88. Kirby Smith to Davis, Nov. 13, 1863, O.R., 26, pt. 2, pp. 410-11.
89. Dana to Stone, Dec. 24, 1863, ibid., pt. 1, pp. 876-78.
90. Banks to Halleck, Dec. 12, 1863, ibid., p. 847.
91. Col. H. L. Landers, “Wet Sand and Cotton” in The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, XIX, No. 1, Jan., 1936, pp. 159-62.
92. James T. DeShields, They Sat in High Place (San Antonio: The Naylor Co., 1940), pp. 241-49.
93. Lubbock to McCulloch, Sept. 2, 1863, Executive Record Book, No. 82. pp. 147-48. Certificate by Murrah, Aug. 6, 1864, Executive Record Book, Gov. Pendleton Murrah 1863-1865, No. 280 [sic], MSS, p. 140. Texas State Archives, James K. Greer, Bois d’Arc to Barb’d Wire Ken Cary: Southwest Frontier Born (Dallas: Dealy and Lowe, 1936), pp. 249 ff.
94. Henry C. Williams, The Indian Raid in Young County, Texas October 13, 1864. Typed copy in The University of Texas Archives.
95. General Order No. 1, Dec. 13, 1864, Gov. P. Murrah, Ltrs., July-Dec., 1864 and undated, 1864, MSS, Texas State Archives.
96. James K. Greer [ed.], A Texas Ranger and Frontiersman. The Days of Buck Barry in Texas 1845-1906. (Dallas: The Southwest Press, 1932), pp. 180-181.
97. James, “Edmund Kirby Smith”, pp. 284-85.