History of the Twenty-Seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry *********************************************************** Submitted by: Desmond Walls Allen Date: 25 May 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Index to History of the Twenty-seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry by Silas C. Turnbo Published by Arkansas Research, PO Box 303, Conway, AR 72033 $28.00 plus shipping. -A- Abbott, Texas 115, 132 Adams Mill 142 Adams' Regiment 53, 54, 87 Adams, Colonel 53, 54, 55 Age requirement for service 25 Akins, Jane 75 Akins, Lee 74, 75 Alexandria, Louisiana 129 Allen, Governor 124 Alligators 81, 82 Amputation of hand 50 Anderson, Arch 17, 98, 138 Anderson, Betsy 98 Anderson, John 19 Anderson, Tom 20 Antioch Church House 28 Apple storage 15 Archie's Fork 143 Argenta, Arkansas 67, 69 Arkadelphia, Arkansas 75, 91, 94 Arkansas Post, Arkansas 59, 64, 69 Arkansas River 46, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 60, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 89, 91, 130, 143 Arnold's execution site 146 Arnold, Jeff 34, 35, 36, 37 Arsenal at Little Rock 69 Arsenal destroyed at Marshall 125 Artillery barrage 56 Artillery, 12 pound cannon 56 Artillery, 24 pounders 56 Artillery, captured at Prairie Grove 53 Artillery, Hindman's for Prairie Grove 52 Artillery, wheels wrapped with blankets 53 Ash, Sergeant 132 Ashley County, Arkansas 88 Athens, Missouri 119 Augusta, Arkansas 120, 131 -B- Baise, Jeff 142 Baker's Prairie 16, 47 Bald Knob, Arkansas 67 Baldwin, J. O. 46 Ball Ridge 24 Banks, General 98, 100 Barefooted soldiers 111 Barnes, Elijah 11, 66 Barnes, John 12, 22, 25, 28, 32, 66 Barnes, Nellie Vane 66, 67 Barnes, Susan Bullock 66 Barnett, Sergeant Albert G. 115, 121, 131 Barren Fork 138 Bateman, Captain Morgan 12 Batesville, Arkansas 28, 33, 36, 37, 41, 135 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 129 Batt place 20 Battalion drill 38 Bayou Bartholomew 81, 112 Bayou La Fouche 72 Bayou Mason 82, 84 Bayou Meto 89, 91 Bayou Sara 129 Bear Creek 14, 34, 143, 146 Beaver 95 Beaver Creek 16, 17, 20, 73, 77, 137 Beaver Mill 17 Becca's Branch 138, 142 Bellefonte, Arkansas 47, 143 Ben Post Office, Arkansas 142 Benbrook's Mill 34 Benton County, Arkansas 14, 54, 74 Benton, Arkansas 76, 78, 94 Benton, Louisiana 98 Berry, Campbell 16, 100 Berry, Jim 146 Bible discovered at Camden 116 Big Beach 12 Big Beaver Pond 80 Big Beech Hollow 137 Big Buck Creek 141 Big Creek 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 47, 138, 140, 141 Big Creek Township 19 Big Hollow 24 Big North Fork 44, 134 Big Piney Creek 61 Big Spring 18 Black Oak Ridge 11 Black River 40, 42, 132 Black, Colonel 32, 33 Black, Doctor 51 Blairs Landing, Louisiana 129 Blanket discarded in battle 106 Blunt, General 52 Boatright, Dock 20 Bodcaw (stream) 119 Boiler Spring 23, 26, 146 Bolin, Davis 141 Boone County, Arkansas 47, 75, 113, 143 Boston Mountains 49, 50, 54 Bounty money 72 Bradley's Ferry 14 Bragg, General Braxton 36 Bratton's Spring Creek 18, 51 Bratton, Henry 51 Bray, Ben 18 Breedwell, Henry 142 Breedwell, Martha 142 Brickey's Mill 36 Bridge crossing technique 80 Bridgeman, Will 93 Briggs, Captain Elisha 112 Briggs, Elisha 42 Bright, John 23 Brown, Bill 17 Brown, ex-Union soldier 145 Brown, Mrs. Wilse 138 Brown, Susan 17 Brown, Tom 17, 137 Brush ranger 14 Brush whacker 14 Bryson, Abner 90 Buck Bottom 14, 142 Buck Creek 141 Buck Hollow 17, 18, 21 Buck Shoals Ford 139, 142 Buck, Bill 74 Buckhorn, Arkansas 36, 37 Buckner, General Simon B. 122 Buena Vista, Arkansas 102 Buffalo City, Arkansas 27, 37 Buffalo Fork 27, 47, 146 Buffalo River 143 Buffalo Shoals 27 Bull dances 112 Bullock, Susan 66 Bunk construction for winter quarters 118 Burial of soldiers in trenches 72 Burial place of Union Soldiers 117 Burial vaults at Camden 117 Burns, Colonel Simon 50 Burriss, John 140 