Here is more from The New Era newspaper re Col. W.F. Cloud http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/NewEra_part2.html November 10, 1863 UNCONDITIONAL UNION MASS MEETING At a Mass Meeting of the �Unconditional Union� Men of Western Arkansas, held at Fort Smith, on the 30th day of October, 1863, F H Wolfe, Esquire, was called to the Chair, and C G Foster appointed Secretary. ..... Valentine Dell, Esq., Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, reported the following, which were received with tremendous applause, and which, after being eloquently discussed in a speech by Colonel W F Cloud, were unanimously adopted.