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In the numeration of regiments mention is found of the Forty-Fifth and Forty-Seventh Arkansas Regiments, but their location and name of Colonel could not be traced.
In addition to these, there were many independent compa- nies, etc., and individuals who went into other commands. *
The following became General Officers among the troops enlisting from Arkansas, to-wit :
BRIGADIER GENERALS.
N. B. Pearce, an ex-officer of the United States Army, com- manding brigade of State troops appointed by State Conven- tion. Regiments of Colonels Gratiot, Walker, Dockery and De Rosey Carroll. Brigade disbanded September, 1861.
N. B. Burrow, commanding brigade of State troops.
James Yell, appointed by State Convention, commanding State troops:
James McIntosh went into service as Colonel of a regiment of State troops, called McIntosh's Regiment. Commanded brigade in Trans-Mississippi Department, and was killed at the battle of Elk Horn, March 7th, 1862.
Albert Rust went into service as Colonel of 3d Arkansas. Served as Brigadier-General east of the Mississippi and at Port Hudson, but shortly before the siege of that place was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department.
Thomas P. Dockery went out as Colonel of the 3d Regi-
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ment of Arkansas State troops. Commanded a brigade of cavalry in the army west of the Mississippi.
Dandridge McRae went out as Colonel of McRae's Bat- talion. Commanded a brigade in the Trans-Mississippi De- partment in Fagan's Division.
Albert Pike, appointed by the State Convention as Com- missioner to the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, com- manded a brigade of Cherokee Indians, enlisted in the Con- federate service west of the Mississippi river, and was for a time in command of all State forces in Northwest Arkansas.
James C. Tappan went out as Colonel of the 13th Arkan- sas. Commanded a brigade in the Trans-Mississippi De- partment.
John Selden Roane, appointed a Brigadier-General by President Davis, did good service in the organization of the Trans-Mississippi Department, and commanded a brigade therein.
Marsh Walker, a Tennesseean by birth, but who for some years had lived in St. Francis county, Arkansas, went out as Colonel of a regiment 'composed partly of Tennesseeans and partly of Arkansians. Commanded a brigade in the Trans- Mississippi Department, and was killed in a duel by Gen- eral John S. Marmaduke, in August, 1863.
John Edward Murray went out as Drill-master, and was soon elected Lieutenant-Colonel of the 5th Arkansas, was killed at the battle of Atlanta, July 22d, 1864, at the age of 22 years. He received his commission as Brigadier-General on the morning of the battle, a few hours before going into the engagement.
Daniel H. Reynolds went out as a Captain in the Ist Ar- kansas Mounted Rifles, was commissioned Brigadier-General, March 5th, 1864, served as such, east of the Mississippi river, in the campaigns of Johnston and Hood. Commanding a brigade consisting of the Ist and 2d Rifles Dismounted, the 4th, 9th, 25th and 31st Arkansas Infantry and 4th Arkansas
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Battalion, the Brigade previously commanded by Gen. E. McNair.
John H. Kelley became Lieutenant-Colonel, then Colonel of the 8th Arkansas, on consolidation of parts of the 8th and 9th, then Brigadier-General. Commanded brigade of cav- alry in Cleburne's Division.
D. C. Govan went out as Captain of Company "F" of the 2d Arkansas Infantry. Commanded a brigade consisting of the 2d, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Arkansas in Cleburne's Division and Hardee's Corps, in the army of Tennessee under Bragg, Johnston and Hood.
William L. Cabell, an officer in the United States Army, resigned at the commencement of the war and entered the Confederate Army. Married a daughter of Major Elias Rector, of Fort Smith, and considered the State of Arkansas his adopted home. Commanded an Infantry Brigade east of the Mississippi river, and a Cavalry Brigade in the Trans- Mississippi Department.
William Nelson Rector Beall, a Captain in the United States army, 2d Cavalry, was appointed as cadet to West Point from Arkansas, where the members of his family resided ; hence considered the State his home; he resigned at the commence- ment of the war and entered the Confederate Army. Com- manded first a brigade of cavalry at Corinth, and afterwards a brigade of Infantry at Port Hudson, which place he forti- fied and defended.
