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James G. Blunt
A Federal force under the
command of Gen. James G. Blunt descended the Arkansas River from Fort
Gibson and occupied Fort Smith, September 1, 1863.
James G. Blunt was born in
Hancock County, Maine, in 1826. After spending several years of
his early life as a sailor before the mast, he studied medicine at
Columbus, Ohio. In 1856 he removed to Anderson County, Kansas,
where he continued to practice his profession.
At the outbreak of the
Civil War, he entered the military service as lieutenant colonel of
the 3d Kansas Volunteers, In April, 1862, he was promoted to the
rank of brigadier general.
After his retirement from
the command of the District of Southern Kansas and the Indian
territory, he commanded a division in the Army of the Frontier.
After the close of the War he settled at Leavenworth. He died at
Washington in 1881.
Source: A
History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M.
Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
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