Howell's battery

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Confederate Military History, Vol. 6
GEORGIA
BY JOSEPH T. DERRY, A.M.
Confederate Military History, Vol. 6
CHAPTER VI.
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Martin's Light Artillery, commanded by Capt. Robert Martin, saw service in Tennessee, north Mississippi and north Georgia. It bore itself gallantly on every field, being especially distinguished at Jackson, Miss., at Chickamauga and through the Atlanta campaign, in the last being known as Howell's battery, from its commander, Capt. Evan P. Howell, who succeeded Captain Martin upon the latter's promotion to the rank of major, and gallantly led the command through the remainder of its honorable career.

Confederate Military History, Vol. 6
CHAPTER XIII.
Scogin's Georgia battery was attached to Melanethon Smith's battalion; Capt. Evan P. Howell's battery to Walker's division; Dawson's battery, Lieut. R. W. Anderson, and Company E, Ninth battalion, Lieut. W. S. Everett, to Stewart's division. The batteries of Capts. Tyler M. Peeples and Andrew M. Wolihin came with Leyden's battalion from east Tennessee, and in the reserve artillery under Maj. F. H. Robertson, were the Georgia batteries of Capts. M. W. Havis and T. L. Massenburg.

Confederate Military History, Vol. 6
CHAPTER XIII.
The Georgia cavalry, with Crews and Davidson, Forrest and Wheeler, shared the important service of their commands. "Among the badly wounded," says Brig.-Gen. John Pegram, "was the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Fain, of the Sixth Georgia cavalry." Capt. T. M. Merritt and his command, Company G of the Second Georgia cavalry, were Cheatham's escort, and were complimented by that officer for the efficient service rendered. The various Georgia artillery commands were prominent in such operations as this battle in the woods permitted. Capt. John Scogin's battery, Griffin light artillery, did good service. Dawson's battery had 1 man killed and 6 wounded. Capt. W. W. Havis' battery lost 1 killed and 1 wounded. In Capt. Evan P. Howell's battery 3 men were killed and 4 wounded. Capt. T. L. Massenburg lost in his battery 1 officer and 3 men wounded. Capt. T. M. Peeples, of Company D, Leyden's Ninth battalion, was engaged on Saturday, and he reported First Lieut. Thomas H. Lovelace seriously wounded in the thigh by a piece of shell, and Privates John Edmonson and W. H. Suddarth slightly wounded. Company E, of the Ninth artillery (Leyden's) battalion, commanded by Lieut. William L. Everett, was slightly engaged on Saturday the 19th, losing one horse. On the next day it was actively engaged. It fired upon the enemy's train of wagons, checking their movement through the gap, dismounting one cannon, and compelling the Federals to abandon 30 wagons and several pieces of artillery; also repulsing three successive charges. The loss of the battery was 3 men slightly wounded and 5 horses disabled. Forrest led the pursuit on Monday morning, capturing many prisoners and arms; attacked Thomas' line at Rossville gap, and continued the demonstration for several hours, aided by artillery. That night Thomas withdrew to Chattanooga, and on the 23d Forrest gained the point of Lookout mountain.

Confederate Military History, Vol. 6
CHAPTER XIV.
The following Georgia batteries were in the battle of Missionary Ridge: Captain Corput's Cherokee artillery, Capt. John B. Rowan's, Stephens' light artillery, Captain Dawson's battery under Lieut. R. W. Anderson, the Griffin light artillery of Capt. John Scogin, Captain Havis' battery under Lieut. James R. Duncan; Capt. Thomas L. Massenburg's Jackson artillery, and Capt. Evan P. Howell's battery, two guns of which were on Lookout mountain under Second Lieut. R. T. Gibson. Major-General Stevenson, in his order to his division (Brown's, Pettus' and Cumming's brigades and the artillery,which included the Cherokee and Stephens' light artillery), congratulated them on the fact that whatever happened elsewhere, they had held their ground, repulsing every assault, and that Cumming's brigade had actually charged and routed the enemy in their front, capturing several colors. The army was soon in Georgia, whence it did not again enter Tennessee until a year later.