Seth M. Barton went out as Major of the 3d Arkansas Regiment under Col. Rust. On the promotion of Col. Rust to Brigadier-General he became Colonel of the regiment and was shortly afterwards promoted to Brigadier-General, and commanded a brigade in Virginia.
MAJOR-GENERALS.
Thomas J. Churchill went out as Colonel of the First Ar- kansas Mounted Rifles, commanded a brigade, and after-
GENERAL PATRICK R. CLEBURNE.
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wards a division east of the Mississippi river, and commanded a division in the Trans-Mississippi Department.
James F. Fagan went out as Colonel of the First Arkansas Infantry ; commanded first a brigade, and then a division in the Trans-Mississippi Department.
Evander McNair went out as Colonel of the Fourth Ar- kansas Infantry ; commanded first a brigade, and then a di- vision east of the Mississippi river.
Thomas C. Hindman went out as Colonel of the Second Arkansas Infantry ; commanded a brigade east of the Missis- sippi river. On the creation of the Trans-Mississippi Depart- ment, in the summer of 1862, he was commissioned a Major- General, and assigned to the command of it. He created the department and established its armies; was then in 1863, assigned to command a division east of the Mississippi, and was in the armies of Johnston and Hood until the end of the war.
Last and greatest was Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, who enlisted first as a private in the Yell Rifles; went out as Captain of the Yell Rifles, a company from Helena; was made Colonel of the First Arkansas Infantry State troops, a regiment which, by some confusion of records, came to be called the Fifteenth Arkansas; commanded a brigade in Kentucky before Shiloh, and a division in Hardee's Corps, after the Kentucky campaign of 1862 ; was the idol of the army, and one of its most admirable generals ; his successful defense of Ringgold Gap, November 27th, 1863, after the disastrous defeat of Missionary Ridge, earned for him the thanks of the Confederate Congress ; was killed at the battle of Franklin, November 30th, 1864, while gallantly leading his men foremost in that desperate and hopeless encounter.
The troops who first enlisted mainly went into service as State troops. The Convention created two Brigadier-Generals for this service, Generals N. B. Pearce and James Yell. General Pearce's Brigade was organized with Gratiot's and
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Walker's, and Dockery's Regiments of Infantry, and DeRosey Carroll's Regiment of Cavalry. Some confusion in numera- tion arose from the fact that in the brigade of General Pearce, these regiments were numbered : Gratiot's, 3d Arkansas, Walker's 4th, and Dockery's 5th, whereas they had been num- bered by the Military Board, Gratiot's 2d, Dockery's 3d, and Walker's 4th ; McNair's Southwest Arkansas Regiment being also numbered the 4th Arkansas. A general rendezvous of troops was appointed to be at Pocahontas and on Black river, and thither a number of the regiments repaired before entering the . field for duty.
In September, 1861, General Hardee came to Arkansas as Commissioner and Representative of the Confederate States, to secure the transfer to the Confederate service of those troops which had enlisted for State service. This was generally agreed to, and the transfer of the regiments was made as de- sired. Each man was allowed the right to determine the sub- ject for himself, and such as chose not to be transferred were mustered out of service. Upon the transfer being made, General Pearce's Brigade, consisting of Gratiot's, Dockery's and Walker's Regiments disbanded, and likewise Col. DeRosey Carroll's Cavalry, the men forming new commands.
The records of the Military Board having been either de- stroyed or lost, no records are, accessibly showing the particu- lary organizations by companies and regiments. Such as are given in contemporaneous newspapers, or are furnished by participants, are thought worthy to be presented to the extent of giving the names of officers as far as obtained.
The First Arkansas Regiment, which was enlisted directly into the Confederate Army, as originally organized, was com- posed of the following commands: The Field and Staff officers being James F. Fagan, Colonel; James C. Monroe, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Baker Thomson, Major; Frank Bronaugh, Adjutant.
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While the regiment was in service in Virginia, certain com- panies of Virginia troops, with some companies of Arkansas troops, which had come on to Virginia to join the First Arkan- sas, but found it full, were joined in a battallion, of which Adjutant Bronaugh was made Major; whereupon Beall Hemp- stead became Adjutant of the First Arkansas.
