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The Trans-Mississippi News

Published Quarterly by the Camp Pope Bookshop P.O. Box 2232, Iowa City, Iowa 52244 All Material Copyright ©1997 by the Camp Pope Bookshop

Volume 2, Number 4 Summer 1997

APOLOGIZE? This summer we have heard talk of how it might be good for

the soul of white America to apologize to black Americans for the crime of slavery, committed against their ancestors earlier in our country’s history. A white Democrat congressman from Ohio named Tony Hall, saying that he could find no record of an offi-cial government apology, decided that such a gesture was long overdue. Hall ran the idea past President Clinton before Clinton’s major speech on race in San Diego in June. The President said he thought the idea of an apology was worth considering, but he nixed any prospect of financial compensation for the descendants of slaves.

Responses pro and con to the idea of an official apology for slavery have cut across racial lines. I will go out on a limb and say that I believe most Americans would consider the idea mean-ingless and idiotic. After all, in his search for records of an offi-cial apology, did Representative Hall somehow read past the fact that our country fought a vicious, four-year-long war to end slav-ery?

I know what some of you are thinking: “my ancestors did not go to war to defend/abolish slavery; they went to war to resist tyr-anny/restore the Union.” And I know all the arguments about how the late unpleasantness and all its suffering and sacrifice and glory cannot be reduced to a single cause. But folks, why do we tap dance around this issue? Answer the following question for me honestly with a yes and I will shut up: if there had been no slavery in this country, would there have been a Civil War?

We all know the last paragraph of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (“With malice toward none, etc.”) But do you remember the second to last paragraph? “If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His ap-pointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?” Lincoln understood the Civil War as God’s just punishment on America for the sin of slavery, even if he did tend to lay it more at the doorstep of the South. We paid long ago for the mistake of slavery. So why do some of us want to “apologize?” What have we failed to?

There has been some controversy right here in the Trans-Miss over the way we look at slavery, racism, and the Civil War. Uni-versity of Central Arkansas Professor Greg Urwin wrote an article chronicling Confederate atrocities against black Union soldiers in Arkansas entitled “’We Cannot Treat Negroes…As Prisoners Of

War”: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in Civil War Arkan-sas” (Civil War History 42 [Sept. 1996]). And then Urwin wrote a column for the Washington Times (Sept. 18, 1996) about a Sons of Confederate Veterans lecture he had attended in May of 1996, in Little Rock, AR, at which one Nelson Winbush, a black man, talked about the military service of his grandfather in the Confed-erate army. Urwin ripped the whole notion that blacks willingly fought for the Confederacy, and he condemned the SCV for trumping up a token black Confederate, who was probably no more than a body servant to a white Confederate soldier. For this, Urwin, not a native Southerner, has been criticized by Donald G. Linton, commander of the SCV camp at Hot Springs, AR, as a “politically correct liberal,” who has “dishonored the black sons of Confederate veterans,” and whose vision of history is “a dis-grace to truth in all history.”

I believe the SCV’s efforts to manufacture a black Confeder-ate heritage is more than a bid to defend itself, its history, and its symbols from a modern witch hunt. I believe they are truly look-ing for a way to include blacks in their traditions and thereby do their part to heal the racism that continues in this country. Are they undone when Professor Urwin points up the facts of white racist atrocities in Civil War Arkansas and calls their lectures on black Confederates publicity stunts? No, but Urwin is directing us to the heart of the matter. Ask yourself why only blacks or people with black blood were enslaved in the ante bellum South and you may begin to understand what has been left undone about the his-torical fact of slavery. W. Clark Kenyon Editor and Publisher

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir: Congratulations on another exemplary Trans-Mississippi News. Each issue surpasses the previous one in content, coverage, and editorial excellence. I especially appreciate the timely notice on Brothers in Gray (LSU Press), a superb collection of soldier let-ters. T. Michael Parrish Austin, TX Dear Sir: I noticed that you are carrying a reprint of Kit Dalton's Under the Black Flag in your catalog. Be advised that this is a spurious “memoir,” probably written by one John W. Dalton, a deserter from the 7th Tenn. Cavalry, CSA. See Civil War Times Illus-trated, Sept. 1987, p. 12, for comments by Dr. James I. Ro-bert-son. See also, Ramon Adams's Burs Under the Saddle, from the Univ. of Oklahoma Press (still in print). While the book is bogus, it has a particular charm for serious students of the guerrilla war

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in Missouri. It has fooled quite a few people who took the book at face value, as a genuine memoir. Dalton, a deserter, may have been using this as the basis for a pension claim he would other-wise have been ineligible for. If you take a close look, the book has “Kit” taking part in events on the Mo./Ks. border, then hun-dreds of miles away in Tennessee within a day or so. This is the kind of book that fools naive graduate assistants, who are helping their professor with research. The book turns up like the prover-bial “bad penny,” in other scholarly works on the war in Missouri. I mention no names here, but look though some of your books. “Kit” is also a character in the film, “Kansas Raiders,” played by Tony Curtis. His book is about as historical as the film. Originals of the book have gone of sight, price-wise, and those of us who appreciate spuriana, and Kit's grand hoax, are glad to see it avail-able again. However, the reader should be aware of what they're getting. It's perhaps the only spurious memoir that I've seen which has actually gone into reprint. As a point of reference, I have a Masters in Li-brary Science, and my undergraduate degree is in history from George Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt Univ.). I served on the board of the Friends of the James Farm from 1982-93, and am currently working on a book about the James brothers to be published by Rutledge Hill Press. My research has taken almost 25 years, and this book should have a good bit of new information on their Civil War activities. Marley Brant mentions me in her book on the Youngers, as does Robert L. Dyer, in his small book, which you carry. The Pinkerton business is only the tip of the iceberg, and there are other things that I've uncovered. This book will be heavily documented and well illus-trated. Many photos have never appeared in print. It may be another year or so before it comes off the press. Ted Yeatman Hagerstown, MD Dear Sir: I would like to request a copy of your submission guidelines for articles in your Trans-Mississippi News. I have an idea for an arti-cle I would like to submit for your consideration. Keep up the good work, as your newsletter is one of the finest I’ve ever read and gets better with each issue. John Horrighs Ocala, FL

WHAT’S NEW...WHAT’S NEW...WHAT’S NEW...WHAT’S NEW... Some articles of interest to the Trans-Miss that have appeared

recently in regional journals are “The Titus Hunters: Co D, 11th Texas Infantry Regiment, Walker’s Texas Division,” by John D. Perkins, in the Spring 1997 issue of East Texas Historical Jour-nal; “’War is Still Being Waged in This Part of the Country:’ Oath-Taking, Conscription, and Guerrilla War in Louisiana’s La-fourche Region,” by Stephen S. Michot, in the Spring 1997 issue of Louisiana History; “A Confederate Diary, August 1, 1861 - January 9, 1862,” in two parts, Fall 1996 and Winter 1997 issues of the White River Valley Historical Quarterly (this is the diary of a surgeon, Capt. John Wyatt, who was in the MSG and writes about Wilson’s Creek, among other things); “The Civil War:

From Hearsay in Berryville,” by M. D. Anglin, in the Winter 1977 issue of the White River Valley Historical Quarterly (recollections of the Civil War in Berryville, AR); “From Border War to Civil War: More Letters of Edward and Sarah Fitch, 1855-1863, Part I,” edited by John M. Peterson, in the Spring 1997 issue of Kansas History; “’This Regiment Will Make a Mark:’ Letters from a Member of Jennison’s Jayhawkers,” edited by Jeffrey L. Patrick, in the Spring 1997 issue of Kansas History; “Lane’s Army: An Incredible March Across the State to End Slavery,” in the Summer 1997 issue of The Iowan. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly for Spring 1997 contains two articles of in-terest: “Pursuing an Elusive Quarry: The Battle of Cane Hill, Ar-kansas,” by Kim Allen Scott and Stephen Burgess, and “John Al-exander McClernand and the Arkansas Post Campaign,” by Rich-ard L. Kiper. The former may appear as a separate monograph as

have other articles by Kim Allen Scott, but the authors have not provided a date for this yet. Finally, the Camp Chase Gazette for May 1997, has an informative article entitled “The Civil War in Southern California.” We have seen an ad in Blue & Gray Magazine for a reprint of A. W. Petty’s A History of the 3rd Missouri Cavalry (USA), originally pub-lished in 1865, being offered by Century Re-prints (609 E. South St., Albany, MO 64402). The book has been retypeset, is cloth bound, 123pp, and is limited to 100 copies. The price is $38.00, ppd (Missouri residents add $2.55). We have not had an opportunity to examine the book, but the original is exceedingly scarce and this might be a good opportunity to ac-quire a regimental that you would not ordinar-ily be able to find.

The Vernon County Historical Society is offering for sale a reprint of the 900-page, cloth bound History of Vernon County, originally published in 1887. Quantities are limited, price is $75.00 plus $3.00 postage. Order from: Vernon County Historical Society, 231 N Main St., Nevada, MO 64772.

Phillip Thomas Tucker’s new book The Forgotten “Stonewall of the West:” Major General John Stevens Bowen has arrived fi-nally (HB, w/dj $32.95 plus $3.50 p/h), as well as Peter Coz-zens’s The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth (HB, w/dj $39.95, plus $3.50 p/h). Announced in our last issue and now available is the reprint of A History of the Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Marion Morrison (HB, w/dj $29.95 plus $2.50 p/h; PB $12.95 plus $2.50 p/h). Originally published in 1864, the history covers the unit’s service at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. This facsimile reprint features a new intro-duction by John Y. Simon, portraits of several officers, but unfor-tunately lacks an index.

Mercer University Press has issued a paperback edition of their popular bio of General Thomas C. Hindman: The Lion of the South by Diane Neal and Thomas W. Kremm ($17.95 plus $2.50 p/h).

From Two Trails Publishing comes an interesting booklet en-titled Warren Welch Remembers: A Guerrilla Fighter From Jack-son County, MO, which is edited by Joanne C. Eakin (illus, index, 33pp, $5.50, plus $2.50 p/h). Transcribed nearly verbatim from

A word about new books and others available from the Camp Pope Book-shop: if this is the first time you have seen a copy of The Trans-Mississippi News you should know that the What’s New section deals only with new arri-vals or books received for review. The Camp Pope Bookshop specializes in books on Iowa in the Civil War and the Trans-Mississippi theater and we carry hundreds of titles, many of them obscure and unobtainable elsewhere. The shipping costs noted here are for these titles if ordered individually. Call 800-204-2407, or send e-mail to [email protected], for a copy of our complete catalog for a full expla-nation of shipping costs and a listing of all the titles we offer.


the original manuscript (which was one of the earliest acquisitions of the Jackson County Historical Society), the book is a bit slow going, due to the author’s clueless phonetic spelling. Welch served with Pap Price at Lexington, then spent the rest of the war at home fighting marauding Kansas Jayhawkers. After the war, Welch was the secretary of the numerous Quantrill Reunions.

