Was it you that asked me for the reference to 25 pieces of Artillery being crossed over to Arkansas a while back? I think I told you it was in the Missouri in Gray Book, the John Bull letters, or either Don Simmon's Book in their own words.

Well I found the reference. It was in a report by Gen. Sam'l Curtis dated July 20, 1862. It read;

"A large amount of ammunition, small arms, and some 25 pieces of artillery were crossed over into Arkansas. I took and destroyed some 70 or 80 flat boats, and one small steamboat. My advance drove a picket from Gaines Landing and pursued the enemy, killing 1 man. I went 25 miles up the Arkansas River and sent scouts to the road south of it, hoping to intercept the artillery but it had all passed on to Little Rock.”

This is more than a month before Parson Infantry Brigade crossed the Mississippi back into Arkansas on Aug 31st '62.

Ps, I don't have the O.R. citation on this right now have to do some looking.