Company "A," from Union county, Captain Asa Morgan.
Company "B," from Johnson county, Captain James C. Monroe; but upon the organization of the regiment, he being elected Lieutenant-Colonel, Charles Stark, of Clarksville, became Captain.
Company "C," from Ouachita county-called the "Cam- den Knights"-Captain Crenshaw, of Camden.
Company "D," from Jefferson county ; Captain Don Mc- Gregor, of Pine Bluff.
Company "E," from Saline county, called the "Saline Guards," Captain James F. Fagan. In the organization of the regiment, Captain Fagan was made Colonel, and William A. Crawford, of Benton, became Captain of the Company.
Company "F," from Pulaski county ; Captain William F. Martin, of Little Rock.
Company "G," from Jackson county; Captain A. C. Pickett, of Augusta.
Company "H," from Arkansas county, Captain Robert H. Crockett, of Dewitt.
Company "I," from Drew county ; Captain James Jack- son, of Monticello.
Company "K," from Arkansas county; Captain Quater- mous, of Dewitt.
On the formation of the regiment, it was moved at once to Lynchburg, Virginia, where it was mustered into the Confed- erate service. It supported Lindsay Walker's Artillery in the battle of Manassas.
After the battle at Evansport, on the bank of the Potomac, fronting Sickle's Brigade, it remained until September, when
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it was ordered to Acquia creek for winter quarters. The time of enlistment of the men expiring, the whole regiment re- enlisted under their original name and number, the First Ar- kansas, and rendezvoused at Corinth, under Generals John- son and Beauregard. On their re-enlistment, the regiment was re-organized, and Col. James F. Fagan was again chosen Colonel. Major John Baker Thompson was chosen Lieu- tenant-Colonel ; J. W. Colquitt, Major, and Beall Hempstead, Adjutant. This was shortly before the battle of Shiloh.
They participated in that battle, and lost 364 men in killed, wounded and missing. After this battle Colonel Fagan became a Brigadier-General, and Major Colquitt became Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson having been killed. Captain Don McGregor became Lieutenant-Colonel, and was killed at the battle of Murfreesboro. Beall Hemp- stead became Assistant Adjutant-General on the staff of Gen- eral W. N. R. Beall, and was stationed at Port Hudson, where he went through the siege of that place, and was made prisoner at the capitulation of the garrison, July 9th, 1863, Lieutenant S. N. Greenwood succeeded him as Adjutant of the regiment, and was killed at the battle of Chickamauga. The regiment also farther took part in the battles of Farming- ton, Mississippi, May 9th, 1862 ; Perryville, Kentucky, Octo- ber 7th and 8th, 1862; Murfreesboro, December 3Ist, 1862, and January Ist, 1863 ; Chickamauga, September 19th and 20th, 1863 ; Chattanooga, November 23d, 1863; Missionary Ridge, November 25th, 1863; Ringgold Gap, November 26th, 1863 ; Resaca, Georgia, May 13th, 14th and 15th, 1864; Dallas, Georgia, May 25th-28th, 1864; New Hope Church, May 29th to June 3d, 1864; Pine Top, June 4th, 1864 ; Mud Creek, June 16th, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 17th to July 3d, 1864 ; New Hope Church ; Tullohoma; Peach Tree Creek, July 18th-20th; and Atlanta, July 20th- 22d, 1864; Ezra Church, Jnly 28th, 1864; Jonesboro, August 31st; Franklin, November 30th ; Nashville, Decem-
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ber 15th and 16th, 1864, and Bentonville, March 10th, 1865. In all of these last named battles, after Shiloh, and up to and including Atlanta, with the exception of Farmington, which took place while he was on furlough, recovering from the wound he received at Shiloh, Colonel Colquitt commanded the regiment, and led them in each of the several engage- ments. He was desperately wounded at Atlanta, July 22d, 1864, losing his right foot, after which he was put on post duty at West Point, Mississippi, where he remained until the surrender. After the battle of Shiloh, having been severely wounded, he was granted a furlough to go to his home in Georgia, to enable him to recuperate. The train on which he was traveling was captured by the Federals at Huntsville, Alabama, but he made his escape, although on crutches, and made his way safely home. When his wound had healed, he rejoined the regiment at Tupelo, Mississippi, as its Colonel, being then only twenty-one years of age.
