John,
CAPTAIN Buster?
Are there other references in Clarkson's lost order book to indicate that Buster was a captain in Clarkson's Battalion? In the previous year at Wilson's Creek, he was a Major in the Missouri State Guard. After he assumed command of Clarkson's Battalion (after Locust Grove), he was a Lt. Colonel. Would you check back in the order book and verify that Clarkson referred to Buster as a Captain?
Jerry