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ss Story of an Emigrant. 102
and revenge, to take the enemy by the hand, to guide, help,
and protect him and his in all the rights of citizenship, and
it is of that I would relate some facts that came under my
own observation and experience.
" Having been stationed at Duvall’s Bluff, Arkansas, in
command of a brigade, of which my own regiment, the Third
Minnesota infantry, formed a part, I received orders from
Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds, commanding the Department of
Arkansas, on the loth of Alay, 1865, to establish a military
post at Batesville, Arkansas, on the upper White river, and
to take command of a district comprising the north-eastern
portion of that state. The field organization of the Seventh
army corps, to which we belonged, was being broken up.
Some of the regiments were sent home to be mustered out of
service; others were sent to different points for purposes of
occupation. My own regiment and two squadrons of the
Ninth Kansas Cavalry were detailed for the work given in
my charge.
"On the ISth of Mav we embarked 011 steam transports,
and reached Batesville on the 20th. A few days later my post
headquarters was established at Jacksonport, and the
troops were distributed at different points with one or two
companies for each, at Batesville, Searcy, Augusta,
Powhatan ; and the main force at Jacksonport, from which point
frequent cavalry patrols were sent to the outlying stations,
"The topography of that country is very irregular and
unique. The eastern portion, bordering upon the
Mississippi, is flat and marshy, with many lakes and bayous, and has
a rich, alluvial soil. The other portion is very broken, with
hills and mountain ridges, rocks, caves and beautiful streams,
but poor soil. The lowlands had been occupied by wealthy
slave owners, whose sympathies were strong for the
Soiith-ern cause. The highlands were occupied by the poorer class,
onlv a few of whom had owned slaves. Manv of this class
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