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The Trans-Mississippi News

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Volume 3, Number 2 Winter 1998

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

recently in regional journals are “‘Amidst Trials and Troubles’: Captain Samuel Churchill Clark, C. S. A.,” by William C. Winter in the October 1997 issue of the Missouri Historical Review; “‘A Most Unusual Gathering’: The 1913 Semi-Centennial Memorial Reunion of the Survivors of Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence,” by Richard B. Sheridan in the Autumn 1997 issue of Kansas History. Benton McAdams, longtime friend and customer of the Camp Pope Bookshop has written an article for the most recent issue of Civil War Times Illustrated entitled “Unpromising Subjects,” which concerns the 37th Iowa Infantry, aka the Graybeards. Ben sent us a copy of the original article, which is quite interesting, based on unpublished letters and archive documents. As you know, the Camp Pope Bookshop is at work on a book about the 37th, featuring the letters of Major Lyman Allen and the diaries of his stepdaughter, who lived off and on in places where the 37th was garrisoned.

Now officially out-of-print is Charles B. Clark’s and Roger Bowen’s University Recruits: Company C, 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment USA 1861-1865. The authors have no plans to reprint. Phil Gottschalk’s In Deadly Earnest: The Missouri Brigade is es-sentially out-of-print as we and others have been unable to ac-quire copies. The author/publisher is said to be gravely ill and his phone has been disconnected. J. P. Blessington’s The Campaigns of Walkers Texas Division as published by State House Press is out-of-print. Bryce Suderow’s book on the Battle of Pilot Knob Thunder in Arcadia Valley is also out-of-print. The publisher of Thunder hopes to reprint, but can give no date when copies will again be available. We have received word from William R. Scaife, author/publisher of several books on the Atlanta Cam-paign that his books will no longer be available in paperback for-mat. We still have a few copies of various titles of his in paper-back, see our most recent catalog for available titles.

Gary W. Shearer, Adventist Studies Librarian at Pacific Union College in Angwin, CA 94508, has written a bibliography entitled The Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction in Missouri: A Bib-liographic Guide to Secondary Sources and Selected Primary Sources. This 70 page document contains hundreds of sources, many of which I have never heard of. I have long said that a bibli-ography of the Civil War in Missouri was sorely needed, now we have one. Mr. Shearer says that copies of the bibliography are available from him at $7.00, plus postage (he does not indicate the exact amount of postage required). You can write him at the address above, or call 707-965-6675, or fax 707-965-6504, or e-mail to [email protected].

At long last, David C. Hinze’s book (co-authored by Karen Farnham) The Battle of Carthage: Border War in Southwest Mis-souri, July 5, 1861 (HC, Savas Publishing Co., illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, dj, 314pp. $24.95, plus $2.50 p/h) is ready for delivery. It looks like an excellent study and a very handsome book. An-other book, previously announced and now available, is Civil War in Texas and New Mexico Territory by Steve Cottrell (PB, Peli-can Pub. Co., illus, bib, 141pp. $9.95 plus $2.50 p/h).

Pioneers of High, Water and Main: Reflections of Jefferson City is a new book published by Ed Ziehmer, dba Twelfth State Publishing. The attractive cloth bound book (illus, notes, ind, dj, 211pp, $25.00 plus $2.50 p/h) consists of articles written by long time Jefferson City, Missouri resident Robert E. Young (1840-1904), and published from 1900 to 1901 in the Missouri State Tribune. Several articles deal with the Civil War, during which Young served in the Missouri State Guard. Another new book with a minor Missouri/Civil War connection is a reprint of the Reminiscences of General Basil W. Duke by Genesis Publishing, PO Box 269, West Jefferson, OH 43162. We have not added this item to our stock, but you can surely order copies directly from the publisher.

Joanne Eakin’s series Confederate Records From the United Daughters of the Confederacy Files continues with Volume 4 (PB, Two Trails Publishing, ind, 177pp. $30.00, plus $3.50 p/h), which covers the names Hardy through Justice. As you recall, this reference work contains brief biographical sketches of Con-federate Veterans living in Missouri, as collected in 1922 and 1923 by the UDC. When finished, the series will contain informa-tion on 7500 men. Previously announced and ready now is Two Trails’ reprint of Thomas L. Snead’s The Fight For Missouri, From the Election of Lincoln to the Death of Lyon (PB, ind, 322pp. $16.95, plus $2.50 p/h), one of the best sources on the Missouri State Guard and the first year of the war in Missouri.

Randall J. Houp, a genealogist from Alma, Arkansas, has pub-lished a massive history, entitled The 24th Missouri Volunteer In-fantry: “Lyon Legion” (HB, illus, maps, roster, bib, ind, 1040pp, $95.00 plus $3.50 p/h). The book, the first ever published on this Union regiment, contains an encyclopedic roster of all the men in the regiment.

Southern Illinois University has reprinted Reminiscences of a Soldier’s Wife: An Autobiography by Mrs. John A. Logan, origi-nally published in 1913 (PB, illus, ind, 470pp, $19.95, plus $2.50 p/h).

Wayne C. Lee has written a study of crime and violence in Kansas from 1840 to 1932 entitled Deadly Days in Kansas (PB, The Caxton Printers, illus, bib, ind, 127pp. $14.95, plus $2.50 p/

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h), which naturally covers the Lawrence Raid and other events of the Civil War.

Troy Massey of Harrison, AR, has republished his Memoirs of Captain J. M. Bailey in a new 6 x 9 paperback format (illus, maps, ind, 137pp, $12.00 plus $2.50 p/h). The writer of the mem-oirs was an officer in the 16th Arkansas Infantry CSA and his war experiences include the Battles of Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, Iuka, Port Hudson, and others. Also new from Troy Massey is Confederates Buried in Boone, Baxter, Carroll, Newton and Searcy Counties Arkansas (PB, ind, 132pp, $15.00 plus $2.50 p/h). The book is organized by cemeteries and includes complete rosters with service records.

New to us, but apparently available for a number of years is a compilation of articles concerning the Battle of Hartville, Mis-souri, which was fought on January 11, 1863. The Battle of Hart-ville and Related Events is published by the Wright County, Missouri Historical Society and is avail-able from the Camp Pope Bookshop for $15.00, plus $2.50 p/h (Comb bound, illus, maps, 153pp).

Some titles previously announced and now ready are the reprint of William Preston Johnston’s biography of his father, The Life of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston: Embracing His Services in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas and the Confederate States (HB, State House Press, front, illus, maps, ind, dj, 755pp, $45.00 plus $3.50 p/h); and W. H. Tunnard’s A Southern Record: The History of the 3rd Regiment Louisi-ana Infantry (PB, University of AR Press, front, ind, 377pp, with a new intro by William L. Shea, $20.00, plus $2.50 p/h).

