i Peckerwood: derogatory name for a Confederate supporter.
iii A more detailed description of a Rocker ambulance is given in Hound Dog Man
iv The story of the meeting with the Lancers and of the Battle of Martin’s Mill is told in You’re in Command Now, Mr. Fog
v Although Tommy Okasi was a native of Japan, the country was so little known in the 1860s that, being Oriental, he was thought by many people to be Chinese.
vi Colt 1860 Army revolvers intended for sale to the military had eight inch long barrels.
vii Traditionally, six guns formed a battery, but the Confederate States’ Army's shortage of cannon rarely permitted them to achieve that number.
viii Fly-slicers: derogatory name for cavalrymen.
ix Wagon-soldiers: derogatory name for members of the field artillery.
x Foot-shufflers: derogatory name for infantrymen.
xi Due to its Spanish connections, Texans rarely used the word ‘cinch’.
xii Soft-shell: a liberal-intellectual of the most bigoted kind.
xiii Flying artillery: light field, or horse, artillery capable of operating with the cavalry.
xiv Goober-grabber: a native of Arkansas.
xv Luff: derogatory name for a first lieutenant.
xvi Shave tail: derogatory name for a second lieutenant.
xvii Nemenuh: ‘The People’, the Comanche Nation’s name for themselves.
xviii Fixed round: one with the firing charge attached to the shot.
xix Supplied to ‘prove’ his identity if challenged during the plan to trap the spy at Stilton Crossing.
xx These Vandenburg volley guns were the other half of the battery destroyed by Staunce’s howitzers at the Battle of Martin’s Mill. Having heard that they had been left behind, while collecting the William’s rapid fire cannon, Lyle had appropriated them for his own use.