Grant Co., Ark., Saline Territory Civil War Article USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Graciously provided by Lou Ann Lunsford. Copied from a Special Edition of "THE MERRY GREEN PRESS" Federal Forces at Poison Spring: 1st Kansas Colored Infantry - Major R. G. Ward 18th Iowa Infantry - Captain W. M. Duncan 2nd Kansas Cavalry - Lieutenant B. B. Mitchell Lieutenant E. Ross 6th Kansas Cavalry - Lieutenant R. L. Phillips Lieutenant R. Henderson Lieutenant A. J. Walker 14th Kansas Cavalry - Lieutenant J. Utt Lieutenant W. C. Smith 2nd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery - Lieutenant W. W. Haines Confederate Officers at Poison Spring: Bragadier Generals: Samuel B. Maxey, William L. Cabell, John S. Marmaduke Majors: E. L. Murtrey, J. T. Poe, J. A. Carroll, M. Looscan Captains: W. M. Hughey, O. B. Tebbs, J. H. Cobb, S. S. Harris Colonels: J. C. Monroe, T. J. Morgan, A. Gordon, J. F. Hill, W.H. Trader, T. M. Gunter, William A. Crawford, J. C. Wright, Charles DeMorse, N. W. Battle, Tandy Walker, J. Riley, S. W. Folsom, Colton Greene, L. A. Campbell, W. J. Preston Article: UNSCRPULOUS PLUNDER & LOSSES REPORTED AT POISON SPRING The Federal column captured at Poison Spring west of Camden on April 18 contained wagons laden with corn, bacon, bed quilts, women's and children's clothing, hogs, geese and other property stolen by soldiers. Confederates under comman of Brigadier General Samuel B. Maxey attacked the Federal forage train commanded by Colonel James M. Williams at Poison Spring. The train consisted of 198 six-mule wagons, artillery, and strong escorts of infantry and cavalry. The infantrymen of the 1st Kansas Colored had earlier stripped the houses of the region of little baby frocks, shoes, stockings, women's bonnets, shawls and cloaks which they hope to take home to their families in Kanasa. The Confederat force included Indians of the 1st and 2nd Choctaw Regiments who reportedly broke for the plunder of the train at one point with demoniac war whoops which disconcerted even their own men. One hundred severy wagons, four cannon and their caissons, and hundreds of small-arms were captured along with the stolen items. The Federal loss was 301 of 1160 present on the field. Out of 438 officers and men in the battle, the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry lost 182 men, 117 listed as killed. Captain Rowland of the 18th Iowa has informed our Camden correspondent that three days afterwards, a burial detail was sent to the field where six white officers and eighty men of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry were found. The white dead were all scalped and stripped of clothing which was carried off by the rebels. To add insult to the dead officers, they were laid on their faces and a circle of their colored soldiers made around them. Some wounded soldiers were bitten by rattlesnakes. Confederate losses number 16 killed, 88 wounded and 10 missing. Federal Forces Engaged at Marks'Mills: 43rd Indiana Infantry - Major W. W. Norris 36th Iowa Infantry - Major A. H. Hamilton 77th Ohio Infantry - Captain A. J. McCormick Battery E, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery - Lieutenant C. Peetz 7th Missouri & 1st Indiana Cavalry - Major M. McCauley 5th Missouri Cavalry - Major H. P. Spellman 1st Iowa Cavalry - Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Caldwell Confederate Officers at Marks' Mills: Brigadier Generals; J. F. Fagan, William L. Cabell & Joseph O. Shelby Colonels; J. C. Monroe, T. J. Morgan, A. Gordon, J. R. Hill, J. M. Harrell, T. M. Gunter, David Shanks, B. F. Gordon, M. V. Smith, D. C. Hunter, John C. Wright Majors; B. Elliott, J. T. Poe, E. L. McMurtrey(this is spelled different from the notation at Poison Spring, it does not denote which spelling is correct for this Major) Captains; W. M. Hughey, R. A. Collins, O. B. Tebbs Article: DESTRUCTION OF DRAKE'S COMMAND AT MARKS' MILLS The Federal wagon train ambushed by Confederates at Marks' Mills east of Camden was escorted by 1200 infantry, 240 cavalry, and 6 pieces of artillery under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Drake from Iowa. The train was enroute to Pine Bluff for supplies when it was attacked on April 25 by Brigadier General James F. Fagan's mounted force of nearly four thousand men. The fight lasted for five house with a Federal loss of about 1300 men. Over 200 army wagons were taken by the Confederates along with 100 others belonging to refugees, sutlers and cotton speculators escaping into Federal territory. Four stand of colors, six pieces of artillery, a cache of ammunition, and 150 negroes were also taken. Witnesses say that much plunder was found in the wagons and that Coilonel Drake was wounded by a minie ball in his hip and taken prisoner. Dr. C. G. Strong, a Federal surgeon, said Drake was carried to a field hospital established in the home of Warren Crain. It is reported that the Federals lost more than 1300 men, most of whom were captured and that a large number of negroes and pro-union Arkansans were inhumanly butchered by the Confederates. The Federal dead are buried at Marks' Plantation. Confederate losses are estimated to be under 500, including Colonel Dewitt C. Hunter of Missouri, wounded and shot from his horse. Federal prisoners escorted by Colonel Hill's 7th Arkansas are believed to be now marching to the prison camp at Tyler, Texas. Article: SAVAGERY & CELEBRATION AT MARKS' MILLS We deem it necessary to report on certain events taking place on the battlefield at Marks' Mills on the 25th. A Federal soldier in the 35th Iowa commented that, "The Rebs robbed nearly every man of us even to our chaplain. They stripped every stitch of clothes, even their shirs, boots and socks, and left the dead unburied and the woods on fire. Clothing was also pulled from the wounded as they begged for mercy. No respect was given for persons rank or age. Old Captain Charles W. Moss of the 43rd Indiana Infantry was marched bareheaded with his bald head and white locks and beard in the burning sun." It is rumored, yet unconfirmed, that a great haul of Union greenbacks was recovered from the headquarters wagons and distributed among the men following the battle. On the night following the battle, the Confederates were treated to a sumptuous meal prepared from rations taken from captured wagons. The food had been stolen from the Confederate homes in the vicinity. Captured Federal wagons also contained many prized family possessions, including bedding and jewelry stolen from the local citizens. These were carried to John Marks' house where they are being restored to their owners. Women all along the road for miles back toward Camden are now arriving on horseback to identify their belongings. Article: A MIRROR FROM THE HOMER A curious account was related to us by a traveler from Camden following the evacuation of that city by General Steele's army. It seems that the Confederat Army was without its pontoon bridge and was required to cross the Ouachita Rive on a crude raft bridge formed from anything in the area that would float. The men could only walk in single file and ten feet apart, so the crossing was slow and tedious. Jut below this floating bridge the steam boat, Homer, had been scuttled and was lying up to her cabin deck in water. Here was an opportunity for plunder not to be disregarded, so a number of the soldiers drew off their clothes and swam out to the wreck. Everything protable, however, had been carried away but a large mirror, some two feet by six, in a gilt frame. This was safely towed ashore and set against a tree where the soldiers swarmed around it to look at themselves, while the discoverer of the glass put on his clothes, after which he placed the mirror on his back and carried it eight miles before convincing himself that it was too unhandy a thing to steal! Article: THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION, Full Detail of Great Battle At Jenkins' Ferry. A Summary of Events From Recent Dispatches We take this opportunity to inform our readers of the background of the recent expedition detailed in this paper. In the fall of 1862 a cottom famine was plaguing the North and many textile mills had been forced to close. The only solution to the problem was to again look to the South for cotton. The only state not yet ravaged by war was Texas. Perhaps if that state could be occupied, the shortage could be alleviated. Back of this plan to establish a free-soil cotton colony in Texas was the New England Emigrant Aid Society and a Unionist named Andrew J. Hamilton. Hamilton convinced the Union politicians that an invasion was necessary to rescue fellow Unionists still in Texas. Therefore in December of 1862, the Federal government launched the Red River Campaign to invade Texas. An expeditionary force commanded by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks sailed from New York on December 3, 1862. On his way to Texas, Banks was waylayed by General U. S. Grant and obliged to participate in the Battle of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. By 1863 these campaigns were over and Banks proceeded toward his original destination. The plan call for Banks and Rea Admiral David D. Porter to move up the Red River toward Shreveport, Louisiana. A second Federal force would move south from Little Rock, Arkansas and join Banks for the Texas invation. Banks was not a military man. He made serious blunders in leadership and tactics. As a result of these factors, combined with low water in the Red River and a superior force led by Confederate Major General Richard Taylor under General E. Kirby Smith, the Federal Army under Banks was forced to abdicate its invading plan. The second Federal Army under Major General Frederick Steele moved out of recently occupied Little Rock on March 23, 1864, with a modern, well equipped force. Following the road from Little Rock to Benton, Arkansas, Steele crossed the Saline River with little difficulty and headed south toward Shreveport, Louisiana. His route took him close to the Confederate occupied city of Camden, Arkansas. This was too rich a prize for Steele to pass up. With little resistance he occupied the entire town on April 15, 1864. The journey from Little Rock had been at a greater cost than Steele has estimated. Food for horses and men was running low, dangerously low. A forage train escorted by the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry and a section of artillery left Camden to search for corn. During this time the Confederate Army under E. Kirby Smith had moved in and around the perimeter of Camden. The wagon train was ambushed and destroyed at Poison Spring. The few survivors brought the tragic news back to General Steele. In desperation, Steele sent an empty train east to Federal occupied Pine Bluff for supplies. This train was also ambushed and destroyed. This time at a place called Marks' Mills. Steele had no alternative but to retreat and reorganize his force. He decided to avoid the bad roads through the Noro Swamp to Pine Bluff and would proceed toward Little Rock, crossing the Saline River at Jenkins' Ferry. During the night of April 26, Steele's army, including wagons, artillery, and several hundered mules, crossed the Ouachita River at Camden and headed toward Little Rock up the Camden Road. Kirby Smith's Confederates then entered the town and commenced a forced march to engage the retreating Federals. At 4 p.m. on the 29th of April the advance guard of Steele's column reached Jenkins' Ferry. The Camden Road at this point streached from the highground on the west into a dismal swamp nearly five miles in width to the highground on the east. Rain had been fallinf for eighteen hours and the Saline River at the Ferry was too deep to ford. A rubber pontoon bridge was inflated and moored into position. The road through the west side of the swamp was corduroyed. Even so, the wagons and guns bogged down. Steele's train, stretching from the high ridge to the River, was unable to move. It was a this point that Kirby Smith's Confederates arived on the scene. The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry had begun. Article: COUNTRYSIDE PLUNDERED AND DISRUPTED BY FEDERALS Reports from local residents indicated that considerable damage was done to civilian property along the Camden Road in this region as troops of Steele's VII Corps retreated toward the capital. According to one source, "The road everywhere testified to the route of the fleeing Federal Army. Disabled wagons and ambulances, blankets, and clothing of every description cluttered the ditches. The whole country had been cleaned up of everything that would satisfy the appetite of starving men. How those dwelling there after these days survived has been an unsolved problem to me. Along the road here and there were large dead pine trees with the sap wood just decayed enough for the cannonballs to knock it off in large slabs." A Confederate surgeon in Churchill's division said that he saw no living animal on the road, nothing but ruin and desolation. He reported that, "At times women and little children stood by theroad to watch us pass. They did not seem very glad to see us, for they were too hungry to be demonstrative, and we had nothing to give them, not knowing ourselves where our next meal was coming from. At Princeton, the enemy had camped the night before and had literally sacked the town. They had left nothing to the inhabitants. The ladies with their children and a few old men came out on the square and gave us some flowers and their prayers. It was all they had and their patriotism never grew cold nor for a moment faltered in all the night of that horrid nightmare. At Tulip I stopped at the house of a man named Russell who was in Fagan's cavalry. His wife had been robbed of almost everything. She took twenty-five ears of corn from under the bed and gave them to me. This I fed to my horse, while I drank a cup of sassafras tea." A courier has said that, "Most rail fences along the retreat route have been torn down and used as beds by the Confederates pursuing Steele. Many of these rails were furned as firewood. The road leading to