WHAT’S COMING... We are pleased to announce formally our own

newest publication, due this spring, of the first in a series of books edited by author Michael Bana-sik (Embattled Arkansas: The Prairie Grove Campaign of 1862). The series is called “Unwritten Chapters of the Civil War West of the River” and the first volume is entitled Missouri Brothers in Gray: The Reminiscences and Letters of William J. and John P. Bull. The unpublished reminiscences of William Bull, who served in Gorham’s (later Tilden’s, later Leseur’s 3rd Field Bat-tery Missouri Artillery CSA) and the wartime letters of both William and his brother John Bull (who served in Gorham’s Ar-tillery, then in McDonald’s Missouri Cavalry and Newton’s Fifth Arkansas Cavalry) are in the possession of the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis, which has granted us permission to publish them in this format. The book will be paperback, with illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, and index, approxi-mately 190 pages, price $12.95 (plus $2.50 p/h). Quantity dis-counts will be available. Another book, still coming along albeit slowly is The Graybeards: The Letters of Major Lyman Allen of the 37th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry…Including the Dia-ries of Viola Bladwin, His Step-Daughter. This will also be a pa-perback, price $10.00. Unfortunately our book on the 3rd Iowa Cavalry seems to have fallen off the schedule for now. Too much to do and only one guy to do it.

The University of Arkansas Press promises a new regimental history this spring: Peculiar Honor: A History of the 28th Texas

Cavalry, by M. Jane Johansson (illus, paperback, 192pp, $20.00, plus $2.50 p/h). This book is based on the author’s dis-sertation written at the University of North Texas in 1993, for which she received the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Dissertation Award for Research Achievement. The 28th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) was in Walker’s Texas Division and was known as “Walkers’s Greyhounds.” It fought in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, distinguishing itself at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jen-kins’ Ferry.

Also promised this spring, another reprinting of the scarce History of the 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteers by W. S. Mor-ris, et al. The original was published in 1902 and was first re-printed in both HB and PB by Gordon Pruitt of Crossfire Press in the early 1990s. These reprints have been op for a long time, and we’re glad to see the book make a return, although only in

paper this time. The publisher is Southern Illi-nois University Press and the book will be il-lustrated and contain 244 pages. They do not indicate in their catalog what the price will be, but I would guess under $20.00. If I am not mistaken, Gordon Pruitt works for the Southern Illinois University Press. New in May from the University of New Mexico Press will be The Battle of Glorieta Pass, March 26-28, 1862, by Thomas S. Ed-rington and John Taylor. The cloth bound book with dj, illustrations, and maps, will compare official documents, personal reports and recollections and a new study of the battle site to reconstruct the battle ($29.95, plus $3.50 p/h). The University of Missouri Press will publish a new biography by William Parrish entitled Frank Blair: Lincoln’s Conservative (HC, il-lis, bib, ind, dj, 344pp, $29.95 plus $3.50 p/h). The book is due in March..

Troy Massey of Harrison, Arkansas, will be publishing a new book on Colonel John M. Harrell, who commanded Arkan-sas’ 17th Cavalry Batttalion.

Glen Davis of the Arkansas Civil War Store, who publishes paperback reprints of Edwin Bearss’s Steele’s Retreat From Camden, and Calvin Collier’s They’ll Do To Tie To, and First In--Last Out (all available from the Camp Pope Bookshop) will publish a reprint of The War Memoirs of Captain John W. Lav-ender, CSA: They Never Came Back, The Story of Co F, Fourth Arkansas Infantry.

Last summer William Piston gave a talk at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield on the anniversary of the battle, and I be-lieve it concerned the First Iowa at Wilson’s Creek. We now hear that this paper will be published this year in the journal Civil War History.

Word from the University of Arkansas Press is that their next book in the “Portraits of Conflict“ series on Texas in the Civil War should be available fall 1998.

NEWS BRIEFS PROGRESS AT MINE CREEK

Last fall, Terry Marmet, Director of Historical Sites for the

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. Alterna-tively, you may access our on-line catalog at http://members.aol.com/ckenyoncpb, which always carries our most up-to-date listings.


Kansas State Historical Society, reported on the status of efforts to build a visitor’s center at the Mine Creek battlefield in Linn County, KS. It is hoped that construction can begin by March 1, 1998, and be completed by the date of the 134th anniversary of the battle, October 25, 1998. The center will be located in the north-east corner of the state owned battle site along Kansas Highway 52 south of Pleasanton. This will put the building near the historic Fort Scott Road, the route of Price’s army, which location gives it a historic transportation connection and makes the project eligible to receive ISTEA funds. The building will contain approximately 3100 square feet, with a large lobby area, an exhibit gallery con-taining artifacts and a presentation room for school groups, classes, and meetings. The entire south wall of the building will be made of glass to allow visitors a wide view of the primary bat-tle site. Interpretation of the battle will cover three themes: Price’s Raid and the Battle of Mine Creek, the Civil War in the Trans-Miss, and the conflict along the border, 1854-1865, with a con-centration on the first. For more information on the new Mine Creek center, contact Steve Treaster, 10990 Quivira, Suite 200, Overland Park, KS 66210. (From The Border Bugle)

KANSAS BATTLE FLAGS TO BE PRESERVED Last year the Kansas legislature appropriated $26,000 toward

the preservation of Kansas Civil War battle flags. The money will be used to purchase a special storage cabinet in which to house the flags and to cover the cost of conserving one flag. The flag chosen for this process is the banner of the 8th Kansas Infantry. Susan Knowles of Kansas City has donated $6500 for the conser-vation of another flag, that of the First Kansas Colored Infantry. The amount will only cover one half of the preservation cost and additional funds are being solicited to complete the process. Those interested in helping in this project can contact Blair Tarr at 785-272-8681, ext 427. ( From The Border Bugle)

CANNONBALL VANDAL The Jefferson County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Department arrested

an individual for throwing a six-pound cannonball through a win-dow of a mobile home in House Springs, MO. The ball tore through the window and two interior walls on its way to shattering the toilet and lodging in the bathroom wall. “When I came home there was an inch of water on the floor,” said the homeowner. Eyewitnesses turned the vandal in to Sheriff Glenn Boyer, who says he “still has a hard time believing” that the ball was not shot from a cannon because of the extensive damage it caused. (Recall the occasional story of the Civil War soldier who thought he would just put his foot out and stop a cannonball that appeared spent and was just slowly rolling along the ground. It generally cost the man his foot.) (From The Civil War News)

