Schedule of events for Battle of Baxter Springs Reenactment
Dashing gallantly amid the hails of gunfire, Lt. Pond issued orders to his men to hasten to their rifle pits. He had himself brought with his command two days previously a small 12 pound howitzer cannon. Although Pond was not trained in artillery, he nonetheless survived the wild bullets flying about him and rushed to the cannon. He fired one round which got the attention of the rebels. He then fi…