Bill,

Thanks! I was wondering if Pindall's S.S. Battalion actually performed the brigade skirmishing that I had read about...or if that was just something on paper. I'm guessing, that the battalion was too new (like Chew's Battalion) and untrained to perform that function at Prairie Grove. Obviously the training they got during the spring of 1863 had them ready to act as brigade skirmishers by the time the battle of Helena occurred. I'm guessing they performed a similar task at Pleasant Hill and Jenkins' Ferry.

I hope your research on Jenkins' Ferry and Parsons' Division is continuing to go well.

Allan