STARS AND STRIPES In a little known action in November of 1861, forces including

the 8th, 11th, 18th, 29th Illinois Infantries, the 10th Iowa Infantry and miscellaneous cavalry and artillery detachments drove into Missouri from Bird’s Point in pursuit of Confederate “Swamp Fox” M. Jeff Thompson. Thompson succeeded in eluding the Un-ion troops; however, the latter captured and briefly occupied the town of Bloomfield, Missouri. There, several erstwhile printers in the 8th and 18th Illinois did what was often done in captured Re-bel towns: they took over the local newspaper and put out their own sheet, which they called the Stars & Stripes. This was the be-ginning of the famous newspaper still published today for the

benefit of American servicemen and women abroad. Now the Stars & Stripes Museum and Library in Bloomfield, which is to receive one of the three known copies of the original paper extant, is searching for any information it can find on the original print-ers, most of whom were from Wayne, White, Gallatin, and Peoria Counties in Illinois. The museum is asking that any descendants of these printers, known as “First Stripers,” contact them by writ-ing to the Stars & Stripes Museum/Library Association, PO Box 1861, Bloomfield, MO 63825, or call 573-568-3862. Some known “First Stripers” are: Otis P. Martin, John W. Schell, and Thomas Walsh of the 8th Illinois; Benson Atherton, John H. Bar-ton, James T. Boseman, Charles M. Edwards, Theodore Edmon-son, Walter A. Rhue of the 18th Illinois; and R. F. Stewart of the 29th Illinois. (From The Kansas City Star; item submitted by Gil Bergman)

THE CIVIL WAR RADIO HOUR KOFO Radio (1120 AM in Ottawa, KS) recently announced a

new program entitled “The Civil War Radio Hour.” The show, hosted by Matt Matthews (of Kansas Heritage Press) and Brian Orloff, will consist of interviews and discussions with authors, historians, battlefield curators, reenactors and others who have an interest in the war. “This show will have something for every-one,” said Matthews. “It’s not a show for people with history de-grees. We don’t have enough time to get into that kind of detail. It is geared to a general audience, although we sometimes make ref-erences to things that only a true Civil War buff would under-stand.” Matthews will take the Confederate point of view, Orloff will defend the Union. The two are trying to market the program regionally in order to generate enough revenue to keep it going beyond the original four shows they have the underwriting to pro-duce now. Initial response has been very good. The first show features John Sutton, Chief Park Ranger at Wilson’s Creek Na-tional Battlefield and Robert Edmiston, Director of Real Estate for the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites, Inc. Matthews and Orloff ask that people interested in underwriting the program or bringing it to other radio stations contact them at PO Box 503, Ottawa, KS 66067, e-mail [email protected], or call Brad Howard at KOFO AM Radio at 785-242-1220.

“TO LIVE ON” Last issue we discussed the possibility that a major motion

picture will be made in the Lawrence, Kansas area, based on the Daniel Woodrell book Woe to Live On. It appeared in November that the $30 million picture, with its title shortened to “To Live On,” and directed by director Ang Lee (who did “Sense and Sen-sibility”) would not be made, since 20th Century Fox was balking at paying for it. However, by the end of the month, the film had picked up backing from Universal Pictures and is scheduled to be shot next spring. The main focus of the film (and it’s greatest ex-pense) will be the burning of Lawrence, Kansas. Director Lee plans to keep costs down by not hiring any major stars. Latest word says that Skeet Ulrich, who played one of the killers in the movie “Scream,” and the popular singer Jewel have been cast in the major roles. The screenplay was written by James Schamus, who also wrote the script for Lee’s “The Ice Storm,” released last fall. (Thanks to Gil Bergman for keeping us informed on this story). Update: a piece in the Independence, Missouri Examiner, as reported by The Blue & Grey Chronicle, states that the flood-ravaged, abandoned town of Pattonsburg in northwest Missouri,


may be doctored up to look like Civil War Lawrence, KS, and burned for the filming of “To Live On.” In 1994, the state of Mis-souri paid $11.5 million to relocate the entire population of the town, which was flooded twice in 1993.

BLUE & GREY BOOK SHOPPE OPENS Carolyn Bartels, owner of Two Trails Publishing, and Joanne

Eakin have combined their resources into an open book shop at 113 W. Lexington in Independence, Missouri. The Blue & Grey Book Shoppe contains over 2000 titles on the Civil War, includ-ing the out-of-print stock of the now defunct Facts and Figures (a traveling bookstore long operated by Don Durham). In addition to new and used books on the Civil War and local history, the Blue & Grey Book Shoppe offers Civil War art and framable prints and Civil War music on cassette and CD. Hours are Tuesday through Friday 9:30 to 5:30 and Saturday 9:30 to 4:00. A catalog is available. Call them at 816-252-9909, or send e-mail [email protected] (they also have a web site at www.erspros.com/2trails). (As if all Carolyn and Joanne do was not already enough to keep them busy, they have launched a newsletter. See the section on Newsletters Received for a description.)

QUANTRILL SOCIETY REACTIVATED Cathy Barton and Don Hale have started up the old Quantrill

Society again, publishing a quarterly newsletter, which is avail-able on payment of the annual dues of $10.00. Those interested in joining should contact president Don Hale at 816-524-3367. (From The Blue & Grey Chronicle)

IOWA CIVIL WAR HERITAGE FOUNDATION Brad McGowan, who has won the battle in collecting the

funds necessary to restore Iowa’s magnificent Soldiers’ and Sail-ors’ Monument in Des Moines, has turned his interest to a differ-ent kind of preservation of Iowa monuments. Brad has launched The Iowa Civil War Heritage Foundation website (http://members.aol.com/xlch62/index.htm) where he has posted photo-graphs of more than 178 monuments and memorials from around Iowa. The images are organized by county. Brad asks that any monument you know of that he has neglected to include be brought to his attention.

ARKANSAS CONFERENCE PLANNED The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is planning a

battlefield preservation conference on May 2, 1998, in Little Rock. Those interested in attending or who would like more in-formation are invited to write to the AHPP, 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72201, 501-324-9880, e-mail [email protected]. (From the Arkansas Battlefield Update.)

BOOK REVIEWS Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border 1861-1865 By Thomas Goodrich Reviewed by Ted Alexander (Note the following review originally appeared in the December 1997 issue of The Civil War News)

The “War of the Rebellion” was most uncivil along the Kan-sas-Missouri border between 1861 and 1865. Guerrilla bands on both sides rode rough shod over the land looting, burning and killing. One of the worst manifestations of this activity was the to-tal destruction of the pro-Union town of Lawrence, Kansas, on

August 21, 1863. There, Rebel guerrillas under William C. Quantrill destroyed

$1.5 million worth of property and killed approximately 150 men and boys. However, Union authorities fought fire with fire, burn-ing pro-Confederate towns and forcing the evacuation of four Missouri counties that harbored Quantrill's men and other guer-rilla bands.