Burroughville, Arkansas 34, 143, 146 Byers, Judge 37 Byles, John 16 -C- Cabell, General W. L. 47, 48 Cadron Creek 64, 143, 144 Cain, Jimmie 136 Cairo, Illinois 43 Calico Rock, Arkansas 27 Camden, Arkansas 76, 79, 101, 102, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 Camp activities 55 Camp life in winter 73 Camps, Bragg 36, 37, 40, 42, 94, 95, 98 Camps, Buckhorn 37 Camps, Livingstone 30, 31, 36, 37, 113 Camps, Mazzard 52, 53, 116 Camps, near Burroughville 34 Camps, Shaver 42 Camps, Sumpter 118, 119 Camps, Texas 75, 76 Camps, Wickersham land 45 Camps, Windy Hill 99, 119, 120 Canby, General 127 Cantrel, Bethy 75 Cantrel, Catherine 75 Cantrel, Eliza 75 Cantrel, Martha 75 Cantrel, Ned 74, 75 Cantrel, Tom 75 Cantrel, Will 75 Card playing in camp 39 Cardwell, John 21 Carlisle, Doctor 27 Carroll County burned courthouse 47 Carroll County, Arkansas 41, 47, 94 Carroll, Tom 18 Carrollton, Arkansas 14, 15, 16, 47, 48, 132 Casebolt, Robert 19 Casey, Doctor 15 Casey, Jasper 74 Castleman, Alex 140 Caststeel, Bill 136, 137 Cates, Mrs. 91 Cates, Prat 91 Cattle thieves 20 Cavalry dismounted to infantry 37 Center, Indian Territory 113 Centers, Ben 74, 75 Centers, Jane Justice 74 Chaffin, Kim 112 Chain guard 38 Chapman's Hollow 137 Chappel, Colonel Alexander E. 53 Charleston, Arkansas 60 Cheering by regulation 43 Choctaw Creek 143, 144, 145 Christmas 1862 54 Churchill, General Thomas J. 59, 64, 69, 101, 103, 104, 107, 109, 120, 121, 124, 128 City cemetery in Little Rock 69 Clarence Bridge 64 Clarendon, Arkansas 131 Clark County, Arkansas 94 Clark County, Missouri 119 Clark, Adeline 19 Clark, Fate 19 Clark, Frank 19 Clark, Jane 19 Clark, John 19 Clark, Lizzie 19 Clark, Malissa 19 Clark, Mary 19 Clark, Rufe 19 Clarksville, Arkansas 60 Clay County, Missouri 116 Cleveland, Oklahoma 132 Clifford, Major 28, 30, 31, 32, 36, 113 Clinton Mountain 143, 145 Clinton, Arkansas 143, 145 Clothing - handmade 46 Clothing exchanged 75 Clothing manufacture 24 Clothing of soldiers 54, 65 Cloud, Colonel 32, 42, 43 Clyde, Arkansas 62, 84 Coffee, Jack 139 Coker, Charles 16, 23 Coker, Jim 38 Coker, Joe 16 Coker, Ned 13 Coker, Prairie Bill 38 Cole, Jim 105 Coleman, Colonel 36, 37, 39 Collins, George 139 Collinsville, Texas 120 Colored troops 128 Columbia County, Arkansas 101 Confederate money 24 Confederate Soldiers' Home in Missouri 108 Confederate Troops, 10th Missouri Infantry 53, 72, 107 Confederate Troops, 11th Missouri Infantry 50, 63 Confederate Troops, 14th Arkansas Infantry 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 25, 47, 86 Confederate Troops, 16th Missouri Infantry 116 Confederate Troops, 22 Arkansas Infantry 61 Confederate Troops, 22nd Arkansas Infantry 43, 51, 99 Confederate Troops, 27th Arkansas Infantry 28 Confederate Troops, 3rd Missouri Cavalry 116 Confederate Troops, 33rd Arkansas Infantry 51 Confederate Troops, 7th Arkansas Infantry 42 Confederate Troops, 7th Missouri Infantry 116 Confederate Troops, Adams' Regiment 53, 87, 94, 95, 125 Confederate Troops, Cabell's Cavalry 47, 48 Confederate Troops, Dawson's Regiment 99, 109 Confederate Troops, Dobbin's Cavalry 92 Confederate Troops, Freeman's Regiment 120 Confederate Troops, Gaither's Regiment 109 Confederate Troops, Grinstead's Regiment 109 Confederate Troops, Hawthorn's Brigade 107 Confederate Troops, Hunter's Missouri Regiment 50 Confederate Troops, Missouri Cavalry unit 45 Confederate Troops, Missouri Infantry 89 Confederate Troops, Parsons' Missouri Division 95, 110 Confederate Troops, Portlock's Regiment 99, 109 Confederate Troops, Schnavel's Battalion 141 Confederate Troops, Shaver's Regiment 109 Confederate Troops, Walker's Texas Division 76, 82, 110 Confederate Troops, White's Arkansas Regiment 51 Confederate uniform 128 Conscription 34, 38 Conway County, Arkansas 63, 64 Coon Creek 20, 24 Copeland, Isaac 12 Copelin, John 136 Corn supply destroyed 