The battle or skirmish of Timbered Hill was located ten miles North East of Cabin Creek. Captain Welch of the 1st Kansas colored Inf. Company K was killed at the skirmish.The only account of this skirmish is located in a book I edited called Wagon Boss. The fight occured when Captain Welch with a small detachment of men, numbers unknown were spotted on the timbered hill just south of the Texas Road by Federals protecting a wagon train. The Federals managed to get behind the confederates on the south side of the hill and killed several including the captain.
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