With Black Flag, journalist Thomas Goodrich follows up on his earlier success with Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre. And once again he weaves a story that is filled with graphic first-hand accounts of the horrors of guerrilla warfare.

Most have heard of the Lawrence burning through books, arti-cles, or movies; however, Goodrich makes a good case that Union depredations along the border were equal to or exceeded that of Quantrill and his ilk. Union “Jayhawkers” led by men such as Charles Jennison, James Lane, and others laid a swath of terror and misery in the pro-Confederate sections of Missouri.

Jennison's “Jayhawkers,” officially the 7th Kansas Cavalry, were known to ride into pro-Southern communities, grab a young boy, bold him down and cut off his ears just for sport. Also, as the author points out, it was not uncommon for them to conduct ran-dom hangings of those they suspected of harboring guerrillas.

As Goodrich indicates, many of the “Jayhawkers” were just common criminals. One of the more notorious, Marshall Cleve-land, led a band of bank robbers and counterfeiters that victim-ized both sides.

Some of the “Jayhawkers” were notable personalities in their own right. Young William P. Cody, many years away from fame as “Buffalo Bill,” served as a scout. Jennison's second in com-mand was Daniel Anthony, brother of well-known suffragette Su-san B. Anthony.

Despite ruthless counter measures against Quantrill, “Bloody Bill” Anderson, and other Confederate guerrillas, it was nearly impossible for federal authorities to subdue them. Part of their success at the tactical level was sheer fire power. While most Un-ion mounted commands were armed with the standard issue saber, pistol, and carbine, they were no match for the shock effect ren-dered by the Rebels who often carried as many as six revolvers into a fight.

Also, as Goodrich points out, the Federals soon realized “their fight was not with men alone.” For example the Mayfield sisters sometimes rode with the raiders. Other females acted as spies and couriers.

The author devotes an entire chapter to the Lawrence Massa-cre and another to the infamous General Order No.11. This docu-ment depopulated four Missouri counties forcing about 20,000 people off their lands. These are two of the most interesting chap-ters in the book.

The overall strength of this study is its use of numerous first accounts gleaned from letters, diaries and newspapers. A weak-ness is its lack of analysis of how guerrilla operations impacted the rest of the war in the Trans-Mississippi. Some readers will find the book's lack of reference notes disappointing.

(Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border [Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995] illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, dj, 192pp, is available from the Camp Pope Bookshop for $24.95, plus $2.50 p/h)


The Battle Flags of Texas in the Confederacy By Alan K. Sumrall Reviewed by Ted Alexander (Note: The following review appeared in the November 1997 is-sue of The Civil War News)

The Civil War was the last major conflict in U.S. history where bright and colorful banners were seen in abundance on the battlefield. While many folks in the 1990s debate the proper use and treatment of the flag, there was no debate back then.

The flags of both sides were greatly revered and considered a symbol so important that men were willing to die for them. In-deed, many a Union and Confederate lad did just that in the de-fense of their respective causes.

The image of the flag was ever present off of the battlefield too. Lithographs portraying the glorious deeds of men in mortal combat almost always featured flags in their depiction. Songs such as "The Bonnie Blue Flag" and "The Battle Cry of Freedom" spoke of a peoples' adherence to enduring principles worth dying for and symbolized by these banners.

Alan Sumrall is a native Texan who has spent years research-ing the subject of flags from the Lone Star state. The result is one of the most comprehensive Civil War flag books in print. This handsomely illustrated volume covers more than 50 Texas colors carried in the war from the blood-stained banners of the legendary Hood's Texas Brigade to lesser-known units in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.

This includes a number of previously unidentified colors of regiments, companies, and irregulars that became part of other regiments. Each flag is accompanied by detailed historical and reference information specifying exact sizes, dimensions, colors, and fabrics of the period.

The author's extensive research led him through the collec-tions of the state archives in Austin, the holdings of the Texas Di-vision of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and diverse places such as the Chicago Historical Society where the flag of Terry's Texas Rangers -- a blue field with a prominent white star -- is housed.

These flags were the very soul of the regiment and much re-vered by the men who fought under them. For example, the flag of the 4th Texas suffered damage at Sharpsburg and was sent home. From 1865 to 1871, it lay buried in a creek bank to keep it out of the hands of Union occupation troops. Upon exhumation it became a common sight at regimental reunions. Some of the flags were very unique in their appearance. The 3rd Texas Cavalry had a banner that bore stripes similar to the U.S. flag.

The story of these flags is complemented with excellent illus-trations. The book is further enhanced with an introduction by noted Civil War flag authority Howard Madaus, a glossary of flag terms and an essay on flag use in the Confederacy. There has been increased interest in Civil War flags during the past few years and a number of works on the subject have been published. This beautiful book is certainly one of the best of the genre and is highly recommended.

(Battle Flags of Texans in the Confederacy [Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1995], illus, notes, bib, ind, dj, 114pp., is available from the Camp Pope Bookshop for $29.95, plus $3.50 p/h)

FEATURE ARTICLE: THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION By Gregory Urwin (Note: The following article first appeared in a visitors' guide to Relics of Glory: An Exhibition Commemorating General Freder-ick Steele’s 1864 Camden Expedition, at the University of Cen-tral Arkansas in Conway in 1994. It is reprinted with permission of the author.)

The spring of 1994 marked the 130th anniversary of Major General Frederick Steele's Camden Expedition, the last major Un-ion military operation mounted in Civil War Arkansas. Steele was only in the field for forty-one days, but the Federal troops who followed him south from Little Rock and Fort Smith endured enough dangers and hardships to last a lifetime. In contrast to so many other Union field armies, which either enjoyed abundant lo-gistical support or foraged through the most productive farmland m the South, Steele's soldiers were short of food more often than not, and hunger was their most constant companion. On top of this chronic lack of supplies, several daring Confederate com-manders and a run of bad Union luck combined to defeat Steele. The Federals were forced to abandon their gains in southern Ar-kansas and retreat to their outposts along the line of the Arkansas River.