Southern Historical Society Papers.
Vol. XXII. Richmond, Va., January-December. 1894.
Roster Of The Medical Officers Of The Army Of Tennessee.
BUFORD, SMITH, Assistant Surgeon, appointed by Secretary War, April 24, '63, to rank from April 21, '63, to report to Medical-Director Yandell. Passed Board at Jackson, Miss., April 23, '63. Aug. 31, '63, 8th Georgia Battalion, Oct. 31, Howell's Battery, Nov. 30, '63, Martin's Battalion Artillery, Jan. 31, '64. Feb. 29, '64, Howell's Battery, March 31, '64, Howell's Battalion, April 30, '64, Martin's Battalion.

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CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING SPECIALLY TO OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST FROM APRIL 10 TO NOVEMBER 20, 1862.
CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -- #5

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN TERRITORY,
Fort McCulloch, June 8, 1862.
Maj. Gen. T. C. HINDMAN,

Commanding Trans-Mississippi District:
GENERAL: Your order of May 31 (*) was received by me this evening at 5.30 p.m. I inclose a copy of the order issued from these headquarters on its receipt.
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Captain West's artillery company has only about 40 men for duty, and Captain Howell's, a new company, raised in Texas, entirely untaught, and most of the men now absent reaping the wheat harvest, has not men enough to work four guns. Captain Woodruff's company leaving me, I remain with twenty guns, a handful of men, and ammunition enough to last in action about half an hour. I have been endeavoring, by purchasing horses with my own funds, and in every other possible way, to organize an artillery battalion, of which I had appointed Captain Woodruff to be acting major, and asked of the President his promotion and appointment as chief of artillery. I had procured for the Indian troops 7,000 suits of clothing, 5,000 pairs of shoes, 1,000 flannel shirts, and 1,000 tents. The troops of Generals Van Dorn and Price, by somebody's authority, appropriated to their own use whatever of those articles they desired. Nearly every one of the few boxes that reached here had been opened, and parts of the contents abstracted. No receipts were given for anything. What was left has come here, a little by one wagon and a little by another; not enough of all to do the troops any good. The clothing was for the winter, and, being delayed by General Van Dorn's orders, came here in April and May. Of the 7,000 suits, I have received 200 or 300; of the shoes, about 1,800 pairs; of the tents, about 160. Not a single wall-tent out of 250 has reached me. The Indian regiments have sent, time and again, for shoes and clothing, and I have had to confess our poverty, excuse myself, and satisfy them as best I could. What little was left I had to divide with the white troops, even with a regiment that remained here only two or three weeks, and then was marched off, ostensibly to hasten to Corinth, in reality to be furloughed in Texas, and now [said] to be still on the road to Corinth, somewhere in Arkansas. It cannot be said that General Van Dorn did not know that his order to send everything to Little Rock would take everything of mine away from me, because he could not have forgotten that he ordered the whole to remain at Fort Smith, and that this order had not been revoked. If others had not interfered, all the medicines and hospital stores for the command, and all the rifle powder, would also have gone to Little Rock, the latter being actually in process of shipment, and partly on board steamboats when it was rescued. And all this occurred at the very time when the general was sending me orders to the effect that I was expected to maintain myself in the Indian country independent of his army. I had never applied to him or any other general for anything. What I had provided I had secured by my own exertions, and everything was sent specially for my command. I only wished his army to maintain itself independent of me. He had permitted the order of the Secretary of War to stand, which authorized me to have two regiments of infantry raised in Arkansas, and when they were raised he ordered them away, even when part of one had reached Fort Smith.
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I am, very respectfully and truly, yours,
ALBERT PIKE,
Brigadier-General, Comdg. Department of Indian Territory.

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CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -- #6

BOGGY DEPOT, July 21, 1862.
Maj. Gen. T. C. HINDMAN,
Commanding Trans-Mississippi District:
GENERAL: Your order of the 17th reaches me here, on my way to the Canadian. West's and Howell's companies, with six guns (all they can man together), are a day's march in advance. I shall send them to Fort Smith as ordered.

