It's good to hear from you again!

1. Colonel Freeman wounded four times? I know of only one, if you believe Union army intelligence. "Official Records" series 1, vol. 34, part 1, p. 970; part 4, pp. 164, 165, 168, 472, 507, 653 (well not of these, but it's in there) is Union military mention that they obtained intelligence that Colonel Freeman was recovering from a wound in late May and early June 1864 somewhere along the Black and Eleven Points River. Don't know if this was true or not. It is highly possible that Freeman could have been wounded as many as four times, as he was brave and tall (as I seem to recall from reading)!

2. Camden Expedition? Well, that's out of my jurisdiction. You will need to post a query in "the Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board" for that one. Besides, Freeman spent a lot of time in Arkansas and many of his men were from that state, so those kind folks can help you, too. That forum is very, very active, as you will see. There are two good, newer, general histories of the war in Arkansas that you may view in your library and via Interlibrary Loan. One is "Rugged and Sublime: The Civil War in Arkansas" edited by Mark K. Christ and copyright 1994 by the Univ. of Arkansas Press. I seem to recall seeing a second one mentioned in this forum, but perhaps some kind soul can remind us of its specifics.

3. I have no personal knowledge of LTC Joseph B. Love's experience as a staff quartermaster staff officer, as he was from Arkansas, and I cannot bring up his record in the Missouri State Archives for that reason. See my reply to # 2 above. According to the older Crute, "Units of the CSA", 1987, pp. 206-7 and Oates, "Confederate Cavalry West of the River," 1961 by University of Texas Press, p. 172, when COL Thomas Freeman reconstituted his regiment in January 1864 LTC Joseph B. Love was his executive officer, his #2 in command. This job would preclude Love from serving on staff as quartermaster or anything else UNLESS a superior officer or command would have drafted Love into such a job. Therefore, I would assume from this that any experience Love had as a brigade or division staff quartermaster officer took place prior to January 1864. I realize all of the above is my way of saying I really don't know.

4. Freeman as a POW. Yes, Col. Thomas Roe Freeman was captured by Union forces 14 February 1862 at Cane Creek in Greene or Stone County, southwest MO and sent to the sumptuous, palatial (read the preceding as "hell hole") Alton Military Prison. Lest some Illinois resident take offence as my characterization of Alton Military Prison in unkind terms, let me state for the record that the Union was able to lease the former Illinois State Penitentiary at Alton because the state of IL had condemned the place because of frequent flooding and poor sanitation. Eakins' "MO POWs" (the actual title is three lines long and I have to go to work in three hours) published by herself in 1993 quotes the National Archives microfilm on POWs of the St. Louis area prisons including Alton as quoting the Union account ledger for Colonel Thomas R. Freeman of Phelps County captured at Cane Creek 14 February 1862 and sent to Alton, IL. "Texas County Heritage" vol. 1, p. 387 states that after eight months in prison, Freeman was exchanged and returned to south-central MO and reformed his regiment. Since the Pea Ridge battle was in early March 1862, Freeman had to miss that one. I am thinking that the Newton County History Society at Neosho (I think that is correct) that has Colonel Freeman's records may help you with more detail about his imprisonment, but I don't have more on it.

Bruce Nichols