Two titles new to the Camp Pope Bookshop are published by Arkansas Research in Conway, Arkansas: History of the 31st Ar-kansas Confederate Infantry, by Ronald R. Bass (illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, 8 ½ x 11” softcover, $22.50, plus $2.50 p/h), and Arkansas Damned Yankees: An Index to Union Soldiers in Ar-kansas Regiments, by Desmond Walls Allen ( 8 ½ x 11” soft-cover, 217pp, $22.00, plus $2.50 p/h). The latter book contains info (name, unit, co, rank, date/place of enlistment, age, and birth-place) of 9203 Union soldiers serving in Arkansas regiments dur-ing the Civil War. Desmond Allen is the owner of Arkansas Re-search, and he publishes a long list of genealogical works on Ar-kansas, but not limited to Arkansas and the Civil War (Camp Pope Bookshop also carries AR’s History of the 27th Arkansas Confederate Infantry and War and Guerrilla Stories, both by Si-las C. Turnbo). Visit Arkansas Research on the Internet at http://biz.ipa.net/arkresearch.

LSU Press has reprinted Louisiana in the Confederacy, by Jefferson Davis Bragg, originally published in 1941 (PB, notes, bib, ind, 341pp, $16.95, plus $2.50 p/h).

We now carry Nathaniel Chearis Hughes, Jr.’s Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston (UNC Press, HB w/ dj, illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, 336pp, $37.50, plus $3.50 p/h).

Some new books on Iowa and the Civil War include a reprint of Recollections of Prison Life at Andersonville, Georgia and Florence, South Carolina by C. A. Smith (PB, 142pp, $10.00, plus $2.50 p/h). The author was in the 11th Iowa, part of Crocker’s Iowa Brigade and was captured July 22, 1864, at the Battle of Atlanta. He was confined at Andersonville for 45 days, then sent to the prison camp at Florence, SC. From there Smith was paroled after a few months. His book was originally pub-lished in 1875 and has remained very scarce (in 9 years of buying, selling, and collecting books on Iowa and the Civil War I have never encountered a copy). This new paperback edition adds an introduction by Steve Fenton (a descendent of the author), photo-graphs, maps, index, a bio of Smith, and a historical sketch of the 11th Iowa. It’s good to see scarce books like this returned to circu-lation. The only disadvantage immediately visible here is that the text is typeset in something that looks like the old “pica” type-writer output, while, for some strange reason the footnotes are all in Times Roman typeface. Roxana Currie has written and pub-lished a pamphlet entitled Brave Men Shouldered Their Muskets (bib, ind, 69pp, $8.50 plus $2.50 p/h), which is reminiscences of men who lived in Polk City, Iowa, and served in the Civil War. The following regiments are represented: 4th, 10th, 15th, 16th, 23rd, 44th, 47th Infantry, 8th Cavalry, and the 1st Battery.

WHAT’S COMING... Word from the publishers of Border War: The Battle of Car-

thage, by David C. Hinze is that the book will not be ready until this fall, and maybe not even then. It was supposed to be avail-able in June.

The Louisiana State University Press is planning a new series of original books on the Civil War, which, to quote their news

release, will showcase “comparative studies, unusual combina-tions of scientific research and critical thinking, and lively, straightforward writing.” The series, to be entitled “Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War,” will give us “a variety of innovative historical methods and topics, such as unique coverage of the war within the contexts of professional, scientific, and intellectual disciplines…Descriptions and explana-tions of the complex and often ironic relationships among groups of Americans divided by race, ethnicity, gender, and other strong cultural allegiances…(and) Comparative examinations of all aspects of the war in the North, South, West, and subregions as well as transnational studies that delineate the American Civil War in hemispheric and global contexts.” LSU Press has several authors under contract for the series and hopes to put out two or three titles a year in addition to the several other books they pub-lish on the Civil War. Series Editor T. Michael Parrish intends to launch the series at the Southern Historical Association meet-ing this November.

We announced some new Trans-Miss titles from Oak Hills Publishing in the spring issue. George T. Maddox’s Hard Times and Tribulations of an Old Confederate Soldier (PB, $8.95 plus $2.50 p/h) has been available for some time. Very soon now we should see Behind Enemy Lines: The Memoirs and Writings of Brigadier General Sidney Drake Jackman, which is a compila-tion of General Jackman’s previously unpublished reminis-cences, newspaper articles, letters, and his report of General Sterling Price’s 1864 Campaign into Missouri (illus, notes, ind, 220pp). The book will be issued in both PB ($16.95 plus $2.50 p/h) and HB ($29.95 plus $3.50 p/h) and has been promised for July. You can call our order line (800-204-2407), or check our web site (http://members.aol.com/ckenyoncpb) for availability.

Southern Illinois University Press will reprint the 1913 Remi-niscences of a Soldiers’ Wife by Mrs. John A. Logan. The 486 page paperback will be ready late this year at a price of $19.95.

A new biography of Albert Pike is due out in September from the University of Arkansas Press. A Life of Albert Pike (HB w/dj, illus, 800pp, $48.00 plus $3.50 p/h) by Walter Lee Brown, professor of history emeritus at the U of AR Fayetteville, is based on the author’s doctoral dissertation. U of AR Press will also publish a paperback edition of A Southern Re-cord: The History of the Third Regiment Louisiana Infantry by W. H. Tunnard (illus, 368pp, $20.00, plus $2.50 p/h); this one, due October, is edited by William L. Shea. (Camp Pope Book-shop also carries the Morningside Bookshop edition of A South-ern Record, edited by Edwin Bearss, available now, HB w/dj, 581pp, $35.00, plus $3.50 p/h.)

We hear that subscriber John Livingston is at work on a book about the campaign of Maj. Tom Livingston’s Partisan Rangers in southwest Missouri. John is especially interested in finding a picture of Maj. Livingston. Anyone willing to add to the infor-mation John has gathered can write to him at PO Box 2445, Ba-salt, CO 81621, or via e-mail [email protected].

We announced in our Winter 1997 issue a new book on the 5th Kansas Cavalry by Alice Fry. The book, the diary of Captain William Creitz, will probably not be ready until October. Mrs. Fry also plans reprints of Marching Through Georgia: Pen Pic-tures of Everyday Life In General Sherman’s Army by F. Y. Hedley, and Life and Death in Rebel Prisons by Robert H. Kel-


logg. An update on some of the projected titles from Two Trails

Publishing: permission to reprint Absalom Grimes: Confederate Mail Runner has been secured from the copyright holder, and the book will be ready in July. Thomas Snead’s Fight For Mis-souri, which is being sponsored by the Sterling Price SCV Camp of St. Louis, should also be ready soon. Other reprints planned by Two Trails include William Baxter’s classic Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, W. L. Webb’s Battles and Biographies of Mis-sourians, and Robert S. Bevier’s History of the First and Sec-ond Missouri Confederate Brigades.

NEWS BRIEFS ISTEA UP FOR RENEWAL

The Federal government’s Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (known as ISTEA, pronounced “ice tea”) is sched-uled to expire at the end of September. The idea behind this high-way funding law was to involve local communities in the develop-ment of the nation’s highways, more specifically in the ways that highway development impacts transportation corridors and view-sheds. O. James Lighthizer, director of the Civil War Trust, pio-neered the use of ISTEA funds for the preservation of Civil War battlefields at Antietam. Since its establishment in 1991, ISTEA has paid out $24 million, which, with matching funds of approxi-mately $20 million from other sources, has gone for the preserva-tion of Civil War sites at Corinth, MS, Perryville, KY, several lo-cations in Virginia, and in Arkansas (see following story). The reauthorization of ISTEA (to be known as NEXTEA, National Economic Crossroads Transportation Efficiency Act) will be voted on in late June. State highway officials and the automobile lobby are pressing to make the corridor enhancement expendi-tures voluntary (the original law mandated that 10% of Surface Transportation Funds collected through Federal gasoline taxes be set aside for this purpose), which preservationists fear will make them disappear. Concerned ciizens are encouraged to write to their senators and representatives and ask that the present provi-sions of ISTEA be preserved in the new bill. (From an article in Civil War News)

ISTEA HELPS OUT AT PRAIRIE GROVE Don Montgomery, Superintendent at Prairie Grove State Park,

Prairie Grove, AR, states that $400,000 in Federal ISTEA funds (matched dollar for dollar by the state of Arkansas) was used to buy, hence protect another 50 acres of battlefield land this year. This was land that was slated to be subdivided and developed. Don states that when he came to Prairie Grove in 1990, the park consisted of no more than 130 acres. Today, a solid core area of the original battlefield consisting of 350 acres is either owned outright by Prairie Grove Park or protected under Life Tenancy Agreements with the owners (they receive payment for the land and get to stay there for the rest of their lives, after which the land reverts to the park). (From an interview with Don Montgomery)

CALL FOR MENTORS A renewed interest in the study of the War Between the States,

especially in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, has spawned an in-crease in the number of reprints, as well as new works, coming on the market. A large percentage of these are from first-time authors/editors/publishers. Writing or publishing your first book can be an overwhelming task, to say the least. While many of the

recent works by first-time authors have made a significant contri-bution to the history of the war, most could have been greatly im-proved with the assistance of an experienced researcher, author, and/or editor. The Trans-Mississippi Reviewers is a proposed project, designed to “match” new authors/editors/self-publishers to a “mentor,” who can provide much needed guidance. Jointly sponsored by the Camp Pope Bookshop and Oak Hills Publish-ing, Trans-Mississippi Reviewers would provide this service at no charge. Upon receipt of a request for assistance, TMR would at-tempt to match the request to an appropriate mentor and place the two parties in contact with each other. Any arrangements as to compensation, credits, etc., would be left to the two parties. If you would be interested in participating in this program as a mentor, please contact one of the following: Clark Kenyon, Camp Pope Bookshop, PO Box 2232, Iowa City, IA 52244, e-mail [email protected]; or Rick Norton, Oak Hills Publishing, 818 N. Forest Ave., Springfield, MO 65802, e-mail [email protected].

TWO NEW MISSOURI MONUMENTS UNVEILED

Two large signs were scheduled to be erected by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in May, at the Court Houses in Neosho and Cassville, Missouri. These monuments will remind Missourians how the Confederate legislature of the state met in these places in 1861 to draft and sign the order of secession of Missouri from the Union, although, in the end, Missouri did not secede. Each unveiling was accompanied by a ceremony, featur-ing color guards and other Civil War reeenactors. (From The Bor-der Bugle)

SOCIETY OF CIVIL WAR HISTORIANS SOLICITS MEMBERS

T. Michael Parrish, Archivist at the Lyndon B. Johnson Li-brary at the University of Texas at Austin and Civil War historian, announces that he will serve as the president of The Society of Civil War Historians for the period 1997-1999. The Society, a di-verse and growing group of scholars and students committed to the study of the American Civil War, is soliciting new members. Membership is open to anyone and brings with it a subscription to the Society’s quarterly Newsletter, which provides timely news on activities and research interests of members, brief book re-views, and other information helpful in research, writing and pub-lishing. Annual dues are $10.00, which should be sent to Stephen D. Engle, Department of History, Box 3091, Florida Atlantic Uni-versity, Boca Raton, FL 33431. A complimentary copy of the Newsletter can be obtained by writing Anne J. Bailey, Depart-ment of History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 (e-mail [email protected]).