57 Cornbread 77 Counties of origin for the 27th 41 Court Martial 34, 35, 37, 39, 40 Court martial for desertion 61 Coweta, Indian Territory 56, 66 Crabtree, Ben 28, 30 Cravens, Lieutenant Albert G. 31, 69, 73, 95 Crawford, Colonel 124 Crockett, General Robert H. 91 Crooked Creek 27, 45, 46, 47, 113, 142 Cross Hollows, Arkansas 14 Crump, Lieutenant Will 113, 117 Current Creek 41 Curtis, General 21, 28, 33, 36 Cypress Bayou 99, 100 -D- Dallas County, Arkansas 76 David, James 94 David, Jeff 93 David, Tom B. 46, 50, 62, 84, 92, 93, 115, 130 Dawson's Regiment 99, 109 Delhi, Louisiana 81, 82, 83, 85 Des Arc, Arkansas 66, 131 Deserters joining Federal Army 90 Desertions 79, 93 Dethridge, fiddler 112 Devalls Bluff, Arkansas 131 Devil's Fork 143, 145 Diary destroyed by fire 86 Distillery 88 Dobbin, Colonel A. S. 92 Documents destroyed 125 Dodd City, Arkansas 17, 26, 98, 146 Dotson, Eli 13 Drain, Bill 108 Drew County, Arkansas 88 Drill for soldiers 72 Dry Fork 48 Dryden, C. F. 116 Dubuque, Arkansas 13 Duel, Marmaduke and Walker 91 Dugginsville, Missouri 18 Duncan, Doctor 73, 112, 118 -E- East Sugar Loaf Creek 14, 23, 25, 74, 137, 146 Economic conditions before the war 24 Eight Mile Creek 76, 93 El Dorado, Arkansas 80 Elbow Creek 16, 17, 21 Elbow Hills 18, 21 Election of officers 95 Eleven Points Creek 41, 43 Eleventh Missouri Confederate Infantry 50, 63 Elkhorn battlefield 18, 20 Ellison, Berry 13 Ellison, Hezzekiah 21 Ellison, Jimmie 17, 21, 30 Ellison, Lafayette 30 Ellison, Marion 17 Elm Springs, Arkansas 54 Emancipation Prolamation 123 Enlistment decision 18 Erwin, ex-Union soldier 143, 145 Estes, Ben 28 Ethridge, soldier 96 Evening Shade, Arkansas 44 Execution for desertion 35, 62, 114 Execution for mutiny 115 Execution of deserter 34 Execution of Monroe 39 Executions 72 -F- Fagan, General James F. 94, 101, 108 Fairview, Arkansas 48 Fallen Ash Creek 45 Fallen Ash Road 45 Federal deserters 91 Federal gun boats 83 Federal land policy before the War 24 Federal prisoners 101, 103 Ferrel, Lieutenant Hiram 89 Firing squad 35, 40, 62 Fish Trap Shoals 14 Fisher, Bill 139 Five Oaks Bald Hill 20 Flag of the 27th, a last look 127 Flag, regimental 48, 49 Flippin Barrens 45, 136 Flippin, Agnes 136 Flippin, Arkansas 39, 45 Flippin, Judge W. B. 45, 136 Forest, Dave 141 Forest, Jimmie 138 Forsyth, Missouri 13, 16, 20, 21, 49, 73, 100, 133 Fort Gibson, Indian Territory 43 Fort Smith, Arkansas 43, 51, 52, 53, 59 Fourteenth Arkansas Confederate Infantry 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 25, 47, 86 Fractional money 25 Franklin County, Arkansas 60 Fransways Creek 76 Fredonia Cemetery 67 Freeman, Colonel Thomas 120 Freeo Post Office, Arkansas 76, 78 Freeo, Arkansas 76 Fritts, Bud 11 Fritts, Dick 11 Fritts, George 11, 17 Fritts, Henry 11 Fritts, John 11 Frog Bayou 51 Frost, General D. M. 54 Fulton County, Arkansas 11, 31, 41 Funeral for beef rations 75 Furlough policy 74 -G- Gaither, Captain Beal 42, 46, 47, 75 Gaither, Colonel Beal 96, 99, 128, 129 Gaither, Major Beal 95 George's Creek 11, 17, 23, 26, 142 Gerard Station, Louisiana 86 Gibson, George 112, 132, 133 Gibson, soldier 100 Gilbert Hollow 20 Globe-Democrat Newspaper 28 Grand Ecore, Louisiana 129 Grand Glaise, Arkansas 131 Grand Gulf, Mississippi 129 Grant's Army 76 Grayback lice 48 Grayson County, Texas 90 Green, General Tom 129 Greenwood Cemetery at Camden 111 Greenwood, Louisiana 127 Greiver, Ben 75 Grinstead, Colonel H. L. 51, 76, 79, 80, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111 Grinstead, Kate A. 111 Grocery prices 12, 74 Groom, Missouri 16 Grubbs, James L. 72 Guard duty 38 Gunboats 129, 131 Gunning, Major 25 Guns dropped in Saline River 106 Guns, cap lock rifle 28 Guns, double barreled shotgun 30 Guns, Enfield rifles 53 Guns, inadequate for battle 52 Guns, muskets with bayonets 13, 15 Guns, muzzle loading rifles 22, 27 Guns, not