You are fabulous researchers! Thank you so much for your generous sharing of information. I don't think that sewing pins have changed much in the last 200 years or so, but while thinking about it, I wondered if the pins were crossed to look like an "X" or as a "+" I'm sure it would be important to get that right.

I'm especially pleased to be informed that some of the Indian regiments were not there. Up to now, I had thought that Stand Watie was at Newtonia, for example. Good to have that straight. I have read elsewhere that Tandy Walker was the "hero" of the battle. I'm a sporadic Civil War buff, my paternal great grandfather was with the CSA at Camp Walker near Maysville, AR & fought at Cane Hill.

I live in McDonald Co. that was particularly devastated during the war, but there is very little documentation of battle sites, etc. In my small way, I'm slowly gathering some of the information.
Doug will be especially pleased with this new information.
Thanks again for your generosity. The messages got hung up in my spam blocker for a while, but I rescued them. :-)

Marilyn Carnell