UPDATE ON IOWA SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ MONUMENT

Brad McGowan, Chairman of Save Iowa’s Civil War Monu-ment Foundation, reports that the funds necessary to restore the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Des Moines have finally been secured. $150,000 appropriated by the Iowa legislature (and $10,000 thrown in in the form of a special grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa), added to the nearly $100,000 gath-ered over years of fund raising from private sources, means that the renovation can go forward. However, now that the state is in-volved, more paperwork is necessary. A 50-page Request For


Proposal has been prepared and sent to six prospective conserva-tors to solicit bids on the project, which need to be returned by July 1, 1997. Brad says that under these circumstances, work will probably not begin until next year. But it looks like Iowa’s mag-nificent Civil War monument will finally receive the facelift it so desperately needs. (From an interview with Brad McGowan)

NEW EXHIBIT AT ROCK ISLAND The Rock Island Arsenal Museum on Arsenal Island, Rock Is-

land, Illinois, has unveiled a new permanent exhibit, which high-lights the Confederate prisoner of war camp that operated on the island from 1863 through July of 1865. Artifacts, photographs and diaries are used to tell the story of Confederate prison experi-ences and camp life of their Union guards. The museum (which even without the Civil War exhibit is well-worth a visit) is free and open every day of the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. (From an item in the newsletter of the CWRT of Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

MILITARY ART PRINT OFFERED BY FRIENDS OF PEA RIDGE NMP

“On The Battery,” a limited edition Civil War print of the March 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge by Carthage, Missouri, artist Andy Thomas, is being offered by the Friends of Pea Ridge Na-tional Military Park. The 17” x 24” print, based on a 40” x 60” oil painting which is on display at the park visitor center, accurately portrays a battle scene north of the Elkhorn Tavern. Copies of the print are available for $50.00 plus $7.50 p/h from the Friends of the Pea Ridge NMP, PO Box 700, Pea Ridge, AR 72751. Pro-ceeds from the sale of the print will go to preservation and main-tenance projects at the park that are not covered by its federal budget. (From and article in the Arkansas Battlefield Update)

NEWSLETTERS RECEIVED Note: Please send samples of your Trans-Miss-associated news-letters for review in this section.

The revamped Kansas Soldier (“The Official Voice of the First Kansas Volunteer Infantry Company D and the Kansas Woman’s Relief Corps”) is a bi-monthly newsletter edited by Robert Cuevas, 10000 Haskell, Wichita, KS 67209, web site http://www.cs.twsu.edu/~crgrier/1stks.html. The issue for May, 1997 contains a report on the Battle of Shiloh reenactment, notices of upcoming events, and excerpts from a first person ac-count of life among the Hunkpapa Indians.

The Fort DeRussy News is a new publication put out by the Friends of Fort DeRussy, a subgroup of La Commission des Avoyelles, the historical society of Avoyelles Parrish, Louisi-ana. In 1996, La Commission des Avoyelles, with help from the APCWS, and government and private sources, purchased the site of Fort DeRussy from its private owner. The Friends group was formed to preserve the Fort. This premier issue of the newsletter reports that the Myles DeRussy family has donated Lewis DeRussy’s 1860 Model US Officers sword and a .32 cali-ber cane gun to the Friends (Lewis DeRussy commanded the 2nd Louisiana Infantry in the Civil War). A report on the condition of Fort DeRussy and the conservation measures completed and planned and a list of contributors are also in the newsletter. Any-one may join the Friends of Fort DeRussy, dues are $10 per year. Contact Steve Mayeux, 7162 Hwy 29, Cottonport, LA 71327 (318-876-3702) or Randy Decuir c/o Marksville Weekly

News, PO Box 209, Marksville, LA 71351 (318-253-9247). Arkansas Battlefield Update is a quarterly newsletter pub-

lished by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. It contains news of interest for the preservation and interpretation of Civil War sites in Arkansas. The Summer 1997 issue contains articles on the awarding of grants to place interpretive markers at five Arkansas sites, tornado damage to a Confederate monument at Arkadelphia, an impending deadline to place new sites on the Civil War Discovery Trail, a new archeological plan for Prairie Grove State Park, a solicitation for applications for grants from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the acquisition of artifacts, documents and a diary belonging to Capt. Edmund Joy of the 36th Iowa, the placing of a plaque at White Oak Lake State Park to commemorate the Camden Expedition, and several other articles. The newsletter is a rich source for information on Civil War historic preservation in Arkansas and is apparently avail-able free from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center Street, Little Rock, AR 72201.

BOOK REVIEWS Kansas, Bloody Kansas by Randal L. Greenwood New York: Forge Books, 1996. Paperback, 368pp. $5.99. Reviewed by David Ellis

I did not enjoy this book, which is not to say that there are not others who might find it a ripping good yarn. It is just that I have never found William Quantrill and his cohorts all that admirable. Perhaps it is because I am an Iowan and therefore a Northerner, or maybe it is that I find the Border Wars and the men on both sides who used them as a justification for murder and pillage so despicable. Whatever the reasons, I found Randal Greenwood’s Kansas, Bloody Kansas unpleasant to read. This book is a histori-cal novel and may be described as a cross between the mini-series “North and South” and John N. Edwards’s Noted Guerrillas.

The main characters are well-developed, but the distinction between good and evil is so wide as to be unrealistic. I got the feeling of an 1861 Southern notion in this book, that one Reb can whip 10 Yanks.

The most distressing and distasteful of all is a rape scene. The vile Yankee forces himself on the brave southern housewife, while the rest of the Yanks lynch her husband for having served in the Confederate army. It was too disgusting, and it went on for too long. (It brought to mind the rape scene in the movie “Rob Roy”…hmm, I wonder..) Of course, while the victim is still lying in the barn, Quantrill shows up and slays the evil doer, who dies groveling for his life. This is about the size of the book: Rebs, good--Yanks, bad.

Kansas, Bloody Kansas is similar to the westerns that I read in high school. So, if a pro-Southern, quasi- historical western sounds appealing, then this is the book to read. If not, and the Border Wars interest you, I would suggest Black Flag by Tho-mas Goodrich or William Clarke Quantrill: His Life And Times by Albert Castel. After all, truth is more breathtaking than fiction.

(David Ellis is a re-enactor in the 7th Iowa Infantry and a member of the CWRT of Cedar Rapids)


Sam Bell Maxey and the Confederate Indians By John C. Waugh Reviewed by Ted Alexander (Note: The following review appeared in the May 1997 issue of The Civil War News)

Samuel Bell Maxey was a native of Kentucky, graduate of West Point, and Mexican War veteran who left the army in 1849 to take up the legal profession. In 1857 he moved to Texas where he became a prominent attorney and politician.

When the war broke out he organized the 9th Texas Infantry. Later he was promoted to brigadier general and saw service in the Vicksburg Campaign. In December 1863, Maxey was placed in charge of Confederate Indian troops in the Indian Territory, pres-ent day Oklahoma.

This is the story of Maxey's role in that capacity and of the In-dian troops he commanded. It is an interesting story that points out the challenges that existed for a white man in dealing with tribal politics and the conniving and bureaucratic red tape put forth by his superiors in the Confederate army and government. This book also provides an overview of many of the little-known actions in the Indian Territory.

Part of the Civil War Campaigns and Commanders series, this volume contains good maps and an annotated bibliography that readers will find useful. However, it has a number of shortcom-ings that places it below the standards set in the other volumes of this series.

One of the more obvious mistakes is on the cover of the book. This is a story about Indians in the Trans-Mississippi. Yet, the photo on the front of the book is a fairly well-known scene of wounded Indians serving with the Army of the Potomac in Vir-ginia! This image is repeated inside the book with a caption de-scribing them as "Indians at rest."

One of the stated goals of this series is to provide a capsule history with good illustrations. Yet, from the cover photo to the illustrations within the book the publishers have failed. Particu-larly irritating are the lack of relevant pictures. While pictures of Civil War Indians are not plentiful, they are available. Yet the only other Indian readers will find pictured is Cherokee Confeder-ate commander Stand Watie.

At times it seems the publishers are desperate for graphics. Since Maxey fought in the Mexican War we are treated to a two-page spread depicting the battle of Cerro Gordo. A positive fea-ture of this series has been concise but informative biographical profiles of key characters in the story. With the Maxey book, however, we often find the same irrelevance as with the illustra-tions.

For example, there is a full blown biographical sketch of Jef-ferson Davis, yet the author does not indicate that Maxey and Davis had any special relationship. Another biography of ques-tionable inclusion is that of "Stonewall" Jackson. It seems that he was a classmate of Maxey's at West Point! The Jackson profile also shows sloppy editing since what appears to be the last line is cut off in mid-sentence leaving the reader wondering what else has been written here about "Stonewall."

Again, besides Stand Watie, no personality profiles of Indian leaders are included. Why on earth did the author neglect to pro-vide information about Tandy Walker, Chilly McIntosh, and other well-known Confederate Indian leaders of this region?

In summation this book appears to have been hastily put to-gether. As a capsule study of Samuel Bell Maxey's tenure in In-dian Territory it had great potential. However, it falls short of that potential.

(Sam Bell Maxey and the Confederate Indians [Boulder, CO: Ryan Place Publishers, 1995], PB, illus, bib, ind, 100pp., is avail-able from the Camp Pope Bookshop for $11.95 plus $2.50 p/h).

Cottonclads! The Battle of Galveston and the Defense of the Texas Coast by Donald Frazier Reviewed by Dave Page (Note: The following review appeared in the June 1997 issue of The Civil War News)

At the end of the Civil War, Union forces did not control a single one of the major ports in Texas. The story of this under-reported feat is told in Cottonclads! The Battle of Galveston and the Defense of the Texas Coast, although author Donald Frazier has a little trouble fitting the major focus of his book--the New Year's Day 1863 battle of Galveston--within the larger framework of this accomplishment.

Dr. Frazier begins his book with a brief discussion of Union General Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan and suggests Federal na-val assaults on the Texas coast were a result, directly or indi-rectly, of Adm. David G. Farragut's failed attempt to capture Vicksburg in May 1862: "Foiled on the Mississippi, Farragut in-stead turned his attention...to extending control of the navy into the western Gulf of Mexico."

Actually, Farragut's major focus until the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson in July 1863, was the capture of the entire length of the Mississippi. Once the river fell, Farragut reasoned, the abil-ity of the Confederate states to send food-stuffs to Rebel armies in the East would be ended, along with their importance to the war. The political and economic realities which forced Union army and navy commanders to relegate some of their efforts to Texas certainly were never powerful enough to make the state more than a sideshow.

