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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The opposing forces at Pea Ridge, Ark. (search)
. W. Stone; 11th Texas, Lieut.-Col. James J. Dimond. Artillery: Hart's, Provence's, Gaines's, and Good's batteries. Pikers command, Brig.-Gen. Albert Pike. Cherokee Regiment, Col. Stand Watie; Cherokee Regiment, Col. John Drew; Creek Regiment, Col. D. N. McIntosh; Squadron Texas Cavalry, Capt. O. G. Welch. other troops (not included in preceding roster): 1st Battalion Ark. Cavalry, Major W. H. Brooks; Battalion Texas Cavalry, Major R. P. Crump; Battalion Texas Mounted Rifles, Major J. W. Whitfield; Teel's Texas Battery; 19th Ark. Infantry, Lieut.-Col. P. R. Smith; 22d Ark. Infantry, Col. G. W. King. The Confederate loss is reported at 800 to 1,000 killed and wounded, and between 200 and 300 prisoners. Strength of the opposing forces. The effective force of the Union Army did not exceed 10,500 infantry and cavalry, with 49 pieces of artillery. (See Official Records, VIII., p. 196.) The effective strength of the Confederate Army was as follows: Price's command, 6818
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Composition and losses of the Confederate army. (search)
. Gunnell. Cavalry Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James McIntosh (k): 1st Ark. Mounted Rifles, Col. J. T. Churchill; 2d Ark. Mounted Rifles, Col. B. T. Embry; 3d Texas, Col. E. Greer, Lieut.-Col. Walter P. Lane; 4th Texas, Col. Wm. B. Sims (w), Lieut.-Col. William Quayle; 6th Texas, Col. B. W. Stone; 11th Texas, Lieut.-Col. James J. Dimond. Artillery: Hart's, Provence's, Gaines's, and Good's batteries. Pikers command, Brig.-Gen. Albert Pike. Cherokee Regiment, Col. Stand Watie; Cherokee Regiment, Col. John Drew; Creek Regiment, Col. D. N. McIntosh; Squadron Texas Cavalry, Capt. O. G. Welch. other troops (not included in preceding roster): 1st Battalion Ark. Cavalry, Major W. H. Brooks; Battalion Texas Cavalry, Major R. P. Crump; Battalion Texas Mounted Rifles, Major J. W. Whitfield; Teel's Texas Battery; 19th Ark. Infantry, Lieut.-Col. P. R. Smith; 22d Ark. Infantry, Col. G. W. King. The Confederate loss is reported at 800 to 1,000 killed and wounded, and between 200 and 300 prisoners.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
tober, 1854 Election as territorial delegate to Congress of J. W. Whitfield, pro-slavery, by illegal votes......Nov. 29, 1854 Topeka fo. 19, 1855 Free-State men take no part in the election of Gen. J. W. Whitfield, delegate to Congress......Oct. 1, 1855 Pro-slavery partyand calls the Topeka movement revolutionary......Jan. 24, 1856 Whitfield takes his seat in Congress, and Reeder announces that he will con Captains Brown and Shore consent to disband......June 5, 1856 Whitfield's men take a free-State Missourian, Jacob Cantrel, try him for tr. Senate refuses to co-operate......July, 1856 House declares Whitfield not entitled to the seat, but does not admit Governor Reeder.....tes House of Representatives reconsiders the act refusing to seat Whitfield, and he becomes delegate for Kansas......Dec. 9, 1856 Free-Stat Lecompton......Jan. 12, 1857 House committee refuses to seat Whitfield......Feb. 11, 1857 Cities of Topeka, Atchison, and Manhattan i
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Brigadier-Generals of the Confederate States Army, alphabetically arranged. (search)
Department of North Carolina; in 1862, commanding 2d brigade, 1st division, Army of the West, composed of the 3d Louisiana, the 14th and 17th Arkansas regiments, Whitfield's Texas Legion, Greer's regiment dismounted cavalry, and McDonald's Light Battery. 196Hebert, Paul O.Louisiana Aug. 17, 1861.Aug. 17, 1861.Aug. 17, 1861. In comry in General Bragg's army, and commanding brigades of Hagan, Forrest, Wharton and Morgan. 459Whitfield, F. E.Mississippi      Acting Brigadier-General. 460Whitfield, J. W.TexasGen. J. E. JohnstonMay 9, 1863.May 9, 1863. Jan. 25, 1864. Brigade composed of Whitfield's Legion and the 3d, 6th and 9th Texas cavalry. 461Whiting, W. Whitfield's Legion and the 3d, 6th and 9th Texas cavalry. 461Whiting, W. H. C.Mississippi Aug. 28, 1861.July 21, 1861. Aug. 29, 1861. Promoted Major-General February 28, 1863; brigade in 1861 composed of the 2d and 11th Mississippi, the 4th Alabama and the 6th North Carolina regiments, Army of the Potomac; at one time in command of the 3d brigade, Army of the Shenandoah. 462Wickham, W. C.VirginiaGen
