Shelby-Williamson-Mcnairy County TN Archives Military Records.....GRAY, Oliver Crosby July 29, 1861 Civilwar Third Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, Army of Tennessee, CSA ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bill BOGGESS william-boggess@webtv.net January 21, 2007, 11:59 am Civil War Service (R21, wsb, 01-21-07)        OLIVER   CROSBY   GRAY         AND   SERVICE   IN   THIRD   REGIMENT   ARKANSAS   CAVALRY        --------------    Strong hearts that in the rush and roar of battle Poured out teir noble blood lke holy wine,              Wasting its wealth and richess on a broken                    And blasted shrine. From "The Dead Confederacy" by Fanny Green (Borland) MOORES, d/o Solon Borland.               "The Dead Confederacy": (signed copy at Special Collections, University of Arkansas)               "At My Father's Feet":        <>----------<>----------<> OLIVER CROSBY GRAY (1832ME-1905AR): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oliver, 28 y/o, with others from Princeton, Dallas county, Arkansas on July 29, 1861, enlisted with Colonel Solon Borland, M D, Esquire (1811VA-1864TX) , who had raided & captured Fort Smith, AR April 23, 1861, in what became, Company A, "Princeton Light Horses", 3rd Regiment Arkansas Calvary, Confederate States Army, fighting more skirmishes than did any other Arkansas unit! Army service record of Oliver was obtained September 7,2004 from Arkansas History Commission and in part documents his below activities, noted(**). Oliver became a first sergeant when enlisting July 29, 1862, elected first lieutenant May 26, 1862, promoted to captain, December 13, 1862, appointed Division Provost Marshall by General Frank C Armstrong (1835IT-1909ME) December1863, resigned to join the CSA Navy.** While in Sandtown (downstream of Atlanta on Chattahoochee river), serving under Colonels, A W Hobson,Thomas Harrison and Generals, Humes, Jackson & Hood, Oliver submitted (according to Harrison) his 2nd request** (see wife's diary; July 7, 1864), 17 July 1864 (also date 54 y/o Jefferson DAVIS replaced 57 y/o Gen Joseph E Johnston with 33 y/o Gen John B Hood, --- also, date his wife, Virginia, drew a sketch of Dallas county court house, being used as a hospital for wounded from Jenkins' Ferry Battle, for Dr Henry Montgomery Dye (1830VA-1878TX) so he could send it to headquarters at Richmond, it possibly being image #3249 now at Arkansas History Commission). Oliver also submitted signed approval** of those under whom he served, -- sent request to be allowed to resign Confederate Army so to join Confederate Navy, to Adjutant General Samuel Cooper, Jr in Richmond, Virginia. Oliver's request was granted to him on 19th of August** ---- Atlanta was lost to the Federals 13 days later, after abandoned by Gen Hood, Sep 1,1864. It is not clear if he was in the Army when captured** wedensday, 16 November while attempting to cross the Mississippi river at Chotaw Bend, Mississippi (NO records found, however see wife's diary entries of; Dec 8, 1864 & Feb 13, 1865(?)). He's listed as "Captain, 3rd Regt. Ark. Cav." Nov 21, when received at New Orleans from Natchez, Mississippi** and when transferred Dec 18 to Ship Island, Mississippi** off-shore from Biloxi, MS, where "exchanged"** (paroled) 2 Mar 1865, then was back home in Princeton 1 Apr 1865 (see 3 Apr 1865 diary entry). It may be he did not resign(?), however Robert Hawkins Dedman, Esq (1831AL-1899AR) was appointed and did serve as commander of Company A, 3rd Ark. Oliver --- physically unscathed, returned to wife Virginia. both then educating Arkansas' future leaders, its youth, at Princeton Female Academy, however, --- no longer a stranger to bloody battles, defeat/victory, prison nor death. He later became president of prestiges Masonic, St Johns' College, Little Rock then in 1874, he and artist wife were seated as 'first chairs', at what in 1899 became University of Arkansas, she in Art & Drawing