The index shown below is the index to the recently published book entitled News Paper Accounts of the Civil War on the Western Frontier (including western Arkansas and the Indian Terriotry) and was compiled by extracting Newspapers accounts of the Civil War from the Fort Smith, Arkansas New Era Newspaper. The dates included are October 8, 1863 to February 27, 1864. For more information, please e-mail me at the following address [email protected] 1 101st Regiment Illinois Volunteers 19 10th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 11th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 11th U S Colored Troops 41 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry 48 12th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 12th Regiment Kansas Volunteers, Infantry 68 13th Kansas Infantry 26 13th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 14th Kansas Cavalry 26, 43, 57, 69 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry 69 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 18th Iowa 25 18th Iowa Infantry 37, 47, 70 18th Regiment Iowa Volunteers 52 1st Arkansas Infantry 2, 4, 12, 16, 25, 31, 37, 38, 66 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry 17 1st Colored Kansas Volunteers 45 1st Kansas Colored Infantry 26 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers 44 1st Reg’t Arkansas Infantry 1 1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry 19 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteers 19 1st Regiment Colorado Volunteers 19 1st Regiment Indian Home Guards 19 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteers 19 2 27th Missouri Volunteers 40 2nd Arkansas Cavalry 38, 41 2nd Colorado 10 2nd Kansas 14, 44 2nd Kansas Battery 26 2nd Kansas Cavalry 2, 16, 36, 38, 40, 44 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry 26, 47 2nd Kansas Colored Regiment 14 2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry 20 2nd Regiment Colorado Volunteers 19 2nd Regiment Indian Home Guards 19, 40 2nd Regiment Kansas Cavalry 19 2nd Regiment Nebraska Cavalry 19 3 3rd Arkansas Cavalry 12 3rd Cavalry Wisconsin Volunteers 35, 36 3rd Regiment Colorado Volunteers 19 3rd Regiment Indian Home Guards 19 3rd Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry 19 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry 14, 15, 26, 40 6 6th Kansas Cavalry 26, 33, 44, 51 6th Regiment Kansas Cavalry 19 7 7th Regiment Iowa Cavalry 19 A A UNION OFFICER HUNG 18 Abraham’s Soldiers 18 Adair, Private 68 Adams, M S 21 Adams, Major 14 Adcock, Dr. R M 66 AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN TEXAS 42 Aide- de-Camp 40 Aide-de-Camp 40 Anderson, Major T J 14, 40 Anderson, Mary Ann 33 Anderson, T H 34 Anderson, T J 41 Apache Indians 68 Archer, Edwin 10 Arkansas River 2, 14, 22, 38, 39, 55 Army of the Cumblerland 9 Army of the Frontier 14 ARRIVAL OF GENERAL BLUNT 12 ARRIVAL OF MAJOR GENERAL S R CURTIS 50 Assistant Adjutant General 41 Assistant Commissary of Musters 40 Assistant Provost Marshal 35 Assistant Provost Marshals 46 Atkinson, J C 14 Atkinson, Miss Mary E 43 Austin, John 6, 17, 56 Ayers, E D 54 B Bacher, Fritz 53 Back Bone