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"...saw
the elephant?" also known as meeting the enemy in combat.
THE
BATTLE OF ARKANSAS POST by L. J. Caraway, Granbury Texas
Confederate
Veteran – March 1906
Abraham
Lincoln meeting with Allan Pinkerton and Maj. Gen. McClernard
Battle of Arkansas Post
Forenoon, January 11, 1863
Battle of Arkansas Post
5 p.m., January 11, 1863
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Gen. McClernard, of
Illinois, who commanded the Union army, rode up in front of our company in
our line near enough for us to get a good look at him.
He seemed very kind and was dignified, making quite a military
appearance. He looked up and
down our line, and asked our captain: “Is this all the men you have?
When told it was, the General said: “You have killed as many of our men
as we have captured of yours.
January the 18th 1863
Dear father I take this
oppertunity to in form you
that am yet a lived I
am not very well at present
but I think i will soon be
well. We left Heelena the
21th of last month and
have been on the river ever
since prety nare we went down
to Vixburg they was about
69 thousand in the fleat
we seen the elephant there
we was down there several
days and dun some prety
hard fighting and come back
up to Arkansas river
and
went up it about 39 miles
to a fort up there and we
had a fight there
and we took 5 thousand
of prisnors there and alot
of there cannons and alot
of mules and alot of am-
unition our loss was not
many and the Rebel loss
was right smart
we
got one man killed in our
company an one wounded
Milton Fisher was the man
that got killed we didn't
make mutch off the rebels
at
Vicksburg our regiment
we are guarding the prisnors
we are taken them upto Santlouis
we are up as fur as memhpis
now I seen ~~Van(vast or fleet)at
memphis yesterday and he
was well and harty.
I ke Heaner at memphis
is but I didn't git
to see him ge was well
I will tell you that I
havent hurd from home
fur about 2 months I
would like to here frome
home. Wyatt has had along
sick spell but he is
beter Heanson is sick
the small pocks
is
going through out
regiment i gess we
will go back as soon as
we git up there to
St Louis I tell you
we see ahard time
I have wrote you sevrel
letters but didn't git
any answer
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you write to me when
you git this letter if
you pleas tell epraim
I wrote him two letters
and he did not anser
them and i dont intend
to write to him till
he writes to me.
tell Harris to write to me
I havent drawed any
money yet.
I must git this
time some more at
port sent but remen
ber Hearvey O Slutts
to Noah Slutts
Derect to St Louis Mos-
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A letter from Hearvey Slutts to his father Noah Slutts written after The Battle of Arkansas Post, near memphis enroute to St Louis Mo. with approx five thousand confederate prisoners. Click and find out how close the letter matchs the historical account.
Thirty-fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Slutts, Harvey J., age 20, nativity Ohio, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. (Company C) |
Fisher, Milton, age 20, nativity Virginia, enlisted
Aug. 12, 1862, killed in action Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, AK. |
Van(vast or fleet) |
I ke Heaner |
Wyatt, Sacker, age 42, nativity Indiana, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, discharged for disability May 12, 1863, Chicago, IL. |
Hanson (Heanson in the above letter), James, age 36, nativity Ohio, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, died of disease Jan. 25, 1863 on steamer "Sam Gaty" near St. Louis, MO |
Early Van Buren Co IA Marriages Noah Slutts married Meek, Shirley on 7-5-1865 |
Noah Slutts on Ancestry.com |
ARKANSAS POST LINKS
Arkansas Post National Memorial (Fort Hindman) site photos
Vicksburg Campaign Photo Album - Arkansas Post National Memorial
Arkansas Post Fort Hindman Arkansas
34th Iowa Infantry Regimental History
34th Iowa Infantry at Vicksburg
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