of the Arkansas
regiment, in meeting and dispersing the column of cavalry at
Buena Vista. The 1st and 2d Illinois, and the 2d Kentucky
regiments, served immediately under my eye, and I bear a willing
testimony to their excellent conduct throughout the day. The
spirit and gallantry with which the 1st Illinois and 2d Kentucky
engaged the enemy in the morning, restored confidence to that
part of the field, while the list of casualties will show how
much these three regiments suffered in sustaining the heavy
charge of the enemy in the afternoon. Captain Conner's company of
Texas volunteers, attached to the 2d Illinois regiment, fought
bravely, its captain being wounded and two subalterns killed.
Colonel Bissell, the only surviving colonel of these regiments,
merits notice for his coolness and bravery on this occasion.
After the fall of the field officers of the 1st Illinois and 2d
Kentucky regiments, the command of the former devolved upon
Lieutenant-Colonel Weatherford, that of the latter upon Major
Fry.

Regimental commanders and others who have rendered reports, speak
in general terms of the good conduct of their officers and men,
and have specified many names, but the limits of this report
forbid a recapitulation of them here. I may, however, mention
Lieutenants Rucker and Campbell, of the dragoons, and Captain
Pike, Arkansas cavalry, commanding squadrons; Lieutenant-Colonel
Field, Kentucky cavalry; Lieutenant-Colonel Roane, Arkansas
cavalry, upon whom the command devolved after the fall of Colonel
Yell; Major Bradford, Captain Sharpe (severely wounded), and
Adjutant Griffith, Mississippi regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel
Hadden, 2d Indiana regiment, and Lieutenant Robinson, aid-de-camp
to General Lane; Lieutenant-Colonel Weatherford, 1st Illinois
regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel Morrison, Major Trail, and Adjutant
Whiteside (severely wounded), 2d Illinois regiment; and Major
Fry, 2d Kentucky regiment, as being favorably noticed for
gallantry and good conduct. Major McCulloch, quarter-master in
the volunteer service, rendered important services before the
engagement, in the command of a spy company, and during the
affair was associated with the regular cavalry. To Major Warren,
1st Illinois Volunteers, I feel much indebted for his firm and