Mountain, Sebastian County 11 Barber Shop 36 BARBER WANTED 36 Barker, Captain 44 Barnes, Lucien J 50 Bates, G E 38 Battle of Pea Ridge 22 Battle of Prairie Grove 15, 23, 25 Battle of San Jacinto 43 Baxter, Elisha 54 Belle Point Lodge, No. 20, F A M 52 Belle Point, Lodge, No. 20 F A M 52 Bennett & Farnsworth’s 20 Bennett, Dr. J E 44 Berry, J R 54 Birnie, Charles A., Senior 27 Black Republicans 24 Bliss, C C 54 Blunt, General 14, 38 Blunt, James G 26 Blunt, Major General 12, 15, 23, 24, 41 Blunt, Major General James G 12 Boggy Depot 12, 57 Bonham, Texas 44, 62 Boreing, Lieutenant James M 47 Bostick, Griffith & Pennywit Store 18 Bostick’s Hotel, Van Buren 20 Bowen, Colonel 65 Boyd, Lieutenant Marcus 18 Bragg’s Army 9 Bratton, Alex 38 Bright’s Building, Garrison Avenue 66 Brown, Daniel 53 Brunk, George 56 Burnett House, Cincinnati 15 Bushong, James 56 Bushwhacker 16 Bushwhackers 16, 62, 69 Bush-whackers 13, 16 Bushwhacking 8, 16, 49 Bush-whacking 13 C Calkins, E A 51 Calkins, Major 14 Calkins, Major E A 15, 35, 36, 40, 46 Cameron, Captain 38 Canned Fruits 11 Carroll County 32 Cassville, Missouri 38 Cedar Creek Township 56, 57 Chase, Charles 47 Choctaw People 52 Christmas Day 36 City of Fort Smith 18 City of Van Buren 17, 55, 57 Civil Government 8 Clark County 32 Clark, George 57 Clark, Miss Sarah 27 Clay & Brother 18 Clay & Brother, Artists 18 Cloud, Colonel 9 Cloud, Colonel W F 2, 3 Colbert’s Mills 57 Coleman, George 18 Coleman, Zill 53 Collins, William 68 Colonel Phillips 57 Colored Wards 44 Columbia County 32 Columbus 22 Commissioner for Crawford County 5 Commissioner of Sebastian County 5 Company B 2nd California Volunteers Cavalry 68 Confederacy 13, 57 Confederate Army 31 Confederate Currency 59 Confederate Dollar 45 Confederate Force 14 Confederate Lines 47 Confederate Money 58 Confederate Notes 45 Congress of the United States 5 Congressional Districts 5 Conscripting and Enrolling Officer 65 Conscripts 32 Conway County 28, 32 Coons, C B 43 Coons, Rev. George W 43 Cooper, General 14 Copperhead 66 Copperheads 7 Corps d’Afrique 19 Cosmopolitan Saloon 37 Counties of Western Arkansas 9 County of Crawford 17 Cravens, Joseph 56 Crawford County 5, 6, 7, 11, 29, 53, 56, 69 Crawford County Commissioner 17 CRAWFORD COUNTY MASS MEETING 4 Crawford, Colonel 14 Crawford, Colonel S J 51 Cross Hollows 57 Cross, S K 40 Crump, Colonel Philip 43 Cummins, John 38 Curtis, Major General Samuel R 61 Curtiss, General 15 D Dardanelle 12, 18, 28, 38, 39, 49 Dardanelle, Ark., 28 Davis, Jeff 31 DEATH OF DR. ROBINSON 26 Dell, V 2, 48, 50 Dell, Valentine 2 DeMoss’ Regiment 29th Texas Cavalry 36 Denger, Mrs. R 33 Department of Arkansas 69 Department of Headquarters 19 Department of Kansas 50 Dickerson, Ben 11 Dickerson, L B 37 District f the Frontier 70 District Inspector 40 District of Frontier 69 District of the Frontier 20, 35, 39, 40, 45, 47, 50, 51, 52, 69, 70 District Provost Marshal 15, 35, 40, 41, 45, 46, 68 Dokesville Lodge, F A M, Choctaw Nation 52 Donelson 22 Dyer, Benjamin 56 E East, M A 2 Eckols, H 53 Edwards, Colonel 68 Edwards, Colonel John 33, 47, 52 ERNICH & LENDER 37 Ernich, E 37 EXPIDITION AGAINST THE REBS 9 F