Although in such a short book it would have been difficult for Dr. Frazier to devote more space to the larger strategic picture, his writing sometimes adds to the confusion. At the beginning of Chapter Two, for instance, he discusses a Sept. 24, 1862, Union naval assault on Sabine Pass, Texas. Later in the chapter he writes “On Oct. 9, 1862, the Civil War came to Texas.” In another trou-blesome passage, Frazier indicates Union Commodore William Renshaw "felt confident that Galveston was indefensible for the Rebels and wrote Farragut requesting that the town be abandoned until infantry could be landed."

Even with these minor glitches, a book covering coastal op-erations in Texas is certainly a welcome addition to Ryan Place Publishers' Civil War Campaigns and Commanders series, and Frazier does a fine job covering the Union capture and Confeder-ate recapture of Galveston, the largest city in Texas during the Civil War.

Dr. Frazier's cartographic illustrations have appeared in doz-ens of books, and they are definitely one of the highlights of Cot-tonclads! The maps dealing with the Confederate counter-attack on Galveston are everything a war-gamer could want in order to recreate the battle in miniature. Frazier even includes diagrams of


all the ships discussed in the book as well as an appendix which summarizes their statistics and histories. Two other appendices outline the Confederate land forces along the Texas coast in Sep-tember 1863, and the Union land forces involved in various op-erations throughout the war.

As with other hooks in the series, the publishers have also in-terspersed throughout the text brief biographies of the major mili-tary players. All these extras make Cottonclads! a good buy for anyone interested in getting introduced to the Civil War in Texas.

(Cottonclads! The Battle of Galveston and the Defense of the Texas Coast [Boulder, CO: Ryan Place

Fallen Guidon: The Saga of Confederate General Jo Shelby’s March To Mexico by Edwin Adams Davis Reviewed by Norman Edward Rourke (Note: The following review appeared in the April 1997 issue of The Civil War News)

Originally published in 1962, this re-issue is an adventure story of the first order. When Gen. Jo Shelby and his brigade crossed into Mexico to give service to Emperor Maxiniillian, the action starts.

Reading like a Louis L'Amour western, Fallen Guidon takes the reader through Texas where, along the way, Shelby's Missouri Cavalry Division settle disputes, and provide much needed law and order. Like cavaliers, Shelby and his men traversed Texas, leaving behind the lost cause of the Confederacy.

Hearing of Lee's surrender, Shelby announced to his troops: "We will stand together, we will keep our organization, our arms, our discipline, our hatred of oppression." And that these Trans-Mississippi Confederates did.

The central Texas towns of Waco, Tyler, and Waxahachie were subjected to the lawlessness of roving bands of Confederate and Union deserters. That changed when Shelby's band came through. Like the white-hat guys, where there was a hint of law and order, regardless of how feeble, Shelby's men provided added strength cleaning out the ruffians. If no law existed, it did soon af-ter the Shelby cavalry arrived.

Based on archival sources and the reminiscences of Shelby's adjutant, Davis writes with a flair for action and excitement with-out leaving out historical background. He tells of Shelby's insis-tence upon discipline among his men. None of the men were forced to make the march to Mexico. Those who chose to remain behind, or leave as the march progressed, were given Shelby's best wishes for a bright future in a reconstructed Confederacy.

Sometimes beautifully and lyrically written, Davis has penned a book that is worthy of a Turner Picture production. All the ele-ments are included: chivalry, honor, fortune seeking, discipline and action.

Crossing the Rio Grande--Rio Bravo del Norte to the Mexi-cans even today--the tattered Confederate battleflag is buried in the mud of the river. With only their guidon as their symbol of loyalty and esprit de corps, Shelby's men entered Mexico on the final leg of a 2,000-mile quest.

The brigade entered a county under siege in the northern re-gion from revolutionaries led by Benito Juarez. Shelby hoped to conquer and occupy all of northern Mexico. Davis writes: "Shelby had dreamed of an empire beyond the Rio Grande, an

empire where the ex-Confederates could create a new Southland, where military fame would be gained and the promises of adven-ture were unlimited...”After discussing the plan with his men on the Texas side of the river, he was surprised to learn they chose to fight for Maximilian, claiming they were Imperialists, “...and would prefer service under Maximilian." Acknowledging their de-sire to fight for the Emperor, Shelby pledged his support and leadership.

After a hard trip fraught with skirmishes, rough terrain and loss of life, the brigade arrived in Mexico City only to be turned aside by Maximillian. Holding a final dress parade for their com-mander, they dispersed. Some assimilated into Mexico, others went to Central and South America, and some returned home to families, taking up their lives where they left them before the war.

Fallen Guidon fills a gap in post-Confederate history, while being readable, enjoyable and thoroughly entertaining.

(Fallen Guidon: The Saga of Confederate Jo Shelby’s March to Mexico [College Station, TX: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1995], front, illus, maps, bib, HB w/dj, 174pp, is available from Camp Pope Bookshop for $27.50, plus $3.50 p/h; also available in PB, $14.95, plus $2.50 p/h.)

Iowans Called to Valor: The Story of Iowa’s Entry Into The Civil War by Steve Meyer Reviewed by Ted Alexander (Note: The following review appeared in the April 1997 issue of The Civil War News)

Most Civil War buffs, particularly those of us in the East, rarely think of Iowa as a Union state involved in the conflict. Ad-mitted to the Union in 1846, it was one of the least populated states in the country. Yet, more than 76,000 men, nearly half of the military aged population, served in the Union Army.

With a population of 674,913 in 1860, the state provided more than 10 percent of its population to the Union cause. In ad-dition, several hundred Iowans served in the regular U.S. Army and Navy and others served in units from neighboring states such as Missouri. One out of five Iowans that joined, 13,001 men, died serving their country. This is one of the highest proportion-ate losses for a Union state during the war.

This book is filled with a lot of data that will not be known by the average student of the war. Some of the information is sig-nificant and some trivial.

From the start, Iowa played a role in our great national trag-edy, John Brown spent time there in the late 1850s and recruited four of his Harpers Ferry raiders in the state. One of them, Barclay Coppoc, managed to escape and return to Iowa where Gov. Samuel Kirkwood refused his extradition back to Virginia to stand trial.

The author also explores some presidential trivia. Lincoln had a number of Iowa connections. He once owned land there and gave a campaign speech in Burlington during his 1858 senate race against Stephen A. Douglas. When he was president Lincoln ap-pointed Iowans James Harlan as Secretary of the Interior and Samuel Freeman Miller to the U.S. Supreme Court. Robert Todd Lincoln later married Harlan’s daughter.

Confederate president Jefferson Davis had his Iowa connec-tions too. In the 1830s he ventured within its borders twice while


on duty with the 1st U.S. Infantry in nearby Wisconsin. The author has certainly done his homework by covering vir-

tually every aspect of Iowa’s role in the war. The book contains a goodly amount of first-hand accounts by Iowa troops in camp and battle. One of the more interesting chapters deals with arming and equipping the regiments raised there. In part, because of their remote location, Iowa troops frequently got what was left from the army supply bins.

The author even discusses the role of Iowans in the Eastern Theater of the war with the Army of the Potomac. About 200 served, some of them with Wisconsin units. One company of Iowans ended up as Co. A of the llth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and a few were in the Second U.S. Sharpshooters.

This book and two others by the same author, are the only mo-dem works on Iowa in the Civil War. These days it seems like every other aspiring author wants to write the “definitive” study of Gettysburg or some other Civil War topic that has been done to death. It is refreshing to see that some want to explore new ground. Kudos to Steve Meyer and Iowans Called to Valor.

(Iowans Called to Valor [Garrison, IA: Meyer Publishing Co., 1993], illus, PB, 128pp., is available from the Camp Pope Book-shop for $10.95, plus $2.50 p/h)

CLASSICS OF THE TRANS-MISS This column will feature reviews of classic texts of the Trans-

Mississippi theater, both North and South.

The Campaigns of Walker’s Texas Division by Joseph P. Blessington Reviewed by T. Michael Parrish (Note: The following review originally appeared in Civil War Regiments and is reprinted by permission)

Up until the 1980's, attention to the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West seemed sporadic or nearly absent among the growing audience of serious scholars and readers. Too often the region received treatment as a vast backwater of chaotic and ir-relevant bushwackery, a dumping ground for failed generals, and a theater whose resources went wasted upon the more sensational fighting far to the east. Fortunately, that stereotypical view has been transformed rapidly into a more complete and accurate pub-lic perception, thus giving the history of the entire Civil War a far richer, more complex, and more meaningful impact. The sophisti-cation and popularity of the growing number of books on the Trans-Mississippi attest sharply to the relative importance of the subject. One book on the Trans-Mississippi that has remained a mainstay since its publication one hundred and twenty years ago is Joseph P. Blessington's superb narrative The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division.

Commanded by Major General John G. Walker, a seasoned officer with a fine record of service in Virginia early in the war, the Texas Division boasted four brigades with full complements of artillery and therefore comprised the largest single unit of Tex-ans assembled anywhere in the Confederacy. Serving throughout the ravaged states of Arkansas and Louisiana, Walker's men be-came the backbone of Major General Richard Taylor's sterling lit-tle army, the only fighting force protecting Texas from Union in-vasion. Blessington's book was the first substantial account of Walker's Texas Division, and it continues to find heavy use as an indispensable primary source by a remarkably perceptive partici-

pant in the campaigns described. An Irishman born to a Catholic family in Belfast in 1841, Jo-

seph Palmer Blessington immigrated to New York City at age 16 and moved to Texas in 1860. In May 1862 he joined the Sixteenth Texas Infantry and served effectively as a foot soldier. In early 1864 Blessington was promoted to corporal and assigned to Brigadier General William R. Scurry's personal staff. Walker's Texas Division became so adept at rapid movements back and forth from central Arkansas to southern Louisiana that it became known as "Walker's Greyhounds." The division's first serious combat came at Milliken's Bend (June 7, 1863) against a small contingent of inexperienced black troops who suffered badly at the hands of the unmerciful Texans, many of whom carried out a common vow of “no quarter.” During the pivotal battles of the Red River Campaign in the spring of 1864, Blessington shoul-dered a musket again, joining in the fierce action at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana (April 8 and 9). At Pleasant Hill he suf-fered a slight wound but managed to stay with Walker's Division during its sudden movement into Arkansas, where he participated in the bloody and needless assaults at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30.

The most powerful value of Blessington’s narrative stems from the vivid information included directly from the diary he kept throughout the war, along with supporting testimony he later obtained from former comrades. Although the diary itself is now lost, its singularity can be recognized from the many passages in the book wherein Blessington obviously quotes from his daily en-tries, producing an immediacy and veracity too often missing from so many postwar reminiscences. For this reason alone, Blessington's book ranks with the finest of memoirs by common soldiers. Yet surprisingly--primarily because of his position on General Scurry's staff--the narrative also reflects a pointed effort to reach a critical understanding of the greater picture, especially of the peculiarities, strengths, and shortcomings of his superior officers, even up to the highest command level.