till 1881, -- he in Civil Engineering till 1879 & took exisiting 'chair' of Mathematics until 1895, --- then becoming Superintendent at Arkansas School for the Blind until his 9 Dec 1905 death. Two multi-story brick buildngs were built and dedicated to 'Colonel' Oliver Crosby GARY;       1st in 1869, at Little Rock by what became 'Arkansas School for the Blind', removed, with 300,000 bricks cleaned and used, in 1949-50 Arkansas' Governors Mansion, 18th & Center,       2nd, in 1906 at/by 'Unversity of Arkansas' as "GRAY HALL", removed 1966 for "Mullins Library". Oliver's first wife, artist/writer/educator Virginia Davis GRAY's (1834ME-1886AR), 1863-1865 diary was furnished by g,granddaughter, Eleanor Howard (Gray) Knutson (1923ME-1994MN), edited, annoted and published 1983 in The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Volume XLII, Numbers I & II by Dr Carl H Moneyhon, UALR. The 140+ year old original manuscript and other historical documents, were presented by Virginia's g,g,granddaughter (living at Franklin, TN), to Special Collections, University of Arkansas summer 2005 (MC1618). View Virginia's diary entries: Sept 14, 1863, Nov 23, 1863, July 7, 1864, July 17, 1864, Nov 1, 1864, Dec 8, 1864, Dec 29, 1864, Dec 31, 1864, Feb 13, 1865, April 3, 1865, Oliver & Virginia's children were:       1) Clyde Leslie GRAY (1859MN-1861AR), born in Minnesota died & buried in Princeton, an infant.       2) Carl Raymond GRAY (1867AR-1939DC), born in Princeton, started his railroad career at age 15 in Rogers, Arkansas, Dec 6, 1886 married first white child born Montgomery county, Kansas, "American Mother of 1937", Harriette Amanda FLORA (1869KS-1956ME), became president Union Pacific RR in 1920, received an honorary LL D degree from University of Arkansas in 1929, in 1938 appointed vice-chairman of Union Pacific RR, trustee at father's alma mater, Colby College, and is found in volume I, "Who was Who in America".       3) Ethel Davis GRAY (1871AR-1910IL), born in Little Rock, married June 6, 1920, LeRoy Kramer (1875KS-1954IL), who became president of GATX Corp. Widower Oliver married his second wife, June 17, 1889, a family friend since 1860, Solon Borland's youngest daughter, widow, Mary (Mollie) M (Borland) Beattie (1850AR-1938MO). Oliver Crosby GRAY, with wives Virginia & Mary, daughter Ethel and granddaughter Virginia, is laid to rest in Masonic Evergreen cemetery, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sons, Clyde in Princeton cemetery and Carl at Druid Ridge cemetery, Baltimore, MD. Oliver and Virginia's grandchildren were:       1)-Major General Carl Raymond Gray, Jr, served President Harry S Truman as Administrator of Veterans Affairs.       2) Russell Davis Gray, whose daughter provided Virginia's diary for publication.       3) Howard Kramer Gray, M D, hero on Princeton University's 1922 football "Team of Destiny", sixteen years later a surgeon at Mayo Clinic, operating on James Roosevel. Carl & "Howie" are found in volumes 27 & 29, "Who's Who in America". THIRD   REGIMENT   ARKANSAS   CAVALRY: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    The 3rd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry was organized at Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas, on June 10, 1861 under the command of Colonel Solon Borland, M D, Esq, (1811VA-1864TX) a veteran of the Mexican War, for a term of twelve months and was initially known as the 1st Arkansas Mounted Volunteers. On acceptance into Confederate service on July 29, 1861, the regiment was renamed as the 3rd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry on January 15,1862.    This regiment was initially ordered to Pocahontas, Randolph county, Arkansas for mustering into Confederate service, and remained in camp, where Col Borland was promoted in charge of Confederate forces in northeastern Arkansas, resigning, due to poor health, and returning January 1862 to Little Rock to resme his medical practice.    