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While the federal main body rested, the Sixth Kansas' presence on the extreme left caught Cooper's attention. To counter the threat, Cooper ordered half of the Twentieth Texas to the right. He found a scouting party eating breakfast in camp. Cooper ordered them and half of his reserve to the right wing and placed them in the battle line 9:45 A.M. Blunt ordered the First Kansas to support Smith's battery on the federal right. The black troops formed tight companies and moved behind Smith's ammunition limbers. |
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Order of Battle |
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JAMES G. BLUNT 3,000 |
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JUDSON'S BRIGADE |
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First Kansas (colored) Infantry Regiment Second Indian Home Guards Regiment Second Kansas Battery (Smith's Battery) Third Wisconsin Cavalry Battalion |
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PHILLIP'S BRIGADE |
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Second Colorado Infantry Battalion First Indian Home Guards Regiment Hopkins' Kansas Battery (Hopkins' Battery) Sixth Kansas Cavalry Battalion Third Indian Home Guards Regiment |
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DOUGLAS H. COOPER 6,000 |
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LEFT WING |
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CENTER |
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RIGHT WING |
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First Creek Mounted Regiment Second Creek Mounted Regiment Scanland's Texas Squadron Gillett's Texas Squadron |
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Lee's Battery Twentieth Texas Cavalry Regiment Twenty-Ninth Texas Cavalry Regiment Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers |
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First Cherokee Mounted Battalion Second Cherokee Mounted Battalion |
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RESERVE |
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First Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles Regiment |
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9:00 A.M. The First Kansas (colored) ate lunch and rested after its overnight march. The confederate's main body was one-half mile south, on the south side of Elk Creek Timber. The rebel line was 11/2 miles long with Old Texas Road in the center. |
