Try the internet and bring up University of Arkansas Special Collections under The Rebecca Stirman Papers. Quite a few Erasmus Stirman letters are located there. Col. Ras Stirman left Fayetteville Ar in 1879 and moved to Denver, Colorado where he lived until his death in Jan 1914. He is buried as a CSA Veteran in Denver's famous Farimount Cemetary. Thanks! Steve (former resident of Rogers Ar and presently living in Denver, Colorado since 1974.