Wilson's Creek

BATTLE-GROUND UPON WILSON'S CREEK, MO.

WITH ATTACHED CASUALTY LISTS

3RD REGIMENT STATE TROOPS
AND

1ST REGIMENT OF ARKANSAS CAVALRY
STATE TROOPS

3rd Regiment plus Woodruff's Battery as follows:

Page 123, Vol 3, Series I. Official record of the Rebellion No. 33

Report of Col. John R. Gratiot, Third Arkansas Infantry. August 11, 1861

SIR:

Early upon the morning or the 10th of August my regiment was summoned by the report that the enemy had taken us by surprise and were upon us. As soon as the regiment was formed it was ordered to an adjacent hill, occupied by Captain Woodruff's battery, to support it, where it remained some hours under fire of shot and shell. At about 11.30 o'clock a.m. yourself in person gave orders for my regiment to move on to the scene of action and attack a battery and a large force then forming on the north side of Wilson's Creek, on the ridge, and in the woods. I proceeded to execute the order under a heavy fire of shot and shell from the enemies batteries, crossed the creek, and marched up the ridge by a flank movement and in column of fours. I advanced until we came near the enemy. We then faced toward them, and marched in a line of battle about fifty paces, when we were attacked by a large force of the enemy in front and on the left flank. At this moment a battery commenced playing upon our left flank, enfilading the entire regiment with grape, canister, and shell. So terrific was the fire, that my regiment was obliged to lie down, and then commenced firing in that position. We remained in this attitude for about thirty minutes, firing with deadly effect, silencing the fire of the artillery and infantry upon our left and driving the enemy in front. We remained upon the ground long after the enemy had fled and all firing ceased. During the action, I am sorry to say, we were very much annoyed , and some of the casualties hereafter mentioned are to be attributed to the fire of our own friends, who formed behind us and lower down upon the hill, and fired through my ranks after the fire had ceased from the enemy. Attached herewith find a report of casualties, which will show the heavy fire under which we were placed.
* Of my regiment I must speak in the highest terms for their coolness, prompt obedience, and daring courage, and although but few of them had ever been upon a battlefield, they maintained their position for thirty minutes under one of the most galling fires ever delivered upon a regiment by 1500 of 2000 Federal troops, besides being enfiladed by a heavy battery. They stood their ground, delivering their fire with deadly effect and extreme rapidity. I must here mention in terms of high approbation the conduct of my Lieutenant-Colonel, David Provence, for his coolness, skill, and gallant bearing during the whole action, his example having a powerful influence in keeping the men steady and cool. Major Ward behaved with great gallantry: also Captain Sparks and his company; Captain Hart and company; Captain Brown, up to the time of his death, and Lieutenant King, afterward in command of the company; Captain Bell,up to the time of his death. These companies bore the heat of the action, and distinguished themselves by their gallant conduct, and the conduct of the officers and men throughout was so universally gallant and courageous, that it is hard to make personal distinctions. After my regiment had silenced all firing upon the north side of Wilson's Creek, fears were entertained that the enemy were collecting in force with a view of attacking Woodruff's battery, which yet remained upon the ground that it had occupied during the day. My regiment was again ordered to the support of this battery, where we remained until ordered into camp by General McCulloch. As Captain Woodruff's battery was attached to my regiment, I feel it my duty to say something in reference to the services of Captain Woodruff and his battery. The execution which this battery did in the enemy's ranks was prodigious, and its influence was sensibly felt in achieving the fortunes of the day, men and officers behaving with great coolness and courage.

JOHN R. GRATIOT,
Colonel Third Regiment Arkansas Volunteers,
Brigadier -General PEARCE

Consolidated report of casualties in the Arkansas State forces in the action of August 10, 1861.
K- Killed .. M -Missing .. W- Wounded .. A -Aggregate

Commands .................K .............W......... M......... A............. Remarks
Second [First] Cavalry .................5...........18...........2 .............25
Third Infantry, }........ 25............ 84........... 1........ 110
Woodruff’s battery, } .... .... .... ....
Fourth Infantry .... .... .... ........................................................ Not engaged
Fifth Infantry ..............3............ 11 ....................... 14
General staff .... .... ..... .............. ...............1............ 1............ Captain Jefferson captured.
Total 33 ..................113..............4......... 150

A.H. CLINE, Major and A.D.C.