suitable for manual of arms 38 Guns, shotguns 27 Guns, squirrel rifles and shotguns 50 Guns, target practice 31 Gunter, Colonel 121 -H- Hagan, Arms 19 Hagan, Mac 19, 20, 21 Halowell, Doctor 34 Hamburg, Arkansas 88 Hampton, Green 13 Hampton, Mrs. Zeke 47 Hand, Foster 35, 37 Hardy, Colonel W. R. 99, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110 Harrison, Arkansas 47 Harton, Humphrey 43 Hatchet, Page 145 Haworth, Mcajah 16 Hawthorn's Brigade 107 Hawthorn, General 107, 110, 122 Helena, Arkansas 33, 85 Hempstead County, Arkansas 118 Herd, Jess 141 Herrean, Mart 73 Hesse's Ferry 36 Hester place 19, 138 Hester School House 138, 141 Hester Spring 141 Higginsville, Missouri 108 Hill County, Texas 115, 132 Hillsboro, Arkansas 80 Hindman's Division 50 Hindman, General Thomas. C. 46, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 62, 63, 68, 72, 75 Hitchcock, Jim 37 Hogan, Cage 11 Hogan, Crate 11 Hogan, Crayton 11 Hogan, Elizabeth 11 Hogan, Samantha 11 Hogan, Sarah Trimble 11 Holmes, General 54, 59, 63, 68, 77, 94 Holmes, General T. H. 51 Holowel, Doctor 51 Holt, Billy 12, 20 Holt, Fielding 20 Holt, Jim 25, 28, 31, 32, 52, 60, 69 Holt, Mary L. 'Aunt Polly' 69 Holt, Polly 20 Holt, R. S. 13, 14, 52, 136 Holt, William 69 Homer, Louisiana 119 Hoodenpile, Malissa 12 Hoodenpile, Mat 12 Hoodenpile, Peter 12, 13, 21, 22 Hopper, Joe 15 Hopper, Logan 17 Horner, Captain J. J. 110 Horseshoe Bend 30 Hospital at Monroe 85 Hospital conditions 77 Hospitals burying dead 73 Hospitals, Fort Smith 52 Hot Spring County, Arkansas 76 House construction 11 Hudson, Captain Lewis 16 Hudson, Omstead 25 Humor - Arkansas vs. Missouri 52 Hunter, Colonel D. C. 50 Hunter, old man 143, 144 Hunter, preacher 116 Huntsville, Arkansas 14, 15, 48 Hurst, Alex 31 Hurst, Alexander 34 Hurst, Bob 31 Hurst, Jack 31, 34 Hutchison, Lieutenant 59 Hutson, Haywood 146 Hutson, Omstead 146 -I- Illinois Bayou 61 Independence County, Arkansas 36, 41 Indian soldiers 102 Indians 52, 90 Indians, prisoners in Little Rock 89 Ingram, Mart 20 Ingram, Sylvanus 12, 13 Ink made from black powder 73 Ioni, Texas 125 Iron Mountain Railroad 67 Irregular Confederates 19 Ives, C. C. 110 Izard County, Arkansas 25, 27, 30, 34, 50, 133 -J- Jackson County, Arkansas 41 Jackson, Arkansas 43 Jackson, General Stonewall 79 Jacksonport, Arkansas 131, 132 Jasper, Arkansas 66 Jayhawkers 9 Jefferson, Texas 99, 124 Jenkins' Ferry 103, 104, 108, 109, 111 Jenkins, William 136 Jennings, Hunter's son-in-law 144 Jews 100 Jimmies Creek 136 Johnson County, Arkansas 60 Jones' Mill 18, 19 Jones, Dan 95 Jones, Dr. Peter 13 Jones, Elizabeth 19 Jones, Henry 19 Jones, Jimmie 16, 18 Jones, John 19, 137 Jones, Marion 46 Jones, Rufe 137 Justice, Newt 74 -K- Keel, Mathias 12 Keeling, Tom 13, 137 Keesee Mill 17, 137 Keesee School House 25, 146 Keesee Township 10, 86, 135 Keesee's Mill 17 Keesee, Billy 135 Keesee, Paton 138 Kerby, Sid 84 King's River 48 King, Joe 20 King, Major John C. 91 Kings River 100 Kingston, Arkansas 48, 100 -L- Lafayette County, Arkansas 98 Lake Providence, Louisiana 83 Lancaster, Lieutenant Fed 38, 95, 112 Lance, Jeff 11 Lance, Mose 11 Lance, Sarah Trimble Hogan 11 Lane, Bill 12, 13 Langford, Lieutenant 62 Lantz, Sarah Trimble 46, 134 Laughlin, Cubine 20 Laughlin, Ellen 20 Laughlin, Emma 20 Laughlin, Harvey 21, 73 Laughlin, John 20 Laughlin, Lizy 20 Laughlin, Lizzie 20 Laughlin, Margarette 20 Laughlin, Mat 20, 21, 73 Laughlin, Serrilda 20 Laughlin, Tommy 20 Lawrence County, Arkansas 41 Lead Hill, Arkansas 14, 74, 75, 86 Lee's surrender 120 Lefevre, God 91 Lewis, General Levin M. 116 Lewisburg, Arkansas 63, 64, 143 Lewisville, Arkansas 98 Lice discovered 48 Lincoln's assassination 123 Lisbon, Arkansas 111 Little Buck Creek 142 Little Creek 139 Little Foot Hollow 25 Little North Fork 13, 20, 98, 136, 138 Little Red Post Office, Arkansas 66 Little Red River 67, 143, 145 