Fayetteville 11 Federal Army 8, 14, 15, 23, 31, 38, 43 Federal Flag 1 FEDERAL FLAG AT VAN BUREN 1 Federal Lines 38 Federal Nationality 1, 14 Federal Occupation 23 Federal Officer 37 Federal Troops 18, 61 Federal Union 9, 15, 34, 43, 54 FENCING SCHOOL 37 FIGHT IN POLK COUNTY 44 Fishing Creek 22 Florida War 43 Fort Arbuckle 43 Fort Henry 22 Fort Scott 14, 39 Fort Smith 16, 24, 55 FORT SMITH MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY 47 Fort Smith New Era 30, 52 Fort Sumner, New Mexico 68 Fort Washita 44 Foster, C G 2, 4 Franklin County 56 Free Constitution 53 Free State 3, 6, 7, 68 French, J Carey 40 Fresh Oysters 11 FROM CHARLESTON 10 FROM THE POTOMAC 9 FROM WALDRON 36, 65 Frontier Post 55 Frost, John 37 G Garder, Captain 38 Gardner, Captain 36 Garrison Avenue 18, 37, 53 Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith 20 Garver, Wm 52 General Convention 6 General Government 7 General Hindman 32 General Hospital 44 General Steele 55 General Thayer 55, 69 Georgia Militia 9 Gerster, Anton 40 Gibson, Major 36, 37 GRAND MASS MEETING OF UNCONDTIONAL UNION MEN OF WESTERN ARKANSAS 6 Grant, General 9 Gray, J H 17 GREAT BARGAINS AT PRIVATE SALE 53 Greene, O D 20 Gregg, J 17 Gregg, James 56 Griffith, Sam L 50 Guerrilla 16, 70 Guerrilla Warfare 13 Guerrillas 25, 36, 38, 44 H Hall, Jacob 44 Hamer, Captain R W 40 Hamilton, F A 57 Harper, C A 4, 6, 17, 29, 30, 54 Harper, Colonel C A 56 Harrell, Josiah 6, 17, 56 Hart, Captain M D 42 Hayman, H C 56 Hays, Lieutenant J E 48 Head Quarters, District of the Frontier 33 Headquarters Department of Arkansas 60, 64 Headquarters Department of the Missouri 19 HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER 16 Headquarters District on the Frontier 20 Hindman, General 23 Hindman’s Army 23 Holloman, H L 2 HONOR TO CAPTAIN M D HART AND LIEUTENANT HAYS 42 Hopkins, Major 14 Horn, M 53 HOW THE REBELS ENFORCE THE CONSCRIPTION 41 HOW TO PROLONG LIFE 27 Hubbard, George H 40 Hubbard, Surgeon George H 20 Humber, Louisa 33 I INCREASING LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE OF ARK 31 Independence County 32 Independent Home Guard Companies 49 Indian Goods 14 Indians 62 INTERESTING FROM TEXAS 62 Iron-Clads 2 Island No. 10 22 J James, Charles 28 Jasper Township 56, 57 Jefferson County 32 Jenny Lind 38 Johnson County 2, 28, 56 Johnson, Colonel J M 2, 15, 31 Johnson, Colonel James M 4, 5, 8, 17 Johnson, J M 8 Johnson, James M 31 Jordan, J C 54 Judge Advocate 40 Judson, Colonel William R 51 Judson, Colonel Wm R 46 Jumpers’ Battalion of Seminoles 57 K Keitsville 12 Kimball, Brigadier General Nathan 61 Kimball, Nathan 65 Knowles, Lieutenant Horatio 47 L Lafayette Township 56, 57 Lane, M 37 LANE’S STRING BAND 36 Laurant, Captain C G 20, 40 Law and Order in Arkansas 6 Leavenworth 50 Lender, R D 37, 49 Lentz, J M 41 Livery and Feed Stable 20 Long, Isaac 28 Longstreet’s Corps 9 LOYALTY ON THE FRONTIER 37 Lytal, Mrs. Sarah 70 M Mack, George 33 Madison County 4, 8, 15, 29, 30 Manlove, George 20 March from Missouri to Helena 15 Marean, J P 53, 57 Mason, E D 61 Mass Meeting at Fort Smith 9 MASS MEETING AT VAN BUREN 53 MASS MEETING HELD AT DARDANELLE, ARK. 28 