I still have two bronze guns and twelve rifled Parrott guns of war. If you want them,you will have to send men and horses for them; I have none of either, and shall buy no more horses. I send also Captain Corley's cavalry company, the only Arkansas company, except West's, that I have. I repeat my request to be immediately relieved of this command. If I do not receive an order to that effect in fourteen days, I shall leave the command in the hands of Colonel Cooper.
Very respectfully, yours,
ALBERT PIKE,
Brigadier-General Provisional Army, C. S. A.
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ORT WASHITA, July 31, 1862.
Maj. Gen. T. C. HINDMAN,
Commanding Trans. Mississippi District:
GENERAL: Upon receiving, at Boggy Depot, on the 22d of July, instant, your order to send my best battery, with a squadron or company of cavalry, to Col. Charles A. Carroll, at Fort Smith, I was very willing, as I had resigned, to see you take the last available gun and the last armed man from Arkansas out of the Indian country, and I accordingly sent orders to Captain West, who was a day's march ahead of me, to proceed, with his and Howell's half companies, to Fort Smith, and gave the same order to Captain Corley's company, from Helena, which overtook me at Boggy, just after I received your order. The day after, I reflected that the order to send my best battery implied that I had more than one available, and that I would still be allowed to retain the worst battery for myself, and, as I had but one, I thought it but just to you to suppose that you did not mean to take the only battery in the Indian country and present it to Colonel Carroll. I therefore sent orders to Captains West and Corley to return and take the road by Perryville to the Canadian, which they did; and when I learned that I was relieved of the command here, I informed both captains that I had no further orders to give them, and that they could either obey my first order, and go to Fort Smith, or report to Colonel Cooper for orders, as they might think proper.

In view of Colonel Cooper's urgent clamor for artillery, I thought it safest to let the only six guns available go as far, anyhow, as the Canadian, in the direction of Fort Gibson, from which place you could, if you wished, still direct them to Fort Smith. The remaining guns--a bronze 6-pounder and howitzer and twelve Parrott guns--are at Fort McCulloch, in charge of a few recruits, and without horses. I declined a second advance of my private funds to purchase horses when Woodruff's battery left here. General Van Dorn has the caissons of the Parrott guns, and most of the harness, also, was appropriated at Fort Smith.
I am, very respectfully, yours,
ALBERT PIKE.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 1862.--Engagement at Newtonia, Mo.
No. 8. -- Report of Col. Douglas H. Cooper, C. S. Army, commanding division.
HEADQUARTERS FIELD DIVISION,
Camp Coffee, Mo., October 2, 1862.
GENERAL: In conformity with orders from Brigadier-General Rains the troops under my command marched from camp at Scott's Mill, Mo., on the morning of September 24, and moved northward by way of Pineville, for the purpose of forming a junction with Colonel Shelby (who was at that time in command of a brigade of Missouri cavalry), which was effected on the evening of the 26th at the Big Spring, head of Indian Creek.
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I had in the mean time been re-enforced by Colonel Jeans' Missouri-cavalry and Captain Howell's four-gun battery, which took position at the grave-yard on the north side of the town, the enemy occupying the elevated ridge 1 mile north. His force was greatly superior to ours. His artillery consisted of three batteries, which soon opened upon us, and was ably replied to by Captain Howell, who sustained their concentrated fire during the afternoon engagement, never abandoning a position except when ordered to do so. The men handled their guns with the greatest coolness and celerity. He lost many of his horses and some of his men; among them Sergt. Felix S. Heiston, who was particularly distinguished for his bravery and soldier-like bearing, He was killed at his gun by a cannon-ball. Stevens' and Jeans' regiments were ordered to attack the enemy's cavalry on their right, assisted by Bledsoe's battery. At this time a large body of men were seen coming in on our left and rear, which proved to be Colonel Folsom, who had been ordered up from Scott's Mill. Colonel Stevens was ordered to reconnoiter and ascertain who they were. In the mean time a few shots from Bledsoe's battery, supported by Gordon's cavalry, dispersed the enemy's cavalry, who were threatening our left on the Granby road.