the river is a sea of mud and mire and badly cut up due to the passage of men, horses, and wagons, and is particularly rough in the bottoms on either side of the river. Parts of this road have been corduroyed, and travel is still just a crawl. Some buildings have been damaged in the battle." Reports have also arrived here that David Whitten's new steam-powered gristmill east of Pratt's Ferry has been destroyed and that a skirmish there resulted in casualties. If this is true, the population in that region will have to go elsewhere to have their corn and wheat ground. Mr. Jones, who lives six miles from the battlefield, said that a day or two before the hostilities, Federal soldiers came to his home and took away many things of value including a horse which belonged to his son. A member of the Elam Waddell family living near the Princeton Pike reported to us that they could hear the battle raging even from that great distance and by the end of the day the road was filled with wagons transporting wounded soldiers to Pine Bluff. Two of their mules were stolen at that time. Confederate soldier J. P. Blessington, a veteran of the battle, says that at Guesses Creek "trees were cut in two by cannon balls; limbs of trees torn off and lying in the road; fences down and scattered in endless confusion; houses riddled with cannon and musket balls; negro quarters and meathouses broken open and rifled of their contents - in a word a general desolation prevailing everywhere." William N. Hoskins, a Confederat soldier from Palmyra, Missouri, says that the Camden Road is littered with coats, pants, jackets, and blankets cast off by the Federals. Most cooking utensils he saw had been stuck with bayonets. Most wagons were burned. Every family along the road has been robbed of their chickens, corn, grain, wheat, and household possessions. He reports that the country has been desolated and the women and children left begging. Due to heavy rains, the Saline River has flooded and is presently spreading over the entire bottom. It may be five or six days before the crest subsides. Article: BLACK TROOPS OUTDUEL CONFEDERATES Colonel Samuel J. Crawford, commanding the 2nd Kansas Colored Volunteer Regiment with Federal General Steele's VII Corps, has reported favorably on the conduct of his men at the recent Battle at Jenkins' Ferry. According to Colonel Crawford, the regiment had marched with Steele retreating northeast from Camden on April 27 and first encountered the enemy throughout the afternoon of April 29 at the Saline River. As Confederate troops advanced on the rear of the Federal wagon train near the highground, Kansas volunteers, then at the pontoon bridge, were double timed back to face the attackers. The colunteers quickly discarded their overcoats and haversacks and formed into a column of companies after receiving orders from General Rice. With Cox Creek on the north, the troops took position in the scrub timber and thick underbrush of the river bottom. Some men waded the rapidly rising creek to reinforce elements of the 43rd Illinois, resulting in many cartridge boxes being filled with water. As the 600-man skirmish line exchanged fire with the Confederate infantry, witnesses reported that Colonel Crawford rode behind his troops shouting for them to "aim low and give them hell." Due to the intensive training given to the black soldiers, their firew was deadly and continuous, outdueling the enemy and driving them back. At this time Crawford said he was ordered to take unlimbered Confederate artillery which had proved to be deadly to the Federal line. His black troops charged the artillery with fixed bayonets and poured a savage volley into the rear battery killing over thirty horses and capturing the gunners. A Confederate officer said later that black troops bayoneted the wounded, although this was denied by Colonel Crawford. The Confederate Officer said this was done in retaliation of the rebel massacre of wounded black soldiers of the 1st Kansas Regiment at Posion Spring two weeks earlier. After resupplying his men, Colonel Crawford ordered them back into the battle which had lasted over six hours. Confederate forces were pushed back and left the field. At this time the black soldiers were ordered to care for the wounded and dead Federals and to again guard the rear of the wagon train. As the last wagons of the VII Corps passed over the pontoon bridge at the Ferry crossing, the Kansas Volunteers also crossed and proceeded to destroy the structure. Speaking to a reporter, Colonel Crawford said, "My black troops carried the day at Jenkins' Ferry. We were among the first to encounter Kirby Smith's rebels and were the last to leave the battlefield. We lost over eighty men killed and wounded and regretably left over forty casualties on the field. I feel we have now redeemed our comrades who fell at Posion Spring. My men have shown they can fight and win!" General Steele commented, upon reaching Little Rock, "The recent conduct of the black troops of my command prove that the African can be made as formidable in battle as a soldier of any other color." Article: THE USE OF ARTILLERY DURING THE BATTLE A duel between Federal and Confederat artillery erupted at Guesses Creek bottom west of Jenkins' ferry before the main fighting on the 30th. Federal Lieutenant Charles W. Thomas of the Springfield Light Artillery serving as a rear guard for the VII Corps threw his guns into action against Confederat Captain Harris' four-gun battery. At least one house in the area was hit by shot and shell. The Springfield Light Artillery was later positioned at a house on the ridge overlooking the Saline bottom. As Confederat troops approached, they were raked with canister. Confederat cannon were called in and returned the Federal fire which now switched to shot and shell. The Confederat battery was quickly withdrawn. As the VII Corps moved into the bottom, Federal artillery was redeployed in a muddy cornfield near Cox Creek. confederate Captain Lesueur's batter was ordered to rake the underbrush with canister. When they opened fire, the 12-pounder howitzers sank up to their axles in the mire. confederate Lieutenant John O. Lockhart now moved forward with a section of Ruffner's battery which blasted into the 2nd Kansas and the 29th Iowa Regiments. Lockhart's gunners were charged by the two Federal regiments who captured the two 6-pounders and their caissons as well as an abandoned howitzer. Dr. J. M. Brown, chaplain of the 29th Arkansas Volunteers said that two of the brass rifled cannons captured had been captured earlier in 1862 from Federals at Oak Hills battle in Missouri and that it was reported that there was a reward of $6,000 offered for their recapture. Another witness says that these captured Confederate guns were dragged off the field by the black soldiers of the 2nd Kansas Volunteers. At the river the three guns were spiked, their wheels knocked out, and rolled into the river. It is not known whether these guns were recovered by Confederate troops still on the battlefield, since at this writing the river is still at flood stage. Article: BATTLE LOSSES AT JENKINS' FERRY, THE NUMBER COUNTED Office returns filed by General Steele indicate that he employed about 4,000 officers and men in the fighting on the 30th. Killed, wounded and missing makes the Federal loss at least 700. Brigadier General Samuel A. Rice, a staff officer of the 1st Brigade, was struck in the ankle by a minie ball resulting in the amputation of his foot. His would is regarded as serious and may prove fatal. Captain Paris T. Totten and 1st Lieutenant Thomas R. Connor were killed. Colonel C. H. Mackey, Lt. Col. J. E. Hayes, Colonel C. W. Adams, Captain Alexander Rush, Captain Andrew J. Comstock, 2nd Lieutenant Oliver J. Kindig, 2nd Lieutenant Wilson deGarmo, and Lieutenant Baird were wounded. Other Federal losses are as follows: 50th Indiana Infantry, Lt. Col. S. T. Wells: K-13, W-71, M-9 29th Iowa Infantry, Col. T. H. Benton, Jr.: K-8, W-84, M-0 33rd Iowa Infantry, Col. C. H. Mackey: K-9, W-105, M-9 9th Wisconsin Infantry, Col. C. E. Salomon: K-14, W-71, M-0 Casual Detachment, Captain M. H. Darnall: K-5, W-27, M-5 43rd Illinois Infantry, Col. Adolph Englemann: K-3, W-9, M-0 40th Iowa Infantry, Col. J. A. Garrett: K-6, W-34, M-0 27th Wisconsin Infantry, Col. C. Krez: K-5, W-11, M-14 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry, Col. S. J. Crawford: K-15, W-55, M-3 Springfield Illinois Light Artillery, Lt. C. W. Thomas: K-15, W-55, M-3 Federal forces not engaged included the following: Co. D, 3rd Illinois Cavalry Co. H, 15th Illinois Cavalry 2nd Missoouri Light Artillery Co. F, 9th Wisconsin Battery 2nd Arkansas Infantry 18th Iowa Infantry Indiana Light Artillery 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Arkansas Light Artillery 2nd Kansas Cavalry 6th Kansas Cavalry 3rd arkansas Cavalry 13th Illinois Cavalry 3rd Iowa Calvary 1st Missouri Calvary 2nd Missouri Calvary 10th Illinois Cavalry 1st Iowa Cavalry 3rd Missouri Cavalry Losses of the 1st Arkansas Infantry under Lt. Col. E. J. Searle; 12th Kansas Infantry under Lt. Co., J. E. Hayes; and the 14th Kansas Cavalry under Lt. Col. J. G. Brown were not reported. ******* Confederate forces commanded personally by General E. Kirby Smith numbered about 6,000. Of these, 800 to 1,000 were killed or wounded at Jenkins' Ferry, according to most recent figures. The dead included Brigadier General William R. Scurry, General Horace Randal, Colonel J. R. Watson, Captain McIver, Lieutenant Cude, Lieutenat Lasiter, Lieutenant Ponder, General H. L. Ginstead, Lt. Col. Simon Harris, and Lieutenant Hugh McCollum. Brigadier General Thomas N. Waul, General John B. Clark, Jr., Lt. Col. Smizer, Colonel W. M. Moore, Lieutenant Von Phul, Captain Anthony, Major Stanley, Lieutneant Scull, Captain Dickson, Lieutenant John Lockhart, and Surgeon Edward Rundall were wounded. Other Confederate losses reported are as follows: 3rd Missouri Cavalry, Capt. D. Brown: K-6, W-31, M-0 4th Missouri Cavalry, Lt. Col. W. J. Preston: K-1, W-12, M-0 19th and 24th Arkansas Infantry, Lt. Col. W. R. Hardy: K-8, W-18, M-0 28th and 38th Arkansas Infantry, Col. R. G. Shaver: K-4, W-22, M-0 33rd Arkansas Infantry, Col. H. L. Grinstead: K-21, W-71, M-0 Gause's Brigade, Arkansas Infantry, Col. L. C. Gause: K-15, W-67-, M-0 Dismounted Casuals: K-1, W-14, M-1 8th Missouri Infantry, Col. C. S. Mitchell: K-7, W-22, M-0 9th Missouri Infantry, Col. R. H. Musser: K-7, W-45, M-0 Ruffner's Missouri Battery, Col. S. T. Ruffner: K-4, W-6, M-0 10th Missouri Infantry, Col. W. M. Moore: K-3, W-7, M-0 11th Missouri Infantry, Lt. Col. T. H. Murray: K-2, @-15, M-0 12th Missouri Infantry, Col. W. M. Ponder: K-1, W-2, M-0 16th Missouri Infantry, Lt. Col. P.W.H. Cumming: K-5, W-20, M-0 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion, Maj. L. A. Pindall: K-4, W-4, M-4 Confederate forces not reporting losses or not engaged included the following: 14th Missouri Cavalry 8th Missouri Cavalry Harris' Missouri Battery 11th and 14th Texas Infantry 28the and 6th Texas Cavalry Daniel's Texas Battery 12, 18th and 22nd Texas Infantry Halderman's Texas Battery 3rd, 16th, 17th and 19th Texas Battery 29th, 34th, and 35th Arkansas Infantry Lesueur's Missouri Battery Article: IOWA CASUALTIES REPORTED Captain C. B. Boydstrom of the 33rd Iowa Infantry has furnished this paper with a list of enlisted men recorded as killed, wounded, or taken prisoner at JenkinsÕ Ferry. The regiment is currently in Little Rock, and it is hoped that this list will reach families in Marion, Keokuk, and Mahaska counties where the companies were organized. (in the article copied, the names were not in alphabetical orderÉit is done here for quicker reference) 33rd Casualties: Companies A-K Adams, David wounded Alsup, John R. prisoner Bacon, Daniel wounded Bartlett, Owen wounded Bevin, Clark wounded/prisoner Bird, Willis S. wounded Bonebrake, Peter A. wounded Bowers, William J. wounded Brobst, Joseph wounded/prisoner Bruett, John wounded/prisoner Chadwick, Wheeler wounded/prisoner Cochram, Lewis H. wounded Coleburn, William H. wounded/prisoner Compton, James D. wounded/prisoner Coomes, Reuben prisoner Cornes, Amos killed Cowan, William R. wounded Crawford, John R. wounded/prisoner Cruzen, Benjamin killed Currey, Robert W.B. wounded de Bruyn, Kyln prisoner Decker, Dennis wounded/prisoner Dewesse, Samuel L. wounded Dison, William T. wounded Doughman, Samuel H. wounded Dove, John wounded Downes, William O. wounded Duncan, James T. mortally wounded Dunlap, Smith wounded/prisoner Dyer, Francis M. wounded/prisoner Eichelberger, Adam wounded/prisoner Evans, David T. wounded Fergerson, Hans prisoner Finney, John M. wounded Garrett, James wounded Gaunt, John F. wounded Gibson, Framcis M. prisoner Gibson, Walker B. wounded/prisoner Goldthwalt, William wounded Goodenough, Eri wounded Graham, Edward killed Grover, James W. wounded Hager, Alfred wounded Harris, John B. wounded Harris, William H. killed Haskell, Henry C. wounded/prisoner Hawk, Anthony wounded/prisoner Henderson, Enoch F. wounded Henderson, John M. killed Henry, Hiram P. wounded Henry, John wounded/prisoner Hiner, Dorman wounded Hinkle, Thomas H. killed Holloway, David wounded/prisoner Hoyt, William R. wounded Jackson, Mortimer wounded Johnston, John S. wounded Jones, Alexander wounded/prisoner Jones, John W. wounded/prisoner Jones, Oscar L. wounded Landry, Thomas wounded/prison Lawler, Thomas J. wounded Martin, John W. wounded McCleland, John M. wounded McMullen, Philander wounded/prisoner McNeal, Owen P. wounded McNeil, Allen A. wounded Miller, John H. wounded Mitchell, George R. wounded Montgomery, Samuel B. wounded Nichols, John E. wounded Niermeyer, John wounded/prisoner Osborn, William wounded Parker, William H. wounded Parks, William J. wounded/prisoner Peck, Marin A. wounded/prisoner Playle, Francis M. wounded/prisoner Quaintance, Morris A. wounded/prisoner Ream, Samuel wounded Redpath, Joseph wounded Reed, William G. wounded Reynolds, Lucien wounded/prisoner Ritner, Isaac N. wounded Roberts, John C. wounded Robertson, Samuel S. wounded Rodman, William M. wounded/prisoner Rogers, Hannibal wounded/prisoner