| editor, The Biographical Dictionary of America… (1906)
“ He was a member of the peace convention at Washington, D.C., in February, 1861, and also of the constitutional convention in March, 1861, which met to decide upon the relation of Arkansas to the Union, and subsequently adopted the ordinance of secession. He entered the Confederate army as quartermaster with the rank of major on the staff of Gen. Thomas H. Bradley and after organizing the department over which he presided, resigned and recruited the 23d Arkansas infantry, becoming its colonel. ”