The Camden Expedition was the one major failure to stain the record of an ordinarily successful general. Born in Delhi, New York, in 1819, Frederick Steele graduated from West Point in 1843 in the same class as Ulysses S. Grant. Steele pursued a ca-reer in the regular army, distinguishing himself in the Mexican War and advancing to captain by 1855. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he was upgraded to major and fought at Wilson's Creek. By January 29, 1862, Steele was a brigadier general head-ing an infantry division in Major General Samuel R. Curtis' Army of the Southwest. Steele marched with Curtis across northern Ar-kansas and assisted in converting Helena into a Union base. Steele went on to participate in the assault on Arkansas Post and Grant's Vicksburg Campaign, winning promotion to major gen-eral well before Vicksburg's fall. Having helped place the Missis-sippi River under Federal control, Steele returned to Helena to lead an invasion of Arkansas. The ensuing campaign culminated in the capture of Little Rock on September 10, 1863. Less than four months later, Steele officially became the commander of the Department of Arkansas and the Seventh Army Corps, the um-brella organization for all Union garrisons in the state.

Steele's military reputation might have remained untarnished had it not been for the machinations of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, a Republican politician with no formal military training who had wrangled an appointment for himself as commander of the Department of the Gulf, with headquarters at New Orleans. On January 23, 1864, Banks committed himself to a harebrained scheme that history remembers as the Red River Campaign. Banks proposed to take an army of 27,000 men and a squadron of Union gunboats up the Red River against Shreveport, Louisiana. At the same time, he asked that Steele and 15,000 troops from the Seventh Corps march across Arkansas and northern Louisiana to join him on the Red. Once those reinforcements arrived, the ambi-tious Banks intended to invade Texas, restoring Union authority in that state and seizing vast supplies of cotton to satisfy the greed


of Northern speculators. Steele, to his credit, tried to avoid getting involved in Banks' folly. He argued that the Seventh Corps was needed in Arkansas to prop up the fledgling Un-ionist state government. Furthermore, he pointed out that the country below the Arkansas River had been denuded of forage, the roads leading south were bad, and Confederate guerrillas were active be-hind his lines. But Lieu-tenant General Ulysses S. Grant, now the supreme head of the entire Union Army, dismissed Steele's

reservations and telegraphed this order to his old friend on March 15: "Move your force in full cooperation with General N. P. Banks' attack on Shreveport.”

The first element of the Seventh Corps to comply with Grant's directive was Brigadier General John M. Thayer's Frontier Divi-sion, which left Fort Smith on March 21. Thayer's 3,600-man col-umn included two black regiments, the 1st and 2nd Kansas Col-ored Infantry. Composed mainly of runaway slaves from Missouri and Arkansas, the 1st Kansas was the Union Army's first black combat unit and had played a conspicuous role in the Union vic-tory at Honey Springs in Indian Territory the year before.

Steele marched out of Little Rock on March 23 at the head of 6,800 troops. Steele's main column consisted of Brigadier Gen-eral Friedrich Salomon's Third Division (infantry) and an under-sized cavalry division of two brigades. Well aware that he was en-tering a region poor in resources, Steele sought to conserve his own provisions by putting his men on half rations.

By March 29, Steele was at Arkadelphia, where he expected Thayer to join him on April 1. When the Frontier Division failed to show up on the appointed day, Steele probed southward, secur-ing a crossing over the Little Missouri River at Elkin's Ferry. With each passing day, the Federals experienced increasing har-assment from Confederate cavalry under the direction of Major General Sterling Price. Finally on April 9, Thayer rendezvoused with Steele a short way below the Little Missouri.

The following day, the combined Union force bulled its way across Prairie D'Ane in the face of stubborn Rebel resistance. A master of maneuver, Steele threw Price off balance by feinting to-ward Washington, then the seat of Arkansas' Confederate state government. Steele then marched quickly toward Camden, which he had fooled his foes into abandoning. The Federal advance guard strolled past unmanned fortifications to enter the city at sunset on April 15.

Steele had scored a magnificent coup, but Camden did not contain enough food to sustain the Union invaders for long. On April 17, Steele dispatched a forage train of 198 wagons to gather corn from a cluster of farms some fifteen miles to the west. To cover this operation, Steele detached a vulnerably small escort of

1,160 infantry, cavalry, and artillery under Colonel James M. Williams. The largest component in Williams' force was his own regiment, the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, which totaled 438 offi-cers and men.

Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke, one of Price's most aggressive subordinates, ambushed Williams' column at Poison Spring with 3,300 gray cavalry on April 18. The Federals fought bravely, but they were ultimately overcome by superior enemy numbers in both troops and artillery. Williams lost his entire train, plus four cannon and 301 troops killed, wounded, or captured. Unfortunately, the Rebels marred the memory of their triumph by refusing to take black prisoners, even butchering wounded sol-diers from the 1st Kansas Colored.

Many of these atrocities were committed by personnel of the 29th Texas Cavalry, a regiment that the 1st Kansas Colored Infan-try had bested in a sharp fire fight at Honey Springs. As the Tex-ans made their murderous way over the battlefield in search of any blacks who were still breathing, some would crow. "Where is the First Nigger now?" "All cut to pieces and gone to hell by bad management," their comrades would reply.

Brigadier General James F. Fagan, another hard-hitting Con-federate commander, dealt the Federals their next serious blow at Marks' Mills on April 25. There Fagan's 2,500 cavalry overran a large Union supply train, inflicting 1,300 casualties on an escort of 1,600 men. Not only was Steele now desperately short of food and forage, but he had also learned that Banks had been defeated on the Red River and was in full retreat. Fearing that Confederate reinforcements from Louisiana might trap his famished army at Camden, Steele evacuated the city on the night of April 26-27 and set out for Little Rock. The campaign had become a footrace.

Pursuing Steele over muddy roads with three infantry divi-sions, Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith, the commander of the Confederacy's Trans-Mississippi Department, caught up with the Federals at Jenkins' Ferry on the south bank of the Saline River on April 30. This collision on flooded ground resulted in one of the bloodiest battles, considering the numbers involved, to ever occur in Arkansas. In a brilliantly conducted rear guard ac-tion, Brigadier General Samuel A. Rice, one of Steele's brigade commanders, expertly de-ployed 4,000 Federal troops to beat off a series of piecemeal attacks mounted by 6,000 Confed-erates. Both sides fought fiercely. The Confederates suffered nearly 1,000 casu-alties and the Federals 700.

