James Gilpatrick Blunt

James Gilpatrick Blunt 1826-81, American physician and Union general in the Civil War, b. Hancock co., Maine. He practiced medicine in Ohio and later in Kansas, where he became associated with John Brown in antislavery activity. Blunt served in the Union forces throughout the war and was made a brigadier general in 1862. The border region of Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas was the principal scene of his activity. He was victorious at Old Fort Wayne (Oct., 1862) and at Cane Hill (Nov., 1862). With Gen. F. J. Herron, he drove back T. C. Hindman at Prairie Grove (Dec., 1862). In 1864, Blunt was instrumental in repulsing Sterling Price's raid in Missouri.

Blunt, James Gillpatrick (1826–81) Union army officer, physician, and politician, born in Trenton, Hancock County, Maine. Given (and often removed from) a series of commands in the frontier departments of Kansas, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory, Maj. Gen. Blunt lived up to his name through frequent quarrels and insubordination (as by charging John C. Frémont with incompetence and questioning Henry W. Halleck's loyalty), but proved an aggressive fighter. He was unquestionably (even fanatically) loyal to the Union and the cause of abolition.