Little Rock - Fort Smith telegraph road 50 Little Rock evacuated 92 Little Rock, Arkansas 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 87, 89, 91, 93 Livingstone Creek 27, 33, 37 Locust Creek 17, 137 Logtown, Arkansas 52 Long Bottom Creek 25 Long Bottom Hollow 22 Long Creek 14, 47 Long's Sawmill 26 Long, sawmill owner 23 Lower Turkey Creek 138 Lunenburg, Arkansas 50 Lutie, Missouri 138 -M- Macedonia Churchhouse 74 Madewell, Jim 47 Madison County, Arkansas 41, 100 Maginnis, A. J. 35, 40, 43 Magness, Anna 138 Magness, Bill 138, 139 Magness, Dave 139 Magness, David 138 Magness, Elmira 138, 142 Magness, Lizy 138 Magness, Margarette 138 Magness, Parthenia 138 Magness, Patsy 138 Magness, Sam 138 Magness, William 138 Magnolia, Arkansas 101, 119 Mann, Pete 93 Mannequin seen for first time 130 Mansfield, Louisiana 100, 101 Manual of arms 38 Marble yard in Little Rock 90 Marbles game 113 Marching preparations 41 Marion County 136 Marion county, Arkansas 11, 13, 25, 36, 38, 41, 46, 47, 74, 86, 135, 137, 142 Marion, Lousiaiana 80 Marks Mill 108 Marmaduke, General 52, 94 Marmaduke, General John S. 52, 91, 94 Marshall, Arkansas 34, 143 Marshall, Texas 99, 120, 121, 124, 127 Masonic apron 124 Massey, Jim 13 Matthews, Captain 44 Matthews, Captain J. N. 44, 133, 134 Maxey, Bill 74 May, John 21 Mazzard Prairie 51, 54, 55, 57 McBride, General James H. 28, 30, 34, 35, 37, 40, 41 McCabe, Lieutenant W. P. 110, 120, 125 McCarvey's winter quarters 42 McClure, Hugh 139 McCullough, General Ben 14, 82 McCullough, General Henry 82 McCurdy's Warehouse 131 McDowell, George 16, 28 McGinnis, Lieutenant Colonel A. J. 81, 95 McNair, General 54 McNamara, Captain 72 McNeil, John Archibald 63 McRae, General 54 Memphis, Tennessee 66 Merritt, Sam 140 Methodist revival at Camden 116 Methvin, Major John 36, 37, 43, 44 Middleton's Ferry 44, 134 Military funeral 42 Mill Creek 28, 30, 32, 142 Miller, General 82, 131 Miller, Jim 95 Miller, John 95 Mills in Marion County 16 Mills, Benbrook's 34 Mills, Wood's 26 Milton, Dr. Every 13 Milum, Brice 27, 31, 146 Milum, Tom 31 Minden, Louisiana 119 Missionary Baptist chaplain 116 Mississippi Rifle 20 Mississippi River 18, 72, 73, 75, 79, 82, 83, 128, 129 Missouri Confederate cavalry unit 45 Mitchell, Colonel William C. 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 46 Mitchell, Lieutenant Chas. E. 96, 110 Mitchell, Sergeant Ed 132 Money, Arkansas script 25 Money, Claibe Jackson money 45 Money, Confederate payroll 52 Money, fractional money 25 Money, gold and silver 24 Money, shin plasters 25, 39 Money, silver dimes 43 Money, soldiers' pay 72 Monroe, James 39, 40 Monroe, Louisiana 80, 81, 85, 129 Montgomery Point, Arkansas 130 Monticello, Arkansas 88 Monticello, Louisiana 82, 84 Moody, Martha 75 Moody, William 74 Mooney, Jess 133 Mooney, Major Jess 135 Moore, Captain John C. 91 Moore, Lieutenant 43 Morris, Adeline 138 Morris, Berry 138 Morris, John 13, 19, 138, 140 Morton, Captain Tom 34 Mosely, C. A. 66 Moss belt in Louisiana 80 Moton, Captain Tom 134 Moton, Sam 134 Mount Olive, Arkansas 25, 26, 27, 28 Mountain boomers 9, 139, 143 Mulberry Mountain 50 Mulberry River 46, 49, 50 Mumps 52 Murdered, Centers and Akins 74 Murdered, Moody 74 Murray, Colonel Tom 50 Music Creek 23, 142 Musicians 46 Muster rolls preserved 125 -N- Natchez, Mississippi 129 Nave, Jake 16 Negro (colored) troops 128 Negro belonging to a major 78 Negro child drowned 129 Negro guard at boat landing 129 Negro mistreated on boat 67 Negro slaves dissatisfied 123 Negro soldiers 111 Negro soldiers at Jenkins' Ferry 109 Negro taunting Confederates 130 Negroes as an issue 113 Negroes incited to riot 116 Negroes seeking Federal help 83 Negroes seeking protection 127 Negroes visiting former owner 144 Negroes, Turnbo's Arminta 12 New Year's Day dinner, 1864 97 Newspaper item about peace 54 Newspaper office 43 Newspapers 28, 78 