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Here are some updates. I submitted my article on the Battle of Bayou & Cache River to the Arkansas Historical Quarterly. I submitted earlier in the year, but they requested some rewriting which I completed last month. As some of … Continue reading →

Semi-centennial History of the Illinois State Normal University, 1857-1907, “THE SCHOOL AND THE WAR,” BY JOHN H. BURNHAM, CLASS OF l861, (1907). John A. Burnham, who was a member of the 33rd Illinois from Normal, provides an interesting account of … Continue reading →

My continued search for new information on the Battle of Bayou Cache brought me into possession of Captain J.H. Burnham’s history of The Thirty-Third Regiment Illinois Infantry in the Civil War 1861-1865 (PDF). Though in my book that comes out … Continue reading →

Drew informed me of a little known book (at least to me) by Michael E. Banasik, “Embattled Arkansas: The Prairie Grove Campaign of 1862,” who went into some detail describing the Battle at Bayou Cache. I did an ILL request … Continue reading →

I have mentioned that I am challenging the historical interpretation of this battle, and in particular an article written by historian William L. Shea, whom I have the utmost respect. In order to present this on the website I have … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on my Battle at Bayou Cache article that is turning out nicely and I think I will submit it to some journals. I have been surprised by what I found and will have to take to task … Continue reading →

I am currently finishing up some research for an article concerning the 11th Wisconsin and the Battle at Bayou Cache and part of it led me to some interesting research (well, reading) on irregular warfare. I’ll be sharing some of … Continue reading →

Today I received via interlibrary loan a transcription (in book form) of James H. Hougland’s 1862 Civil War diary. I requested it for some research I am doing on the Battle at Bayou Cache. It was unfortunately a disappointment for … Continue reading →

Arkansas, July 7, 1862, near Hill’s Plantation and Cache River a small battle took place. On the afternoon of July 6, 1862, Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis’ Army of the Southwest was strung out along Clarendon Road when it was … Continue reading →