After checking Kirby Smith at Jenkins' Ferry, Steele's battered and weary command dragged itself northward to Little Rock, arriving there on May 3. It had been a grueling cam-paign for all involved, but Steele's Seventh Army Corps had suffered the most. The Camden Expe-


dition cost the Federals 2,750 men dead, wounded, or captured, along with 635 government wagons, 2,500 mules, and eight can-non. Rebel losses included 2,300 human casualties, thirty-five wagons, and three artillery pieces. Had Kirby Smith displayed greater tactical ability at Jenkins' Ferry, he might have smashed the Seventh Corps and set the stage for the seizure of several key Union outposts along the Arkansas River. But he let the opportu-nity slip through his fingers, and Arkansas' agony as a war-ravaged state would last another year. Federal occupation troops would retain their outposts to the end of the war. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bearss, Edwin C. Steele's Retreat From Camden and the Bat-tle of Jenkins' Ferry. Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1966; reprint ed., Little Rock: Eagle Press, 1990. Reprinted again in 1995 by the Arkansas Civil War Store. (Available from Camp Pope Book-shop)

Cornish, Dudley Taylor. The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army. 1861-1865. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kan-sas, 1987.

Johnson, Ludwell H. Red River Campaign: Politics and Cot-ton in the Civil War. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins Press, 1958; re-print ed., Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1993. (Available from Camp Pope Bookshop)

Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. The Civil War in the American West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (Available from Camp Pope Bookshop)

Roberts, Bobby, and Moneyhon, Carl. Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Arkansas in the Civil War. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 1987. (Available from Camp Pope Bookshop) ILLUSTRATIONS

Two anonymous privates of the 18th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. These haggard survivors of the Battle of Poison Spring wear Sev-enth Army Corps badges on their four-button fatigue jackets. (Roger Davis Collection)

A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL ADDRESSES JOHNSON’S SPY COMPANY ON MARCH 17,1862

From the balcony of the old Tucker Hotel that stood on the Northeast corner of the McKinney [Texas] Public Square, young Ella Harrison presented a flag she had made to Johnson’s Spy Company who assembled ready to go join the Confederate Army. At the time General Ben McCulloch’s body was on a caisson on the way to his burial site. He had been killed at the Battle of Elk-horn Tavern, Arkansas. He was a Confederate Hero.

“Captain Johnson and brave associates. I have wrought with my hands a little flag that I have desired to present to you, to be-come your company emblem.

“It is the emblem of Our Country’s glory. Around it cluster all the fond hopes of a people, now struggling to be free. It is young, it is true, scarce one year old, but it is like a blazing star seen for the first time in the deep blue vault of Heaven. It is grasped by dauntless sinews and floats over as brave men as the oldest and proudest flag on earth. No fitter hands than yours could bear aloft the proud emblem of our nation. It could play in the breeze over no worthier land. When our bleeding country called upon her gal-

lant sons to rally to her rescue, you heard the call and sprang with alacrity into the tented fields.

“Your heroic deeds and dauntless courage have woven for you a chaplet more honorable, more enviable then the golden crown worn by the kings of the earth.

“Your bearing so lofty, so fearless and proud, has won for you the gratitude of our government, the esteem of our gallant men, and the affection of its fair women.

“But the country still bleeds at every pore and still calls upon her devoted sons to do battle in her holy cause, and to aid in vin-dicating the rights of men. Although her brow is already encircled with a wreath of glory, and your names embalmed in the hearts of the people of Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas still we behold you here today clad in complete armor for the fray, and eager to add yet another deed to the long catalog already performed.

“As a Spy Company you will hold a part of honor in our gal-lant Army. Much will be expected at your hands, but you are competent to the task. Nobody fears the results. In you we all have unbounded confidence. We feel that future historians will write your deeds in colors of living light and future generations will rise up to do honor to your memories.

“And now as you go forth with stout hearts and strong arms, to drive back the invaders that wantonly seek to destroy our al-ters, steal our property, and subjugate and murder our own peo-ple, let me present this little flag, hoping that you will love it for the giver’s sake and that it may remind you of the loved ones who will pray for you while you are gone. Into your hands I confi-dently place it, knowing that you will protect and preserve it, and that you will do honor to the proud State you represent, and that you will assist much in relieving the distress of our grossly in-sulted country.

“You behold before you the remains of our lamented friend and soldier, General Ben McCulloch, who sacrificed his life in defense of his country. This loss will be deeply felt throughout the length and breadth of our Confederacy, and every eye will be moistened by a tear.

“Shall Southern men stand and see their heroic leader taken from their midst and not revenge their loss? No, never, never, Then go: Your cause is just, and with God and our rights as our motto you will march straight on to victory and glory.”

Wickliff Graves, who was there on that very day had saved the speech and had it reprinted in the McKinney Democrat of 1922.

(Thanks to Mike Thompson for submitting this item. Mike is working on a book about Captain Alfred Johnson’s Spy Com-pany. His address is listed in the SIO section, if you can help him with his research. Captain Johnson and company went on to dis-tinguish themselves in harassing General Curtis in Arkansas in the spring and summer of 1862, also served in the defense of Ar-kansas Post in early 1863, where Johnson was captured. He died of disease en route to a Union prison on February 7, 1863. Don’t know why they called themselves a “spy company;” perhaps it was in the sense of being scouts.)

CAMP PRATT, LOUISIANA Camp Pratt, which was located on the western bank of Span-

ish Lake about five miles northwest of New Iberia, Louisiana, was an important Confederate establishment during the War Between the States. It was the scene of several skirmishes, used for a while


as a prison camp, and even utilized by the Union forces when the Confederates were uprooted from the New Iberia area.

The place was named after Brig. Gen. John G. Pratt of St. Landry Parish, who was in command of the state militia for the parishes of St. Mary, Terrebonne, and St. Martin. The camp was then located in St. Martin Parish because Iberia Parish was not created until 1868, taking in parts of St. Martin and St. Mary par-ishes. It was reported there were as many as 6,876 men from 18 parishes trained in the facility by July 1862.

After the war broke out, Gov. Thomas O. Moore converted the tract into a Civil War training camp for conscripts in Louisi-ana living south of the Red River and west of the Mississippi. In mid-1862, when Gen. Richard Taylor was assigned to command the Confederate forces in western Louisiana, he immediately de-veloped Camp Pratt into a major camp of instruction.

Union Lt. George Harding, who was imprisoned at Camp Pratt along with 137 Yankees who were captured near Boutte, didn’t think too highly of New Iberia, the people or the camp. Here is a rather chopped up version of some of what he wrote: “We landed at New Iberia about an hour before day, a little town with dirty streets, and a strong sheepy smell. After daylight, a buggy was procured and, through a long lane which had more than one turning, I was conveyed to ‘Purgatory,’ which, in the language of the country, was called Camp Pratt. The wants of a Cajun are few, and his habits are simple. With a bit of cornbread, a potato and a clove of garlic, with an occasional indulgence in stewed crawfish, he gets along quite comfortably. For luxuries, he smokes husk cigarettes and drinks rum, when he could get it.