About this time the enemy had sent unperceived two regiments of Pin Indians and jayhawkers upon my right, supported by masses of infantry. They obtained possession of some bushes and stone fencing on the spring branch below the mill. Their object was to turn my right, where the Choctaws were posted. Just at this time Colonel Folsom's Choctaw regiment arrived, and by passing through a corn field succeeded unperceived in getting very close to the enemy on our right. The engagement soon became general between the two Choctaw regiments and the jayhawkers and hostile Indians. At the same time the enemy opened all his batteries, under cover of which he advanced blocks of infantry to the support of those regiments which had been previously sent to my right. The battle was now raging in all parts of the field. Their masses of infantry could be plainly seen advancing in perfect order, with guns and bayonets glittering in the sun. The booming of cannon, the bursting of shells, the air filled with missiles of every description, the rattling crash of small-arms, the cheering of our men, and the.war-whoop of our Indian allies, all combined to render the scene both grand and terrific.

Seeing the enemy's infantry advancing at double quick to re-enforce their left, I at once ordered Captain Howell to send two of his guns to take position in the corn field and shell the enemy out before their infantry could arrive. This was soon effected and the enemy fleeing from the field. At the same time the other guns under Lieutenant Routh were turned upon his advancing columns and on the jayhawkers and Pin Indians, who had been thrown in advance, but were now in full flight. Lieutenant-Colonel Buster, with his battalion, now arrived, and throwing out on the right the two Choctaw regiments and Colonel Stevens' regiment, on the left Colonels Jeans' and Gordon's Missouri regiments and Hawpe's Texas regiment, placing Colonel Alexander's regiment and Buster's battalion with the artillery in the center, the enemy was pursued over the prairie a distance of 3 miles to the timber.

By this time it was night The enemy had planted a battery so as to command the road and as we approached opened on us, but owing to the darkness did little execution. Getting the direction from the flash of the guns, Captain Howell was ordered into battery and threw a few shells into them, fired somewhat at random, but which it was afterward ascertained exploded among them, killing a number of men and horses. They now fled in confusion, leaving the road, passing through fields and woods, and abandoning loaded wagons by the way wedged between trees. Their flight continued until they reached Sarcoxie, Jasper County, a distance of 12 miles. The engagement lasted from sunup until dark, with the exception of an interval of two hours. The enemy's force in this engagement, from the best information, derived from Federal sources, amounted to from 6,000 to 7,000 men, with eighteen pieces of cannon, while our own force did not exceed 4,000 men during any part of the day, with only six pieces of cannon.

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t is difficult to particularize where each seemed to vie with the other in deeds of bravery; but I cannot close this report without mentioning the gallant bearing of Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, of the First Choctaw and Chickasaw Regiment. He was always found at the head of his regiment in the thickest of the fight, encouraging his men by his words and actions. He remained on horseback during the whole day and escaped unhurt. My acknowledgments are also due to Colonels Alexander and Hawpe, and to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewellyn and Major Stone of Stevens' Texas regiment, and to Colonel [B. G.] Jeans and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon of the Missouri Brigade, and Major Bryan, of the Cherokee Battalion, for the coolness and courage displayed by them on the field wherever duty called them, and to Lieutenant-Colonel Buster, who arrived by forced marches from Maysville in time to participate in the pursuit.

Colonel Shelby was left in command at Camp Coffee, and deserves great credit for his promptness in sending re-enforcements and guarding the camp from an apprehended attack of the enemy. Capt. John Wallis, Colonel Stevens' regiment, was severely wounded while charging the enemy at the head of his company, but his wound is not considered dangerous. Captain Duncan, of Colonel Hawpe's regiment, lost a leg in the engagement while gallantly charging the enemy. Much praise is also due Capt. Martin Folsom, of the First Choctaw Regiment, for the distinguished bravery shown by him in the engagement in the corn field. We have to mourn his loss, which will be severely felt by his regiment. He was wounded late in the day and has since died. Capt. William B. Pitchlynn, of the First Choctaw and Chickasaw Regiment, also behaved with distinguished gallantry. My acknowledgments are also due Captain Crisp, of Colonel Coffee's Missouri regiment, and to Lieut. Col. John Henderson, of the Missouri State Guard (General Rains' staff), who reported to me on the field, for the valuable services rendered in carrying orders, in leading troops, and placing them in position. My son, Dr. D. J. Cooper, of the First Choctaw and Chickasaw Regiment, was constantly with me, and rendered efficient service on the field. The artillery of Captains Howell and Bledsoe was admirably handled, and much credit is due those officers for the efficiency of their batteries.

