Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Captain Mefford” in chapter 10 of Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3.:

...ce by Dobbins. At about the same time fifteen hundred Confederates surprised an outpost of Fort Smith, on the border of the Indian country, which was held by two hundred of the Fifth Kansas, under Captain Mefford . After a sharp fight, in which he lost twenty-five men, Captain Mefford was compelled to surrender. The Confederates lost thirty-two killed and wounded. Less than a month later, Shelby, with abou...
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