3rd Arkansas Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 1st Arkansas Mounted Volunteers

• June 10, 1861 - Mustered into State Service
• July 24, 1861 - Organized with 8 companies as the 1st Mounted Volunteers Regiment for 1 year
• July 29, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate States Service
• September 1861 - (I) Company E became (Phifer's) 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion / Company E
• January 15, 1862 - Designated as the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry'
• March 1862 - Dismounted at Des Arc
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• May 25, 1862 - (Williamson's) Arkansas Infantry Battalion / Companies E/F/H assigned as (II) Company E, (II) Company F, and (II) Company H respectively
• May 26, 1862 - Reorganized for 2 years
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• November 1862 - Re-mounted
• December 20, 1862 - Holly Springs
• March 5, 1863 - Thompson's Station
• April 10, 1863 - Franklin
• June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
  • July 28, 1864 - Flat Shoals
  • July 30, 1864 - Brown's Mill
  • August 24, 1864 - Strawberry Plains
  • September 2, 1864 - Thompson's Station
• November-December 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• District of Arkansas (July-September 1861)
• Department #2 / District of Arkansas (September 1861-January 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the West / Jones'/Maury's Division / Roan's/Phifer's Brigade (April-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Phifer's Brigade (July-October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Phifer's Brigade (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 (October-December 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / 2nd Brigade (December 1862-February 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Armstrong's Brigade (February 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Armstrong's Brigade (February-May 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Division / Armstrong's Brigade (May-August 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Armstrong's Division / Armstrong's/Wheeler's Brigade (August-October 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Wharton's Division / Harrison's Brigade (October-November 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / Martin's Cavalry Corps / Wharton's Division / Harrison's Brigade (November-December 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / Martin's Cavalry Corps / Armstrong's Division / Harrison's Brigade (December 1863-February 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Harrison's Brigade (April-October 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Harrison's Brigade (October 1864-February 1865)
• Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Harrison's Brigade (February-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Harrison's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Solon Borland (Colonel)
• William H. Blackwell (Major)
• Benjamin F. Danley (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Josiah F. Earle (Major)
• Samuel G. Earle (Colonel)
• James M. Gee (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Marzarine J. Henderson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Anson W. Hobson (Major, Colonel)
• David F. Shall (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Collier, Calvin L.. War Child's Children: The Story of the Third Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, C.S.A.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 49, 55-57, 126)