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Referring to the accompanying report for a list of the killed and wounded, I am, general, very respectfully,
DOUGLAS H. COOPER,
Colonel, Commanding.
Brig. Gen. JAMES S. RAINS,
Mo. S. G., Comdg. Army in the Field Camp at Elkhorn, Ark.
Return of Casualties in Cooper's division in the engagement at Newtonia, Mo., September 30, 1862.
O Officers. A Aggregate
M Enlisted Men.

--Killed-- -Wounded- Missing.
Command. O M O M O M A
First Cherokee Battalion .... .... .... 3 .... .... 3
First Choctaw Regiment 1 2 .... 6 .... .... 9
First Choctaw and Chickasaw 1 2 1 8 .... 1 13
Alexander's regiment .... .... 2 7 .... .... 9
Jeans' regiment .... .... .... 2 .... 1 3
Hawpe's regiment .... .... 4 9 .... .... 13
Shelby's regiment .... 4 3 8 .... .... 15
Stevens' regiment .... 1 3 6 .... 1 11
Howell's battery .... 1 .... 1 .... .... 2
Total 2 10 13 50 .... 3 78

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SEPTEMBER 30, 1862.--Engagement at Newtonia, Mo.
No. 9. -- Report of Maj. J, M. Bryan, First Cherokee Battalion.
OCTOBER 13, 1862.
COLONEL: I herewith submit report of the battle at Newtonia, Mo.: Early in the morning on September 29 last the enemy made their appearance about 1½ miles north of the town, fired a few rounds of small artillery, and retired north.

On the morning of the 30th the enemy again made their appearance on the prairie north of Newtonia and taken [took] their position within cannon-range about 7 a.m., and immediately opened on the town with eight or nine pieces of artillery, consisting of 6 and 12 pounders. Their line of battle was formed about 1¼ miles from the Confederate force in town. The bombardment continued from this point or position for one hour or more. They then advanced on the town and taken [took] second position within 600 yards of the center of town and of the Confederate forces, and opened on us with ball, shell, grape, and canister shot. The town up to this time and some time after was defended by Captain Bledsoe's battery of two guns, Colonel Hawpe's regiment, and Major Bryan's battalion. Hawpe's regiment and Bryan's battalion did not number at that time more than 500 men.

About this time Colonel Cooper arrived and directed the defense and attack until the close of the battle. The above Confederate forces defendedNewtonia for more than two hours, until re-enforcements arrived from Colonel Cooper's headquarters, some 5 miles distant. The left wing of the enemy bore down and attacked us in the town, but were soon routed and driven back; charged in the center by the Choctaws, led in person by Colonel Cooper, their left by Colonel Shelby's forces and their right by Colonel Stevens. The enemy were thus pursued for some 3 miles or more, until meeting re-enforcements he made a stand, when our forces fell back toNewtonia and quietly and patiently awaited the second attack of the Federal forces. The second engagement on the same ground lasted some three hours, by which time we were re-enforced by Captain Howell's battery of four guns and small re-enforcements of cavalry. About 5.30 p.m. the enemy gave way the second time, and again pursued by our cavalry and a part of our artillery until darkness put an end to the pursuit. I would also add that the force of the enemy in this battle was considerably superior to ours, and that the loss of the enemy was not less (in killed, wounded, and prisoners) than 400, while ours did not reach 70.
Very respectfully,
J. M. BRYAN,
Major, Commanding First Cherokee Battalion.
Col. D. H. COOPER,
Commanding Brigade.
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OCTOBER 22, 1862.--Action at Old Fort Wayne, or Beattie's Prairie, near Maysville, Ark.
No. 5. -- Return of Casualties at Old Fort Wayne, Ind. T., October 22, 1862.
_336 con't]O Officers. A Aggregate
M Enlisted Men.