Several notable Civil War scholars--among them Norman D. Brown, whose excellent book Journey to Pleasant Hill: The Civil War Letters of Captain Elijah P. Petty, Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A. (San Antonio: Institute of Texan Cultures, 1982), cites Blessington frequently in his text and notes--have relied heavily upon The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division. First published in New York City in 1875, the 314-page volume was produced “at the author's expense” in a limited number of copies. It has since been reprinted three times, most recently by Colonel Tom Munnerlyn's State House Press, Austin, Texas. The new edition includes a brief introduction by Norman Brown and a comprehen-sive index (a welcome feature missing from the first edition).

(T.Michael Parrish is the author of several books on the Civil War, including Confederate Imprints: A Bibliography of Southern Publications from Secession to Surrender and Richard Taylor: Soldier Prince of Dixie. He is currently archivist at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library at the University of Texas at Austin.)

(Unfortunately, the most recent edition of The Campaigns of Walker’s Texas Division [Austin, TX: State House Press, 1994] is now out-of-print)


FEATURE ARTICLE: A GUIDE TO CHEROKEE CONFEDERATE MILITARY UNITS, 1861 - 1865 by Lars Gjertveit

By the spring of 1861, Stand Watie (1806-1871), the leader of the southern faction of the Cherokee Nation, was a prosperous attorney and speaker of the nation's National Council (the lower house of the Cherokee legislature). He owned a plantation and mill at Honey Creek in the Illinois District of the Cherokee Na-tion. In this document, the names of white officers are under-lined.

1ST (WATIE'S) CHEROKEE MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS (2nd Cherokee Mounted Volunteers [designation changed to 1st Regiment about Dec. 1862, after Drew's regiment had disbanded], Watie's Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles) COLONELS: Stand Watie, promoted Brig. General May 6, 1864; James Madison Bell, promoted and transferred from Lt. Col. of the 2nd Regt after Watie became general. LIEUTENANT COLONELS: Thomas Fox Taylor, KIA July 27, 1862, Bayou Menard (n. Fort Gibson); Robert Calvin Parks, re-placed Taylor (from Capt, 1st Co B) killed by a fellow officer in a personal difficulty at Fort Washita in April 1864; Clement Neeley Vann, succeeded Parks (prev pvt Co K, Drew's Regt?) MAJORS: Elias Cornelius Boudinot, after reorganization elected Cherokee delegate to Congress; Col and Vol ADC on Maj. Gen-eral Hindman's staff in Dec. 1862; Joseph Franklin Thompson, (from Capt., 1st Co I); Erasmus J. Howland, succeeded Thomp-son in 1864 ( from Capt., Co D). REGIMENTAL STAFF - FIRST ORGANIZATION

COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMANDERS - FIRST ORGANIZATION

COMPANY A. Buzzard, KIA May 20, 1863 n. Fort Gibson. COMPANY B. Robert Calvin Parks, to Lt. Col. after reor-

ganization. COMPANY C. Daniel H. Coody COMPANY D. James Madison Bell, to 1st Lt. of Alberty’s

Co after reorganization. COMPANY E. Joseph Franklin Thompson, prev in the Ar-

kansas State service, to Major after reorganization.

COMPANY F. Joseph F. Smallwood COMPANY G. George H. Starr COMPANY H. John Thompson Mayes COMPANY I. George W. Johnson COMPANY K. James H. Thompson. This company became

Co H, Clarkson's Battalion, Independent Rangers July 14, 1862. This Btn was broken up in Nov. 1862, 5 cos merged into Clark's Missouri Infantry Regiment.

COMPANY L (AKA J). Bluford West Alberty, to Capt. of Alberty’s Co after reorganization.

In addition, Thomas J. Parks was designated to lead Company M, but this does not appear to have materialized.

ORGANIZATION. On July 12, 1861, Stand Watie received a

commission from Brig. General Benjamin McCulloch to raise a regiment. At a mass meeting of the southern sympathizers among the Five Civilized tribes held at Old Fort Wayne, Delaware Dis-trict, in the Cherokee Nation, on July 27, 1861, organization of the First Cherokee Regiment began. After the twelve-month en-listment time expired, the regiment was reorganized around July 12,1862 at Spavinaw Creek, Tahlequah District, for 2 years, with mostly new officers and many new men. Note that the companies were not reorganized separately, but rather a set of new compa-nies was formed and new officers elected, although the majority of the men continued in service from the first organization.

REGIMENTAL STAFF - SECOND ORGANIZATION

COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMANDERS - SECOND ORGANIZATION

COMPANY A. Hugh Tinnin COMPANY B. Benjamin B. Wisner (prev sgt, 1st Co D) COMPANY C. Charles Lowery (prev sgt, 1st Co E) COMPANY D. Erasmus J. Howland (prev pvt, 1st Co G), to

Adjutant 1st Lt. Charles E. Watie, to 1st Lt., Co B after reorganization

Assistant Quartermaster 1st Lt. George W. Adair, died April 1862; 1st Lt. William Penn Adair

Asst Commissary of Subsistence 1st Lt. Joseph M. Starr, Sr.

Surgeon Maj. Walter Thompson Adair

Assistant Surgeon Capt. William D. Polson, resigned July 1, 1862

Chaplain Rev. J. N. Stover

Sergeant Major George W. West

Adjutant 1st Lt. Thomas F. Anderson (from pvt, 1st Co H) to Brigade AAG 1864

Assistant Quartermaster 1st Lt. William Penn Adair, to Col. of 2nd Regt Feb 3, 1863; 1st Lt. Johnson Thompson

Asst Commissary of Subsistence

1st Lts. Oliver W. Lipe (from pvt, 2nd Co G) resigned June 3, 1863; Peter G. Lynch (from pvt, 2nd Co B); Samuel M. Ware (from pvt, 2nd Co A)

Surgeon Maj. Walter Thompson Adair, to Brigade Surgeon 1864

Assistant Surgeon Capt. Francis H. Fisk (from drill instr, 1st Co I)

Surgeon’s Interpreter Capt. Richard Fields (prev Capt. Co F, Drew’s Regt)

Chaplain Rev. J. N. Slover (?)

Sergeant Major George W. West, KIA May 20, 1863; R. M. Morgan (from sgt, 1st Co C); H. Lincoln Foreman (from pvt, 2nd Co D); Patrick Patton (from 1st Sgt, 2nd Co A)

Quartermaster Sergeant Benjamin W. Carter (from pvt 2nd Co G); John G. Schrimscher (from pvt, 2nd Co G)

Ordnance Sergeant George W. Harlin

Hospital Steward Jasper Polson, Ben Trott


Major 1864; J. S. Knight (from 1st Lt.) COMPANY E. Alexander Foreman (prev pvt, 1st Co C ), re-

moved June 25, 1863; John W. Brown (from 1st Lt.) COMPANY F. Dumplin O. Fields (prev pvt, 1st Co D) COMPANY G. James L. Butler COMPANY H. John Spears, to Frye's - Scales' Battalion,

John Foster ? (from 1st Lt.) COMPANY I. Moses C. Frye (prev sgt, 1st Co I) to Major

of Frye's Btn about June 1863; William W Alexander (from 1st Lt.)

COMPANY K. James Stuart (prev 1st Sgt, 1st Co H) ALBERTY'S COMPANY. Bluford West Alberty. This com-

pany was previously known as 1st Co L. Became Co B, 2nd Regt on Feb 3,1863.

ACRIDGE'S COMPANY. William H. Acridge, became Co G, 2nd Regt on Feb 3,1863.

BREWER'S COMPANY . O. H. Perry Brewer (prev 1st Lt, 1st Co C), became Co F, 2nd Regt on Feb 3, 1863.

PATTON'S COMPANY . D. C. Patton, became Co E, 2nd Regt on Feb 3, 1863

VANN'S COMPANY . John Vann's (prev pvt, 1st Co C), be-came Co I, 2nd Regt on Feb 3, 1863.

ORGANIZATION. Company A was mustered in May 12,

1862 in Maysville, Ark. Companies B to K, plus Alberty's, Ac-ridge's, Brewer's, and Patton's are all on record as having enlisted July 12, 1862, at Spavinaw Creek, Tahlequah District. On Sep-tember 1, 1862, another company - John Vann's - was added, made up mostly of loyal men from Drew's late regiment. The five unnumbered companies were on February 3, 1863, merged with Bryan's 1st Battalion, Cherokee Partisan Rangers to form the 2nd (Adair's) Cherokee Mounted Volunteers.

DREW'S REGIMENT, CHEROKEE MOUNTED RIFLES (1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles) COLONEL: John Drew. LIEUTENANT COLONEL: Willam Potter Ross, later sutler for 3rd Indian Home Guards. MAJOR: Thomas Pegg, later Capt, Co A, 2d Indian Home Guards.

REGIMENTAL STAFF

COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMANDERS COMPANY A (Saline District).Jefferson D. Hicks, KIA 27

July, 1862, Bayou Menard, n. Fort Gibson ?

COMPANY B (Tahlequah District). Nicholas B. Sanders COMPANY C (Canadian District). John Porum Davis, to 2nd

Lt., Vann's Co, 1st Regt Sept 1, 1862,became Co I, 2nd Regt COMPANY D (Delaware District). Isaac N. Hildebrand COMPANY E (Flint District). James Vann, later Capt, Co A,

3rd Indian Home Guards. COMPANY F (Illinois District). Richard Fields, POW March

7, 1862, later served on the staff of the 1st Regt. COMPANY G (Going-Snake District). George W. Scraper,

later Capt, Co H, 2d Indian Home Guards. COMPANY H (Tahlequah District). Edward R. Hicks COMPANY I (Tahlequah District). Albert Pike COMPANY K (Sequoyah District). Pickens M. Benge, MW

Aug 24, 182. RESERVE COMPANY (Cooweescoowee District). James

McDaniel, later Capt, Co A, 2d Indian Home Guards. ORGANIZATION. At a mass meeting at Tahlequah August

21, 1861, the Cherokees decided to seek alliance with the Con-federate States, and also to raise a mounted regiment. Each of the nine districts of the Cherokee Nation raised one company, except Tahlequah, which furnished three. By October 7, the day the treaty between the Cherokee Nation and the Confederacy was signed, the regiment was almost completed. At Fort Gibson, on November 5, 1861 the regiment was officially mustered in for a period of twelve months, with 1214 men on the rolls.

Drew's regiment, composed mostly of full-blood Cherokees (“Pins”) hostile to Stand Watie and his followers, never identified with the Southern cause. During the pursuit of the Creek dissident Opothleyahola in December 1861, officers and men refused to fight, deserted in large numbers, and many even joined the en-emy. A reorganization of the regiment was attempted, and about 500 of its men fought at Pea Ridge the first day (March 7, 1862), where they scalped some Federal soldiers. A Union invasion of the Cherokee Nation in July 1862 resulted in the mass surrender of most of Drew's men, and their subsequent enlistment in the 2d and 3rd Indian Home Guard Regiments. A few officers and men (notably Colonel Drew, Captains John Porum Davis, Pickens M. Benge, Richard Fields, and Lieutenant Charles Drew) remained loyal to the Confederacy and later served under Stand Watie. Captain John Vann's company of Watie's 1st Regiment, later Co I of the 2nd Regiment (formed Sept 1, 1862), was composed mostly of loyal Confederates from the ranks of Drew's late regi-ment.

