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CHAPTER V
THE WAR IN MISSOURI-Continued
I Rejoin the Command-Sleeping in Snow-AmbushedBattle
of Elkhorn Tavern (Pea Ridge)-Capturing a Battery
-Deaths of Generals McCulloch and McIntosh-Battle Continued-Casualties-Keetsville-Official
Reports-March Southward-Foraging-Lost
Artillery-Illness Again.
IN the latter part of February, 1862, I left Rusk in
company with Tom Hogg, John Germany, and perhaps
one or two more of our furloughed men, for
our winter quarters on the Arkansas River. We
crossed Red River and took the road running along
the line between Arkansas and the Indian Territory
to Fort Smith. After crossing Red River we began
meeting refugees from Missouri and north Arkansas,
on their way to Texas, who told us that our army was
moving northward, and a battle was expected very
soon. This caused us to push on more rapidly, as we
were due to return March 1, and were anxious to be
in our places with the command. When we reached
Van Buren we learned that our whole army was in
motion, that a battle was imminent and might occur
any day. By this time the weather had grown
quite cold, and leaving Van Buren at 9 A. M., we had
to cross Boston Mountain, facing a north wind blowing
snow in our faces all day. Nevertheless, we slept
fifty miles from there that night, camping with some
commissary wagons on the road, a few miles from
Fayetteville. Here we learned that the army was
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/70/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.