--Killed-- -Wounded- Missing.
Command. O M O M O M A
1st Cherokee Regiment .... 1 1 5 2 28 37
2nd Creek Regiment 2 .... 2 .... .... .... 4
Howell's battery .... .... 1 16 .... 5 22
Total 2 1 4 21 2 33 63
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Organization of the Army of the Trans- Mississippi Department, Lieut. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, C. S. Army, commanding, December 12, 1862.
FIRST CORPS.
Maj. Gen. THOMAS C. HINDMAN.
FIRST DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. JOHN S. ROANE,
First Brigade.
Brig. Gen. DOUGLAS H. COOPER.
1st Cherokee, Col. Stand Watie.
1st Choctaw and Chickasaw.
1st Creek, Lieut. Col. D. N. Mcintosh.
2d Creek, Lieut. Col. Chilly Mcintosh.
De Morse's (Texas) regiment.
Lane's (Texas) regiment.
Randolph's (Texas) cavalry battalion.
Cavalry (seven companies).
Indian regiments, organizing (2).
Indian battalions, organizing (3).
Howell's (Texas) battery.

Second Brigade.(*)
Col. WILLIAM R. BRADFUTE.
20th Texas Cavalry, Col. Thomas C. Bass.
22d Texas Cavalry, Col. J. G. Stevens.
[31st] Texas Cavalry (battalion), Lieut. Col. G. W. Guess.
34th Texas Cavalry, Col. A. M. Alexander
Etter's (Arkansas)battery.
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ALTERNATE DESIGNATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME.(*)
Howell's (Sylvanus) Artillery. See Texas Troops.
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Organization of Price's division, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, C. S. Army, commanding, April 30, 1863; headquarters Little Rock, Ark.
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Troops in Steele's division, April 30, 1863.
Cooper''s Brigade.
Brig. Gen. D. H. COOPER
1st Cherokee, Col. Stand Watie.
2d Cherokee, Col. W. P. Adair.
1st Choctaw and Chickasaw, Col. Tandy Walker.
1st Creek, Col. D. N. Mcintosh.
2d Creek, Col. Chilly Mcintosh.
1st Chickasaw Battalion, Lieut. Col. L. M. Reynolds.
Osage Battalion, Maj. Broke Arm.
Seminole Battalion, Lieut. Col. John Jumper.
5th Texas Partisan Rangers, Col. L. M. Martin.
29th Texas Cavalry, Col. Charles De Morse.
Gillett's cavalry company, Capt. L. E. Gillett.
Scanland's squadron, Capt. John Scanland.
Howell's (Texas) battery, Capt. Sylvanus Howell.
Lee's light battery, Capt. R. W. Lee.
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MARSHALL, TEX., August 23, 1863.
According to the request of Lieutenant-General Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department, the following memorandum of the condition of affairs and the necessities of the command in the Indian Territory are respectfully submitted: 1st. With regard to the existing deficiency in ordnance stores, please see accompanying extracts from brigade reports. 2d. General Steele, commanding Indian Department, respectfully asks that engineer officers, and, if possible, a supply of intrenching tools, be sent him. 3d. It is believed that if a supply of long-range guns be furnished the Choctaws, and perhaps the residue of the Indian troops, would cheer fully submit to being dismounted, and could in time be rendered effective as infantry. In reference to the battery asked for Captain Howell's company, and the solicited re-enforcements for General Steele's command, the views and intentions of the commanding general having been indicated in a personal interview, a reference thereto is deemed unnecessary, &c.

Extract from ordnance report of Cooper's brigade.
Common rifles, old and worn 460
Shot-guns, old and worn 1,078
Mississippi rifles 76
Sharps' rifles 42
Belgian rifles 12
Texas rifles 450
Maynard rifles 2
Muskets, old and worn 416
Enfield rifles, good 265
Minie rifles 20
Hall's carbines 4
Minie muskets 25
Coit's rifles 4
A large proportion of these guns are old, worn, and scarcely service able. A battery of three guns (two mountain howitzers and one 2.25-inch prairie) attached to this brigade, with about 120 rounds of ammunition to each gun.

Extract from weekly report of Cooper's brigade.
T Total. P Present and absent.
A Aggregate.