The regiment at the time of its organization numbered 1, 100 men, besides which it was recruited several times, but at the close of the war it numbered only thirty-seven men. It at all times fought with the utmost courage, and made a proud record for itself for its gallantry.
The following members of Company "K," commanded by Captain Felix G. Lusk, were among the killed of this regi- ment :
At Shiloh, Eugene Shannon, Donald McIntosh, Patrick Flynn, Richard Grant, Patrick Shannahan; Charles Tarlton, Corporal; and William Montgomery, John A. Blythe and Kit Henderson died from wounds.
At Perryville, John Johnson and Thomas Grigsby.
At Murfreesboro, John Arnold.
At Chickamauga, Calvin King, William F. Dillingham, E. Barkman, T. Jeff Bell, Richard Sorrells and Pleasant D. Counts.
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After the battle of Atlanta, July 22d, 1864, there were only two commissioned officers left for service-Captain Lusk and one other.
At Murfreesboro, Lieutenant-Colonel Don McGregor, of Pine Bluff, and Captain W. A. Alexander, of Company "B," were killed.
At Chickamauga, Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant, Sam- uel N. Greenwood.
At Kennesaw Mountain, Lieutenants W. H. Norseworthy and Wall.
The First Arkansas Mounted Riflemen enlisted directly in the Confederate Army, the field and staff officers of which were: Thomas J. Churchill, Colonel; C. H. Matlock, Lieutenant-Colonel; R. W. Harper, Major ; James Harper, Adjutant ; Dr. W. A. Cantrell, Surgeon ; Dr. W. M. Law- rence, Assistant Surgeon; N. Terry Roberts, Sergeant- Major.
The following companies composed the regiment :
Chicot Rangers .- D. H. Reynolds, Captain ; R. J. Shad- dock, First Lieutenant ; Abner Gaines, Second Lieutenant ; J. McConnells, Third Lieutenant.
Des 'Arc Rangers .- J. S. Pearson, Captain; W. W. Ware, First Lieutenant; D. McIver, Second Lieutenant ; W. S. Garrett, Third Lieutenant.
Johnson Cavalry .- Oliver Basham, Captain.
Augusta Guards .- L. M. Ramsauer, Captain; W. P. Campbell, First Lieutenant ; R. L. Barnes, Second Lieuten- ant; John Chambers, Third Lieutenant.
Lawrence Rangers .- L. P. McAlexander, Captain ; W. C. Adams, First Lieutenant; G. W. Wells, Second Lieuten- ant; F. J. Raney, Third Lieutenant.
Pulaski Lancers .- Morton G. Galloway, Captain ; George W. King, First Lieutenant; H. S. McConnell, Second Lieutenant ; - Johnson, Third Lieutenant.
Desha Cavalry .- J. L. Porter, Captain; J. J. Jones, First
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Lieutenant; D. Alexander, Second Lieutenant; Thomas Hardesty, Third Lieutenant.
Yell Cavalry .- T. J. Daniels, Captain.
Conway Cavalry .- R. W. Harper, Captain.
Independence Cavalry .- W. E. Gibbs, Captain; G. W. Daugherty, First Lieutenant ; J. W. Butler, Second Lieuten- ant ; C. P. Head, Third Lieutenant.
Colonel Churchill was promoted to Brigadier and afterwards to Major-General. Lieutenant-Colonel Matlock, being at home in Augusta, on furlough, was captured by a force of Federals, and carried a prisoner to Johnson's Island, where he died, and Major R. W. Harper became Colonel of the regi- ment. He was killed at Chickamauga, and D. H. Reynolds became Colonel, November 17th, 1863, and L. M. Ram- saur, Lieutenant-Colonel. Colonel Reynolds was promoted to Brigadier-General, March 5th, 1864, and L. M. Ram- saur became Colonel, but was unable to serve in the field on account of wounds received at Murfreesboro. The regiment was commandedby G. W. Wells, Lieutenant-Colonel, and W. P. Campbell, Major. On the Ist of April, 1865, the brigade to which it belonged was consolidated into one regiment. H. G. Bunn was elected Colonel of the consolidated regiment, and James P. Eagle, Lieutenant-Colonel. There were hardly enough men out of the whole brigade to make a full regiment.