Roland, Joseph M. killed Shanafelt, George W. killed Shaw, Levi wounded Shoff, John wounded Skinner, Jasper killed Smith, Ephraim killed Smith, Samuel H. wounded/prisoner Snyder, John S. wounded/prisoner Stratton, George B. wounded/prisoner Strong, James W. wounded/prisoner Suitor, Philip wounded/prisoner Taylor, Jacob wounded Thorp, William wounded Tindall, Johathan S. wounded Towne, George W. wounded/prisoner Trobridge, William wounded/prisoner Walker, William B. wounded Wallace, Thomas D. wounded Welch, David T. prisoner Welch, James I. killed Wells, Joshua B. wounded Wertz, Francis M. wounded Wightman, John killed Wilson, Davis G. wounded Windell, James killed Article: PONTOON BRIDGE DESTROYED Henry Atchley of this county visited our office and presented us with a piece of General Steele's pontoon bridge which was destroyed by the Federals after crossing the Saline River at Jenkins' Ferry. Our souvenir is a brass air nozzle, still with part of the rubber cloth attached. The bridge, a type developed by George W. Cullum, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, was first used in the Mexican War. The pontoons are mode of double India-rubber cloth and consist each of three tangent cylinders, peaked at both extremeties like the ends of a canoe, which are firmly united together by two strong India-rubber ligaments along their lines of contact, and widening into a connecting web towards the ends. The whole thus forms a single boat 20 feet long and 5 feet broad, of great bouyancy and stability. Each cylinder is 20 feet long, 20 inches in diameter, and is divided into three air-tight compartments, each of which has its own inflating nozzle. The middle compartment occupies the entire width of the roadway of the bridge, but the ends of it are placed sufficiently within the ends of the cross boards to be secure from injury except in rare cases. The end compartments are exposed, but if pierced can be quickly repaired by means of rubber patches. Inflating bellows are used for inflation. The bridge, which can support 7,000 pounds, was moored by a light 45-pound anchor. The bridge used at Jenkins' Ferry was determined to be over two years old and much the worse for wear. The 34 wagons used to transport the bridge would also slow the movement of the train, according to Captian Wheeler, Chief Engineer. The bridge was then pulled to the bank where the pontoons were punctured with bayonets and thrown back into the river. The 34 wagons were also destroyed. Two companies of the 24th Missouri, detailed as pontoniers, rejoined the column. Article: DESTRUCTION OF WAGONS An Iowa soldier writes that Steele's column experienced much difficulty crossing the swamp east of the Saline River. Federal soldiers, according to this source, were compelled to wait and linger near the enemy while the long train of wagons would stick in the mud and the mules would flounder in the mire. Although many wagons were destroyed, the train still stretched out two or three miles. Soldiers cut down all the nearby young pine trees, carried them to the deepest part of the mire, and so built corduroy across most of the swamp. When a wagon stuck, every endeavor was made to raise it. If all means failed, the nules were unhitched and the wagon broken or burned. The contents were thrown over the ground where many of the cartridges and powder kegs exploded. The artillery horses were continually falling, while the limbers, caissons, and guns sank to the axles. Article: CARR'S RIDE We have learned that Federal Brigadier General Eugene A. Carr was ordered by General Steele to proceed in advance of the VII Corps after leaving Camden. Crossing the Saline River on the 28th at Jenkins' Ferry, Carr's Cavalry Division consisting of about 2,000 troopers proceeded toward Little Rock in defense of the city. His force corssed on the pontoon bridge set in place by Captain Wheeler's pioneers and fatigue parties. Carr is said to have sent word back to Steele that the Camden Road in the bottom was very bad and that he had seen thousands of hoof marks there indicating that a large forcehad recently passed. This is now assumed to be marks made by General Fagan's force which had passed their earlier. It is now reported that Carr's force clashed with Elliott's Missourians a few miles east of Pratt's Ferry at Whitten's Mill. Following this encounter the Federals destroyed many of their wagons before proceeding. General Kimball, Federal Commander at Little Rock, said that Carr's cavalryment entered the city on May 1, about 5 a.m. Article: ELLIOTT'S REPORT Recent dispatches indicate that while following Steele's column within twenty mieles of Little Rock, Confederate Major Elliott was unable to cut off any stragglers and return to Pratt's Ferry by way of Benton. He reported passing the smoldering wreckage of ten wagons and the carcasses of sixty-five mules which had been destroyed to keep them from falling into enemy hands. DEATH OF GENERAL GRINSTEAD The long weary march for Confederate Brigadier General Hiram L. Grinstead has ended. The popular commander of the 33rd Arkansas Infantry was killed at Jenkins' Ferry, along with Brigadier General William R. Scurry and Horrace Randal of Walker's Texas Division Grinstead, who was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1829, graduated in law and served as District Judge in Jefferson, Texas when he was twenty-five years of age. He married Miss Kate A. Goodwin of New Orleans in 1852. In 1859 he moved to Camden, Arkansas, and obtained license to practice law from Judge Scott, Supremem Judge of the State. In 1862 he was the first to form a regiment from Camden and served at Prairie Grove and at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. DEATH OF GENERAL RANDAL Brigadier General Horace Randal of Walker's Texas Greyhound Division was killed at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30th. The 31-year old Confederate office, a graduate of West Point, ws a veteran of the Vicksburg Campaign and had personally recruited the 28th Texas Cavalry Regiment in and around Marshall, Texas. He served in General Bragg's Quartermaster Corps in Florida and was appointed aide-de-camp to Major General Gustavus W. Smith. The General was mortally wounded on the field and later carried to the hamlet of Tulip for burial. The loss is considered great for the Southern cause. SON OF DISTINGUISHED ARKANSAN DIES OF WOUNDS Confederate Captian Jacob Wythe Walker, 34th Arkansas, of Fayetteville has died as a result of wounds received recently at Jenkins' Ferry. Captian Walker was the son of david Walker, Supreme Court Justice, State Senator, and President of the Arkansas Secession Convention. Judge Walker was at Washington in Hempstead County when he heard the news of his son's wound and visited the widow Matlock's home in Tulip where Captain Walker died. It is through that the body will be returned to Fayetteville for burial. ********* "Sgt. David McCullough, Co.A, Ark. Inf., CSA. when my line of skirmishers was ordered to advance as near as possible to the enemy's line, with a view to draw their fire, rushed up to within a few yard of their line shot down one man, captured another, and brough him off under the enemy's fire." Col. R. G. Shaver "Capt. Dickson of Co.A seeing the color-bearer shot down, gallantly raised the colors and kept them up until he was cut down by three balls." Lt. Col. T. D. Thomson, 33rd Ark. Inf., CSA. "Maj. W.W. Dunlap, chief of artillery; Maj. H.M. Clark, assistant inspector-general; Lieut. A.H. Sevier, acting assistant adjutant general; Capt. J.L. Thomas paymaster; Col. John W. Polk, Capt. C.E. Royston, and Capt. C.J. Hanks - behaved with distinguished gallantry, were alike reckless of like and danger and seemed rather to court death than to avoid it." Brig. Gen. T. J. Churchill, CSA. "Confederate Lieuts. Celsus Price and B.F. Scull and my orderly Private D. Kavenaugh particularly distinguised themselves at Jenkins' Ferry by responding with alacrity to a call for volunteers to reconnoiter the enemy's position, riding up to their ranks and receiving a heavy volley, which disclosed the Federal lines, but unfortunately took effect upon Lieut. Scull, fracturing his leg which was afterward amputated." Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA. "Capt. Alexander Rush, 2nd Reg. Kansas Colored Infantry, whom a truer or braver offier never lived, fell, pierced through the head by a musket-ball while gallantly leading his company into the battle. Sgt. John P. Mosley and Pvt. George R. Benedict, 13th Kansas Infantry, both wounded. No priase in the respect would sufficiently do justice to their heroic conduct." Col. S.J. Carwford, 2nd Kansas Colored Inf. "Lieut. Baird was wounded, while fearlessly doing his duty in the hottest of the fight. My color-bearer, Mortimer W. Nelson, as brave a man as ever bore a flag, was shot in the shoulder and fell. Out of four, two color guards, Corporals Davis and Bare, fell severly wounded, and I regret to say Davis was left on the field. Lieutenant Amos, Capt. Jordan, Capt. Sennet, and Lieut. Christie foudn with the cool determination of veterans. One noble sergeant, Simmons, of Co.H, shot in the breast, when his lieutenant told him the enemy was beaten, waved his hand and died with a smile." Col. John A. Garrett, 40th Iowa Inf. Volunteers ******** TWO DEATHS REPORTED At a late hour we received the following account from Dr. J.M. Brown, chaplain of the 29th Arkansas Volunteers engaged at Jenkins' Ferry. "My regiment had crossed over a fence on the battlefield when I found a Union captian who had been shot in the neck. He had taken position behind the roots of a large pine log and had fallen back into the water, out of which he was trying to keep his head. I took him out of the hole and placed his knapsack under his head. He held up his hand on which was a fine ring. He said, 'My sister, English settlement, Iowa.' But he was so far gone I could not get his name. I regretted that I did not preserve the fine belt, sword and scabbard that I left beside his dying body. In our first charge, almost the first man hit was the son of a ruling elder of my congregation at home. It was a spent ball that buried itself in the muscle of the arm, lodging against the bone. He was but a few feet in front and I saw him drop back, but quickly took his place in line again. I saw him fall back the second time and again take his place; ther third time he staggered back and threw his gun down. Getting down from my horse, I aught him in my arms. William, are you hit? 'Yes' Where? He pointed behind his neck. It looked bad, but of course the neck was not broken. Where else? He was getting very weak and placed his hand on his stomach. One look and I knew that it was fatal. He was helped upon the horse and taken to the hospital where after a few hours suffering, he passed to another mode of existence." MR. CHERRY'S DEATH Q.V. Stephens has written that M.M.J.Cherry, an enlisted soldier, was among those killed at Jenkins' Ferry on the 30th. According to Mr. Stephens, he fll while gallantly charging the enemy and whil discharging his duty as a soldier. A single ball struck him in the right temple and went out the other. He was killed instantly and never spoke after he was struck. Friends went to the battlefield and carried him off to a good place and buried him on the bank of Cox Creek about two miles from Jenkins' Ferry on the Camden Road. We offer our best respects and sincerest sympathy to his widow. "Too much praise cannot be accorded those men who drove the enemy's center a half mile after all support had given way. When all acted so gallantly it is difficult, if not impossible to point out particular instances. Colonel Davie, Lieutenant-Colonel Brooks, and Lieutenant Colonel Hicks, commanding regiments, did their who duty, urgin their men forward in the advance and rallying them when driven back. In this they were faithfully assisted by Major Hathaway, of Davie's regiment; Major Stanley, Yells regiment; and Captain Anthony, acting lieutenant colone, and Captain Montell, acting major, Gause's regiment. Major Stanley and Captain Anthony were both wounded, the latter severly. I am particularly indebted to Lieutenant Smither, volunteer aide, for valuable services on the march from Camden and during the engagement. He was conspicuoous for his gallantry, every ready and prompt to execute orders, and deserves particular mention. I desire also to mention Captain Carter, acting assistand adjutant-general; Lieutenantes Ross, assistant Adjutant and inspector-general, and Leroy Burrow, acting aide-de-camp, of my staff, for the promptness and energy with which they discharged their several duties. My loss is 16 killed and 67 wounded, as will be seen by reference to a report forwarded herewith. Among the killed are the gallant Captain McIver, Lieutenants Cude, Lasiter and Ponder, all of whom fell bravely leading the men in the charge. Their loss is sad and an almost irreparable blow to their command. Braver or truer men never fell in any battle. Aboout 2 p.m. I withdrew my brigade from the field and bivouacked on the hill on the Princeton Road, and marched thence to this place. Respectfully submitted." Col. L.C. Gause, 32nd Ark. Inf. CSA. "Feeling that it would be invidious to make any distinction between the commanding officers of regiments, assisted by their other field officers, in valor, skill, and efficiency on the field, I will say that they did everything that could be expected from them. Considering the well-earned laurels they have gathered upon other battlefields, I think I pay them the greatest compliment when I say they sustained that reputation. Lieutenant-Colonel Smizer, of the Eight Missouri Infantry, was wounded while gallantly discharging his duty. Captain Ruffner's battery was left on the hill when we first formed to await my orders. Receiving an order from one of General Smith's staff to send a section, which was unfortunately, captured by the enemy. Having no knowledge of the circumstances and the order of putting him in action, I attach his report for your consideration. My staff discharged their duty, Lieutenant Von Phul, aide-de-camp, receiving a