-------------Present.------------- ----Absent.---- --------P--------
--For duty.---
Troops. T A T A T A T A
Indian 2,283 2,473 2,545 2,743 1,570 1,634 4,115 4,377
White 1,061 1,141 1,416 1,511 809 858 2,220 2,369

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HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY,
Camp on Long Town Greek, C. N., August 16, 1863.
Captain [S.] HOWELL,
In Charge of Detachment:
CAPTAIN: You are detailed, with a portion of your company, to commence some defensive works on the road from Kansas to Texas. For this purpose you will establish your camp from 10 to 20 miles on the north of Boggy Depot, at such point as you may determine upon, after a careful examination of the country, as being the most suitable for defense. You will then endeavor to get labor and tools from the planters on Red River, and commence such batteries and lines of intrenchment as may be required, calculating your lines for the occupation of 2,500 men. It is not expected that you will be able to fortify extensively, but it will be of great benefit, should there be an advance upon Texas on that line, to have the lines marked out and a commencement made. Some log-houses should be constructed for storage, wells sunk, bridges placed over the stream
in the rear, &c. Much is left to your judgment and to your practical knowledge. An engineer has been applied for, who will be put in charge if sent to me.
By order of Brigadier-General Steele:
B.G. DUVAL,
Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
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INDIAN CAVALRY DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. DOUGLAS H. COOPER.
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Seventh Mounted Aritillery Battalion.
Capt. W. BUTLER KRUMBHAAR.
Dashiell's (Texas) battery, Capt. George R. Dashiell.
Krumbhaar's (Texas) battery, Lieut. W. M. Stafford.
Howell's (Texas) battery, Capt. Sylvanus Howell.

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MAXEY'S DIVISION.
Krumbhaar's Battalion.
Dashiell's (Texas) battery, Capt. George R. Dashiell.
Howell's (Texas) battery, Capt. Sylvanus Howell.
Lee's (Texas) battery, Lieut. Roswell W. Lee.
Stafford's (Texas) battery, Capt. W. M. Stafford.

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KRUMBHAAR'S TEXAS BATTERY. Capt. William B. Krumbhaar organized the Seventeenth Texas Field Battery, better known as Krumbhaar's Texas Battery, to serve specifically with Smith P. Bankhead's Brigade in April 1863. Krumbhaar rose rapidly through the Confederate ranks. Starting at the outbreak of the war in 1861 as a private in the Fifth Company Washington Artillery of New Orleans, by September 1862 Krumbhaar received a promotion to lieutenant.

At the end of 1862, Krumbhaar accompanied Smith P. Bankhead to Texas and became the captain of his battery, which had a variety of names including the Texas Horse Artillery and the Texas Guards. Most of the men composing the battery came from Company F of the First Regiment Arizona Brigade, and a small number came from Col. Edward J. Gurley's Thirtieth Texas Cavalry. The balance of men enlisted straight into the battery from Castroville, Fredericksburg, San Antonio, and a few from western Louisiana, which made the battery thirty men strong. The battery joined Bankhead's brigade in June 1863. By the spring of 1864 the brigade had changed commanders and names when Brig. Gen. Richard Montgomery Gano took command of the now-dubbed Gano's Brigade. In this command the battery only fired their four mountain howitzers in battle at Poison Spring, Arkansas.

Capt. William Krumbhaar received a promotion to major and chief of artillery for Indian Territory on October 7,1864. Krumbhaar left Capt. W. M. Stafford in command of the battery. Capt. Sylvanus Howell, also of Gano's Brigade, replaced Krumbhaar on March 12, 1865, after Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Department of the Trans-Mississippi, relieved him of duty. In the last months of the war, Stafford's (Krumbhaar's) Battery joined Howell's Battery and Dashiell's Battery to form the Seventh Mounted Artillery Battalion, which disbanded in May 1865 as part of Sam Bell Maxey's Division.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Anne J. Bailey, "Was There a Massacre at Poison Spring?" Military History of the Southwest 20 (Fall 1990). Anne J. Bailey and Daniel E. Sutherland, eds., Civil War Arkansas: Beyond Battles and Leaders (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2000). Alwyn Barr, "Texas' Confederate Field Artillery," Texas Military History 1 (August 1961). Alwyn Barr, "Confederate Artillery in Arkansas," Arkansas Historical Quarterly 22 (Fall 1963). Mark Christ, ed. Rugged and Sublime:The Civil War in Arkansas (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1994). Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, National Archives and Records Service, Washington. Lester N. Fitzhugh(comp.), Texas Batteries, Battalions, Regiments, Commanders and Field Officers: Confederate States Army, 1861–1865 (Midlothian, Texas: Mirror Press, 1959). Ludwell H. Johnson, Red River Campaign: Politics and Cotton in the Civil War (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1958). Robert L. Kerby, Kirby Smith's Confederacy: The Trans-Mississippi South 1863–1865 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1972).

