Wilson’s Creek was a fascinating battle- Weaver shown above was the first Arkansas casualty of our Second Rebellion.
Documentary of the battle is linked below:
https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/zCFMGgiB-3A?si=wHRdAcaRq1xROPQD
Omer Rose Weaver of Little Rock, Arkansas, and friends, ca 1860. Weaver was killed in action at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861, while serving in the Confederate Army’s Pulaski Light Battery. Arkansas State Archives, PHC 2677.
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