Bryan Howerton, on January 18,2007, provided, via Arkansas' Civil War Board, his transcription of "Record of Events", w/note "Following the dates of the reporting period is the "station", or location of the company at the end of the period, and below the dates are the company commander's remarks.", and that; "After that date [Feb 29], the Compiled Service Records information is pretty skimpy." --- plus copy of a letter to Gen Price, dated August 26,1862 from Colonel Earle and 24 other officers of the 3rd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry requesting to be remounted. noted (*). *01 Sep 1861 - 30 Nov 1861 Camp Warner [Little Rock?]. *01 Dec 1861 - 31 Jan 1862 Pocahontas [Camp Borland?]. *01 Feb 1862 - 30 Apr 1862 Cornith, Miss *On the 19th day of April the Co. was dismounted by the order of Maj. Gen. Van Dorn. The horses were sent to Dallas Co, Ark. to be taken care of there. The horses ["private" as opposed to "public"] were sent in charge on one non-com. officer [Possibly 1st Sgt GRAY who retrieved then 23 Nov, 1862 & five privates. *The Co. was actively engaged on outpost duty & as scouts in the North Eastern portion of Ark. & South Eastern portion of Missouri until the 6th of April 1862, at which time it was ordered to Corinth,Miss *01 May 1862 - 30 Jun 1862 Morrisvile. *The Co. was dismounted at Des Arc, Ark. under the promise that the men should be in a short time remounted [see Aug 26, 1862 letter to Gen Price] & that while they were dismounted they should receive the pay & emoluments of regular cavalrymen. The Co. arrived at Corinth about the 1st of May '62 & while there were often on picket duty & also in the skirmish at Farmington. The Co. was reorganized on the 10th of May 1862 [results of record, May 26th]. [Transportation was most likely by riverboat, down the White river to the Arkansas to the Mississippi river then to Memphis area landing]    "Ordered east of the Mississippi, he [Van Dorn, with 3rd Ark Cav & others] arrived to late to take part in the bloody battle where 23,746 troops died, at Shiloh, April 6 - 8, 1862.    The regiment's final organization at Cornith, Mississippi results were;    Colonel Samuel G. Earle (killed, Thompson Station),    Lt Col Anson W Hobson (both arms wounded, Cornith),    Major Marzaime J. Henderson,    Adjutant Lt. Armistead Burwell,    Quartermaster Cpt. John L. McClellan,    Commissary Cpt. David W. Dodd, and    Sergeant Major Lewis B. Noland. Company A, "Princeton Light Horses", of Dallas county, elected; Captain. William T.M. Holmes, 1st Lieutenant Oliver C Gray, 2nd Lieutenant Robert H Dedman and 3rd Lieutenant John A Wozencraft, (both Holmes & Wozencraft killed at Hatchie River).    The dismounted 3rd Ark was assigned to the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Mississippi, Harrison's Brigade, Kilby's Division, Wheeler's Corps, Johnston's Army**.          "In the summer of 1862 he [Van Dorn left two divisions at Tupelo under Gen Price, who early Sep left for luka] successfully defended Vicksburg [June 27] but failed in his designs on Baton Rouge [August 1st - 5th] when the attack failed under [Gen] John C. Breckinridge when Confederate naval vesel "Arkansas" was lost.[Breckinridge married Sallie Johnson, (one of the 'reconstruction' Belles-Of-The-Ball with Gen Albert Pike's daughters and Fanny Borland, d/o Solon Borland, at Little Rock & Memphis) d/o Sen R W Johnson who replaced Solon Borland, Arkansas' U S Senator, in 1854]. (bio of Van Dorn)        3rd Ark Cav, apparently, went to Tupelo, MS (Camp Armstrong?) following its reorganization in Cornith, MS and was part of the two divisions Gen Van Dorn left with Gen Price when Van Dorn did battle at Vicksburg June 27. *01 Jul 1862 - 31 Aug 1862 Camp Armstrong, Miss [Tupelo?]    "August 19 General Breckenridge, in obedience to orders, moved with part of his command to Jackson Miss., where the Sixth, with Bowen's Brigade, was assigned to Major-Gen. M. