(Brook's/Stirman's) 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion
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- 1861 - Organized with 5 companies
- March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
- ~April 1862 - Dismounted
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 25, 1862 - (Williamson's) Arkansas Infantry Battalion / Companies D/C/B became Companies F/G/H respectively
- August 1, 1862 - Consolidated with (Bridges') Arkansas Sharpshooter Battalion and re-designated (Stirman's) 1st Arkansas Sharpshooter Infantry
- Soon reverted to former designation
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- April 29, 1863 - Grand Gulf
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- May 17, 1863 - Big Black River Bridge
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Battalion surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled there later that month
- December 2-7, 1863 - Scout from Waldron to Mount Ida, Caddo Gap, and Dallas
- 1864 - Re-organized West of the Mississippi River
- September-October 1864 - Price's Missouri Raid
- January 17, 1865 - Ivey's Ford
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1861-February 1862)
- Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi Department / Unattached (March 1862)
- Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi Department / Price's Division / Steen's Brigade (March-April 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Phifer's Brigade (April-September 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Phifer's Brigade (September-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Hébert's Brigade (October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Craven's Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)[1]
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Bowen's Division / Craven's/Green's Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade (January-February 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Forney's/Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade (March-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / Price's Cavalry Corps / (Fagan's) Arkansas Cavalry Division / (Slemons'/Crawford's) Cavalry Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William H. Brooks (Major)
- Ras. Stirman (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
- ↑ As printed - should this be October-December?
Sources
- McCollom, Albert O., The War-time Letters of Albert O. McCollom
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 45-46, 122, 126)