List of engagements of Ist Arkansas Mounted Riflemen : Neosho, Missouri, July, 1861 ; Oak Hill, August 10th ; Elk- horn, March 6th, 1862; Farmington, Miss., May 9th ; Richmond, Kentucky, August 29th and 30th; Murfreesboro, December 31st, 1862, January 2d, 1863 ; Jackson, Miss., July 10th to 16th, 1863; Chickamauga, September 19th and 20th, 1863; Dug Gap, near Dalton, May 8th, 1864; Resaca, May 13th, 14th and 18th, 1864; New Hope Church, May 29th to June 3d, 1864; Kennesaw Mountain, June 17th to July 3d, 1864; Moore's Mill, Georgia, July 19th, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 20th, 1864; Atlanta, July
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22d, 1864 ; Ezra Church, July 28th, 1864; Lovejoy Station, August 20th, 1864; Jonesboro, August 31st, 1864; Moon Station, October 3d, 1864; Franklin, November 30th, 1864; Nashville, December 15th, 1864, and Bentonville, March 19th, 1865.
They bore their part in the great conflict with unsurpassed heroism and endurance. They were in it from the first to the last, and made for themselves a proud record. The regiment was nearly 1,000 strong at its organization, but only a bare handful lived to the end. After the battle of Murfreesboro they were dismounted and thereafter served as Infantry.
Colonel D. H. Reynolds was promoted to Brigadier-Gen- eral, March 5th, 1864, and commanded the brigade to which the regiment belonged from that date till the close of the war. After he was wounded at Bentonville, March 19th, 1865, Colonel H. G. Bunn, of the 4th Arkansas, as senior Colonel, commanded the brigade during the battle at that place, and afterwards, till the surrender which was made near Smithfield, North Carolina, April 26th, 1865.
The 2nd Arkansas Infantry was raised by Thomas C. Hind- man, J. W. Scaife and J. W. Bocage, in pursuance of author- ity given by President Davis to Colonel Hindman. The field and staff officers were as follows :
Thomas C. Hindman, Colonel; J. W. Bocage, Lieu- tenant-Colonel; J. W. Scaife, Major; Charles E. Patterson, Adjutant ; Dr. Raphe Horner, Surgeon; Rev. Samuel Cow- ley, Chaplain.
The Captains of the various companies were :
Company "A," Captain C. A. Bridewell ; Company "B," Captain Thomas Quinlin ; Company "C," Captain E. War- field ; Company "D," Captain E. G. Brashear ; Company "E," Captain Anderson ; Company "F," D. C. Govan; Company "G," Captain B. B. Taliaferro; Company "H," Captain R. F. Harvey; Company "I," Captain Ross, who died.
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Upon this regiment was built the "Hindman Legion," composed of the Second Arkansas, a battalion of eight com- panies, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Marma- duke, late Governor of Missouri, called the Third Confeder- ate Regiment, three companies of cavalry under Major C. W. Phifer and Captain Swett's Battery of four guns. It was called the "Hindman Legion;"' although not so named on the records of the War Department.
This regiment, the Second Arkansas, was at the bombard- ment of Columbus, Kentucky ; at the battle of Woodsonville, Kentucky; Shiloh, Richmond and Perryville, Kentucky ; Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Dalton, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville ; in short, all the battles of Johnston and Hood's cam- paign through Tennessee and Georgia, when opposing Sher- man, even down to the battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19th, 1865. It participated in over forty pitched battles. Colonel Hindman, its original Colonel, became first a Brigadier and then a Major-General.
The Second Arkansas Riflemen were organized in the sum- mer of 1861, with the following Field and Staff Officers :- James McIntosh, Colonel ; Ben. T. Embry, Lieutenant-Colo- nel; -- Brown, Major ; Dr. W. D. DeBerry, Surgeon ; Dr. W. A. C. Sayle, Assistant Surgeon.
The companies had the following Captains: Gibson, Par- ker, King, Arrington, Flannagin, Witherspoon, Brown and Gamble.