Massachusetts 27 May, W N 28 Mayers, Mrs. Jane B 33 Maysville, Ky. 43 McCullough, General Henry 42 McDonald, A 50 McGee, A 28, 29 McGrew, Finely 68 McLivery, Miss Matilda 33 McLivery, Miss Matty 33 McNeil, Brigadier General John 17, 26, 34 McNeil, General 14 McNeil, John 20, 35, 40 Mculloch, General Henry 63 Meade, General 10 Meadows, G W 57 Meadows, John R 56 Meadows, Wm J 56 Member of Congress 17 Memphis 22 Mentzer, Captain 36 Mexican War 43 Mexico 28, 57 Miles, J L 40 Military Commander 47 Military Governor 30 Miller, George E 57 Milor, Captain V V 49 Milor, Judge C 4, 70 Milor, Lula 70 Milor, V V 2, 29, 30 Moer, Captain S H 40 Montgomery County 32 Moonlight, Lieutenant 26 Mt. Ida 16 Mulberry Street 37 MURDER 68 Murphy, E 49 Murphy, Isaac 29, 30, 31, 49, 54 Murphy, Judge Isaac 30 N Nance, Levi 43 Nance, Mary 43 National Council 31 Navajo Indians 68 Naval Academy of Sweden 37 New and Popular Music 36 New Era 33, 66, 67 New York 18 Newland, G W 53, 56 Newland, George W 33 Newman, Captain W H 12 Norwood, R 56 O Oath of Allegiance 31 OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 68 of 2nd Kansas Cavalry 18 Office Commissary Subsistence, Fort Smith, Ark. 20 Old Pap 22, 57 Ordnance Circular No. 13 19 Overwhelming force of Choctaws 62 Owen, W F 53, 56, 57 P Pape, H 2 Parish, L D 28, 29 Patrol Guard 36 Paymaster’s Trains 14 Pea Ridge 22 Penwell, Dr. 63 People of Arkansas 8 People of Western Arkansas 2, 4 Perkins, Richard 56 Perry County 28, 31, 32 Phelps, Calvin 56 Phillips County 32, 49 Pike County 32 Pike, Albert 27, 28 Pneumonia 45 Pope County 28 Port Hudson 18 Pounds, Thomas W 56 Prentiss, Dr. J L 45 Presbyterian Church 33, 50, 53 President Lincoln 55 President’s Proclamation 6, 7, 54 PRICE SKEDADDLED 57 Price, Marmaduke & Company 25 Printer at Fort Smith 10 Proclamation Oath 69 Proclamation of the President 64 PROPOSAL FOR FURNISHING FRESH BEEF 20 PROSPECT OF THE FARMERS- BUSH-WHACKING 13 Provisional Governor 29 Provisional Governor of the State of Arkansas 28, 29 Provost Guard 42 Provost Marshal 12, 15, 51, 52, 54, 58, 63, 67 Provost Marshal at Fort Smith 12 Provost Marshal’s Office 33 PROVOST MARSHAL’S ORDERS 34 Provost Marshals 35, 52 Provost Office 12 Q Quantrile 12, 39 Quantrile's Men 63 R Race Track Prairie 25 Rebel Captain 48 Rebel Currency 45 Rebel Indians 24 Rebel Militia 65 Rebels 23, 57, 63 Rebs 42, 66 Rector Mansion 44 Rector, Elias 25 Red River 42, 44, 65 Refugees 63 Refugees from Texas 42, 62 Registering Loyal Citizens 64 Releford, Mrs. 33 Rentzel, Casper 37 REVIEW OF TROOPS 25 Reynolds, Wm 29 Richardson, Lieutenant George H 10 Richland Township 56, 57 Right of Suffrage 6 Ritchie, Daniel A 56 Roanoke Island 22 Robinson, Dr. 16 Robinson, J M 36 Rogers, Burt A 37 Rolla 57 Root, Dr. 65 Rosewood Piano 53 Ross, Captain John 69 Rounds, Franklin 43 Rowland, Dr. J S C 45 Rupe, David P 38 Rupe, Mr. 38 S Sangster, James 56 Schaurte, Lieutenant Colonel F W 40 Schullyville 44 Scott County 28, 65 Searle, Colonel 29, 66 Searle, E J 2 Sebastian County 4, 6, 11, 17, 29, 32, 38, 50, 55 Secesh Convention 14 Serle, E J 12 Shelby’s 2 Shibley, H 53 Silber, S 36 Sills, Will 56 Singleton, A J 2 Sisson, G