wound on the arm and chest, Lieutenant Waldo having his horse severely wounded. I am, very respectfully, your obediant servant." Brig. Gen. John B. Clark, Jr., CSA. "I beg to make favorable mention of Col. William M. Moore, commanding Tenth Missouri Infantry. This gallant officer was severely wounded near the close of the action while at his post encouraging his men, and refused to quit the field until ordered by me to do so. Lieut. Co. Simon Harris, of the same regiment, was instantly killed while bravely [engaged] in the discharge of his duty. The army has not been called to mourn the loss of a more gallant or efficient officer nor the country a more disinterested patriot and citizen than Simon Harris. Endeared to all who knew him, his memory is inshrined in the hearts of his comrades in arms. His loss to the country is irreparable. Major Magoffin efficently commanded the regiment after the command devolved upon him. Lieut. Cols. P.W.H. Cumming and Thomas H. Murray, commanding, respectively, the Sixteenth and Eleventh Missouri Regiments of Infantry. deserve the highest praise for their gallant bearing on the field and the ability which they displayed in handling their commands in action. Maj. L.A. Pindall, commanding battalion of sharpshooters, was conspicuous for coolness and courage. The ability which he displayed in the management of his command during the action marks him an officer of the highest merit. The battalion of sharpshooters deserve especial merit for the sturdy and unwavering courage displayed by them on the battlefield. Capt. A.A. Lesueur, commanding Missouri Light Battery, belonging to thisbrigade, was detached from my command at the beginning of the engagement and ordered to report to Brigadier-General Marmaduke, commanding cavalry. He rendered efficent service with his batter on another portion of the field. I desire to return my thanks to Lieut. Samuel M. Morrison, acting assistant adjutant-general of the brigade, and Lieut. H. Buford Armistead, my aide-de-camp. The zeal and intelligence with they exhibited in carrying and delivering my orders, and their gallant bearing in the face of the enemy, renders honorable mention of them but an act of justice. My entire loss in the engagement was 10 killed and 50 wounded." Col. S.P. Burns, 2nd Missouri Brigade CSA. *********** "The serious loss in officers and men, the fall of the gallant and daring Scurry and Randal, the only general officers from Texas, save myself, on the field, fully sustain the well-earned reputation of the troops from that State. I would specially commend the conduct of Col. Overton Young, commanding the Eighth[Twelfth] Regiment Texas Infantry; as at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, he behaved with much fitness for command. Severely wounded, his loss would be a great one to the service should he be unable to again take the field. I earnestly recommend him for promotion. Colonel Watson, a brave and excellent officer, commanding the Eighteenth Regiment Texas Infantry, was killed while gallantly leading his men. It is with great satisfaction that I acknowledge my indebtedness to Col. Washington L. Crawford, of Texas, on the staff of J=Major General Price, who after his command had been withdrawn tendered me his services. He proved himself a cool, daring, active, and efficient officer by promptly extending my orders and watching and penetrating the designs of the enemy. Surg. Edward Randall, brigade surgeon, a most skillful, attentive and active officer, was severely wounded in the commencement of the action. Capt. Adolph King, assistant adjutant general, and Capt. Robert Brodnax, aide-de-camp performed their several duties with their usual zeal and ability, the highest encomium they can receive. Indeed, the conduct of officers and men fully sustained the character their former behavior won for them, with the additional advantages that experience has brought of being calm, cool and collected, the officers devoting themselves to the all important duty of holding their men in hand and subject to control. I have the honor to be, very respectlly, your obedient servant." Brig. Gen. T. N. Waul, CSA. "While all the commanding officers performed their duty well, I cannot refrain from noticing the action of Lieutenant Gillespie, Twelfth Battalion Sharpshooters, commanding detachment on the field. For activity and daring he was particularly conspicuous, and I would respectfully urge that promotion could not be bestowed upon a more worthy or efficient officer. Captain Franklin, First Battalion Dismounted Cavalry, commanding a company, deserves the highest praise for his conduct. Indeed, all my commanders did well. All honor is due my adjuant, Thomas H. Simms, for his bearing and efficiency on the field, being found at all times where duty called him, regardless of danger, I cannot close this report without offering my thinks to Lieutenant Cunningham, aide-de-camp to General Smith, for the valuable services rendered me. Cool and collected, he rode in front of my line seeking favorable positions and ascertaining the whereabouts of the enemy, urging and encouraging my men to deeds of daring. Indeed, I attribute my success in a great degree to his skill and good judgement, and feel that I was extremely fortunate in having the services of so brave and skillful an officer." Lieut. Co. H.G.P. Williams, Dockery's Brigade, CSA. "My casualties are 28 killed, 124 wounded and 6 missing. Among the killed was Lieut. Col. Simon Harris, of the Tenth Missouri, who fell while gallantly cheering on his regiment. In his fall the country has lost a brave and accomplished officer. Brig. Gen. John B. Clark was wounded in the arm while leading his brigade with his accustomed skill and daring. Colonel Burnes, commanding the Second Brigade, is entitled to an honorable mention by me for the good judgement, coolness, and courage with which he handled his brigade. Officers and men all are entitled to the thanks and admiration of their country for their patient endurance and energy in their pursuit, and for their firmness and valor in the battle which routed the enemy at Jenkins' Ferry. Officers of my staff-Major Maclean, Captain Kelly, and Captain Edwards-were with me on the field. their energy, courage, and experience greatly contributed to the success of the day." Brig. Gen. Mosby M. Parsons, CSA. ********* Article: CONFEDERATE ROLL OF HONOR FOR CONSPICUOUS COURAGE GOOD CONDUCT GENERAL ORDERS, No. 64 ADJT. And INSP. General's Office, Richmond, VA. 1864 I. The following roll of honor is published, in accordance with paragraph I General Orders, No.131, 1863. It will be read to every regiment in the service at the first dress-parade after its receipt. * * * * BATTLE OF JENKINS' FERRY Missouri: Eighth Regiment of Infantry Capt. E. A. Pinnell, Co. D Capt. A. M. Curry, Co. G First Lieut. T. L. Johnson, Co. C Senior Second Lieut. James Hulsey, Co. E Junior Second Lieut. M. O. Roberts, Co. F Junior Second Lieut. T. B. Logan, Co. I Ninth Regiment of Infantry Private George E. Kirby, Co. G Tenth Regiment of Infantry Private A. J. Hutchinson, Co. E Private Ozias Benton, Co. F Private J. R. Adams, Co. G Private Stephen Crismon, Co. K Eleventh Regiment of Infantry Private W. H. Dodson, * Co. A Private Peter Black, * Co. B Private D. O. Daugherty, Co. C Private William Park, Co. D Sergt. Green B. Smith, * Co. F Private B. F. Mock, Co. G Private Thomas Conner, * Co. H Private Jacob S. Barnard, * Co. I Sergt. S. B. McBride, Co. K Company E on detached service. Twelfth Regiment of Infantry Private J. W. Kilgore, Co. A Sergt. James Hawkins, Co. B Private H. K. Taylor, Co. C Sergt. Geroge Hirsch, Co. D Private John E. Morris, Co. E Sergt. James Lincycomb, Co. F Private M. Gibson, Co. G Sergt. William Kemp, Co. H Sergt. A. J. Hinkle, Co. I Private N. C. Foster, Co. K. Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry Private Loyd T. Stepenson, * Co. C Private D. P. Neel, * Co. F Private William Tyree, Co. I Private W. L. Jackson, Co. K Other companies declined selecting. Ninth Battalion of Sharpshooters Private W. B. McElwee, Co. A Sergt. H. B. Stiles, Co. B Private W. Clay Green, Co. C Private John King, Co. D Lesueur's Battery Corpl. Jefferson H. Gillespie By order: S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General All noted [*] KILLED IN ACTION Article: 27TH WISCONSIN CASUALTY REPORT Colonel C. Krez, 27th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, has filed this list of his killed, wounded, and missing at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30th: KILLED Walter Osborn Wesley H. Stagg Peter Barth Lawrence Dickensford Carl White WOUNDED John J. Borland John Henry G. Dietrick Vandaen F. Rumery Justin C. Cretton Joseph Mesmer conrad Plinke John Gehring J. Kingsland H. Hemke Christian Timmingson MISSING Paul Casley Conrad Martin Adam Eifler H. Mandel M. Wagner Joseph Gretzer Jacob Brick Edward O'Hara Philip Theiss T. Proffsman T. Abel P. Refhel Levi Dean George W. Cole Article: DEATH OF LIEUT. HUGH MC COLLUM We have just learned of the death of Lieut. High McCollum of Camden, who fell at Jenkins' Ferry. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of Arkansas Infantry on the 17th day of May, 1861, and was later wounded in the Battle of Shiloh. He joined Grinstead's 33rd Regiment and was in the Battle of Prairie Grove and with E. Kirby Smith at Pleasant Hill at Mansfield, Louisiana. McCollum was killed leading his men against a circling fire of musketry and artillery. In the true spriit of the patriot, his last words were: "Carry me home and tell them I did my duty and died at my post." Article: VETERAN'S COMMENTS Upon reaching the safety of Little Rock, some of the veterans of Steele's march were asked to comment on their experiences. Those statements are printed here in the hope that family members might receive the news through this paper. Confederate veterans were interview in Camden by our correspondent assiged to Kirby Smith's army. FEDERAL COMMENTS: "We had been hungry form some time but now we began to actually suffer for want of food. I knew of a case where one man paid a comrade two dollars for a single piece of hard-tack, and another traded a silver watch for two of them" "When we reached Little Rock, we filed past General Steele's headquarters. There would undoubtedly have been a good deal of music, but the fifes and drums had been so nearly used up on the campaign, the pounding was hardly as lively as usual." "We were almost at the limits of human endurance, and some actually slept while marching." "At Little Rock we received long-needed rations. Never were rations more speedily distributed or hard-tack and sow-belly put inside blue uniforms with greater haste." "Many wagons were abandoned at Jenkins' Ferry as we privates were not so much interested in them as we were in the contents. The officers had all their fine clothes in them, so there came a sudden change of garments to save the best from burning; and men who had laid down ragged and dirty at dark were seen at daylight finely dressed in glossy coats with shining buttons, but hungry and tired as ever." "Oh, the interminable time in that dreary swamp! Driven to the last extreme of haste by the imperative necessity for food, we were compelled to wait and linger, while the long train of wagons would stick in the mud, and the mules would flounder in the mire." "Water and mud were waist deep in places; we waded, rather than walked. Timber with which to corduroy the road was scarce and when teams gave out, those used to pull the sutler's wagons were commandeered; when thses balked, the wagons were burned. Animals too weak to be led were turned loose. Vehicles becoming hopelessly mired in the mud were left." "During the battle, smoke became so dense, waving like a thick mass between the dark trees over the enemy ground, that it was impossible to see anything else at a distance of 20 yards." "The Rebels did indeed fire too high or too low. Our men learned to stoop down under the smoke and fire at breast level which could not fail to hit its mark. The crowded and more than double formation of rebel lines must have suffered a dreadful slaughter." CONFEDERATE COMMENTS: "Our troops did not fight well. They got in confusion and it was impossible for the officers, most of whom are of no earthly account, to do anything with them." "Following the fight in the cornfield, we posted ourselves at the edge of the woods in order to watch Infirmary Corps search for any wounded that might have been left behind. We wanted to prevent the mutilation and murder of our wounded which the enemy had inflicted on some owho had been left on the field from the conflict before our arrival." "Our brigade was dashed up gallantly to an old cornfield, where using our muskets quite soldierly, sustained the fight without assistance, agains 7,000 of the enemy for forty minutes." "My General's arm was broken by a minie ball, but he refused to go to the rear. The foe threatened to envelop us in a sheet of flame." "At one time during the battle our boys retreated. General Churchill rode up at that time, leaped off his horse, and seized a musket from one of our slackers. He rallied the remnant of the brigade around him in spite of a galling fire." As Missourians we are part of the best brigade in the Confederacy and all that is left that volunteered at the breaking out of the war. We never lost a man except by death." "After standing on the ridge for over 20 minutes, we advanced into the bottom. There was no romance of war or battle; no waving of banners; no martial music, no thronging of wome and children. It was raining and we walked with our officers into that cheerless, dismal swamp. We were as steady as if we were on drill." Article: AN EASY WAY TO FIGHT A BATTLE A Confederate veteran recently at Jenkins' Ferry observed that some shots were wasted during the battle. He reported as follows: "We stood there and saw the other two regiments, the 19th and 24th Arkansas Consolidated and the 27th and 38th Arkansas Consolidated, to the right and left of us go forward and disappear in the woods beyond a little field. It was interesting. Two or three of them behind