Newspapers, Camden paper 112 Newspapers, St. Louis Republic 72 Newspapers, The Telegraph 117 Newspapers, Weekly Commercial Appeal 66 Newton County, Arkansas 41, 66 Nigger Hill, Arkansas 131 Noe Spring 46 -O- Oak Grove School 137 Oath of Allegiance 21, 128 Officers inept to command 39 Onstatt, Eliza 10 Onstatt, Lucy 20 Oregon Flat 16 Osage Creek 14, 16, 48, 94 Ouachita - see Washita Overstreet, Captain 104, 110 Ozark County, Missouri 18, 51, 136 Ozark Mountains 9 Ozark, Arkansas 50 -P- Pace's Ferry 133 Palarm Creek 64, 65 Panther Bottom 133, 138 Parker County, Texas 125 Parker, soldier 106 Paroles for the Twenty-seventh 128 Paroquet Bluff, Arkansas 132 Parsons' Brigade 53 Parsons, General M. M. 51, 54, 72, 89, 107, 110, 117 Patterson place 137 Patterson, Hannah 17 Patterson, Tom 17 Payroll for the regiment 52 Peach riot 87 Pearson, George 133 Peel, Arkansas 18 Peel, Colonel Sam W. 53 Pelham, John 138 Penitentiary 68, 69, 70, 71 Perkins, Abe 21, 22, 138 Perryville, Kentucky 43 Philadelphia Graveyard 67 Phillips, Mr. 14 Piland, Captain William 138, 139, 141 Pilot Knob Hill 48 Pine Bluff, Arkansas 59, 69, 70, 89 Pine Creek 133 Pine Flat 17 Pine Mountain 136 Pineville, Arkansas 134 Piney Bayou 34, 44, 133 Pitman's Ferry 42 Playing cards discarded before battle 102 Pleasant Hill, Louisiana 100, 101, 120 Pocahontas, Arkansas 40, 42, 43 Poem by Turnbo 9 Poem, The Heroes sleep... 117 Poindexter, Doctor Tom W. 51 Point Remove Creek 64 Point Remove Swamp 63 Polk Bayou 36 Pond Fork 140, 141 Pontiac, Missouri 66 Pontoon bridge at Little Rock 89, 92 Pope County, Arkansas 61 Port Hudson, Louisiana 73, 85, 86, 129 Portlock's Regiment 99, 109 Postwar conditions in Marion County 142 Potter, A. B. 29 Powell, Arkansas 47 Prairie Grove, Arkansas 53 Prescott, Arkansas 94 Price's Army 14 Price's Raid 115, 117 Price, Captain William M. 91 Price, General Sterling 18, 72, 75, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 102, 103, 107 Pridmore, Sergeant 105 Princeton, Arkansas 76, 78, 103, 104, 111 Prison conditions 90 Prisoner exchange 114 Prisoners of war 53, 113 Protem, Missouri 135 Pulaski County, Arkansas 64 Pumphrey, Bill 12, 13, 86, 136, 142 Pumphrey, Lewis 12, 142 -Q- Quantrill's band member 113 Quin, Captain John 115 -R- Racoon fight among mules 72 Railroad under construction 51 Rainfall of May 1844 13 Rainfall of May 1861 13 Ramsey, George 138 Ramsey, Lindy 138 Randolph County, Arkansas 41 Ratcliff's Hotel 16 Rations and cooking 52 Rations described 60 Rations exhausted 69 Rations for horses 33 Rations improved at end of war 125 Rations in winter quarters 118 Rations inadequate 64, 65 Rations limited 55 Rations scarce 53 Ray, Captain Gus 54, 55 Ray, Henry 14 Ray, M. P. 14 Ray, Martha 14 Ray, Mary 14 Razorback hog killed 53 Rea, J. C. 28 Rebel yell 70, 107 Red River 98, 101, 119, 128, 129, 134 Reeds Bridge 91 Regimental reorganization 99 Regimental review 54 Regimental size 50 Religious meeting held in camp 38 Republic Newspaper 28 Retreat preparations 56 Retreat to Little Rock 57 Rich man's war, poor man's fight 74 Richardson, Lieutenant Pryor 120 Richardson, W. R. 46 Richmond, Kentucky 43 Richmond, Louisiana 82 Richmond, Virginia 73 Richwoods, Arkansas 132 Riddle Spring 12 Riddle, John 12 Riggs, Captain 95 Riggs, Colonel 96, 99 Roanes, General 54 Robb's Second Kansas Union Battery 56 Rock Creek 76 Rock Ford 138 Rolla, Missouri 44 Roman Catholic Church 86 Root, Jerry 56 Rose Bud 144 Roselle, Jim 11 Ross, John 18 Rumors about Federals 23 Rush Spring 47 Russellville, Arkansas 63 -S- Sale, William F. 110 Saline Bottom 104 Saline County, Arkansas 76 Saline River 76, 78, 94, 101, 104, 106, 108 Salutes learned 42 Sanders, Tully 49 Sangamon County, Illinois 123 Sawmills, Long's 23, 26 Schnavel's Battalion 141 Schnavel, Colonel John 36, 37, 38, 40 School house in Marion County 12 Scott's Hotel 27 Scott, Tom 27 Scroggins, Isaac 84 Searcy County, Arkansas 34, 36, 41, 50, 143 Seven Elm Pond 141 Seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry 42 Seventh Missouri Confederate Infantry 116 Sevier, Lieutenant A. H. 109 Shaler, Colonel James R. 