W 3, 4, 50, 53 Slavery 3, 6, 8, 49, 67 Sleeper, Major 14 Small Pox 44, 45 Smith, Captain G W R 16 Smoot, J R 2 Snider, J 2 Sokalski, George O 70 Sparks, Jim 67 Speier & Schane 37 Springer, Francis 52 Springer, Rev. Francis 18 Springfield, Missouri 42, 57 St. Charles Hotel 44 Stage Coaches 20 Stage Line 20 Stars and Stripes 50 State Convention 3, 4, 5, 17, 54 State Government 3 Statute Books 64 Steamer Leon 50 Steele and Cooper 9 Steele, Fredrick 69 Steele, Major General F 70 Stephens, James Franklin 41 Stephens, Lieutenant J B 41 Stephens, Maggie 41 Stephenson, James G 53, 56, 57 Stevenson, J G 17 Stevenson, James G 6 Stewart, Jesse 56 Stockton, J B 58 Stomberg, Wm 13 Stout, Wm 28 STRENGTH AND WHEREABOUTS OF COOPER’S ARMY 12 Sugar Loaf Mountain 62 Sulpher Springs 44 Surgeon, 2nd Kansas Cavalry 26 Sutlers 14 Sutton Mansion 44 Swift, C P 43 Swindell, Dr. R D 4 Swindell, R D 2 Syphilis 45 Syphilitic Virus 45 T Tappan, Lieutenant 14 Tatum, Joseph T 17, 40 Taylor, Zach 2 Tennesseeans 9 Tenney, A D 45 Texas 22, 28, 43, 63 Thayer, Bigadier General John M 50 Thayer, J M 51, 52 Thayer, John M 70 Thayer, W T 43 THE COSMOPOLITAN 11 THE FARMING INTEREST 61 THE REBEL MARAUDER 16 THE SITUATION OF ARKANSAS 14 The Telegraph 10, 11 THE WEATHER 39 THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE 8 Tholen, Captain 14 Town of Fort Smith 69 Tracy, Mary E 11 Tracy, Walter C 11 Tracy, William C 33 Tracy, Wm C 11 Traitors 7 Treasury Department 46 Turner, Jesse 8, 55 Turner, Judge 6, 7 U U S Army 37 U S GENERAL HOSPITAL, FORT SMITH 44 U S Soldier 49 U S Superintendent of Indian Affairs 25 Uncle Samuel’s Disbursing Agent 44 Unconditional 2 Unconditional Union 8, 66, 69 Unconditional Union Man 30 UNCONDITIONAL UNION MASS MEETING 2 Unconditional Union Mass Meeting held at Fort Smith 29 Unconditional Union Men 3, 4, 7, 30 Union Army 23, 63 Union Army of General Boren 63 Union Associations 3 UNION MASS MEETING OF SEBASTIAN COUNTY 4 Union Men 25 Union Men of Arkansas 30 UNION MEN OF THE SOUTH 21 Union Men of Western Arkansas 29 Union Prisoners in Richmond 10 United States District Court, for the State of Arkansas 55 United States Military 34 Upper Township 17 V Van Buren 8, 14, 17, 20, 25, 33, 39, 61, 63, 64, 69 Van Buren Township 56, 57 Van Dorn 22 Vanderpool, Captain 16 Vicksburg 60 VOTE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY 17 W Waldron 16, 18, 27, 37, 38, 63 Walker, E T 52 Walker, Moses 51 Walker, William 38 Walnut Street 37 War Department 19, 45, 58, 69 Ward, Mary E 18 Warm Meals 11 Washington Street 11 Water Street 20 Weed, Major T J 40 Western Arkansas 3, 7, 15, 23, 31, 34 Wheeler, John F 67 Wheeler, Mrs. Jerry M 33 Wheeler, Thomas 56 Whicher, 2nd Lieutenant J S 40 White, Colonel R J T 53 White, Dr. L C 4, 6, 56 White, L C 6, 17 White, R J T 54 Whiteford, Captain John 3, 37 Whiteford, J 2 Whitten, Wm S 51, 52, 70 Wier, J H 2 Willets, Major 57 Williams, D W 2 Williams, Fitz 24 Williamson, G W 29 Wilson, Rev. William 52 Wilson, Rev. Wm 33 Winfrey, Alex E 57 Wolfe, F H 2, 50 Wortham, J W 17 Y Yankee Notions 37, 53 Yell County 28, 56 Yonley, T D W 54 Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/