the same tree would sight for an interminable length of time at the woods, then fire and hide behind the tree until they could load their guns again. This looked like to us to be a very good and easy way to fight a battle, and indeed it was for after events developed it was a good half-mile to where the enemy was located." Article: CONFEDERAT ATTEMPT FLEECED BY YANKS A rebel attempt to mislead Federals at Jenkins' Ferry has met with failure. During the early stages of the battle, a number of mounted Confederat soldiers in Federal uniforms appeared on the field driving a flock of sheep before them. Apparently they hoped to spy and deceive their enemy into believing they were a friendly foraging party. As soon as the Federal soldiers saw through the ruse, they opened fire. Sheep and sheepherders quickly scattered into the woods, their judgement of Yankee intelligence miscalculated. Article: INFANT CHILD We are told that a large number oc camp followers, including colored Americans, attached themselves to Steele's column as the Federals abandoned Camden. Many of their pitiful wagons and teams became hopelessly stuck in the mud along with the military. Mr. McElroy, who lives near Turin Post Office, reportedly found a black infant on the field after the battle and has taken the child home where it will be raised. A Federal soldier said he personlly saw a least one wagon containing a half-dozen black babies of assorted sizes stuck in a slough and drawn by the feeblest of all possible mules, just executing his last drowning kick as he waded by. A large number of sutlers' and refugees' wagons were also lost at Marks Mills. Article: CAPTURE OF CONFEDERATE COLORS We have ascertained that three Confederat flags were taken by the Federals at Jenkins' Ferry. Two were taken by the Fiftieth Indiana and one by the Ninth Wisconsin. The captured colors are now in Little Rock and are paraded as trophies of war. Article: BATTLEFIELD HOSPITALS Most of our readers are already aware that hospitals still remain on the battlefield at Jenkins' Ferry. The Federal hospitals, we are told, consisted of sever tents on both sides of the river and a house located on the battlefield. All the ambulatory wounded were sent across the river to the east side while the stretcher cases were found and carried into the house. One surgeon, Doctor Loehr, and two assistants were left behind to care for the seriously wounded. A hospital steward reported that one tent contained at least thirty-seven Federal soldiers requiring amputations and that Dr. Loehr and his staff were later taken prisoner by Confederates and removed from their duties. A Confederate medic was assigned in his place. It is throught that the entire hospital, aides, and equipment will soon be transferred to Camden. All buidings in the neighborhood were turned into field hospitals by the Confederates to house the wounded of both sides. The dead were buried in shallow graves on or near the battlefield while some were carried to Tulip in Dallas County to await the final judgement. Atricle: CONFEDERATE PRIVATE DESCRIBES HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE Robert M. Rodgers of Ashley County enlisted at Company B, 26th Arkansas Regiment in 1863 at the age of 17 and was wounded in action at Jenkins' Ferry. He was interviewed by our correspondent visiting Camden last week where he described his experiences. "I was numbered among the unfortunates. Wounded in my left arm about 9:00 o'clock on the monring of April 30th when the battle seemed to reach its highest pitch. I was powder burned and my face smoked so black my comrades could scarcely recognize me. While I was attempting to get off the field, I met my regimental surgeon who called, 'Is that you, Rodgers?' By that time my wound was very painful, and the blood was flowing freely down my side and around my waist. My surgeon secured the necessary hel, and I was take back to a line of vehicles that stood just behind the battle ranks. My old comrade, Grizzell, and I were soon placed in one and conveyed at once to the hospital ground where may poor wounded soldiers were bieng rapidly collected. Grizzell was beside me and was wounded at the same time I was. I remember very well the expression on his face at the time my gun was shot from my hand. I thought he was killed, but it so happened that he had received a severe wound from which he finally recovered. We remained on the battlefield for three days after which wer were removed to the hospital at Tulip. The serious condition that soldiers may be placed can hardly be described. Imagination only can picture. Our baggage train had been sent to Texs and of course we were without a change of clothing, and we were forced to remain in our blood-stained clothes for nine or ten days. The enemy had over run the country which made it almost impossible for the patriotic citizens to give aid to the wounded. However, with sympathizing hearts and ready hands they did everything they could to give relief to the wounded soldiers. I had become despondent by this time. My clothes saturated with blood for so long had become bvery offensive and flies were bad, creeping things as large as wheat grains had now infested my body round about my blood-stained clothes. This was the condition of many of my wounded comrades. My first nurse was very slothful and unconcerned, and on account of his unfaithfulness he was discharged and ordered to report to the command without delay. My second nurse was a good man and was exceedingly careful with me. It was about two weeks after the battle that I seemed to be getting weaker very rapidly and I thought I must be dying. It was late in the afternoon of that day, it came my time to get a little bed and a clean shirt and a pair of trousers. I remember my nurse-called me and asked if I could bear for them to lift me, and hold me up until they could change my clothes and place me on a small bed. I consented to this although I was so very weak. While all this was taking place, I could see some wounded comrades in another part of the room, dying. I knew nothing more for some time; and when I cam to myself I was lying on a little bed with clean clothes on, with my right hand and arm laid across my breast. Nature had changed. I soon fell into a deep sleep and enjoyed a good nights rest for the first time since my misfortune. When I awoke the next morning, I did not feel soweak and from that time forward I began to improve. Two weeks later I was able to take leave of my wounded comrades that were still at the hospital. I left in company with my Division Surgeon who amputated my arm at the battlefield, and who now dressed my stub every mroning on our way to Camden. Article: GENERAL STEELE REMEMBERED FOR DODD INCIDENT Our readers will recall the role of General Steele four months ago in David O. Dodd's arrest and execution. dodd, a popular 17-year old and a former citizen of Benton then living in Camden, was arrested by Federals near Little Rock and charged with spying for the Confederates. Sergeant Miller of Company B, 1st Missouri Cavalry made the arrest. The trial wich followed lasted for six days with a sentence of death by hanging. A number of citizens begged the General to spare the boy's life, but he refused to interfere. The execution took place on January 8th on the grounds of St. John's College with burial in Little Rock. This incident took place just three months before Steele embarked on the Red River Expedition. Article: COMMENTS CONCERNING E. KIRBY SMITH & CONFEDERATE COMMANDERS A most distinguished assemblage of Trans-Mississippi Department Confederates was present at the recent battle on the Saline. With General E. Kirby Smith were: Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke, Major General John G. Walker, Brigadier General Thomas N. Waul, Brigadier General William R. Scurry, Major General Sterling Price, Brigadier General James C. Tappan, Brigadier General Alexander T. Hawthorn, Brigadier General Mosby M. Parsons, Brigadier General John B. Clark, Brigadier General H. L. Grinstead, Brigadier General Horace Randal, and Brigadier General T. J. Churchill. General E. Kirby Smith was born in 1824 in Florida and graduated from West Point at the age of 21. After serving in the Mexican War, he returned to West Point as an instructor of mathematics. In 1852 he was transferred west and participated in the Texas Frontier Indian Wars where he attained the rank of major in the Union Army. In 1861 he resigned his commission and became a Confederate Brigadier General, service in the Battle of Bull Run where he was wounded. We have reason to believe that at Jenkins' Ferry, the General commanded personally, cheering his men on to victory over the enemy. Regardless of his demonstration at the recent battle, many Southerners feel that the General badly mismanaged his troops, feeding them into the Federal meat-grinder piecemeal. A soldier from Walker's Texas Division said, "The officers beseeched General Smith to allow their commands to swim the river in pursuit of Steele's army. He felt, however that it would be too great a risk to send his cavalry across the river without the infantry. Smith was satisfied with the laurels he had already won; consequently he allowed Steele's Army to return to Little Rock, his base of operations, unmolested." Major General Sterling Price, commanding Arkansas and Missouri Infantry Divisions, also did not distinguish himself at Jenkins' Ferry. He apparently took much too long to concentrate his cavalry against Steele's column. Opion is that the handling of his men here could scarcely have been worse and that the Richmond government should relieve him of his command. Article: CRITICISM OF GENERAL FAGAN It is rumored that some criticism of Brigadier General James F. Fagan by Confederate officers has surfaced since the 30th. Fagan, who commanded at Marks' Mills on Arpil 24, attacked that Federal train in violation of his orders which were to get between Little Rock and Camden and cut General Steele's line of retreat by felling trees across the road. According to reports, had these instructions been obeyed, the VII Corps would have been destroyed at Jenkins' Ferry. Fagan reconniotered the west bank of the Saline River to Pratt's Ferry and said he found no evidence of a Federal wagon train as described in his orders. Unable to cross the flooding river to the east side, he turned his cavalry, consiting of about 2,000 men, toward Arkadelphia to look for supplies. By the time Fagan learned of his mistake and returned to Jenkins' Ferry, Steele had already crossed the river. It is common knowledge in the Confederate camp that General Fagan could have won the battle by his presence but lost it by his absence. Article: COUNTY JUDGE WITH FAGAN Major James T. Poe, former County and Probate Judge of this county, recently commanded a Confederat cavalry battalion at Poison Spring and Marks' Mills and was with General Fagan's Task Force at Jenkins' Ferry. The Major first served in the 11th Arkansas Regiment organized in Benton in 1861 and spent several months in Federal prison following his surrender in 1862. While home on furlough here in 1863, his property was burned by Federals. Everything was taken, including slaves, livestock, food and cooking utensils. He reported that they only things left were a broken skillet, cedar churn, and a ten-toed chicken. Shortly after this incident he moved his fmaily to Columbia County, Arkansas, and returned here to lead Poe's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion under Colonel John C. Wright's Brigade during the recent hostilities in South Arkansas. Article: GENERAL STEELE REMEMBERED FOR DODD INCIDENT Our readers will recall the role of General Steele four months ago in David O. Dodd's arrest and execution. dodd, a popular 17-year old and a former citizen of Benton then living in Camden, was arrested by Federals near Little Rock and charged with spying for the Confederates. Sergeant Miller of Company B, 1st Missouri Cavalry made the arrest. The trial wich followed lasted for six days with a sentence of death by hanging. A number of citizens begged the General to spare the boy's life, but he refused to interfere. The execution took place on January 8th on the grounds of St. John's College with burial in Little Rock. This incident took place just three months before Steele embarked on the Red River Expedition. Article: COMMENTS CONCERNING E. KIRBY SMITH & CONFEDERATE COMMANDERS A most distinguished assemblage of Trans-Mississippi Department Confederates was present at the recent battle on the Saline. With General E. Kirby Smith were: Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke, Major General John G. Walker, Brigadier General Thomas N. Waul, Brigadier General William R. Scurry, Major General Sterling Price, Brigadier General James C. Tappan, Brigadier General Alexander T. Hawthorn, Brigadier General Mosby M. Parsons, Brigadier General John B. Clark, Brigadier General H. L. Grinstead, Brigadier General Horace Randal, and Brigadier General T. J. Churchill. General E. Kirby Smith was born in 1824 in Florida and graduated from West Point at the age of 21. After serving in the Mexican War, he returned to West Point as an instructor of mathematics. In 1852 he was transferred west and participated in the Texas Frontier Indian Wars where he attained the rank of major in the Union Army. In 1861 he resigned his commission and became a Confederate Brigadier General, service in the Battle of Bull Run where he was wounded. We have reason to believe that at Jenkins' Ferry, the General commanded personally, cheering his men on to victory over the enemy. Regardless of his demonstration at the recent battle, many Southerners feel that the General badly mismanaged his troops, feeding them into the Federal meat-grinder piecemeal. A soldier from Walker's Texas Division said, "The officers beseeched General Smith to allow their commands to swim the river in pursuit of Steele's army. He felt, however that it would be too great a risk to send his cavalry across the river without the infantry. Smith was satisfied with the laurels he had already won; consequently he allowed