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Re: Ried's Battery at Prairie Grove

No, it's in the Supplement to the O.R., so here ya go:

Report of Brigadier General John Selden Roane, C. S. Army, on the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 7, 1862.

HEADQUARTERS, FIRST DIVISION, FIRST ARMY CORPS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ARMY,

CAMP NEAR FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS,

December 15, 1862.
CAPTAIN: I beg leave to submit my report of the operations of my command in the late battle of Prairie Grove on December 7.

On arriving on the field with my command, consisting of four regiments of Texas dismounted cavalry, under the command respectively of Colonels [Thomas Coke] Bass and [Almerine M.] Alexander, Lieutenant Colonel [George W.] Guess and Major [Robert D.] Stone, Colonel [John Bullock] Clark's [Jr.] Regiment of Missouri and Arkansas Infantry, Captain [James C.] Shoup's Battery of mountain howitzers, and Captain Reid's Battery of two guns, I unde instructions of the Major General commanding reported to Brigadier General [Daniel Marsh] Frost and served under his orders during the day.

I was ordered to form my command in a skirt of timber near the church fronting on the road leading towards Cane Hill, and to remain as a supporting force to Brigadier General [Mosby Monroe] Parsons, who was in my front.

Learning soon afterwards from my staff officers, who had been ordered to examine the country in my rear, as well as from information sent me by General Frost, that the enemy were threatening our lines from that direction, I changed my front and advanced my command about three-quarters of a mile in the direction the enemy were reported advancing.

In a short time I received information that the enemy were threatening General Parsons' left and was ordered to support him. I moved forward rapidly but before reaching his lines was notified by the Major General commanding that a heavy cavalry force was threatening my left with an order to hold them in check at all hazards.

I then moved my entire command forward to the verge of the timber - moved Captain Reid's Battery to the front and my extreme left, and Captain Shoup's Battery and a section of [Henry C.] West's Battery, which had been opportunely sent to my assistance by Colonel [David] Provence, Chief of Artillery, to the front of my right, supported by Colonel Bass' Texas Regiment. A few well-directed shots from Captain Reid's guns soon scattered the cavalry and caused them to fall back out of range, still, however, threatening my position.

In the meantime, hearing very heavy firing in front of my right and learning that General Parsons' left was heavily pressed by the enemy, I detached Colonel Clark's Regiment, and am gratified to learn from General Parsons that he arrived in time to render valuable assistance. Shoup's and West's Batteries, having advanced into the prairie under the guidance of Major [Roswell W.] Lee of General [Thomas Carmichael] Hindman's staff, did good service and aided materially in driving the enemy back, particularly a battery which was placed 600 yards in my front.

It affords me much pleasure to say that Colonel Clark, in this short engagement with the enemy, acted with great gallantry, as did his officers and men.

It being impracticable to move my left further forward without too much hazard, and on account of the cavalry in front, my command occupied their position until, soon after sundown, the enemy retired entirely from the field.

In conclusion, I have to state that although a portion of my command was not in the heat of the battle, their position was an important and perilous one, and that the whole command, officers and men, behaved as well as I could have wished. I am perfectly satisfied with their patience and endurance without murmuring of their long and disagreeable march to and from the battlefield, as well as their cool courage and prompt obedience of orders on the field.

My entire loss as heretofore reported was - 1 killed and 2 wounded in Shoup's Battery; 3 killed and 20 wounded in Clark's Regiment; and 3 missing; 2 wounded in [James G.] Stevens' Regiment; and 2 wounded in Alexander's Regiment.

I do not intend to be invidious when mentioning the efficient service rendered and cool courage displayed by my staff officers, Captain [Marcus] L. Bell, Assistant Adjutant General and Lieutenant [John] M. Smith, Aide-de-Camp, but only state what I know every officer under my command will endorse.

I have the honor to be very respectfully, etc.,

JOHN SELDEN ROANE,

Brigadier General Commanding.
Captain FRANK [FRANCIS] VON PHUL,

Assistant Adjutant General.

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