The only listing of personnel of the Regiments of State Troops that has been found is the list of those casualties of the 3rd Regiment plus Woodruff's Battery as follows:

ADKINS, JAMES - CO G - KILLED

ALEXANDER, ED - CO B - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

ALLEN, S.C. - CO B - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

BEAN, R. - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

BELL, S.R. - CO C - CPT - KILLED

BLACKARD, J.V. - KINGS - LIEUT - KILLED

BREWER, JAMES M - CO E - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

BRITT, G.D. - CO B - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

BROWN, H.T. - CO G - CPT - KILLED

BROWN, J.N - KINGS - LIEUT - MORTALLY WOUNDED

BROWN,-- - CO H - Petition 11 Aug 1861

BROWN, WILLIAM C. - CO C - SGT - KILLED

BRUCE, J. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

BUCHANAN, P.W. - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

BUTTS, T.W. - KINGS - TEAMSTER - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

BYLER, H. - WOODRUFF'S - PVT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

BYRD, RICHARD - WOODRUFF'S - PVT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

CALDWELL, G.M. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

CARNAHAN, PETER - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

CARR, D.B. - CO G - PVT - KILLED

CARVER, WILLIAM - WOODRUFF'S - PVT - KILLED

CLARK, GEORGE K. - CO G - PVT - WOUNDED SERIOUSLY

CLARKE, JOHN A. G. - PVT - WOUNDED SERIOUSLY

CLEMM, JOSEPH M. - CO C - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

COLEMAN, WILLIAM - STUART'S - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

CORCORAN, W.C. - CO I - CPT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED - Petition 11 Aug 1861

CRAWFORD, WILLIAM - CO C - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

CROSS, HOMER - CO B - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

DAVIS, THOMAS - CO G - PVT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

DeSHAZO, JOHN H. - CO G - PVT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

DONAHUE, H. - CO I -1LT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

DUNNE, H.C. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

EMMERT, J.C. - CO A - PVT - KILLED

ENLOW, FRANCIS - STUART'S - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

EVANS, WILLIAM - BUCHANAN'S - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

FARMER, JAMES - KINGS - MORTALLY WOUNDED

FITZWILLIAMS, JAMES - CO A - 3LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

GOODCHEAUX, H. - CO A - KILLED

GRACE, JOHN H. - KINGS - MORTALLY WOUNDED

GRAF, LEWIS - STUART'S - WOUNDED SERIOUSLY

GRATIOT, JNO. R. - COL - Petition 11 Aug 1861

GRIFFITH, B.H. - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

GRIFFITH, JNO. - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

HAGER, S.A. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED (Joined Co A 3rd Ark Cav 31 Aug 1863 at Ft Smith, AR)

HALL, M.V. - KINGS - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

HARPER, L.D. - CO A - PVT - KILLED

HARRIS, J. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

HART, WILLIAM - CO B - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

HAWKINS, MARTIN - CO C - PVT - KILLED

HAWKS, DAVID - CO B - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

HAY, JAMES - CO I - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

HENRY, M. - CO C - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

HOLDERBY, D. - CO A - PVT - KILLED

HOPPER, S. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

HOWELL, JAMES W. - CO E - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

HOUSE, GEORGE - CO C - MISSING

HOWARD, R. - CO G - PVT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

INGE, W.M. - 3LT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED - Petition 11 Aug 1861

JACOBS, H. - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

JETT, J.P. - CO B - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

JONES, D.W. - CO B - 1LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

KENNEDY, J. - CO A - PVT -SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

KERBY, - - CO I - CPT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

KIDD, WILLIAM - CO B - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

KING, A.D. - CO H - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

KING, JAMES - STUART'S - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

KING, J.P. - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

KNIGHT, R.W. - CO E - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

LACEY, JNO - 1LT - Petition 11 Aug 1862

LACY, A.H. - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

LANGSTON, M.L. - CO B - SGT - KILLED

LAWLESS, RICHARD - STUART'S - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

LEMMONS, J.A. - CO E - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

LEVY, MEYER - CO A - PVT - KILLED

LOWELL, J.W. - KING'S - VOL - KILLED

MAYBURY, J. - 3LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

MANLEY, ROBERT - KING'S - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

MARCAN, H.H. - CO G - PVT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

MARTIN, S. - 1LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

MAYS, REUBEN L. - KING'S - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

McCARTY, - - CO I - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

McCORD, H. J. - 1LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

McCONNEL, S.D. - CO A - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

McLYTUR, R.J. - CO E - KILLED

MONTGOMERY, S.H. - STUART'S - CPL - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

MOORE, ELIAS - COMMISSARY - WOUNDED

MORLEY, GEORGE - CO A - 1LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

MORRIS, T.O. - CO A - SGT -DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED

NEAL, J. -CO G - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED (Also shows SERIOUSLY WOUNDED)

NEAL, THOMAS - CO C - PVT - KILLED

PAGE, A. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

PARKER. - - CO B - KILLED (Formerly of Dixie Blues)

PARKER, R. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

PHILLIPS, W.B. - CO B - ENSIGN - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

POLEET, JAMES - KING'S - MORTALLY WOUNDED

POLLARD, JEFF - CO C - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

PROVINCE, DAVID - LTCOL - Petition 11 Aug 1861

PYATT, JACOB - BUCHANAN'S - MORTALLY WOUNDED

PYATT, MILLER - BUCHANAN'S - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

RAY, H.L. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

REED, J.C. - CO A - MUSICIAN - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

REYNOLDS, JAMES T. - CO B - CPL - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

RICKMAN, W.E. - CO A - PVT - DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED

ROBINSON, T. - CO C - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

ROSS, JESSE - CO A - QM - Petition 11 Aug 1861

SANGER, F. - 1LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

SANGER, W.F.M. - STUART'S - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

SIMMS, J.M. - QM - KILLED

SIMMS, THOMAS H. - CO B - PVT - DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED

SMITH, H. - CO C - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

SMITH, T.M. - CO E - WOUNDED SLIGHTLY

SMITH, WM. - SURGEON - Petition 11 Aug 1861

SPARKS, J.H. - CO A - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

STIMSON, WILEY - CO B - CPL - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

STUART, JAMES - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

TAYLOR, - - CO B - 3LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

THOMAS, G. - CO A - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

TURBERTON, B. - CO A - PVT - DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED

TURNBEAU, ELI - CO E - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

VAUGHN, - STUART'S - KILLED

VAUGHT, HENRY - CO E - KILLED

VINSON, W. T. - STUART'S - SGT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

WALLACE, JOHN - CO G - SGT - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

WALTON, JOSEPH J. - CO A - PVT - KILLED

WARD, JNO C. - MAJOR - WOUNDED - Petition 11 Aug 1861

WARNER, A.L. -CO B - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

WARREN, JOHN - KING'S - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

WASHINGTON, GEORGE L. - BUCHANAN'S - WOUNDED SLIGHTLY

WAX, NICK - CO C - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

WEAVERM OMER R. - WOODRUFF'S - 1LT - KILLED

WEST, M. - CO C - CPL - KILLED

WHITFIELD, J. L. - CO G - CPL - SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

WILLARD, J. - CO A - MUSICIAN - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM C SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

WILSON, WILLIAM H. B. - PVT - KILLED

WOODSON, R. - CO A - PVT - KILLED

WORSHAM, GEORGE H. - CO B - DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED

ZAGER, J. - CO A - PVT - DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED

The State Troops Units were organized as six month units in June 1861 and participated in the Battle at Wilson's Creek, MO 10 Aug 1861. Rosters for the units have not been found. Casualty lists from the Battle at Wilson's Creek for only two units are available. This list seems to be the casualty list for the above unit:

ADAMSON, JOHN - CO D - Believed to have left the fight for his home in Crawford Co, AR

ALLSTOTT, JOHN - CO G - PVT - WOUNDED

ALMONDS, JAMES - CO D - Missing, has since returned. Believed to have absented himself from the field.