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49, 52, 57, 59, 63, 65, 66, 72, 79, 81, 83, 85, 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 115 Shaver, Colonel Robert G. 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 56, 61, 62, 72, 79, 99, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 119, 120, 124, 126, 128 Shelby, General Joe 98, 125 Sheveport, Louisiana 99 Shin plasters 25 Shoal Creek 12, 13, 18, 20, 21 Shoes for soldiers 59 Short Mountain 20 Shreveport, Louisiana 66, 94, 98, 100, 101, 108, 119, 127 Sick leave furloughs 43 Sickness and death in camp 74 Sickness faked 46 Sisters of Charity 85 Six Mile Creek 60 Sixteenth Missouri Confederate Infantry 116 Skirmish at Tolbert's Ferry 1861 45 Smackover Creek 80 Small, Doctor 50, 51 Smallpox case 80 Smith, Business 138 Smith, Charley 87 Smith, ex-slaveholder 144 Smith, Fielden 21 Smith, General Kirby 94, 100, 101, 102, 103, 108, 120, 122 Smith, Mrs. 21 Smithville, Arkansas 41, 43 Sneed, Charley 16 Snellgrove, Henry 92 Snelson, Bill 139 Snelson, Elizabeth 139 Snelson, Houston 139 Snelson, Jess 139 Snelson, John 139 Snelson, Mat 139 Snelson, Nancy 139 Snelson, Newt 139 Snelson, Sam 139 Snow October 1862 46 Sogranne, Peter 114, 115, 118, 120 Songs, Beautiful flags... 127 Songs, Bonnie Blue Flag 70 Songs, Dixie 41, 80 Songs, Happy Land of Canaan 64 Songs, Hide your mule... 114 Songs, Home Sweet Home 132 Songs, I can't get 'em up 88 Songs, Mess Call 88 Songs, Mississippi Sawyer 76 Songs, My Old Kentucky Home 101 Songs, Old Time Confederates 46 Songs, Only waiting till the shadows 99 Songs, The Homespun Dress 60 Songs, Wait for the Wagon 88 South Fork 74 Spadra Bluff, Arkansas 60 Spadra Creek 60, 61 Spadra, Arkansas 60 Spring Creek 47 Spring Hill, Arkansas 118 Spring River 41, 43 Springfield, Missouri 30, 138 St. John's College Hospital 72, 76, 77, 93 St. Louis Republic newspaper 72 St. Louis, Missouri 28, 31 Stallings, Tom 86 Stamps, Jim 94 Stamps, Lewis 94 State prison 67 Steamboat whistle 11 Steamboats burned 55 Steamboats, Alamo 60 Steamboats, Arkansas 67, 70 Steamboats, carrying troops 52 Steamboats, Colonel Chapin 128, 129 Steamboats, General Quitman 99 Steamboats, Judge Fletcher 81, 129 Steamboats, Lady Walton 60 Steamboats, Mary Patterson 12 Steamboats, Ohio 128 Steamboats, Tahlequah 60 Steamboats, Thomas P. Ray 133 Steamboats, Vigo 81 Steele, General Frederick 89, 91, 93, 100, 101, 103, 108, 114 Steen, Colonel A. E. 53, 72 Stephens, Frank 12 Stevens Creek, Arkansas 66 Stinnette, Dave 47 Stippler's Spring 47 Stolen hogs 140 Strand, B. 108 Strand, Bee 87 Strand, Mr. 12 Strange, Jim 87 Strawberry River 41, 43, 132 Strickland, Betty 143 Strickland, Joe 143 Strickland, Joe Ann 143 Strickland, John 143, 144 Strickland, Mary Ann 143 Sugar cakes made for sale 74 Sugar Loaf 21, 23, 24 Sugar Loaf Creek 74 Sugar Loaf Prairie 75 Sugar Loaf, Arkansas 38 Sullivan, Bob 18 Surrender of the Twenty-seventh 126, 127 Swamp fever 85 Swan Creek 16 Swearing-in Ceremony 25 Sycamore Creek 31, 33 Sycamore, Arkansas 31 -T- Tabor, Arch 13 Tabor, Egu Tom 13 Tabor, Isaac 13 Tabor, John 74 Tackett, Billy 21 Talihina, Indian Territory 54, 62, 68, 125 Taney County, Missouri 13, 16, 17, 73, 77, 133, 137, 138 Tappan, Amos 75 Tappan, Captain Amos 110 Tappan, General J. C. 72, 75, 76, 80, 84, 85, 86, 88, 95, 96, 97, 102, 103, 106, 110, 118, 120, 124, 125, 128 Tate, Ben F. 68, 125 Tate, Benjamin T. 54, 62 Taylor, Captain Sam S. 95, 105, 116, 119, 124 Taylor, General Dick 98 Teaugue, Susan 17 Telegraph message 63 Telegraph operators 31 Tennison, Willie 107 Tensas River 82 Tenth Missouri Confederate Infantry 53, 72, 107 Tents 27 Tents