebraska 9th Kansas BAN WHSCOMSID) oe neiis = sete celine meie meres ee 3d Michigan Sd Arkansis seme eccstie tc ayes easy once ao

Present

Station recommended.

Little Rock. Do. Do. Do. Do.

Do. Devall’s Bluff. Remount Camp.

Huntersville. Do. Do. Brownsville. Lewisburg.

These propositions are made, first, to equalize the different brigades as nearly as the exigencies of the service will admit at present; second, to give the command of brigades to ranking officers, and, third, to brigade and locate the command at such points as most require the services of cavalry. This question of location has been submitted to the district commander and meets his acquiescence.

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. R. WEST,
Brigadier-General and Chief of Cavalry.
LITTLE Rock, ARK., September 7, 1864—2 p.m.
(Via Brownsville.)
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Little Rock, Ark.. Summary: J. R. West proposes a reorganization and redeployment plan for cavalry brigades in the Department of Arkansas to balance forces, assign commanders by rank, and strategically position units during the Civil War.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 41, Part 1 View original source ↗