Thanks, I have only read one. Now I need to see the book. I cam imagine the Sharpshooters in the middle, even more than written. By exploiting the seam that occurred in front of the regiment they must have allowed both the Alabama reserve and parts of the two adjacent regiments to go toward Roasecarn's Headquarters. Had they over ran that, maybe nither the arrival of the two Union Divisions nor the needed reinforcement of the incursion would have mattered. Maybe we would not have the mess we have today. Again, I appreciate the info.

I wish I had a picture of My Great Grand Father or his brother. My older brother is sitting on our Family photo that were recovered after our mother died in 2000. I have a picture of his wife in about 1906 with her new husband, but that does not help. I am trying to get all I can on the 6th TX Cav Rgt to establish a web page depository. maybe I will find something. There must be some pictures out there. I will also look for a picture of LTC Bridges, in my efforts in Dallas County data for Company I, where many of it's men were mustered. Maybe Ras can be found there. My relatives were Robert Author Nolan (1841,TN-aft 1903,FL) and James Tyre Nolan (1842,TN-1906,GA), both privates.

mr nolan ive been reading all i can find on stirmans 1st bat
from ark;;;;;;;it just so happens i live in collin county texas an go to mckinney all the time;;;;;;;;;;;also i had just made friends with (mr simpson of hill co jr college),who who wrote the book on (audie leon murphy);;;an i was selling audie murphy books for( mr simpson) all over collin co. just to help out;;;;SIMPSON OFFERED TO HELP ME AN USE HIS FACILITYS;;BUT HE CAME DOWN SICK (PANCREATIC CANCER) AN DIDNT LAST LONG;;;;WE WERE JUST BECOMING FRIENDS;;;;;;;HE ALSO WROTE SEVERAL (CIVIL WAR BOOKS);;;THERE WAS A( CAPT ROY HALL)
& LAWMAN WHO WROTE ARTICLES FOR THE MCKINNEY PAPER ON THESE OLD, CIVIL WAR PEOPLE & COWBOYS & SOLDIERS & OUTLAWS & JESSE JAMES & FRANK & COLE YOUNGER;;;THERES A THROCKMORTAN BURIED AT MCKINNEYS (PECAN GROVE CEMETERY;);PLUS AT LEAST TWO OLD QUANTRILLS RAIDERS COUSINS OF JESSE & FRANK JAMES BURIED THERE;;;;;;YOU MIGHT LOOK UP CAPT HALLS STORYS FROM MCKINNEY LIBRARY OR GENEALOGY SOCIETY;BECAUSE IT COVERS ALL KINDS OF THAT ERA HISTORY;;;;;LIKE WHEN THEY CAUGHT AN HUNG SOME QUANTRILLS RAIDERS,THE BLOOD FROM THE WELL ON THE SQUARE RAN INTO THE MAIN WELL
AN RUINED IT;;;ON THE SQUARE NEAR THE COURT HOUSE;; THE GOVERNOR THROCKMORTON STATUE;
USED TO BE ON THE SQUARE;;ALONG WITH A STATUE OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER STATUE;;;;

WILL COPY YOUR REQUEST AN LOOK AROUND MCKINNEY AN THE CEMETERYS FOR YOUR PEOPLE;

DAVID CARTER

live in collin co mckinney tx ,interested in civil war(csa) have people in 17th ark infantry & stirmans 1st ark cavalry/ss/mt infantry;;;;;;;;;;ben h carter (stirmans ) & lewis b carter & charles p carter,& jordan h carter all washington co ark;;
charles p carter buried at (orendorf cemetry collin co;)melissa tx just north of mckinney tx on (old hiway 5 at 121)abta mile south ;;co d 17th ark inf at battle of corinth,& hatchie bridge;
as well as stirmans;; will try to help in collin county,looking for you relatives;;;

david carter