“Seven of us were stowed in one tent, a dirty, greasy pen, densely populated with vermin. We had three blankets among us and, as northers would occasionally blow up, one might imagine our sleep was not ‘balmy.’ We had about a quarter of an acre of ground for 140 persons to exercise upon, with a guard of one Ca-jun, with a double-barreled shotgun to every 14 feet of ground. For food, we had yellow cornmeal, beef and sugar, issued to us, with the alternative of cooking it ourselves or eating it raw. The prisoners ate their mush from pieces of gourd calabashes, the shoulder blades of deceased oxen and other unique vessels.

“One might naturally imagine the days at Camp Pratt were long and irk-some. The entire literary resources of our party amounted to an old maga-zine, a Dutch dictionary, a Catholic prayer book, in French, and a well-worn edition of Robinson Cru-soe.”

The Confederates, however, suffered a crush-

ing defeat at the camp grounds during the fall of 1863. Union Brig. Gen. Albert Lee conducted a surprise attack with his forces just before daybreak. This is some of what he wrote in his report: “I charged their camp with cavalry, the infantry moving rapidly as a support. The enemy made a lively skirmish, but at this moment, the command of Col. Lucas closed rapidly on their flanks and rear, and in a quarter of an hour, almost the entire force of the en-emy were prisoners. A few escaped through the adjourning woods. We found that their force consisted of the 17th Texas Cavalry, under Col. Bagby. The colonel was not with the regi-ment. Our captives amounted to 12 commissioned officers, 100 enlisted men, 100 horses and equipment, and about 100 stand of arms of all kinds. The Rebels lost 1 killed and 3 wounded. Our loss was nothing.”

This campground, which now contains weeds, bushes and trees, covers a wide area from La. 182 to Spanish Lake. As one travels along this section of road, one is apt to notice a beautiful historical marker with a bold-faced heading which reads, “The Site of Camp Pratt.” I hope this column has helped to familiarize the reader with the historical and dramatic happenings that took place on these hallowed grounds around 135 years ago.

(Thanks to Morris Raphael of New Iberia, LA, for submitting this piece and the accompanying illustration.)

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Iowa’s Legal Heritage. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1995. Pp. 97-124.

Allen, Arthur F. Northwestern Iowa: Its History and Traditions. Chicago, 1927. 1:305-48.

Avery, Elizabeth H. Some Fragments of Iowa History. Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1894. Pp.13-16.

Briggs, John E. Iowa Old and New. Lincoln, NE, 1939. Pp. 244-60.

Brigham, John. Iowa: Its History and Its Foremost Citizens. Chi-cago, 1918. 1:303-421.

Cole, Cyrenus, A History of the People of Iowa. Cedar Rapids, 1921. Pp. 331-88.

Cole, Cyrenus. Iowa Through the Years. Iowa City: State Histori-cal Society of Iowa, 1940. Pp. 275-326.

Cook, Robert. Baptism of Fire. The Republican Part in Iowa 1838 -1878. Ames, Iowa State University Press, 1994. Pp.116-72.

Denison, John D. Iowa Democracy: A History of Politics and Personalities of the Democratic Party, 1846-1938. 4 vols. Springfield, IL, 1939. Pp. 149-225.

Description of Iowa and Its Resources. Des Moines, 1865. Eiboeck, Joseph. Die Deutchen von Iowa und deren Errungen-

schaften. Des Moines, 1900. Pp. 83-94. Erickson, Erling Arthur. Banking in Frontier Iowa, 1836-1865.

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1971. Glazer, Rabbi Simon. The Jews of Iowa. Des Moines, 1904. Pp.

20-35. Gue, Benjamin F. History of Iowa. New York, 1903. Vol. 2. Harlan, Edgar R. A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. 4

vol. Chicago, 1921. 1:404-58; 2:2-11. History of Western Iowa. Sioux City, 1882. Pp. 110-16. Hubbart, Henry C. The Older Middle West, 1840-1880. New


York, 1936. Hull, John, comp. Iowa Historical and Comparative Census,

1830-1880. Des Moines, 1883. Nourse, C.C. The State Address Delivered by Hon. C.C. Nourse.

Des Moines, 1876. Pp. 23-30. Parker, George F. Iowa: Pioneer Foundations. 2 vols. Iowa City:

State Historical Society of Iowa, 1940. 2:413-61, 465-75.

UPCOMING EVENTS If you know of any reenactment, meeting, sale or other event

with a Trans-Mississippi connection, you can announce it here free of charge. Send your information to The Trans-Mississippi News, P.O. Box 2232, Iowa City, IA 52244 or call 319-351-2407, fax 319-339-5964 or e-mail [email protected]. Clos-ing dates for publication are March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15.

January 23-25, Belton, Texas: Moore Relic Show, with Civil War relics and memorabilia, Indian artifacts, early American and western antiques, at the Bell County Expo, I35, exit 292. For more information, write to Moore Relic Show, PO Box 247, Salado, TX 76571, 254-939-7530.

January 31, Ft. Leavenworth, KS: “Ball on the Border” a Victorian military cotillion will take place at the Frontier Cross-roads Club, with period music, dancing, and refreshments. For more information write to Victorian Ball, 9 Buckner Ave., Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027.

February 7, Ft. Leavenworth, KS: Militaria Show and Sale at the Frontier Crossroads Club. For more information call 913-727-1409 or 913-651-3070.

February 13-15, Payne County Oklahoma: 4th Annual Wash-ington Irving Trail Museum Civil War Weekend, hosted by Company C, 22nd Arkansas Infantry. For information contact Dale Chlouber 405-624-9130 or David Lebow Rt 1, Box 226C, Yale, OK 74085, 918-387-2935.

February 13-16, Socorro, NM: “Battles for Socorro” week-end, reenacting the Feb. 21, 1862, Battle of Valverde and the Feb. 25, 1862, “Liberation of Socorro.” Lancer charge demon-strations. Proceeds benefit exhumation of soldiers who died at Socorro in 1862. For more information contact Charles Mandeville, PO Box 745, Socorro, NM 87801, 505-835-2530.

February 20-21, St. Louis, MO: Washington’s Birthday Grand Ball, sponsored by The Royal Lancers Vintage Dance Troupe. Symposiums and workshops will be held both days to teach authentic period dancing. Limited to 150 people, cost $45.00. For more information send large SASE to The Royal Lancers, 509 Sunward Dr., O’Fallon, MO 63366, or call 314-978-3266, e-mail Grand Ball @aol.com.

March 6-8, Dallas, TX: “The Lone Star Civil War Scholar’s Symposium: Successful Leadership and Leaders in the Civil War,” presented by the Blue & Gray Education Society. Fea-tured speakers will be Steven Woodworth, Craig Symonds, Brian Steel Wills, Thomas Buell, and Robert Tanner. For more info contact BGES PO Box 129, Danville, VA 24543.

