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General Blunt's Headquarter Band

General Blunt's Headquarter Band, members of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry who were massacred and burnt by the guerilla Quantrell at Baxter Springs, Kansas. View the original source document: WHI 33562

The 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry was organized at Milwaukee between November 1861-January 1862. It left for St. Louis, Missouri, March 26-28, 1862, and was assigned to frontier and provost duty in Kansas before moving into Arkansas. It spent much of the war moving back and forth among the three states on expeditions. The 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry participated in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas Post, and in Blount's Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas. The regiment lost 217 men during service. Three officers and 61 enlisted men were. Six officers and 147 enlisted men died from disease.

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[Source: Estabrook, Charles E, ed. Records and sketches of military organizations: population, legislation, election and other statistics relating to Wisconsin in the period of the Civil War. (Madison, 1914?)]