http://www.nps.gov/stri/historyculture/upload/TX_Crute_Douglas Battery.pdf

http://history-sites.com/~kjones/CStx.html

• 11th TX Field Artillery Battery [Capt. Sylvanus Howell] organized, 22 April 62 and armed with four guns on 18 April 64. Designated as the 11th TX Field Artillery Battery on 19 Nov 64, it was surrendered by Gen'l E. K. Smith, 26 May 65.
  • Capt. Sylvanus Howell's Company was organized during the spring, 62 and served primarily in Indian Territory. Later assigned to the 6th TX Artillery Bn, the unit ended the war at Doaksville in June 65 [Capsule history]

O.R.--SERIES I--VOLUME XLI/4 [S# 86]
CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI STATES AND TERRITORIES, FROM OCTOBER 16, 1864, to DECEMBER 31, 1864.--#3
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 290.
HDQRS. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, La., November 19, 1864.
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XIX. The following will in future be the organization of the artillery in the Trans-Mississippi Department:
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Sixth Battalion, Maj. W. B. Krumbhaar commanding: Eleventh Texas Field Battery, Capt. S. Howell; Fourteenth Texas Field Battery, Capt. George R. Dashiell; Seventeenth Texas Field Battery, Lieut. W. M. Stafford.
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• Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas County, Cemeteries of Texas
  
  Later Capt of an independent Ark. Cav. ... 17. 1887. Blk 4 - Lot 62 - Sp 6. Age 3 Mos. 9 Days\. CSA. Aldredge. George .... Sylvanus Howell's Bty. ..... Died there of Pneumonia 4-20-1865 and buried in Elmira's Woodlawn Nat'l Cem #1380 WNC ...
  www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/etx/dallas/cemetery/Greenwood.htm - Similarto Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas County, Cemeteries of Texas
• [PDF]
  THE SECOND BATTLE OF CABIN CREEK, 1864 By Marvin J ...
  
  Howell's battery of six guns, Captain Sylvanus Howell. commanding. The combined cavalry and artillery troops numbered about twelve hundred men. ...
  digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v039/v039p414.pdf
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Hope this is helpful.

M. E. Wolf

JPFlynn, sir;

You wrote:

Do tell!! (Spark & Artillery?)

M. E. Wolf

Spondulix, sir;

You wrote:

This information is great! So this will be a good meaty and factual book then--which more such books are needed.

The Color Sergeant is mentioned:
Southern Historical Society Papers.
Vol. XXIV. Richmond, Va., January-December. 1896.
General Lee To The Rear.
[From the Richmond Times, August 23, 1896.]
Col. W. L Goldsmith, of Mississippi, Witnessed Both Events.
GORDON BEGGING LEE TO RETIRE.
Captain Funkhouser's Graphic Description of the Georgia Soldier Persuading General Lee to go to the Rear, and then leading the Charge.
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Captain R. D. Funkhouser writes from Mauvertown, Va.: "The details of the ' Lee-to-the-rear' incident are given at the request of W. T. Gass, of Texas. The claims of Alabama and Texas are correct. Their account occurred on the 5th or 6th of May, 1864, at the Wilderness proper. The battle of Spotsylvania, or Horseshoe, occurred on the 12th of May, fifteen or twenty miles distant.
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I am wondering (outloud in text form) if the Museum of the Confederacy might have more, since the Texans were with Lee at the closing scenes at Appomattox. There, they are the archives of many letters and such.

M. E. Wolf