Steele's Army to return to Little Rock, his base of operations, unmolested." Major General Sterling Price, commanding Arkansas and Missouri Infantry Divisions, also did not distinguish himself at Jenkins' Ferry. He apparently took much too long to concentrate his cavalry against Steele's column. Opion is that the handling of his men here could scarcely have been worse and that the Richmond government should relieve him of his command. Article: CRITICISM OF GENERAL FAGAN It is rumored that some criticism of Brigadier General James F. Fagan by Confederate officers has surfaced since the 30th. Fagan, who commanded at Marks' Mills on Arpil 24, attacked that Federal train in violation of his orders which were to get between Little Rock and Camden and cut General Steele's line of retreat by felling trees across the road. According to reports, had these instructions been obeyed, the VII Corps would have been destroyed at Jenkins' Ferry. Fagan reconniotered the west bank of the Saline River to Pratt's Ferry and said he found no evidence of a Federal wagon train as described in his orders. Unable to cross the flooding river to the east side, he turned his cavalry, consiting of about 2,000 men, toward Arkadelphia to look for supplies. By the time Fagan learned of his mistake and returned to Jenkins' Ferry, Steele had already crossed the river. It is common knowledge in the Confederate camp that General Fagan could have won the battle by his presence but lost it by his absence. Article: COUNTY JUDGE WITH FAGAN Major James T. Poe, former County and Probate Judge of this county, recently commanded a Confederat cavalry battalion at Poison Spring and Marks' Mills and was with General Fagan's Task Force at Jenkins' Ferry. The Major first served in the 11th Arkansas Regiment organized in Benton in 1861 and spent several months in Federal prison following his surrender in 1862. While home on furlough here in 1863, his property was burned by Federals. Everything was taken, including slaves, livestock, food and cooking utensils. He reported that they only things left were a broken skillet, cedar churn, and a ten-toed chicken. Shortly after this incident he moved his fmaily to Columbia County, Arkansas, and returned here to lead Poe's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion under Colonel John C. Wright's Brigade during the recent hostilities in South Arkansas. Article: HUMORUS Dr. J. M. Brown of the 29th Arkansas Volunteers submitted a lighter story to us which we print here. "As we marched toward the Jenkins' Ferry battlefield, it was so dark that only the lightning showed us the road, stumps, and gullies. Just as day was beginning, we were halted along a fence which appeared to enclose a last year's new ground, for there were many small trees that had been deadened before last year's crop had been put in. These orders rang back over the line. 'Attention! Face left! Make ready! Fire!' As the lightning flashed, the effect of the brigade's shot on the dead branches of those trees was wonderful to behold." A veteran of the 33rd Iowa observed: "There was the most perfect equality and democracy, we had ever seen in the army. The officers had no 'sleeping utensils' with them, and therefore, had to lie down as they were. General Rice was fortunate enough to have a cloak to lie on. He made a pillow of the bodies of one or two sleepy soldiers, who happend to be near him. One of the men happened to awake about 4 o'clock, and in moving a little, he almost stumbled over our division commander (Salomon), stretched upon the bare ground, with his feet to the fire, and looking like any other Dutchman." Dr. Brown remembered another incident: I did not relish my day's assignment. Shortly after the brigade had halted and while the soldiers were building fires, an orderly sergeant hailed me and took me before General Hawthorn. As soon as I had saluted, the general remarked, "Chaplain, I have ordered a detail of sixty men, the best in the brigade, to report to you at once, march them here as soon as you can line them up. I want to say a word to them." At the risk of arousing the general's ire, I informed him "there were two other chaplains in the brigade..., that had led the infirmary corps in previous engagements, that I had lately married a wife." Hawthorn was a brave man, of splended appearance and in every respect a worthy leader of men, a minister of the Gospel, of the Primitive Baptist persuasion, he turned his large loving brown eyes upon me. "Chaplain Brown, I selected you for this dangerous work because you are a Presbyterian and believe just as I do, that whatever is to be, will be anyhow! Bring me that detail of men." A Confederat Office Reported: "At midnight we were called into the line and ordered to move on. The night was so black that one could almost feel the darkness with the hand. Sounds of distant thunder fell upon the ear, which as it came nearer, swelled into a roar. In the darkness one could see nothing. Then a flash of lightning would come and reveal a long line of bayonets stretching way down the road and out into the darkness. Every man that spoke did so in reference to the whereabouts of himself and his command. Frequently, a mounted officer was threatened by an infantryman, whom he had unwittingly ridden over. We had stopped in the road for some purpose. I had dismounted and was leaning against my horse, with a cape over my head, for the rain was falling steadily, when the knee of a horseman took me violently in the back. I said something to him which caused him to turn his head suddenly when he rode over two or three soldiers. One of them threatened to bayonet the man and the horse both, wound up a tirade of abuse by demanding of....(the horseman) his name and business. The horseman replied that his name was E. Kirby Smith, and that his business was to command the army. The announcement appeard to be satisfactory, as it was followed by profound silence." Article: RATIONS Near Little Rock the Federal column was met by a supoly train sent out by General Joseph R. West where rations of hard-tack, coffee and sow-belly were distributed with haste. A Texas veteran remarked that each Confederate soldier was issued rations of two ounces of bacon and one ear of corn following the battle on April 30th. It is known that the country through which both armies marched is unable to support such a force for very long. Article: THE MULE BRIGADE During the march toward Little Rock following the Battle at Jenkins' Ferry, sick, wounded and weak Federal soldiers unable to walk were supplied with mules unhitched from abandoned wagons. This became known as the mule brigade and was formed into something like regular military style as it entered Little Rock. These disable veterans, along with Confederate prisoners captured on the march, were pressed into closer ranks and paraded into Fort Steele with what was left of the VII Corps. Atricle: SAVED BY A BOY AND A MULE Sergeant Peter K. Bonebrake of the 33rd Iowa Infantry Volunteers was wounded at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. The Federal troops were scattered in such haste that they could not stop to pick up the injured and that meant that many men died who should have recovered. Bonebrake was one of the wounded left on the field where a spent musket ball had struck his shoulder. He fell and could not move and would have bled to death if help had not come. He was saved by a black boy called Clem whom he had befriended. Sergeat Bonebrake lay helpless all afternoon and night. He knew that he had to get away from the battlefield before morning and was weak from loss of blood and lack of food. Just then his boy found him. Clem knew that some had already begun robbing the sick and the dead. He saw one of the mules that had been used to pull artillery and it still had the bridle and some other portion of harness on. Clem caught him, and lifted his protector onto the mule's back. Leading the mule, he set out after the retreating Union Army hoping to overtake them. But the mule was slow, and the soldier on his back could not hold on safely. In the early afternoon they were halted by a group of three guerrilla horsemen who were not Southern soldiers but who lived by robbery. They three discussed what to do with the white man and the boy. Two of them voted to shoot both, but one advised against it; He won't live anyway; why kill him? Then they shot Clem and rode away. The sergeant sat on the mule's back all the rest of that day and night. He dared not get off lest he could not get on again. He was have-starved and only partially conscious. The mule stopped for long intervals to eat grass and Peter toppled but held on. Eventually, after three days, they reached the Federal camp. How he had been able to stay on the mule's back, he could not tell. He was almost delirious when he struggled into a camp which proved to be that of the 33rd Iowa Infantry. Some of his own company carried him into the regimental hospital where food was brought to him. He ate very little. One of the doctors remarked that he could not live until morning. He dropped to sleep but awakened at early dawn. He knew that an operation to remove the bullet would be the finish. He did not know the Regimental doctors but he determined to reach his Company Hospital and the doctor he knew. He was too weak to stand, so he crept on hands and knees, much of the way. He rested at frequent intervals and sometimes was certain that he had fainted. Just as dawn was changing to daylight, he reached the hospital, fainted, as his friends recognized him and carried him to the improvised hospital. The good doctor saw that an immediate operation was necessary. So with Peter stretched out on a rough tableunder the light of a lantern, the bullet was removed, and the wound soon healed and the sergeant returned to his company in Little Rock. Article: QUARTERMASTER'S REPORT OF FEDERAL PROPERTY LOSSES Statement of wagons and mules captured and destroyed during the expedition of the VII Army Corps: Total number of wagons captured by the enemy, 298; total number of wagons burned during engagements by the enemy's projectiles, about 90; total number of wagons destroyed by orders, 247; total number of wagons missing, 635; total number of mules captured, about 2,000; total number of mules lost and abandoned, about 500; total number of mules missing, 2500. Article: SCOUTING CREWS ACTIVE HERE Captain Jonas Webb's Independent company of scouts is reportedly operating in the vicinity of the Saline River. Webb's activities here ahve been met with frequent criticism from the local population, although he maintains that he supports the Southern cause in very way. In recent months he had been accused of robberty and murder. Tom Grant, a former member of Webb's company who has left the country, gave this story to the editor: "I know that this is true. Webb himself ordered his men to go into the houses and take what they wanted. Sometimes he would tell them he was taking them to Headquarters because they objected to his actions. Instead, he would take them to the Saline River bottom and murder them. I was there when Webb arrested Dan Morris. He ordered me and Fate Allee to take Morris to Headquarters which actually was a canebreak on the Saline River. When Fate refused to shoot Morris, he old chum, I myself, did the job with one shot through his heart." Article: STEELE'S REPORT TO GENERAL W. H. HALLECK, CHIEF OF STAFF On my arrival at Little Rock night before last, I learned that my dispatches from Camden up to the 18th ultimo had been forwarded to you, and also dispatches from Colonel Clayton and General Andrews giving imperfect accounts of subsequent events. I shall defer my detailed report of the campaign until reports and returns of casualties can be obtained from subordinate commanders, giving in this only a synopsis of the operations since the 18th ultimo. The command had been on short rations during the whole campaign, except with occasionally supplies could be obtained in the country. On the 20th ultimo we received a supply from Pine Bluff, with ten days' half rations for the command. Some meat was obtained on the east side of the Ouachita, and one small grist-mill and ten hand-mills were constantly kept at work grinding corn, for which the country for a great distance from Camden on both sides of the river was scoured. Four thousand or 5,000 bushels were captured on the steamer Homer. The rebels destroyed all the good mills and all the corn in the neighborhood of Camden. On the 22nd ultimo the supply train was sent back under escort of a brigade of infantry (about 1600 men), 400 cavalry, and four pieces of artillery. Captain Dunham, bearer of dispatches from General Banks, arrived, confirming the report which I had previously received that Banks had fallen back behind intrenchments at Grand Ecore. I also received information that Price had been re-enforced by 8,000 infantry from Shreveport. In the evening of this day he opened with artillery upon my outposts. Captian Dunham returned with dispatches to General Banks, informing him of my inability to advance on account of a want of supplies and the superior rebel force in front of me. He had sent me a request to move forward at once and join him on Red River. On the night of the 25th, we learned that the train, the artillery, and most of the infantry of the escort had been captured by a forece under Fagan, said to be 5,000 or 6,000 strong. This force must have crossed the Ouachita 50 or 60 miles below Camden, as my cavalry scouting parties and spies reported the country all clear between the Moro and Ouachita, and that no crossing of the river by rebels could be heard of. The rebels came up between the Moro and Saline and attacked the train about 8 miles from the crossing on the latter in the Moro Swamp. Out troops fought gallantly, but were overwhelmed by a dash of the rebels. Lieutenant-Colonel Drake, their gallant commander, was severely wounded and taken prisoner. About 500 veterans of the First Iowa Cavalry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Caldwell, going on furlough, were a few miles in rear of the train when it was attacked. On