We published a book in October 2013 about the Civil War in the Ozarks based on the memoirs of John J. Chilton and official records, entitled Blue & Gray Cross Current. A biography of Alexander Chilton and Elizabeth Davis. See www.blueandgraycrosscurrent.com. The Current River begins in Dent County Missouri and flows about one-hundred-fifty miles to the Black River which flows into the White River, which flows into the Mississippi River near Jacksonport, Arkansas. Our family tree and stories includes Civil War era soldiers: Brig. Gen. Thomas Roe Freeman, CSA; Col. Lucian Nester Farris, CSA; Capt. Shadrach Chilton, Capt. George Fry, USA; Privates: Alexander Chilton, John Chilton, William Chilton, William S. Chilton, James C. Chilton, John Carter Rayfield, Allen Sutterfield (Satterfield), William T. Orchard, Joe Butler, Sam Nesbit, William Jerome Sutton. Representative and Senator Joshua T. Chilton, Representatives John Chilton, Thomas Boggs Chilton, Shadrach Chilton, Lucian Nester Farris, David Clinton Reed, Alfred Deatherage.