A. G. Ballanger is cited for his actions and noted as killed in General Cooper's report to General Steele. Otherwise I have seen no list of the Confederate dead here. Cooper states "Our loss was 134 killed and 47 wounded, while that of the enemy exceeded 200. . ." [However, Blunt's report states that he had 13 enlisted men killed (three of those drowned while crossing the Arkansas) and 1 officer and 61 e.m. wounded.]

A letter by James Johnson, Co. "C", 20th Texas Cavalry is quoted in Mamie Yeary's "Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray": I was wounded at the Battle of Elk Creek, Indian Territory, slight wound to the head. William Huddleston was killed at my left at the time I was wounded, 365 of us went into battle and only 105 came out.

A letter from Pvt. Dallas Bowman reads, in part, "our loss was 130. I have neer been able to ascertain what their loss was."

By the way: In the 1960s and early 1970s, the Oklahoma Historical Society contracted for three archaeological searches and hired an airplane with an infared device to try to find the supposed "mass Confederate grave" but had no success.

If anyone comes up with an answer to this, please include us in your posting so we can properly memorialize them here at the battlefield.