2nd Arkansas Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as (Slemon's) 4th Arkansas Cavalry

• May 15, 1862 - Organized at Corinth, Mississippi by consolidation of:
  • 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion
  • (Phifer's) 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion
• July ?-August 1, 1862 - Expedition from Holly Springs to Bolivar and Jackson, Tennessee (detachment)
• September 19, 1862 - Iuka
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• February 3-April 10, 1863 - Yazoo Pass Expedition
• March 13, 1863 - Charleston
• May 24, 1863 - Austin, Mississippi
• June 17, 1863 - Near Commerce, Mississippi
• June 19, 1863 - On the Coldwater River, Mississippi
• March-May 1864 - The Camden Expedition
  • April 18, 1864 - Poison Springs
  • April 25, 1864 - Mark's Mill
  • April 30, 1864 - Jenkens' Ferry
• ~September 1864 - Reduced to a battalion and re-designated the 18th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 1st Corps / Cavalry (May-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Armstrong's Cavalry Brigade (July-October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Armstrong's Cavalry Brigade (October-December 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Jackson's Cavalry Corps (January 1862-January 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Loring's Division / Cavalry (January 1862-January 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 5th Military District / Slemon's Brigade (May-September 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Chalmers' Cavalry Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Chalmers' Cavalry Division / Slemons' Brigade (October-November 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Chalmers' Division / Slemons' Brigade (November 1863-January 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Chalmers' Division / Slemons' Brigade (January-March 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Fagan's Cavalry Division / Crawford's/Slemons' Brigade (April-September 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / Price's Cavalry Corps (or Army of Missouri from September 18, 1864) / (Fagan's) 1st Arkansas Cavalry Division / (Slemons') 2nd Arkansas Brigade (September 1864)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William F. Slemons (Colonel)
• Thomas M. Cochran (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Thomas J. Reid (Jr.) (Major)
• William J. Somervell (Major)
• H.R. Withers (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Dupree, T.C., War-time Letters of Captain T.C. Dupree, C.S.A., 1864-1865
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 51, 52-53, 58, 62)