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Thanks Jay, but I have some very good first-person accounts of Smithville battle, where the 5th lost 2 killed and 5 wounded. I think Seley also got the numbers wrong, but he amended his report later. I don't think the second report was included in the OR. My numbers are from the regimental records, of which I have copies from both the national and state archives. Dyer's numbers are wrong for the battle, and for the regimental loss as a whole. Dyer tended to lump accidental deaths/suicides in with those who died of disease, so my numbers are a bit different than his. The regiment, so far (I've written up to 7/1863), have lost more in killed than what Dyer calculated. I'll be able to supply a much more accurate number once I've written about all the battles.

Do you know if there is a map available for the Smithville/McKinney farm vicinity? I could not find any local maps that would include some of the places mentioned online and in the reports.

You are probably thinking of the Roe letters, which are available online, and are a fairly good source of information--though they do lack in accuracy at times.

Rhonda Kohl

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