1ST (BRYAN'S) BATTALION, CHEROKEE PARTI-SAN RANGERS (Bryan's Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles) MAJOR: Joel M Bryan, to commander of Cherokee Btn Special Service 1865.

BATTALION STAFF

Adjutant 1st Lt. James S. Vann, resigned Dec 12, 1861

Assistant Quartermaster Capt. Israel G. Vore, later AQM on Brig General D. H. Cooper's staff


1st Lt. Frederick Augustus Kerr, dropped Aug 2, 1862

Surgeon Maj. James P Evans, POW March 7, 1862, Pea Ridge

Assistant Surgeon Capt. Joseph V. Carden, resigned April 7,1862

Chaplain Rev. Lewis Downing, later Lt. Col., 3rd Indian Home Guards Adjutant 1st Lt. Joel B. Mayes, to AQM of 2nd

Regt

Assistant Surgeon: Capt. Harrison J. Payden, to Asst Surg of 2nd Regt


COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMANDERS COMPANY A. Joel M. Bryan, to Major Sept 13, 1862, Wil-

liam H. Shannon (from 1st Lt.), became Co H, 2nd Regt on Feb 3, 1863.

COMPANY B. Joseph L. Martin, became Co D, 2nd Regt on Feb 3, 1863.

COMPANY C. John R. Harden, became Co C, 2nd Regt on Feb 3, 1863.

COMPANY D. Alexander Wofford (prev 2nd Lt, 1st Co G, 1st Regt), resigned Oct 16, 1862); E. M. Adair (from 1st Lt), be-came Co K, 2nd Regt on Feb 3, 1863.

COMPANY E. John Miller, became Co A, 2nd Regt on Feb 3, 1863.

ORGANIZATION. Joel M. Bryan was authorized by Brig.

General Albert Pike to raise 100 men or more as partisan rangers during the summer of 1862. The company (A) was mustered in at Fort Davis, Canadian District, Cherokee Nation, July 20, 1862. Bryan proceeded to recruit another four companies, and was or-dered by Maj. General Thomas C. Hindman to organize the force into a battalion, which was done September 13, 1862. Records in-dicate that the enlistment term was three years.

By order of Brig. General Douglas H. Cooper, the battalion was on February 3, 1863, consolidated with 5 companies attached to Watie's 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers to form the 2nd (Adair's) Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

1ST (HOLT'S) SQUADRON, CHEROKEE VOLUNTEERS

CAPTAIN: Charles H. Holt, to Captain of Co L, 2nd Regt af-ter June 30, 1863 ?.

STAFF: Adjutant Charles C. Reed ORGANIZATION. This company was mustered in at Web-

ber's Falls, Canadian District, Cherokee Nation, December 12, 1862, for two years. The last record of the company is dated June 30, 1863. It may have been assigned to the 2nd Regiment as Com-pany L after that date.

2ND (ADAIR'S) CHEROKEE MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS (Adair's Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles) COLONEL: William Penn Adair (prev AQM, 1st Regt). LIEUTENANT COLONELS: James Madison Bell (from Capt., 1st Co D, 1st Regt) promoted and transferred to the 1st Regt in June 1864; O. H. Perry Bewer, succeeded Bell (from Capt., Co F). MAJORS: T. Porter Hammock, appointed April 26, 1863 (from 2d Lt., Co A); John R. Harden, by May 1864 (from Capt., Co C ); John F. Vann, by Sept 64 ( from Capt, Co I).

REGIMENTAL STAFF

COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMANDERS COMPANY A. John Miller, to Cherokee Battalion, Special

Service 1865; T. D. Flinn ? (from 1st Lt.) COMPANY B. Bluford West Alberty COMPANY C. John R. Harden, to Major by May 1864; W.

H. Hendren (from 1st Lt) COMPANY D. Joseph L. Martin COMPANY E. D. C. Patton COMPANY F. O. H. Perry Brewer, to Lt. Col. July 1864;

Thomas F. Brewer ? (from 1st Lt.) COMPANY G. William H. Acridge, J. W. Phagan (July 12,

1864, from AQM) COMPANY H. William H. Shannon COMPANY I. John F. Vann, to Major by Sept 1864; Cary

Walker ? (from 1st Lt.) COMPANY K. E. M. Adair COMPANY L(?). Charles H. Holt ORGANIZATION. Formed February 3, 1863, at Prairie

Springs, Creek Nation (winter camp of Indian Cavalry Brigade, 15 miles southeast of Fort Gibson), by the consolidation of Bryan's 1st Battalion, Cherokee Partisan Rangers, and five com-panies attached to Watie's 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers.

FRYE'S - SCALES' BATTALION, CHEROKEE MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS (1st Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles) MAJORS: Moses C. Frye (prev Capt., 1st Co I, 1st Regiment); Joseph Absalom Scales, promoted Major April 23,1864 (from Capt., Co A), Brigade AAG after Btn was disbanded.

Adjutant 1st Lts Joseph A. Scales (from 1st Sgt, 2nd Co F, 1st Regt) to Capt., Co A, Frye’s Btn, June 1863; Andrew J. Greenway (fron 2nd Lt., Co B; S. T. Fair (from pvt Co C)

Assistant Quartermaster Capt. Joel B. Mayes (from Adjt, 1st P R Btn to Bri-gade AQM 1864); J. W. Phagan, to Capt. Co G, July 12, 1864


1st Lt. Richard F. Martin

Surgeon Maj. Thomas M. Colley, resigned April 16, 1863; William J. Dupree appointed July 24, 1863

Assistant Surgeon Capts Robert White, resigned April 16, 1863; Harrison J. Payden (prev Asst Surgeon of 1st P R Btn); W. C. Dunn

Chaplain Rev. Elder L. Compere

Drill Master 2nd Lt. Michael L. Coudon (from pvt, Co G) to 2nd Lt, Co E, June 1863

Sergeant Major J. W. Burk (from pvt, Co D); Riley Walter Lindsay (from Co H)

Quartermaster Sergeant A. W. Timberlake

Ordnance Sergeant J. Foster Bell

Hospital Steward J. Frank Marrs (from pvt, Co H)


COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMANDERS COMPANY A. Joseph Absalom Scales (prev Adjt., 2nd

Regt), to Major April 23, 1864. COMPANY ?. Morgan (prev 1st Lt., Holt's Squadron ?),

MW Dec 18, 1863, Barren Fork, I. T. COMPANY ?. John Spears (prev Capt., 2nd Co H, 1st Regt) ORGANIZATION. On April 1, 1863, Col. Watie was author-

ized to raise a Cherokee brigade. After the 2nd Regiment had been formed, steps were taken to enlist another unit. The first company (A) was probably organized on June 3,1863, but details about the other companies are missing. Consisted of 4 companies by December 1863. The battalion was apparently broken up and consolidated with the 1st and 2d Regiments about July 12, 1864.

A general reorganization of the Cherokee forces took place on

Limestone Prairie, Choctaw Nation, after Watie had been pro-moted Brigadier General and the Cherokees on June 27, 1864, had declared their unanimous reenlistment for the war. On July 11, the Cherokee National Council passed a conscription act, which required that all able bodied free citizens between 17-45 report for duty before August 1.

CHEROKEE BATTALION (OR REGIMENT), SPECIAL SERVICE (Bryan's Battalion) LIEUTENANT COLONEL(?): Joel M. Bryan (prev Major, 1st Partisan Ranger Btn) COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMANDERS

COMPANY ?. John Miller (prev Capt., Co A, 2nd Regt) COMPANY ?. Owens. ORGANIZATION. Not much is known about this organiza-

tion, which is mentioned in Brig General Douglas H. Cooper's correspondence in March and May of 1865 and in a Federal re-port dated April 23, 1865, then supposed to be at Fort Towson (in the southern Choctaw Nation), 300 strong. Joel M. Bryan, who previously led the 1st Partisan Ranger Btn, was the commander. Captain John Miller led a company, and a Captain Owens an-other.

NOTES

1st (Meyer's) Battalion, Cherokee Cavalry is a “paper” or-

ganization that never existed. Major Benjamin W. Meyer may have received authorization to raise a battalion early in the war, but he never did.

Brigade Staff: Upon Watie's promotion to Brigadier General in the summer of 1864, he was entitled to appoint staff officers to the following positions:

BIBLIOGRAPHY Wilfred Knight, Jr. Red Fox: Stand Watie's Civil War Years in In-dian Territory Annie H. Abel. The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seces-sionist Annie H. Abel. The American Indian in the Civil War 1862-1865 Annie H. Abel. The American Indian and the End of the Confed-eracy 1863-1866 Larry C. Rampp & Donald L. Rampp. The Civil War in the In-dian Territory Carolyn M. Bartels. Stand Watie and the First Cherokee Regi-ment 1861-1865 Edward E. Dale & Gaston Litton (eds). Cherokee Cavaliers: Forty Years of Cherokee History as Told in the Correspondence of the Ridge-Watie-Boudinot Family Mabel W. Anderson. Life of General Stand Watie W. Craig Gaines. The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regi-ment of Mounted Rifles Stewart Sifakis. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Ken-tucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units National Archives Microfilm M861 Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations Roll 74 - Organizations raised directly by the Confederate Government (regular infantry, Indian units, engineer troops, etc) Official Records of the War of the Rebellion Confederate Veteran Marybelle W. Chase. Index to Civil War Service Records: Watie's Cherokee Regiments (Lars Gjertveit is a subscriber to The Trans-Mississippi News. He invites comments, corrections and additions to his article on the Confederate Cherokee Units. Write him at BTT 21-0 Luft-verngruppen, 8002 Bodo, Norway; e-mail: [email protected])

THE DEATH OF GENERAL WALKER By Robert Marks

The two Cavalry generals faced each other on the "Field of Honor," each was armed with a Colt Navy Revolver, all chambers loaded, and standing at a distance of 15 paces. At the given sig-nal, both men fired...

Aides-de-Camp Capt. Lucien B. Bell, 1st Lt. Saladin Ridge Watie (from pvt, 2nd Co G, 1st Regt)

Assistant Quartermaster Major Joel B. Mayes (from AQM, 2nd Regt)

Assistant Adjutant General Capt. Thomas F. Anderson (from Adjt, 1st Regt)

Assistant Inspector General Major Joseph A. Scales (from cmdr of Frye's-Scales' Btn)

Surgeon Major Walter Thompson Adair (from Surg, 1st Regt)

Assistant Surgeon ?

Asst Commissary of Subsistence ?

Ordnance Officer ?


