Our fallen leaders in Arkansas.
[from the New Orleans Picayune.]
Ben. McCulloch, whose loss on the field of battle will be mourned by his countrymen, was a son of
Alexander McCulloch, who was a Lieutenant and Aid to
General Coffee, of
Tennessee, in the battles of Talledeged and Horse Shoe Bend, and who resigned his commission in March, 1814.
Ben was born in
Rutherford county, Tennessee, in 1814.
He was a Captain of the Texas Rangers in the
Mexican war, and was distinguished for courage and conduct in the
battle of Monterey.
On the 11th of July, 1816, he was appointed quartermaster, with the rank of
Major.
He was also distinguished in the
battle of Buena Vista, and as the commander of a spy company, before that battle, for a most daring and successful reconnaissance.
He resigned his appointment in 1847.
At his death he was a
Brigadier General, commanding a division, known as
McCulloch's division, and Chiefly composed of
Arkansas and
Texas troops.
The 3d Louisiana,
Col. Hebert, was attached to this division.
Col. James McIntosh, who fell at the same time, was from
Florida, and was the son of that
Brigadier-General,
James S. McIntosh, who so greatly distinguished himself in the last war with
England and in the
Mexican war, at
Palo Alto and
Resaca de la Palma, in which last fight the was dangerously wounded, afterwards at
Churubusco, and lastly at the storming of El Molino, where he received a severe wound, of which in 1847 he died.
The late
Col. McIntosh was a cadet of
West Point, and graduated in 1845.
On the first of July, 1845, he was commissioned
Brevet Lieutenant in the 8th infantry.
He was a most accomplished soldier and officer, and his death is to be deeply lamented, as depriving our cause of one of its most efficient defenders.
He was
Colonel of an Arkansas regiment, but commanded the 1st Brigade in
McCulloch's division, and in his absence commanded the division.
Col. D. McRae, who shared the fate of those two brave leaders, commanded an Arkansas regiment in
McCulloch's division, called "
McRae's." He, too, is spoken of as a gallant and efficient officer.
The General
Slack who is reported to have been mortally wounded in the same fight, is a Missourian and was formerly a Captain in Prices regiment of
Missouri volunteers.
He is mentioned in the United States Army List as having distinguished himself in the affairs at Embudo and
Taos in
New Mexico.
The Col. (not General)
Hebert, who is reported to have also fallen in the bloody strife of the 7th, is Louis.
Hebert,
Colonel of the 3d Louisiana, and commanding the 2d brigade in
McCulloch's division.
Gen. P. O. Hebert is his brother.
