Riverboat to Memphis

"High pressure steamboat Mayflower first class packet between St. Louis and New Orleans on the Mississippi River - Capt. Joseph Brown." New York: N. Currier, c1855. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002695868/#bib (accessed 10/12/2012).

Riverboat to Memphis

This riverboat was the Mayflower which was a high pressure steamer that was in use from St Louis to New Orleans on the Mississippi River before the war. Richard took a steamer to Memphis.

Three years In the C.S. Army (P.A.C.S) A Diary of a Confederate Soldier by Jerry Pepper and Richard Lauren McClung
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Map of Arkansas

Civil War proof maps: United States. New York: Waters & Son, 1862-1864, p.40. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. http://www.loc.gov/item/2002626097 (accessed August 29, 2013).

Map of Arkansas

This is a map of Arkansas made between 1862 and 1864 in the Library of Congress. Richard lived in the Southwest corner of it near Texas and Indian Territory (Oklahoma).