In the Summer of 1863, Confederate fortunes in Arkansas were on the decline. At the Battle of Helena fought on the 4th of July, attacking Confederate troops were forced into a bloody re-pulse and retreat. Accusations were brought up against the various Confederate generals amongst themselves as to why the three-pronged attack met with such a dismal failure. Two of those in-volved, General John S. Marmaduke and General Lucius Mar-shall Walker pointed accusing fingers at each other as the Con-federate Army marched away from Helena.

"Marsh" Walker was from Tennessee and graduated from West Point in the Class of 1850. Early in the war he was Colonel of the 40th Tennessee Infantry. For a time he commanded the de-fenses of Memphis and then after being promoted to Brigadier-General, served under General Braxton Bragg in Tennessee in mid-1862. Interestingly, General Bragg considered Walker in-competent and removed him from command. In early 1863, Walker requested transfer to the Trans-Mississippi Department which Bragg readily approved.

General John Marmaduke was the son of a former Governor of Missouri. He also graduated from West Point, near the bottom of his class in 1857. When the Civil War began, he was appointed a Colonel in the Missouri State Guard, and saw early fighting in that state. Marmaduke was wounded at Shiloh in April 1862, and in November of that year he was promoted to Brigadier General. A few weeks later, commanding his cavalry division, he was con-spicuous at the Battle of Prairie Grove in the northwest corner of Arkansas.

In the Spring of 1863, General Marmaduke's cavalry raided Union-controlled southeast Missouri. Known as the "Cape Girardeau Expedition," Marmaduke and his roving cavalrymen were accused of indiscriminate pillaging of the civilian population in that area.

In early August, Union forces under Major General Frederick Steele marched out of Helena, Arkansas to Clarendon on the White River. There they linked up with Union cavalry under Brigadier General John Davidson. With a combined force of about 12,000 infantry and cavalry supported by 39 cannons they moved westward, towards the state capitol Little Rock.

In the latter part of August, Marmaduke moved his bri-gade from Des Arc to form a junction with the cavalry un-der General Marsh Walker, to place themselves between Lit-tle Rock and the advancing Union Army under Steele coming from the east. Fight-ing and falling back before overwhelming numbers of Yankee troops, Marmaduke and Walker tried to slow the Federal advance by burning bridges and obstructing the roads. On August 27th, Gen-eral Marmaduke temporarily halted General Steele's ad-vance by burning Reed's bridge on Bayou Meto, a

sluggish stream with a miry bed. According Major John Newman Edwards, a Confederate staff officer who wrote much about the Trans-Mississippi Department during the war, at least three times during that week General Walker kept himself well in the rear of the skirmishing, while General Marmaduke was fighting on the front lines with his men. At one point, Marmaduke rode to the rear to consult General Walker and request his temporary pres-ence on the front, but could get no reply from Geneal Walker.

Quoting from Edwards: "The conduct of General Walker dur-ing the retreat to Little Rock, determined General Marmaduke to

change in some measure the official relations between them. Having in view a friendly separation of forces, he asked explicitly of Colonel T. L. Snead either to remove his division from Walker's command or ac-cept his unconditional resig-nation. General Walker took offense and demanded ex-planations, affirming that the course pursued by Mar-maduke cast imputation upon his courage. General Marmaduke replied that he had never accused Walker of cowardice, but that his conduct had been such upon several occasions that he would no longer serve un-

der him." General Walker immediately challenged General Marmaduke

to a duel and Marmaduke promptly accepted the challenge. Gen-eral Walker's friend and fellow officer Colonel R. H. Crocket of Texas would serve as his second. Marmaduke's friend Colonel John C. Moore of St. Louis agreed to stand as his second, and these two men made the arrangements.

In the meantime, Commanding General Sterling Price at Little Rock learned on the evening of September 5th of the duel which was to take place the next day at sunrise between his two com-manding cavalry generals. General Price ordered both officers to stay in their quarters for the next 24 hours. However, his order did not reach Walker, and Marmaduke simply ignored it. So, with the Yankees not too many miles away to the east, at dawn on the morning of September 6, 1863, on the farm of a man named Godfrey LeFevre, a few miles south of Little Rock, the duel took place. Colonel John C. Moore gave the signal and both men fired almost simultaneously and both missed!

At the second fire, General Walker fell mortally wounded. He was immediately picked up and placed in General Marmaduke's personal ambulance and taken to Little Rock where the 34 year old General died the next day. General Marmaduke and his sec-ond were arrested within the hour and held in confinement. How-ever, with the close presence of the enemy, they were soon re-leased and restored to command as the Union forces approached the outskirts of Little Rock.

General Price, not wishing to be surrounded in Little Rock General Lucius M. Walker

General John S. Marmaduke


like General Pemberton was at Vicksburg a few months earlier, ordered his Army to evacuate the town. General Marmaduke and his cavalrymen assisted holding back the Union cavalry forces at Bayou Fourche while General Price evacuated Little Rock. On September 10, 1863 Little Rock was occupied by General Freder-ick Steele's Union forces.

General Lucius M. Walker is buried beside his wife in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. Robert Marks is a subscriber to The Trans-Mississippi News. He lives in Alburtis, PA.

EXCERPT FROM A NEW BIBLIOGRAPHY ON IOWA AND THE CIVIL WAR. PART 4 By Susan Kuecker 21st Infantry Crooke, George, The Twenty-First Regiment of Iowa Volunteer

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July 4, Denver, CO: First Annual Independence Day En-campment at Four Mile Historic Park. For information call Robin Burchardt 303-369-2678.

July 4-6, Fort Kearney, Nebraska: Civil War reenactment. For information contact Paul Hendrickson, 1319 11th Ave., Kearney, NE 68847 308-234-1698.

July 12-13, Kanopolis, KS: Annual Fort Harker Days, spon-sored by the Ellsworth County Historical Society, proceeds to help in preservation of Fort Harker. For information contact the Ellsworth County Historical Society, PO Box 144, Ellsworth, KS 67439, 913-472-3059; on the Internet at http://www.es.twsu.edu/~crgrier/1stks.html.

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July 19-20, Cedar Rapids, Iowa: 5th Annual Battle of Usher’s Ferry. For information contact Bruce Kindig, 3923 For-est Road, Davenport, Iowa 52807 319-355-0898.

July 25-27, Lake City, SD: Fort Sisseton Frontier Military


Days, living history event depicting the everyday life of a soldier at an 1860s to 1890 frontier military post. For information con-tact Jim Acker 605-882-4050.

July 26-27, Lenexa, KS: The Great Heartland Trails Festi-val, Sar Kar Park, 87th and Lackman, Lenexa, KS. Contact Rus-sell Hautzenrader, PO Box 526, Wauthena, KS 66090, 913-989-2155.

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August 16, Mansfield, LA: Living history, “Evolution of War,” tracing warfare tactics used from Civil War to modern times. For information contact the Mansfield State Commemora-tive Area, 15149 Hwy 175, Mansfield, LA 71052 318-872-1474.

August 16-17, Fort Tejon, California: Civil War demonstra-tion battles, living history at historic Fort Tejon near Lebec, CA. Contact Fort Tejon State Historic Park 805-248-6692.

August 16-17, Gettysburg, SD: Civil War Festival hosted by the Gettysburg Civil War Association, parade, dance, sutlers, battle reenactments. Contact Corporal Bert Van Essen 605-765-2801 or Bob Potts 605-765-9782.

August 30-31, Fort Dodge, Iowa: Civil War Days held on the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum and Frontier Village, home of the pre-war office of General Lewis A. Armistead, CSA. Contact David E. Parker, Fort Dodge Historical Founda-tion, Box 1798, Fort Dodge, IA 50501, 515-573-4231.

September 6-7, St. Charles, MO: The 10th annual St. Charles living history event at Frontier Park. Sponsored by the St. Char-les Convention and Visitors Bureau and hosted by the 9th Mis-souri Battalion Sharpshooters. For information contact Sue Rid-dler 314-947-0165 or 314-947-7669 (eves).

September 13, Lee’s Summit, MO: Civil War Seminar and Museum Display, sponsored by the Heart of America Genea-logical Society. To be held at the John Knox Village Pavillon, 520 NW Murray Road, Lee’s Summit, MO 64081. For more in-formation call Joanne Eakin 816-461-5845.

September 13-14, Hays, Kansas: 15th Annual Fort Hays Pio-neer Days, celebrating the 130th anniversary of the founding of Fort Hays. Frontier army garrison event, living history demos. For information contact Fort Hays Historic Site, 1472 Hwy 183 Alt., Hays, KS 67601, 913-625-6812.

September 13-14, Fulton, MO: Battle of Moore’s Mill, spon-sored by the 6th Missouri. For information contact Mark White, PO Box 487, Fulton, MO 65251, 816-246-7950; on the Internet at http://www.concentric.net/~Overby.

September 19-21, Scott County, Iowa: 3rd Annual Battle of Walnut Grove in Scott County Park near Davenport. For infor-mation contact Bruce Kindig, 3923 Forest Road, Davenport, Iowa 52807 319-355-0898.

September 20, Wheaton, IL: 15th Annual Midwest Civil War Collector’s Show at the DuPage County Fairgrounds. 9 AM to 5PM. For information call Bob Nowak 312-539-8432.

September 20-21, Lexington, MO: Reenactment of the Battle of the Hemp Bales.

September 20-21, Lebec, California: Civil War demonstra-tion battles and living history event at Fort Tejon State Historic

Park. For information call 805-248-6692. September 26-28, St. Louis, MO: The 3rd Annual Mississippi

Valley Civil War Symposium, with Gary Gallaher, John Y. Simon, David C. Hinze, and others. For information, contact the Civil War Education Association, PO Box 78, Winchester, VA 22604, 800-298-1861 or 540-667-2339 Fax.

September 27-28, Leasburg, MO: Reenactment of the Battle of Leasburg. For information contact Helen Wright, Leasburg Historical Society, PO Box 17, Leasburg, MO 65535.

October 10-12, Jacksonport, AR: 3rd Annual War on the White River at Old Jacksonport State Park, 3 miles form from Newport, AR, on Hwy 69. For information contact Gary Rob-erts, 2814 Brookside Circle, Paragould, AR 72450 501-239-5013 (e-mail [email protected]).

October 10-12, Lake Village, AR: 11th Annual Civil War Weekend. Reenactments of Meriweather’s Plantation and the Battle of Ditch Bayou. Camp tours, living history demos, ladies’ social, period ball, etc. Contact Don R. Simons, Lake Chicot State Park, 2542 Hwy 257, Lake Village, AR 71653, 800-264-2430.

October 11-12, Jackson, LA: The 8th Annual Battle of Jack-son Crossroads. For information contact The Living History As-sociation, PO Box 966, Jackson, LA 70748, 504-634-5312.

October 18-19, Bonner Springs, KS: 3rd annual living history encampment at the Wyandotte County Park, 126th and State Ave., Bonner Springs, KS. Contact Carolyn Walden 913-721-1078 or 913-371-2828.

October 23-26, San Francisco, CA: Symposium “California in the Civil War” sponsored by the Blue and Gray Education So-ciety. For more information contact BGES Seminars, 416 Beck St., Norfolk, VA 23503 804-797-4535.

October 24-25, Mansfield, LA: Ghosts of the Civil War, the sights and sounds of Mansfield Battlefield after dark. For infor-mation contact the Mansfield State Commemorative Area, 15149 Hwy 175, Mansfield, LA 71052 318-872-1474.

November 7-9, Holtville, California: 13th Annual West Coast Civil War Conference: “California and the Civil War.” Lectures and a tour to Fort Yuma. For information contact Jerry Russell, PO Box 7388, Little Rock, AR 72217 501-225-3996.

SEEKING INFORMATION ON (SIO)

This area is open to anyone seeking any sort of specific infor-mation related to the Trans-Mississippi in the Civil War

Tom Sweeney (5228 S. State Hwy. ZZ, Republic, MO 65738)

is seeking copies of photographs of Missouri soldiers, both Con-federate and Union, and outdoor period views of Missouri for a book on Missouri in the "Portraits of Conflict" series.

Steve Treaster (21516 W 72nd, Shawnee, KS 66218) is seek-ing info on the following units: 7th Iowa Inf, 4th Iowa Art, 17th Illinois Cav.

Gerald R. Gannon (420 Fairhaven Dr, Hurst, TX 76054) is working on a book about the CW in the Indian Territory and is seeking memoirs of participants.

Robert Lee Old (7221 W. Mequon Square Dr, Mequon, WI 53092) is seeking info on the following: 2nd Inf reg, 7th Div., Missouri State Guard; 4th MO Inf reg CSA; John R. Woodside,


James Posey Woodside, and James B. Old. Dwain Cunningham (2435 S. 26th St., Rogers, AR 72758) is

seeking info on the pre-war life of Gen. Francis J. Herron. Hugh J. Turnbull (34202 Christmas Tree Lane, Creswell, OR

97426) is seeking info on Co M, 2nd Iowa Cav at Corinth, MS. (5/97)

Rosemary Frey (Fort Scott National Historic Site, Old Fort Blvd., Fort Scott, KS 66701) is seeking info on CW weddings and female nurses.

John C. Lang (100 Orange St., Tipton, IA 52772) is seeking info on the Sully Dakota Campaign of 1864, specifically concern-ing Julius Wieneke, 7th Iowa Cav.

Maggie Burmeister (618 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, IL 60174) is seeking info on Co. F, 25th Iowa Infantry.

Gerald Angel (Rt 2, Box 312, Ellington, MO 63628) writes: "I am trying to locate any information pertaining to the 13th Illinois Cavalry during the early months of 1863 while they were at Barnsville (Ellington), MO, especially during the early months of March and April in preparation for Marmaduke's Second Mis-souri Raid. The need is to attribute a CW site to the regiment as part of a listing for the National Register. Any source, official, book, diary, letter or other would be greatly appreciated."

Ronald G. Huebner (27745 23rd Ave S, Federal Way, WA 98003, 253-839-5654) states that he is seeking info on and arti-facts of the 25th Iowa Infantry and on Ironclad designs in the Trans-Miss.

Marticia Madory (13 Greenbush Dr, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601) is seeking info on Iowa Quakers serving in the Union army and irregular Confederate troops at the Battle of Liberty, MO.

Tom Yockey Jr. (1501 Santa Barbara St., St. Charles, MO 63303) seeks info on the 131st Illinois Infantry in the Vicksburg Campaign; also seeking CDVs, letters, diaries, etc. of men of the 131st IL.

Ron Hardin (8276 S. Eagle Road, Larkspur, CO 80118) is seeking info on Howell's Artillery from Texas (11th Texas Artil-lery), which fought in the Indian Territory during the CW and was stationed at Fort Washita, IT. Seeking any information for family history research.

Gil Bergman (5044 N Oak, #344, Kansas City, MO 64118) is working on a study on the artillery at the Battle of Westport (Oct 21-23, 1864), and is seeking eyewitness accounts, info on partici-pating units and battery members, photos, etc. Also, he is doing reserach on the 1865 Powder River Expedition, seeking par-ticpant accounts, photos, etc. for possible future book. (6/96)

Milton E. Botwinick is a professional genealogist, seeking info on a Corporal Aaron Stern, who was stationed at St. Louis Arsenal Jan 1862 to 1870 as an ordnance laborer in the regular army. He had previously served with the 8th U.S. Inf in New Mexico (1855-60). Contact Mr. Botwinick at P.O. Box 13464, Philadelphia, PA 19101-3464, e-mail [email protected]. (7/96)

John Bradbury (7 Pecan Grove, Rolla, MO 65401; e-mail: [email protected]) is seeking letters and images pertaining to the mili-tary district of Rolla, MO, and Phelps Countians in the CW. (5/97)

Barry Popchock (120 Lilac Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15229) is re-searching a book on the CW in and around Helena, AR (Phillips County) for the University of Arkansas Press’s “Civil War in the

West” series. Of particular interest would be unpublished primary sources related to the topic, such as letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians. (5/97)

Kenneth Bradley (PO Box 571, Noblesville, IN 46061) is seeking info on John Wayne, of Co K, 3rd Iowa Infantry, later of the 9th Iowa Cavalry. (8/96)

Gene Murdock (Box 73, Bonne Terre, MO 63628) is seeking info on James (or John) Murdock who lived in Lockridge Twp of Jefferson County, Iowa at the time of the Civil War. His oldest son Washington died in service with Co G, 30th Iowa Inf. Did James (or John) serve also? What happened to him after the war? (6/97)

Ronald Seymour (521 Tower Road, Clinton, IA 52732) is seeking sources on the 8th Iowa Cavalry, specifcally books by Homer Mead, George Monlux, and Madison M. Walden. (5/97)

Jeffrey S. Prushankin (2463 Bristol Place, Fayetteville, AR 72703) is at work on a doctoral dissertation at the University of Arkansas on the subject of Dick Taylor and Edmund Kirby Smith. He would appreciate any information available on these two indi-viduals. (11/96)

Howard G. Mann (PO Box 5054, Oak Ridge, TN 37831) is writing a book about the 10th Kansas Infantry and seeks any un-published info.(11/96)

Curtis Payne (414 S. 70th East Ave, Tulsa, OK 74112) seeking info on Howell’s Texas Battery for a book he is writing. (11/96)

Galvin Humphries (703 S. Main, St. Charles, MO 63301 314-940-2033) is seeking info on Co A, 8th Iowa Infantry, including photos, specifically relating to the period from Nov 1864 to April 1865 and the Battle of Spanish Fort,AL; also seeking info on Bedford Forrest at the Battle of Memphis. (12/96)

Kirby Smith (328 Eastern Ave, Barrington, IL 60010) seeks info on General John E. Smith, specifically at the Battle of Chat-tanooga. (12/96)

Mike Robey (107 N. Vine, Monroe City, MO 63456) is seek-ing info on the 10th Missouri Infantry CSA. (12/96)

Danny Camacho (2210 Canterbury, Austin, TX 78702-5615) is seeking info on the Texas Cotton Bureau’s Quartermasters service (1862-1865), especially the teamsters on the San Antonio to Brownsville/Matamoros route. (1/97)

M. Jane Johansson (109 Bryan St., Pryor, OK 74361) is seek-ing photographs, particularly war-date, of soldiers of the 28th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted), Walker’s Division, for a forthcom-ing book. Also interested in letters, diaries, etc. written by mem-bers of the 28th. (1/97)

Danny Odom (4746 Jessica Dr., Olive Branch, MS 38654) is seeking details regarding the formation and organization of Trans-Miss CSA regiments, battalions, and brigades for June 1862 through December 1862 period. (1/97)

Troy Allen (2839 Summerhurst St., Memphis, TN 38118) is seeking info on Missouri Confederate graves, especially the guer-rillas. He would like to get in touch with any organization that seeks out Missouri Confederate graves. (1/97)

David Casto (PO Box 86, Atkins, AR 72823) is writing a his-tory of the 8th Missouri Cavalry (US), seeking info on this unit’s activities in Arkansas in 1864-65. Especially sought are unpub-lished or little known sources. Also looking for a biography of General Eugene Carr. (2/97)

Aubrey Joseph (825 Eagle Mountain Blvd, Batesville, AR


72501) is seeking info on the Battle of Ditch Bayou, June 1864, near Lake Village, AR. (2/97)

Lee Belmonte (17505 S 145th E Ave., Bixby, OK 74008) is seeking info on any Civil War soldiers named Woods from Ten-nessee, Missouri, or Texas. (2/97)

Peter W. Hughes (1230 Pendleton St., Apt 6H, Cornell Arms Apts, Columbia, SC 29201) is interested in finding info on the Confederate buchaneer Charles Read, especially post Civil War. (3/97)

Kenneth Canfield (414 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501) is seeking info on 1) John C. Carlin, Capt Independent Cavalry at-tached to 1st Reg, 2nd Div MSG, who was the son of Thomas Car-lin (1789-1852), Democratic governor of Illinois 1838-1842. 2) Capt James H. Carlin (1827-1903), Co D (the Canton Guards), 1st Reg MO Cav (CSA) organized July 1861 at Monticello, Lewis Co. 3) Pvt Alexander Hord, Co D, 1st Reg MO Cav (CSA) . 4) Any info or research leads on Reconstruction in northeast Mis-souri and specifically Callaway and Audrain Counties. (4/97)

Daniel J. Frankignoul (64 Clos des Peupliers, 1200 Brussels, Belgium) is seeking everything pertaining to Confederate General Prince Camille de Polignac, the Red River Campaign, and the veterans of the Polignac Brigade in Northeast Texas. (4/97)

The Greene County Historical Society (120 N 12th St, Paragould, AR 72450) is seeking info on any activity in Greene County, Arkansas, or involving people from Greene County. (5/97)

John Livingston (P.O. Box 2445, Basalt, CO 81621, e-mail [email protected] )is writing a book about the campaign of Ma-jor Tom Livingston's Partisan Rangers in Southwestern Missouri. He is interested in unusual information about Livingston and his men. Also, he is looking for descendants of men who served with him. And for a picture of the major. (5/97)

Bob Schmidt (5984 Highway Y, French Village, MO 63036) is seeking information on black soldiers serving in Co D of the 56th Regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry who were from southeast Missouri. (6/97)

Mike W. Thompson (732 E. Highland, Red Oak, TX 75154) is seeking information on Captain Alfred Johnson’s Texas Spy Company, which was formed in McKinney, Texas in 1862. Thompson would also like to hear from any descendents of the men in this outfit. (6/97)

George R. Stammerjohan, State Historian II at the Northern Service Center, 1725 23rd St., Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95816 is seeking info on Col. Benjamin Allston, CSA, who was Inspec-tor General of General Kirby Smith’s Trans-Miss Department 1863-1865. (6/97)

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