In January, 1865, Assistant Surgeon F.L. Cutler of Bourland's Border Regiment, was detailed to the settlement of Flag Springs in Young County to treat wounded 2nd Lt. S.H. Peveler, Co. G,, Capt.J.J. Cureton's Company, Frontier Regiment,T.S.T.

2nd Lt. Peveler was wounded seventeen times following an Indian attack at Salt Creek Prairie in September, 1864. F.L. Cutler of Bourland's Border Regiment was the nearest surgeon in the region.