hearing the firing they pressed forward, but were met by a superior force and fighting fell back. I sent all my available cavalry to their support. They returned to Camden, having lost one lieutenant captured and a few men wounded. They captured a rebel captain and killed a colonel, who led the attack upon them. Article: STEELE'S REPORT TO GENERAL W. H. HALLECK, CHIEF OF STAFF CONTINUED (new paragraph) We received information through prisoners, deserters, and spies that Kirby Smith had come up with re-enforcements from Shreveport, and was presnt at the cannonading on our outposts on the 22nd. If we had been supplied at Camden I could have held the place against Kirby Smith's entire force, but on learning that my communications were effectually interrupted, and that the line of the Arkansas was threatened by so large a force of the enemy, I decided to fall back at once. The ammunition and baggage trains were put across the river on the pontoon bridge, and at nightfall on the 26th, the troops commenced to cross, the pickets being kept in position until everything was over, when they were quietly withdrawn and the pontoon bridge taken up with any suspicion on the part of the enemy that the movement had commenced. To aviod the bad roads through the Moro Swamp on the Mount Elba Road, the march was directed toward Jenkins' Ferry, via Princeton. Fagan with a considerable force, crossed our road a few hours in advance of us, moving toward Benton, where it was said he was going to cross the Saline for the prpost of threatening Little Rock. Our advance reached the Saline at Jenkins' Ferry at 2 p.m. on 29th. It rained very heavily. The pontoon was laid, and the cavalry commenced crossing immediately. The stream was high and was continually rising from the rain which continued to fall. From the same cause the bottom, being cut up by our artillery and baggage trains, was becoming almost impassable and required corduroying. Before the rear of the column got into the bottom it was attacked by infantry and artillery. No damage was done us; the rebels were kept off by our skirmishers. The infantry bivouacked in the bottom, while the trains and artillery were beng crossed all night. At daylight on the morning of the 30th, the enemy commenced skirmishing with our pickets. I suppost ie was Fagan's command, which had returned on our rear. The firing did not become very heavy for several hours. I directed Generl Carr, with nearly all the effective cavalry force, to move as rapidly as possible by the shortest route to Little Rock to intercept any rebel force that might be moving in that direction. The Saline bottom is 2 1/2 miles wide on each side of the river along the Jenkins' Ferry road. The rain continued and many of the wagons became irretrievably stuck in the mude on the east side of the river. Some of the animals, from exhaustion and want of forage, were unable to make their way through the miry places without the harness, consequently a good deal of baggage and some of the wagons had to be destroyed and teams doubled on the ammunition train. The trains and artillery were parked on the high grounds, two and a half miles from the bridge, as they arrived. They were guarded at first only by about 1500 dismounted and ineffective cavalry. As we did not know where the enemy might strick us, it was thought prudent to order forward two regiments of infantry to their support. While the crossing was going on General Salomon was left with his division, consisting of the brigades of General Rice and Colonel Englemann, supported by General Thayer's division of the Army of the Frontier, except two regiments that had been sent to the front to cover our rear and prevent the enemy from interrupting the crossing. The fire of the enemy became heavy, and Salomon formed his line of battle in a good position for defense, the right resting on an impassable bayou, and the left, which was protected by a wooded swamp against anything except, perhaps, skirmishers, was thrown back. The reserve was so posted that any part of the line which might be pressed could be promptly re-enforced. About 9 a.m. the enemy made a desperate assault in heavy force upon our line, but were handsomely repulsed, our troops having the advantage in cover as well as position. General Salomon asked for more troops, and expressed some doubts of being able to hold his position without them. I ordered up two regiments of infantry that had been sent to the front, and instructed him to hold his position at all hazards. This effort was renewed with redoubled energy, but they were again repulsed and driven back with great slaughter. Article: STEELE'S REPORT TO GENERAL W. H. HALLECK, CHIEF OF STAFF CONTINUED (new paragraph) At 10:30 a.m. another assault was made along the whole line and the rebels repulsed and driven off the field, our troops charging them as they fell back. The Second Kansas (colored) took 2 guns and the Twenty-ninth Iowa 1, under the immediate direction of General Rice. A number of prisoners were captured, officers and privates, all of whom concurred in saying that Kirby Smith and Price were both present, and that they had nine brigades of infantry. Smith did not know that we had evacuated Camden until noon the next day, when he immediately gave orders for the pursuit. His troops were crossed on a raft constructed of logs with planks nailed across them, at the very spot where our pontoon bridge lay. The artillery was crossed in a flat-boat. They marched without baggage, with five days' rations in haversacks and expected to capture our entire command. They did not capture a man except those whom I thought it necessary should be left on the battlefield. This necessity I regretted, but thought it of more vital importance to secure the safe passage of my command across the Saline than to attempt to bring off wounded men for whom I did not have proper transportation. More were brought off than we could have carried away had they been as severely wounded as those who were left behind. Some of our troops pursued the retreating rebels a mile, and even over the whole field. they say the enemy's loss was five to one compared with ours. I cannot now give a correct estimate of the loss on either side, but will endeavor to do so in my detailed report. The number of our troops engaged did not exceed 4,000. I have no means of estimating that of the enemy, but it was at least three times this number, with artillery. All our artillery had been sent across the river early in the day except one section, and even that was withdrawn to get it out of the mud. At the time the enemy was routed, all of our trains and artillery had just completed the passage of the river. The enemy having disappeared from the field our troops were withdrawn and passed over the bridge without interruption from the enemy. The bridge was kept two hours to pass over our wounded men and stragglers. It was nearly worn out (India rubber floats), having been in use over two years; some parts of it were 2 feet under water and I ordered it to be destroyed. We had no transportation for it, the mules were exhausted, the wagons were destroyed. It had done good service; without it my whole command would in all probability have been lost. General Halleck sent it to me two years ago last March, to operate on Current and Black Rivers. One surgeon and two assistant surgeons, with sufficient number of hospital attendants, were left to attend the wounded. Hospital supplies were also left. The rebels did not attempt to follow us. The rain continued until late in the evening and the road toward Little Rock had become almost impassable for trains and artillery. I ordered the worst of the wagons and the least valuable baggage to be destroyed, and the best teams to be put to the artillery and the remaining wagons. the ambulances and wagons carrying the sick and wounded and all the refugees were started toward Pine Bluff, that being the nearest route to the Arkansas and the one least liable to interruption from the enemy. The command and the trains were started toward Little Rock, in order to frustrate the designs which the enemy was supposed to have on that place. Owing to the state of the roads, for the first five miles progress was very slow, and it became necessary to destroy a few more wagons which could not be got along. We moved on as rapidly as possible and reached this place on the 2nd instant, withouth having seen the enemy after they retired from the battlefield near Jenkins' Ferry. It was reported, however, that Fagan corssed some artillery and part of his troops at Benton for the purpose of threatening Little Rock. If this were true they retired on learning that we were marching on the same point. Our troops behaved in all the engagements of this campaign in the most gallant manner. I have never seen troops in whom I had more confidence on the battlefield, and I regret exceedingly the necessities which have caused me to lose so many brave men in detail, while I firmly believe that while together they could not have been routed on a fair field by the superior force which Kirby Smith could have brought against them. The conduct of the colored troops of my command proves that the African can be made as formidable in battle as a soldier of any other color. I wish to recommend to the favorable consideration of the Government, for gallant and meritorious conduct on the field, Brig. Gen. F. Salomon, commanding division; Brig. Gen S. A. Rice, commanding brigade. These are both officers of superior merit. General Rice has been twice wounded during recent campaigns. At Jenkins' Ferry he received a wound which would cause the loss of his right foot. His self-possession, good judgement, energy, and faculty for managing men in the camp as well as in the field entitles him to distinguished honor. He was wounded in a charge upon the enemy's battery, after which his brigade fell to the command of Col. C. E. Salomon, Ninth Wisconsin Infantry, who managed it with skill. Brig. Gen J. M. Thayer, although commanding the reserve, was frequently under fire and deserves special mention. Colonel Englemann, Forth-third Illinois, commanded a brigade of Salomon's division. Very respectfully, general, your obedient servant, F. Steele, Major-General, Commanding. This article may loose some form when posted on the e-mail, the original printed form is paragaphed in four line segments. The second and fourth line are indented a few spaces. Article: A SOLDIER'S FAREWELL TO HIS LOVE by General H. L. Grinstead (Killed at Jenkins' Ferry) Farewell! I go where duty calls, and faith and honor point the way Where many a high-souled hero falls Upon each bloody battle day. I go; for I would scorn to be A laggard in the glorious strife That shapes our nation's destiny And wakes us to a nobler life. I fain would gird my idle sword That all too long hath lain at rest, While I upon thy lightest word, Have hung, 'til now, supremely blest. O! oft amid the din of firhgt, When swift the hurtling bullets fly, Thy image pure shall glad my sight, And nerve my arm for purpose high. Like crested knights of ancient song Who fought to please their haughty loves, I'll think of thee and still press on, Knowing thy soul the deed approves. For thou art worthier far than they Thoughtful and modest, fir and true Like the sweet flower that shuns the day, But opes to drink the dvening dew. I covet not the warrior's crown, Nor other boon or guerdon claim, But as I float life's stream adown Dearest to know that love the same As when beneat the star-lit dome, I wooed and won thy guileless heart Such as now bids the tear drops come To bathe thine eyes e're we part. O! brighter than Italian skies And purer than the lily's hue, Thy beaty shames the dolphin's dyes And send the life blood coursing through, My veins, as speeds the lightning flash, When mountain storms all wildly roar, And foaming billows leap and dash And, wearied, break upon the shore. Time cannot dim such love as ours-- Distance no barrier interpose; Its light shall guide the fleeting hours, Unquenched, till life, itself shall close. Weep not! I soon will come again To claim and clasp my gentle bride, I go to prove how madly vain Th' insulting foeman's boasted pride. Article: PINE BLUFF OCCUPIED BY FEDERALS A visitor who recently returned from Pine Bluff reports that they city is still occupied by Federals under the command of Colnel Powell Clayton. Under orders from General Steele, the Federals entered the city late in 1863 to reopen trade and protect river traffic. Confederate Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke moved from Princeton and attacked the city on October 25 but was driven back after suffering heavy losses. The Federal supply train ambushed at Marks' Mills on April 25 had been senet to Camden from Pine Bluff by Colonel Clayton in response to orders from General Steele. It is reported that the courthouse in Pine Bluff was damaged in the October attack and that many buildings have been destroyed. Article: POST OF PINE BLUFF Colonel Powell Clayton 18th Illinois, Liet. Col. Samuel B. Marks 1st Indiana Cavalry (8 companies), Maj. Julian D. Owen 5th Kansas Cavalry (10 companies), Lieut. Col. Wilton A. Jenkins 7th Missouri Cavalry, Maj. Henry P. Spellman 28th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Edmund B. Gray Article: SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS MARCH 23, 1864 - Steele's column advance from Little Rock 23-24, 1864 - Skirmishes on the Benton road 27-31, 1864 - Expedition from Pine Bluff to Mount Elba and Long View 27, 1864 - Affair at Branchville. Skirmish at Brooks' Mill 28, 1864 - Skirmish at Mount Elba 29, 1864 - Skirmish at Long View. Skirmish at Arkadelphia 30, 1864 - Action at Mount Elba & pursuit of Confederates to Big Creek 31, 1864 - Skirmish near Arkadelphia APRIL 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Arkadelphia 2, 1864 - Skirmishes at Antoine, or Terre Noir Creek & on Wolf Creek 2-3, 1864 - Skirmishes at Okolona 3-4, 1864 - Engagement at Elkin's Ferry, Little Missouri River 5, 1864 - Skirmish at Marks' Mill 6, 1864 - Skirmish at the Little Missouri 9-12, 1864 - Skirmishes on Prairie D'Ane 