A great uncle of mine John Barker (r.s. clukes reg.) was captured at buffington isl. he does not speak of the battle itself but the train ride to the prisoner camp at ft. chase. he talks of people gathering around every town they moved through to see "morgan's celebrated horse thieves" he also speaks to the fact that "there are a great many rascals in morgans command that bring odium upon us all". john may have had a spirit to be a good cavalryman but he was not real good at it as he was captured three times during the war.
he finally "took the oath" in may 65.

Sgt. gauss