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Who claims this Capt. Morgan?
Houston Telegraph
Houston, Texas
January 25, 1864
Col. Stand Watie’s Operations
Waco, January 19, 1864
Editor Telegraph--Enclosed you will find some news from the Indian country, which if you see proper may publish. It comes from Gen. COOPER’S Headquarters:
Headquarter, 1st Cherokee Reg’t
Camp on Blue, C. N.
December 26, 1863
Capt.------: Col. WATIE started up in the Cherokee Nation on the 12th instant, with about 500 Cherokees and 150 Creeks. The Creeks under Major MCHENRY, were ordered to attack the regiment, if any, at the Creek Agency, and burn the houses, whilst Col. WATIES crossed the Arkansas below the mouth of COODEY’S Creek, on the morning of the 17th. After burning the Agency, the Creeks returned, and are now in COLBERT’S Mill, Chickasaw Nation. After crossing the river, Col. Waties attacked and killed the picket at NECD(?) SMITH’S house, some 3 miles from Port Gibson, on the Fort Smith road, concealed the command, and sent out a few men close to the Fort, to draw the enemy but did not succeed in so doing. He left there in the evening, camping about 5 miles the other side of the River on the night of the 18th instant at ROUCH’S. Next morning about 8 o’clock, the Pins from Fort Gibson, number not known, with one cannon, nearly all of them infantry, attacked our men. A skirmish now took place, lasting about one and a half hours, when the Pins drew off, taking the road for Cincinnati, in order to come with and reinforce a train which was on the way to RHEA’S Mill for flour and forage. The train was in two parties, guarded by about 150 men. Col. Watie then started on a force march across the country to get to the train ahead of new reinforcements. This is all that we know of his movements. In this fight we had one man killed, one mortally wounded, and several slightly wounded. Capt. C. E. WATIE was sent back with them and such of men whose horses were considered not serviceable. In an attack on a Pin house close to Fort Gibson, Capt. MORGAN of the Cherokee battalion was mortally wounded and died on this side of the Arkansas River. After the skirmish was over, Col. WATIE sent a party of 75 men up Spring Creek. When Capt. Watie left the Col., told him he expected to be back in ten days.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THOMAS F. ANDERSON
Adjutant, 1st Cherokee Regt.
Capt. T. B. HOUSTON, A. A. General
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