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Head Qrs. 1st [Indian] Brigade Scullyville [Skullyville, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory] 19th Dec 1862 Col [Robert C. Newton] In reply to yours of 17th inst, recd yesterday, conveying Gen [Thomas C.] Hindmans orders to command my Piquets at once, with the left of LtCol [Richard P.] Crumps [Crump's Regiment, Texas Cavalry], stationed at Dripping Springs [Indian Territory], who is Piqueting the roads west of that to the “Nation Road” - I have to state, that all the available Cavalry force and here has been advcd once to “Skin Bayou [Indian Territory]” in preparatory to the establishment of the Line of Piquets the Genl desires. The force is entirely too small, being only about 300 armed men, to cover a space of 40 miles. Lt Col Crump’s left is only extended about 10 miles west from Dripping Springs. The only effectual way to cover all the main roads leading south ward from Cane Hill [Arkansas], is to extend the Piquets from Judge Browns, where I suppose Lt Col Crumps left will rest, on the Nation road - leaving a Piquet at the cross road from Evansville [Arkansas] to Old Fairfield Mission in Salisow [Sallisaw, Indian Territory] and another station at the road leading across thru “Greasy Hollow [Indian Territory]” toward Dwight Mission. The distance from Judge Browns to Peyton Spring is 15 miles - There should then be say three stations between that & the Talequah [Tahlequah] road. They could observe all the roads leading toward Webber Falls [Indian Territory] and the main road from Evansville to Tahlequah. There are other roads further North leading from Cincinnati [Arkansas] and Dutch Mills [Arkansas], Down Barren Falls of Illinois to Talequah - by which the Enemy might get in rear of the Piquets - & come in by Fairfield mission. But in case of danger the whole could fall back to Judge Browns. There is a road leading across from Judge Browns to the “Tobacco Mill Place” to Dwight Mission - passing 2 miles
Object Description
Title | Douglas H. Cooper letter to Robert C. Newton - Dec. 19, 1862 |
Creator | Cooper, Douglas H. |
Source | Cooper, Douglas H. Letter to Robert C. Newton. 19 Dec. 1862. Peter Wellington Alexander Papers, Box 1, Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University in the City of New York. |
Description | On December 19, 1862, General Douglas H. Cooper wrote from Skullyville in the Choctaw Nation of the Indian Territory to Colonel Robert C. Newton. Cooper reported to Newton the positions of his companies on picket duty in response to an order received from General Thomas C. Hindman. |
Theme |
United States -- History -- Civil War -- Military life United States -- History -- 19th century -- Minorities |
Subject | 1st Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles; 1st Indian Brigade; 2nd (Adair's) Cherokee Mounted Volunteers; Adjutants; Bridges; Bryan, Joel M.; Bryan's Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles; Cavalry; Cherokee Indians; Chickasaw Indians; Choctaw Indians; Confederate Cherokees; Confederate Choctaw; Cooper, Douglas H.; Courthouses; Crump, Richard P.; Crump's Regiment, Texas Cavalry; Diseases and disorders; Ferries; Fort Coffee (OK); Fort Gibson (OK); Gillett, L.E.; Gillett's Mounted Company Texas Rangers; Hardin, James G.; Hart, Archie; Hart's Company, 5th Texas Partisan Rangers, Texas Cavalry; Hindman, Thomas C.; Indian Cavalry Brigade; Lanigan, Thomas; Martin, Leonidas; Martin's Battalion, 5th Partisan Rangers, Texas Cavalry; Military deserters; Military leave and furloughs; Military maneuvers; Military orders; Mills; Newton, Robert C.; Randolph, John L.; Randolph's Battalion, 1st Battalion Texas Partisan Rangers; Soldiers, Native American; Wells, John W. |
Relation | Peter Wellington Alexander Papers |
Site Accession Number | MS#0016 |
Contributing Institution | Columbia University |
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Coverage | Indian Territory (Oklahoma); Carter County, Oklahoma; Washington County, Arkansas; Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Adair County, Oklahoma; Cherokee County, Oklahoma; LeFlore County, Oklahoma; Muskogee County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas; Benton County, Arkansas; McIntosh County, Oklahoma |
Volume | 1 letter, 3 pages |
Date.Original | 1862-12-19 |
Date.Digital | 2011-05-02 |
Format.Original | Correspondence |
Publisher.Digital | Springfield-Greene County Library District |
Language | English |
CONTENTdm file name | 9560.cpd |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Transcription | Head Qrs. 1st [Indian] Brigade Scullyville [Skullyville, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory] 19th Dec 1862 Col [Robert C. Newton] In reply to yours of 17th inst, recd yesterday, conveying Gen [Thomas C.] Hindmans orders to command my Piquets at once, with the left of LtCol [Richard P.] Crumps [Crump's Regiment, Texas Cavalry], stationed at Dripping Springs [Indian Territory], who is Piqueting the roads west of that to the “Nation Road” - I have to state, that all the available Cavalry force and here has been advcd once to “Skin Bayou [Indian Territory]” in preparatory to the establishment of the Line of Piquets the Genl desires. The force is entirely too small, being only about 300 armed men, to cover a space of 40 miles. Lt Col Crump’s left is only extended about 10 miles west from Dripping Springs. The only effectual way to cover all the main roads leading south ward from Cane Hill [Arkansas], is to extend the Piquets from Judge Browns, where I suppose Lt Col Crumps left will rest, on the Nation road - leaving a Piquet at the cross road from Evansville [Arkansas] to Old Fairfield Mission in Salisow [Sallisaw, Indian Territory] and another station at the road leading across thru “Greasy Hollow [Indian Territory]” toward Dwight Mission. The distance from Judge Browns to Peyton Spring is 15 miles - There should then be say three stations between that & the Talequah [Tahlequah] road. They could observe all the roads leading toward Webber Falls [Indian Territory] and the main road from Evansville to Tahlequah. There are other roads further North leading from Cincinnati [Arkansas] and Dutch Mills [Arkansas], Down Barren Falls of Illinois to Talequah - by which the Enemy might get in rear of the Piquets - & come in by Fairfield mission. But in case of danger the whole could fall back to Judge Browns. There is a road leading across from Judge Browns to the “Tobacco Mill Place” to Dwight Mission - passing 2 miles |
CONTENTdm file name | 9557.jp2 |