March 7, Columbia, MO: Grand Ball at the Holiday Inn Se-lect. For more information contact Linda Cantrell at 314-825-2846 or Karen Zeller at 618-235-0253.

March 7-8, Mequite, Texas: 5th Annual Samuel Farm Civil War Weekend. For information call 800-670-FARM.

March 27-29, Yell County, AR: “The Affair at Bogg’s

Mill,” sponsored by Co B, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles and the Historical Reenactors’ Association. Proceeds will go to the restoration of historical markers. For more information contact Mike McCullah, PO Box 2842, Russellville, AR 72811, e-mail [email protected]. See their website: http://www.cswnet.com/~smcculla/page1.html.

April 4-5, Laredo, TX: 2nd Annual Battle of Loredo Reenact-ment. Recreates the March 19, 1864, battle fought in Laredo by the 33rd Texas Cav CSA and the 1st and 2nd Texas Cav USA. For information contact Kevin R. Young, 414A Kings Court, San Antonio, TX 78212, e-mail [email protected].

April 4-5, Wichita, KS: Battle reenactment, the proceeds of which will go to the restoration of historic Maple Grove Ceme-tery.

April 24-24, Lubbock, Texas: Moore Relic Show, at the South Plains Fairgrounds, I27, exit 4. For more information, write to Moore Relic Show, PO Box 247, Salado, TX 76571, 254-939-7530.

May 15-17, Santa Fe, NM: The New Mexico Civil War Commemorative Congress presents a reenactment of the New Mexico Campaign, specifically the Battles of Glorieta Pass and Apache Canyon, at the Los Golondrinas Museum, 6 miles south of Santa Fe. For more information contact Carl Reed at 505-827-2141 or 505-898-8138.

May 23-24, Lexington, MO: “School of the Surgeon, Stew-ard and Nurse.” For more information contact Phil Woolfolk at 573-682-3396.

June 6-7, Talihina, OK: 2nd Annual Old Military Road Civil War Reenactment. For more information contact Capt. Ron Miller, Rt 5, Box 295C, Ada, OK 74820, 580-332-4379.

June 13-14, Columbia, MO: Living history demonstrations, skirmishes, fashion show.

Sept. 12-13, St. Charles, MO: reenactment sponsored by the 9th Missouri Battalion CSA. For more information contact Rob-ert Smith at 314-662-2442.

Sept. 19-20, Lexington, MO: living history event, with in-fantry drill and period demonstrations. For more information contact Phil Woolfolk at 573-682-3396.

Sept. 26-27, Pilot Knob, MO: Department of Natural Re-sources reenactment of the attack on Fort Davidson, sponsored by the 4th Missouri Cav USA. For more information contact Terry Caldenbach at 573-697-5637 or 573-546-3454.

Oct. 17-18, Bonner Sprngs, Kansas: Wyandotte County Days, sponsored by the 3rd Missouri Infantry and the Wyandotte County Historical Society. For more information contact the Wyandotte County Historical Society and Museum, 631 N 126th St., Bonner Springs, KS 66012.

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 of Oregon County, MO. (7/97)

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 (3017 NE 59th Terrace, # 6, Gladstone, MO 64119) is working on a study on the artillery at the Battle of Westport (Oct 21-23, 1864), and is seeking eyewitness accounts, info on participating units and battery members, photos, etc. Also, he is doing research on the 1865 Powder River Expedition, seek-ing particpant accounts, photos, etc. for possible future book. (8/97)

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 Murdock who resided in the 2nd Congressional Dis-trict at the time of his enlistment on 10/24/1864. James was mus-tered out on 7/19/1865 at Louisville, KY. (8/97)

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)

William Shea (PO Box 2085, Monticello, AR 71656) is seek-ing soldiers’ letters, diaries, and memoirs on the Battle of Prairie Grove, AR. (7/97)

Carl F. Ingwalson Jr. (185 West F Street, Suite 700, San Di-

ego, CA 92101) is seeking any and all info, beyond the basics, concerning the 21st Iowa Infantry: photos, first person accounts, etc. (7/97)

James E. McGhee (5907 Dove Lake Road, Jefferson City, MO 65101) is seeking info on the 8th Missouri Cavalry Regiment CSA. (7/97)

Timothy Westcott (6119 Lockton Lane, Fairway, KS 66205) is seeking info on locations along the Underground Railroad aka“Lane’s Trail” through Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. (7/97)

James W. Farley (7710 NW Childress, Kansas City, MO 64152) is seeking info on Silas M. Gordon, 1st MO Cav CSA and later a guerrilla with Quantrill, Anderson and Todd. Also seeking info on John Thrailkill. (7/97)

Lee H. Holtzclaw (8355 Locust Dr, Buena Park, CA 90620) is seeking info on C.D. Holtzclaw (or Holsclaw), guerrilla leader from Fayette, MO, or his brothers, William M., James P., John, and Benjamin, all of whom we in the MSG (6th MO Inf). (8/97)

Max Pope Jr (3505 S. Brookwood Circle, Birmingham, AL 35223) is seeking info on the 15th Texas Infantry. (9/97)

Arthur G. Draper (HCR 62, Box 14B, Hermann, MO 65401) is seeking info on Home Guard units organized by Union sympa-thizers in Missouri in 1861. (9/97)

Ellenor Howell (7513 Collingwood St., Sacramento, CA 95822, 916-422-4627) is seeking info on a Confederate company of the 30th Arkansas Infantry. This company was formed in the spring of 1862 in Greene and Clay counties, Arkansas, and went on active duty that summer. One of its officers was a Lt. Gardner. (10/97)

Paul Dolle (2724 Champions Dr., Rogers, AR 72758) is seek-ing info on Lt. Colonel Albert Bishop, 1st AR Cav US and Maj. William (Buck) Brown, Arkansas Independent Cavalry. (11/97)

Steve Mayeux (7162 Hwy 29, Cottonport, LA 71327) is seek-ing any info on Fort DeRussy, particularly obscure, hard-to-find references, such as diaries, letters home, old regimental histories, personal memoirs, etc. (11/97)

Kevin Brock (3001 Wedington, Fayetteville, AR 72701; e-mail [email protected]) is seeking any letters, diaries, memoirs, or other writings by or records of soldiers, including im-ages, who served in the 16th Arkansas Infantry CSA (Hill’s Regi-ment) for a history of the unit. (12/97)

Documents

The Trans-Mississippi News - Camp Pope 3-2.pdfThe Trans-Mississippi News 2 h), which naturally covers the Lawrence Raid and other events of the Civil War. Troy Massey of Harrison,