struck according to regulation 40 Terrapin Creek 47 Texan captain dead after Jenkins' Ferry 109 Texan officer executed 115 Texas troops 75 Theft of money by deserters 90 Theodosia, Missouri 138 Third Missouri Confederate Cavalry 116 Thirty-third Arkansas Confederate Infantry 51 Thompson, Colonel 110 Thurman, Chris 30 Tittsworth, Martha 75 Tittsworth, Sanders 75 Tobacco chewing 15 Tobacco prices 52 Tolbert Barrens 44, 45 Tolbert's Ferry 45, 133, 135 Tornado May 1867 44, 133 Trains for troop transport 81 Travel expenses to rejoin regiment 77 Treadaway, Bill 22 Trenton, Louisiana 81 Trimble Graveyard 135 Trimble's Creek 11, 20, 24, 98, 137, 138, 142 Trimble, Allin 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 98, 137, 138, 142 Trimble, Betsy 137 Trimble, Bill 11, 12, 13, 16, 98, 134 Trimble, Jane 17 Trimble, Joe 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 32, 46, 52, 98, 137 Trimble, John 17, 137 Trimble, Lucinda 17 Trimble, Malissa 17 Trimble, Mary 17 Trimble, Milt 17 Trimble, Milton 137 Trimble, Sally 17, 137 Trimble, Sarah 11, 46 Trimble, William 47, 137 Trinity River 125 Tulip Creek 76 Tulip, Arkansas 76, 78 Turnbo, Bubby 11, 138, 139, 142 Turnbo, Eliza Onstatt 10 Turnbo, Gracie 11 Turnbo, James 10, 12, 13, 37, 39, 46, 120, 139, 140, 142 Turnbo, Jim 11 Turnbo, Margarette 11, 140 Turnbo, Mary 11 Turnbo, Newt 11, 22, 120, 138, 139, 141, 142, 146 Turnbo, Sallie 11 Tutt Springs 46 Tutt, Little Dave 30 Twenty-second Arkansas Confederate Infantry 28, 43, 51, 61, 99 Two Bayou Creek 79 Tynor, religious soldier 119 -U- Uniforms 27 Uniforms for soldiers 75 Uniforms in tatters 111 Union County, Arkansas 80 Union Parish, Louisiana 80 Union Troops, Robb's Second Kansas Battery 56 Upper Crossing 47 Upper Turkey Creek 136, 139 -V- Van Buren, Arkansas 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 143 Vane, Nellie 66 Vicksburg, Mississippi 73, 76, 85, 129, 130 -W- Walker's Division 82 Walker, Billy 21 Walker, General L. M. Marsh 76, 91, 110 Walker, Lucinda 22 War Eagle River 14, 15 War's effect on Ozarks 9 Washington County, Arkansas 50, 62, 84 Washington, Arkansas 76, 117 Washita City, Louisiana 80, 81, 129 Washita Parish, Louisiana 80 Washita River 76, 79, 80, 81, 94, 103, 112, 113, 114, 116 Weast Hotel 25 Weast, Wash 112 Welch, Ed 140 Wells, Tom 19 West Sugar Loaf Creek 13, 16, 23 Wheelis, ex-Confederate soldier 145 Whiskey confiscated 15 Whiskey for sale 12 Whisky for sale 88 White County, Arkansas 142, 143 White River 10, 13, 16, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 36, 45, 47, 66, 86, 98, 113, 120, 129, 131, 133, 135 White, Colonel 42, 51 White, editor 112, 117 Wickersham campground 45 Wild Haw Road 28, 132 Wild Haw, Arkansas 28, 133 Wiley's Cove 143, 145 Williams, Colonel Fitty 54 Williams, Vol 128, 131 Williams, W. W. 116 Willow Springs 24 Wilmoth, George 32 Wilson Hotel 27, 45 Wilson, Doctor 73 Wilson, Isaac 27, 45 Winfield, preacher 116 Winfield, Reverend 94 Winter quarters 72 Winter quarters, 14th Arkansas Infantry 15 Winters, D. A. 19, 24, 131 Winters, Elizabeth 19, 131 Wolf, Jake 134 Womack, Joe 137 Wood's Mill 17 Wood, A. S. Bud 28 Wood, Abe 31 Wood, Ben 112 Wood, Dice 74 Wood, Fred 29, 36 Wood, George 74 Wood, Joe 39 Wood, South Foot Will 17 Wood, Southfoot Will 11 Wood, Winnie 74 Woods, Captain Fred 25, 27, 28, 59 Woods, George 17 Woods, Jim 31, 32, 47 Woods, John 31, 32, 47 Woods, Johnny 31, 47 Woods, Lige 17 Woods, South Foot Will 26 Woods, Tom 31, 32, 47, 112 Wool cards 140 Wounded cleared from field after Jenkins' Ferry 109 Wright, Mr. 125 -Y- Yandell, Clate 21 Yandell, John 16 Yellow fever 87 Yellville, Arkansas 11, 13, 16, 23, 25, 27, 30, 31, 35, 37, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 73, 142, 146 Yellville-Jackson Post wagon road 28 Yocum Creek 12 Yocum, Asa 22, 25 Yocum, Harve 98 Yocum, Jess 141 Copyright (c) 1997 Desmond Walls Allen