13, 1864 - Action at Moscow 14, 1864 - Skirmish at Dutch Mills. Skirmish at White Oak Creek 15, 1864 - Skirmish at Camden 16, 1864 - Skirmish at Liberty Post-Office 16-18, 1864 - Skirmishes about Camden 17, 1864 - Skirmish at Red Mound 18, 1864 - Engagement at Poison Spring 20, 1864 - Skirmish near Camden 23, 1864 - Confederate demonstration on Camden. Affair at Swan Lake 24, 1864 - Skirmish near Camden 25, 1864 - Action at Marks' Mills 25-26, 1864 - Skirmishes in Moro Bottom 26, 1864 - Steele's column retreats from Camden 28, 1864 - Skirmish near Princeton 29, 1864 - skirmish at the Ouachita River. Skirmish near Saline Bottom 30, 1864 - Engagement at Jenkins' Ferry. Skirmish at Whitten's Mill MAY 3, 1864 - Steele's column arrives at Little Rock Article: LETTER TO THE TROOPS OF THE VII ARMY CORPS by F. Steele, Major-General Commanding To you, the troops of the Seventh Army Corps, who participated in the recent campaign designed to co-operate with General Banks' movement against Shreveport, the major-general commanding tenders his earnest and grateful thanks. Although you were compelled to fall back without seeing the main object of the expedition accomplished, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you have beaten the enemy wherever he had met you in force, and extricated yourselves from the perilous position in which you were placed by the reverses of the co-operting column. This let loose upon you a superior force of the enemy, under one of their best generals, causing the loss of your trains, a total interruption of you communications, and rendering it impossible for you to obtain supplies. You have met the enemy, and this you have done successfully, punishing the enemy severely at the same time. The patience with which you have endured hardships and privations, and your heroic conduct on the battlefield, have been brought to the notice of the Government, and will furnish a page in the history of this war of which you may well be proud. F. Steele, Major-General, Commanding Article: Untitled Yes, give me a land that hath legends and lays That tell of the memories oflong-vanished days; Yes, give me a land that hath story and song! Enshrine the strife of the right and the wrong! Yes, give me a land with grave in each spot, And the names in the grave that shall not be forgot. Article: TO THE CHILDREN OF THE CONFEDERACY Wandering in the Garden of Memory, where the Bonny Blue Flag waves overhead; whence we catch echoes of voices now stilled, and gleams of glory from the stainless swords of the bravest men the world ever knew, we have plucked, here and there, roses red as the blood of our heroes; and palm branches sturdy and strong as the hearts of the wives and mothers who, in their lonely homes, worked and watched and prayed. Precious little pansies, too, like the faces of the children who said good-bye to the dear father, and watched in vain for his return. These, and many other blossoms, we have bound together, with a background of laurel and re-the glory and grief of those by-gone days--and we now leave the garland in your keeping. Article: ALBERT PIKE'S DIXIE Southrons, hear your country call you! Up, lest worse than death befall you! To arms! To arms! To arms! In Dixie! Lo! All the beacon fires are lghted, Let all hearts be now united! To arms! To arms! To arms! In Dixie! Chorus: Advance the flag of Dixie! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Dixie's Land we take our stand, And live or die for Dixie! To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie! To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie! Article: NEWS AND NOTES Our neighbor to the west, Pastor James E. Caldwell of New Prospect Methodist Church near the Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield in Hot Spring County, reports that his building is now being used to house wounded Confederate soldiers. * New Prospect Lodge #20 of the Independent Order of Good Templars May meeting is cancelled due to conditions resulting from the recent battle. * The Masonci Lodge at Belfast will not meet as scheduled due to interruptions brought about by the passage of the VII Corps in this vicinty. Regular meeting Saturday on or before the full moon in each month at 5 p.m. * Barbeques will be held at Elza Taylor's home in Madison Township, Jefferson County, and at Dr. R. C. Rhodes' plantation, Calvert Township, in this county for purposes of the Southern cause. * Federal soldiers of Steele's column took a milk cow belonging to Susan Hannah Fentress Lindsey of Cross Roads, Hot Spring County, and were obligated to return it when ordered by their officer. * Social gatherings in this neighborhood have slowed somewhat due to the war. * I desire to return thanks to the people of this township for the liberal patronage given me during the year just passed. And I pledge myself to solicit a portion of your trade this year. Respectfully, Your servant, Samuel Henslee, Cherry Grove * NOTICE: On consigment at Elza Taylor's Store: 50 bushels sale, 2 barrels whiskey, 10 beef hides. We also off the following merchandise at all times: (posted in two columns under this notice) plug tobacco, leather shoes, nails, bottle snuff, axe handles, wool socks, balsams and bitters, bearskin gloves, ink, blue muslins, flannels, trace chains, thread, bridle bits, calico, buttons, lye, bacon, oysters, garden seeds, candles, bed ticking, bed cords, pitches, lumber hinges, eggs, pants, laces, candy, teas, pepper, pins and needles, indigo, potter's ware, matches. * Squire Nathan Pumphrey was a pleasant caller here Monday. * Died that we have been made aware in this cicinity since the war began in 1861 include: Sarah Elizabeth Fowler, Louisa C. Poe, Abner Garner, Henry C. Moren, Addie Higdon, John J. Bishop, Catherine Gill, Sammie Roberts, Thomas Ward, Ade Wright, M.Z.S. Benning, Nancy R. Wilson, John Henry Wilson, and Francis Reese. * The tannery at Allee's in Calvert Township is in operation and ready for business despite interference from Federal patrols in the area. * Dr. R. C. Rhodes of Calvert Township reports that Federal soldiers stole chickens from his yard on the 30th. He also reports that he and his family have traveled to Tulip and returned over territory now controlled by Confederate patrols. * The school at the ford on Francois Creek north of Cross Roads in Hot Spring County is closed. Liberty School and Big Creek School in this township are also closed and will reopen as conditions improve. * W. E. Beavers preports that the road from Cherry Grove to Turin and Pratt's Ferry is currently free of Federal patrols. * Try celebrated Golden Bitters, an unequaled remedy for Dyspepsia, Heartburn and General Debility. Manufactured by George C. Hubbel and Company, Hudson, N.Y. * Berry's Tricopherous for preserving and restory har. Sold by Reuter-Barry, Inc. N.Y. * Batley's Cinchona Liquor for fevers. * You can count on Drake's Plantation Bitters. they purify-strengthen, and invigorate the system and enliven the mind. They make the weak man strong. Sold by all grocers, druggists, hotels, and saloons in Arkansas. * The old reliable, Duffy's Malt Whiskey, cures Consumption. * For Sale: Dr. C.V. Girard's Ginger Brandy. A cure of Cholera, Colic, Dysentary, Chills and Fevers. Try a sample at your local drugstore. * Good health, you owe it to your children. For their sake, use Dr. Hand's Children's Remedies. Colic cure, Croup, and Coungh Medicine, Diarrhea mixture, General Tonic, Pleasant Physic, Teething location and Worm Elixir. Sold by the Hand Medicine Company. * Dr. Henley's Celebrated Wild Grape Root Bitters cures Dyspepsia and Indigestion. Sold by Celery Beef, and Iron Extract Co., San Francisco, California. * Your life is valuable! Not only to yourselves, but to your fathers and mothers, sisters, wives, and brothers. Then while you may, purchase your health for 50 cents. Professor Holloway's Phills, a world-known and world-tried remedy for Diarrhea. A product endorsed by the arm of occupation. * Here are four remedies which no family should ever be without: Baker's Rheumatic Balm, Fever Cooler, Cough Mixture, and Croup Alleviator. One dollar per bottle each and sold by mail on request. * One the home front try Hull's Mediated Worm Lozenges. For dogs and children. * We have Hyatt's Life Balsam for sale. Cures Scrofula and Rheumatism. See Dr. Harrison of New Prospect District for your needs. * For purifying the blood, there is no better tonic than Langley's Root and Herb Bitters. * A Certain Cure! Rev. R. L. McElree's Wine of Cardui, Chattanooga, Tennessee, a proven remedy for female weakness. * Cure the scourges of a soldier's life! Dr. D. Evans Medicated Flannel Abdominal Supporter should be worn by all exposed to malarious diseases. Sizes small to large, 75 cents to two dollars. General agent located in Little Rock, Arkansas. * CONFEDERATE GENEAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET It is rumored that the next session of the Confederate Geneal Assembly to meet in Washington, Arkansas, may prove to be ineffective due to the condition of the war at this time. It is throught that this session may be the last political activity here since Governor Murphy has already appealed for reconciliation. Confederat Governor Harris Flanagin has made plans to negotiate wtih Federal officials in Little Rock in order to preserve the peace in our villages as soldiers return to their homes. We speculate that upon return to Little Rock, General Steele's troops will be ordered east of the Mississippi to assist Sherman in his march across Georgia to the sea. We also believe that Federal garrisons will remain on the line of the Arkansas for some time. Article: POSTAL NEWS The post office at Hungary, Calver Township has received notice that a decision may be forthcoming that the service there may be discontinued. * Isaac Shephers, postmaster at Merry Green Post Office, reports that mail service from Benton has been disrupted and is expected to resume shortly. He also reports that a few letters in his office are unclaimed. * A citizen of Turin has informed us that he personally collected a number of letters from the battleground near the Saline River after visitng there before the overflow. Addressed to Northern destinations, most were found in a two-wheel cart abandoned at the junction of the Camden and Pine Bluff Road and were placed in the Turin Post Office. * The postmaster at Henslee's Springs Post Office north of this place reports that a Federal patrol passed on the night of the 29th. They were believed to be scouts for General Carr's cavalry. * Darysaw Post Office on the Jenkins' Ferry to Pine Bluff Road reports to us that a large number of Federal ambulances and wagons of camp followers have passed that way since the 30th. * OPINION We in this state are concerned that so many Southern troops have been pulled out of Arkansas to provide reinforcements for Eastern fronts. The recent invasion of this territory by the VII Corps is what we must expect unless the Confederate Government in Washington sees fit to put this to a stop. * PRICES Prices of goods in our Southern markets reflect the current shortages we are experiencing. Coffee is $18 a pound; tobacco, $6 a plug; butter, $5 a pound; a good saddle, when found will bring $2,000. The currency issued by the Confederate Government at the beginning of the war and so eagerly accepted by the local population at first is rapidly becoming unacceptable. In Little Rock, Benton, and Pine Bluff markets it is worthless due to the Federal occupation. * PERSONAL Lost on Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield, on April 30th, one white gold Lepine pocket watch made in France. Intricate engraving on outside with two sets of initials, T.D. and J.T. Reward if found and returned to this office. * I need help rounding up my stock lost during the battle on the 30th in the vicinity of Cox Creek. Your obedient servant, Jessie Tucker, Hot Spring County. * Notice...Mules, horses and other livestock bearing U.S. Army brands, being presently recovered by the local population should be returned in hast to Chief Quartermaster Captian Charles A. Henry, Fort Steele, Little Rock, Arkansas. * ATTENTION SHOPKEEPERS: For Immediate Sale....Damaged tents, mess chests, cooking utensils, harnesses, corn mils, blankets, abandoned by the Federal Army at Camden, Inquiries welcomed. Major R. C. Wood, Camden, Arkansas ARTICLE: FROM THE EDITOR (large black blocking used) This special edition newspaper was complied and published by the Grant County Museum in Sheridan, Arkansas, in 1989, in observance of the 125th Anniversary of the Civil War Battle fo Jenkins' Ferry fought April 29-30th, 1864, in what was then Hot Spring and Saline County Territory, a region later incorporated into Grant County in 1869. The events and situations described here as well as comments and individuals depicted in the accounts were researched from contemporary sources in the museum archives. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the following persons for their interest in the preservation of our Grant county heritage and for their financial assistance in support of this "special edition": Mr. & Mrs. Dean Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Lavelle Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Hurschel Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Troy Brashears W. H. Carder Gerry S. Carter Dr. & Mrs. Warren Douglas Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Freeman Mary Beth Glover Kay M. Goolsby Mr. & Mrs. Hollis Harrington Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hines Dr. Jack Irvin David J. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Leland Lamb Odie Lovett Mr. & Mrs. Euell Lowman Mr. & Mrs. Gean McDonald Julie McDonald Dr. & Mrs. George Mitchell J. L. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Reeves Dr. Bob Rushing Mr. & Mrs. Roy L. Sharpe Dr. & Mrs. Bob Slaughter Mrs. Robert C. Smith Murry Toler Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Tygart Dalton V. Walker Don Waddell Watson Mr. & Mrs. Charles Whitworth Dr. Ronald Williams Mr. & Mrs. Joe Wise, Jr. Elwin L. Goolsby, Museum Director, Grant County Historian