ARMSTRONG, L. - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

BENGE, JOHN - CO B - PVT - KILLED

BERRY, ALBERT - LTCOL - Petition 11 Aug 1861

BRINKMIRE, HENRY - CO C - PVT - Absent, since returned saying they were sick and ran after the MO train thinking it was ours.

CALHOUN, S.H. - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

CARROLL, CHARLES W. - CPT - Petition 11 AUG 1861

CARROLL, DeROSEN - COL

CARROLL, JESSEE - CO F - 2CPL - WOUNDED

CARROLL, JNO H. - SURGEON - Petition 11 Aug 1861

CHITWOOD, JAMES A. - CO H - WOUNDED

CLAY, WESLEY - CO B - PVT - MORTALLY WOUNDED

COPELAND, JOHN - CO F - PVT - Reported missing & since returned with train

COVEY, JAMES F PVT - CO F - PVT - Reported missing & since returned with train

CRAVENS, JOHN J. - CO D - Absented himself from the field

CRAWFORD, C.A. - CO H - PVT - WOUNDED

CRAWFORD, THOMAS - CO G - PVT - WOUNDED

CULVER, GEORGE W. - CO E - Reported returned - did not report himself & went horse hunting

DAVIDSON, JNO A. - 1LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

DONALDSON, WILLIAM G. - PVT - WOUNDED

DOWNING, PEYTON F. - CO D - 4CPL - KILLED

DUNLAP, MARION - CO C - PVT - SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

GARDNER, B.F. - CO B - PVT - MORTALLY WOUNDED

HAIR, W.L. - CO I - PVT - KILLED

HARKREADER, JOHN - CO C - PVT - Absent, since returned says he was sick and ran after the MO train thinking it was ours

HASELETT, WILLIAM - CO F - PVT - WOUNDED

HEARN, JOHN B. - CO B - PVT - WOUNDED

HOLLIS, S.N. - 2LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

HONEA, S.B. - CO G - 1SGT - MISSING - BELIEVED KILLED

HOWDYSHELL, HENR - CO F - PVT - Missing - since returned with train

HOYLE, P.H. - 3LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

JACOBS, WILLIAM - CO C - PVT - Absent - since returned says he was sick and ran after the MO train thinking it was ours

JAMES, R.C. - CO B - 3SGT - KILLED

JEFFERSON, S.A. - CO F - PVT - WOUNDED

JOHNSON, JAMES - 1LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

KELLY, T.J. - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

LEWIS, THOMAS - CPT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

McCURDY, J. D. - Missing - returned, believed to have absented himself from the field

PATTERSON, ISAAC - CO H - 1CPL - KILLED

PAYNE, J. L. - CO C - PVT - Absent - returned, says he ran after the MO train thinking it was ours

PENDERGRASS, BENJ - CO G - PVT - Since returned from down the road

ROGERS, JONATHAN - CO D - Missing & returned , believed to have absented himself from the field

SAWYER, EARL - 3LT - Petition 11 Aug 1861

SMEDLEY, JOHN R. - CO C - PVT - Absent, returned, says he ran after the MO train thinking it was ours

SMITH, C. M. - CO B - Returned unhurt. Horse had leg shot off in the charge of the enemy battery

SMITH, JOHN - CO G - PVT - WOUNDED

SPIVEY, U. J. - CO D - PVT - WOUNDED

WALKER, B.F. - CO D - PVT - WOUNDED

WALKER, JOHN J. - CO G - CPT - WOUNDED ON THE FACE

WARREN, HENRY A. - CO C - PVT - Absent, returned says he ran after the MO train thinking it was ours

WELLS, P. B. - CO D - PVT - WOUNDED

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM -CO C - PVT - Absent, returned says he ran after the MO train thinking it was ours

YOUNG, WILLIAM - CO H - PVT - WOUNDED

PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION WAS TAKEN FROM THE MICROFILM OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

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