Colonel McIntosh was promoted to Brigadier-General, and was killed at the battle of Elkhorn or Pea Ridge, when Lieutenant-Colonel Embry became Colonel. The regiment was re-organized at Corinth, and Harris Flanna- gin became Colonel, Major J. A. Williamson became, Lieutenant-Colonel, and James P. Eagle, Major. Colonel Flannagin was elected Governor in 1862, when Lieutenant- Colonel Williamson became Colonel, and James P. Eagle,
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Lieutenant-Colonel. Colonel Williamson lost his leg at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 14th, 1864, and J. T. Smith was appointed Colonel. Smith was killed July 28th, 1864, in a battle on the Lick Skillet Road, and James P. Eagle suc- ceeded him as Colonel.
The regiment served first in Northwest Arkansas and Mis- souri, and took part in the battle of Oak Hill, August 10th, 1861, and of Elkhorn, March 7th, 1862. It was then moved . east of the Mississippi river, and went on Bragg's Kentucky campaign, under Kirby Smith. It took part in the battle of Richmond, August 30th, 1862. On the retreat out of Ken- tucky, it remained in East Tennessee, and was in the battle of Murfreesboro, December 31st, 1862, until May, 1863, when it was taken to Mississippi and placed in the Army of General Joseph E. Johnston, designed for the relief of Vicksburg. It was in the battle of Jackson, July 10th, 1863, and from there was ordered back to the Army of Tennessee, and took part in the battle of Chickamauga, September 19th and 20th, 1863. It was again moved to Mississippi, but was placed back in the Army of Tennessee during the winter of 1863 and 1864, when Johnston's Army was wintering at Dalton. From here it followed the fortunes of Johnston and Hood's Armies down to the end, taking part in the battles of Dug Gap, May 8th, 1864; Resaca, May 13th and 15th, 1864; New Hope Church, May 29th to June 3d, 1864; Kennesaw Mountain, June 17th to July 3d ; Moore's Mill, July 19th; Peach Tree Creek, July 20th ; Atlanta, on the Decatur road, July 22d ; Ezra Church, July 28th; Lovejoy Station, August 20th ; Jonesboro, August 31st ; Moon Station, October 3d ; Frank- lin, November 30th ; Nashville, December 15th and 16th ; Sugar Creek, December 26th, 1864; and Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19th, 1865, and the few survivors were sur- rendered with Johnston's Army in North Carolina, April 26th, 1865.
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The regiment was first in the brigade of General Ben. McCullough, and afterwards in that of General McIntosh, its old Colonel, while serving in Arkansas and Missouri. East of the Mississippi river it was first in a brigade commanded by General T. J. Churchill. After the return from the Ken- tucky campaign of 1862, the brigade was commanded by Brigadier-General, Evander McNair, and after March 5th, 1864, was commanded by General D. H. Reynolds. In the Army of Tennessee, they were in the Division of Major-Gen- eral J. P. McCown. When in Johnston's Army, from Dalton to Bentonville, it was in General Leonidas Polk's Corps, after his death commanded by General Loring.
The Second Arkansas Cavalry was formed out of Pheiffer's Battalion and other Arkansas companies. In 1861 a com- pany of Cavalry was formed in Drew county, of which Captain Ragland was made Captain, and William F. Slemons, First Lieutenant, one of seventeen companies which went out from Drew county in the Confederate Army. This company joined Hardee's forces on Black river in July, 1861, where it, with other Arkansas companies, was organized into Pheiffer's Bat- talion, and as such went with Hardee to Columbus, Kentucky; thence to Bowling Green, the winter of 1861 and 1862, on out-post duty along Green river, the battalion being under the immediate command of General T. C. Hindman. In Feb- ruary, 1862, Pheiffer's Battalion covered the rear of the retreat of General Albert Sidney Johnston to Tennessee, and was in the neighborhood of Corinth in March. After the battle of Shiloh, in which it took part, Pheiffer's Battalion and the Second Arkansas Battalion of Cavalry were consolidated into a regiment, called the Second Arkansas Cavalry, and William F. Slemons was elected Colonel of it, and commanded it until the close of the war.
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