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Regiments, &c., in Confederate service. (search)
avalryCol. N. C. Gould   24thTexasRegimentCavalryCol. F. C. WilkesApril 24, 1862.  25thTexasRegimentCavalryCol. C. C. GillespieJune 1, 1862.  26thTexasRegimentCavalryCol. X. B. DeBray Promoted Brigadier-General. 27thTexasRegimentCavalryCol. J. W. Whitfield Promoted Brigadier-General. 28thTexasRegimentCavalryCol. Horace Randall Promoted Brigadier-General. 29thTexasRegimentCavalryCol. Chas. DeMorse   30thTexasRegimentCavalryCol. E. J. GurleyJune 2, 1862.  31stTexasRegimentCavalry    32dTeore   21stTexasRegimentInfantryCol. W. H. Griffin   22dTexasRegimentInfantryCol. R. B. Hubbard   1stTexasBattalionCavalryLt. Col. R. P. Crump   2dTexasBattalionCavalry    3dTexasBattalionCavalryMaj. W. O. Yager   4thTexasBattalionCavalryMaj. Whitfield    TexasSquadronCavalryCapt. R. M. Gans   1stTexasBattalionInfantryLt. Col. J. W. Speight   2dTexasBattalionInfantry    3dTexasBattalionInfantryMaj. J. E. Kirby   4thTexasBattalionInfantryMaj. Oswald   5
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), chapter 18 (search)
lor-Bearer John A. Miller and Private J. M. Day, Sixth Texas, and Capt. D. R. Gurley, brigade adjutant, were mentioned in the report of Major-General Van Dorn. Whitfield and his Texans twice charged the Federals on a hill and were repulsed, but the third time won. Many of the bravest men and officers were lost. The legion lost 7. White, Sixth, were wounded; of the Ninth, Lieut. S. L. Garrett was killed, and Lieuts. W. H. Boyle, J. C. Hensley, W. P. Hicks, and S. McAnear were wounded; of Whitfield's legion Capt. J. W. Bayzer and Lieut. C. H. Roberts were killed, and Capts. J. A. Broocks and B. H. Norsworthy, and Lieuts. Adam Adams, P. P. Halley, and J. L. for bravery. Of the regiment as a whole the greatest compliment to its valor is the record that it lost 158 out of 306. The remnant of the regiment, as well as Whitfield's cavalry brigade, participated in the operations of General Johnston during the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson. Siege of Vicksburg. The Second Texas and
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), W (search)
333, 334, 337, 366; bridge at, III., 324; IV., 87; Glendale, Va., losses at, X., 142. White post, Va., III., 328. White River, Ark.: II., 194; VI., 221, 222, 223, 232, 314. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.: II., 342, 344. White's Ferry, Va., IV., 82. Whitehead,, U. S. S.: I., 356; III., 318; VI., 316. Whitemarsh, Ga., I., 360. Whiteside, Tenn.: railroad bridge across the ravine of running water, II., 317. Whiteside Valley, Tenn., II., 316. Whitfield, J. W., II., 324; commanding a brigade of Texas cavalry, X., 313. Whiting, C. J., IV., 220, 221, 225. Whiting, W. H. C.: I., 342; III., 327; VI., 248. Whitman, W.: IX., 21, 24, 26, 132, 133, 134, 135, 254. Whitney, E. T., I., 40, 42. Whittaker, W. C., X., 207. Whittier, C. A., VIII., 114. Whittier, J. G., II., 60. Whittle, W. C., VI., 218. Wickham, W. C.: III., 158, 160; IV., 98; IX., 343; X., 319. Wigfail, I., T., X., 315. Wilc
The Daily Dispatch: April 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], The first and last slaves in Kansas. (search)
The first and last slaves in Kansas. --Among the passengers by the steamer Matagorda, which sails this morning for Texas, is our esteemed friend, Gen. J. W. Whitfield, formerly of Kansas, and who was a delegate from that Territory to Congress during the latter part of Mr. Pierce's and the first part of Mr. Buchanan's Administration. Gen. Whitfield has located in Texas, and takes with him the first negroes which were carried to Kansas, and the last to leave it.-- New Orleans Picayune, The first and last slaves in Kansas. --Among the passengers by the steamer Matagorda, which sails this morning for Texas, is our esteemed friend, Gen. J. W. Whitfield, formerly of Kansas, and who was a delegate from that Territory to Congress during the latter part of Mr. Pierce's and the first part of Mr. Buchanan's Administration. Gen. Whitfield has located in Texas, and takes with him the first negroes which were carried to Kansas, and the last to leave it.-- New Orleans Picayune,