2 Charles Francis Adams, A Cycle of Adams Letters 1861-1865, Worthington C. Ford, ed. (Boston, Houghton-Mifflin Co. 1920), Vol. 2, p. 32.
3 James S. Brisbin to Dearest Wife, June 8, 1863, 6th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, First Provisional Brigade, Dept. Of Arkansas, Letter, September 12, 1862-November 28, 1865, Civil War Times Illustrated Collection, U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
4 Alfred Pleasonton to John Buford, June 8, 1863, Order Book of the Chief of Cavalry for 1863, Civil War Miscellaneous Collection, United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.