. . . when Capt. J. A. Thompson went under Gen. Fremont’s orders with a flag of truce to the rebel lines on matters referring to the exchange of prisoners, he had an interview with Col. McIntosh who asked after Co. Carr, who was an old class mate and comrade of his. Said he to Captain Thompson, “Tell Colonel Carr that the first time I meet him in the field I will kill him.” The remark reported to Col. Carr only elicited the reply, “That remains to be tested.” At Pea Ridge both Col. Carr and Col. McIntosh were general officers, and the latter was killed, and his forces of Arkansas rebels utterly routed.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 1, 1862, p. 2
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