McMurtrey's promotion to lieutenant-colonel on January 5, 1864, does conflict with the April 1864 order of battle showing him as a major; however, it is possible that his promotion was made retroactive to January. I've seen that in other cases.

Damon, I'll get started on keyboarding my old notes on the Arkansas companies which served in the Indian Territory. I'll have to fit it in between other projects I've got going on right now, so I may post the material company-by-company as I complete each one.