I should probably announce that I have a complete copy of the memoir and have put it in a computer file. I have circulated this copy with a number of noted Authors to get their impressions and solicit comments about areas of their special interest or expertise. These include Bill Shea on Prairie Grove, Michael Forsyth on the Camden Expedition, Kendall Gott on Donelson, Bryce Suderow and I on the Price Raid to which we are adding a number of other noted writers thoughts on the subject. In addition I have asked Ed Bearss to give comment on Wrights part in the events involving Ft.Smith Arkansas and The Fight at the Devils Backbone.

The general consensus is, though written many years after the war, there are many areas of special interest and enlightment that adds much to our understanding to the events west of the Mississippi written by a man who actively took part in many of them.

We are currently adding notes and maps to specific areas of this work so that a reader can follow and understand events as Wright talks about them.

Legal hurddles have been overcome and this work can now be safely republished with the addition of those comments, notes and maps.