one of the few instances of individual combat between opposing commanders during the war occurred during the charge of the 44th arkansas on mclain's colorado battery. colonel mcghee encountered captain curtis johnson, commanding company e, 15th kansas cavalry. both men pulled revolvers and charged toward one another, and both were wounded. captain johnson was shot in the arm. colonel mcghee was listed as having been killed in a report filled by colonel charles r. jennison of the 15th kansas cavalry, but this report proved to be false. colonel mcghee was wounded a second time two days later at the battle of mine creek, and he was forced to relinquish command to lieutenant colonel jesse s. grider, but mcghee survived the wounds and the war, living in arkansas until at least 1870.