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I wrote Col Cooper6 to march his comd to Scullyville [?] as
soon as raised.
Yours truly
Private Ben McCulloch
Capt Albert Pike Fort Smith June 27th 1861
Dear Sir
The little force left in the field in Mo are falling back on
Ark. It is four or five thousand strong 8& left Lexington on the
morning of the 2oth inst for the south west corner of the State.
There is now a force of from three to five thousand at Spring-
field Mo & two Regs at Fort Scott Kansas. We must meet and
rally the forces of Mo, or the frontiers of Ark will give way. I
shall raise every man I can get in this state or from Mo 8c turn
this invading tide back if possible.'
Ark must make the selection between Her own soil &c that of
Mo for a battlefield.
We need every man we can get. I [f] you conclude to go no
farther south had you not better send Lewis' Co8 back to this
point at once.
No news of Cooper or the Texas Reg. I only make these sug-
gestions for your consideration it might be best for you [to] re-
main for a time among the Creeks & Choctaws. Mr. Von [?] who
lives near the falls a Cherokee offers to go &c see black beaver9 8c
engage him & party. I will refer him to you.
Yours truly
Ben McCulloch
Enclosed you will find a proclamation which I have issued.o
6Douglas H. Cooper, a Mississippian, had been the Federal Choctaw and Chick-
asaw agent in the 1850's. He began organizing the Indians in the early spring.
After the war's outbreak he was commissioned a colonel and ordered to complete
organization of the Ist Choctaw and Chickasaw Regiment by August.
7McCulloch talked with Sterling Price of Missouri and then marched for Missouri
on July 4. He was hoping to extricate the Confederate forces under Governor
Claiborne F. Jackson and General James S. Rains from the Union Army's advance.
Although his men were poorly armed, he succeeded in winning a minor action at
Neosho. Upon finding that Jackson and Rains could handle the situation he moved
back to Arkansas. The War of The Rebellion, Series I, Vol. III, 6o6-6o8.
sThis was probably an escort company.
9Although uncapitalized this is probably an Indian guide's name.
loMcCulloch had just issued a proclamation to the people of western Arkansas
calling them to arms to defend their state from Federal invasion.120
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