Nescutunga Valley

[Pollaco]

A recent look at Edmund Kirby Smith's biography has me asking for help. The bio states he was an officer in the 2nd US Cavalry before the war and was wounded in 1859. This Indian fight where the wounding occured was supposedly in the Nescutunga Valley of Texas. I am from Texas and cannot locate any such place. Anyone ever hear of it?

 

[Pollaco]

I think there is such a place in Kansas.

 

[Sheltowee]

Maybe Oklahoma

Nescatunga

Unincorporated Community · Oklahoma, United States

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[Pollaco]

Oklahoma does make sense. Afterall Kirby Smith was fighting Indians while being stationed in Texas with the 2nd Cavalry.

 

[Bentonville]

Oklahoma does make sense. Afterall Kirby Smith was fighting Indians while being stationed in Texas with the 2nd Cavalry.

Fun fact: Nescutunga is in Alph Alpha County.

 

[Pollaco]

Farther reading from a different biography has him wounded by a Comanche arrow in Kansas. This Battle at Nescutunga Valley is also known as the Battle of Crooked Creek, Kansas.