The fight I'm researching is possibly this fight here. This one may not be the one I'm looking for but one like it. Both are night fights and both involve Col. McIntosh and Cooper.

Taken from the Sparks Papers link provided below;

"We were encamped near a building
called a Mission, and stood guard over our horses, which were kept
saddled for fight or flight, while the Indians in every direction
appeared to be in great excitement, and we afterward learned that a
detachment left that night to join Chief Hapothlehola, who with his
braves was further up the river pressing General Cooper who commanded
the Confederate Indian forces."

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maddox/sparks.txt

One of the problems with Mr Sparks is he is old at the time of recording this and he jumps around in the sequence of things.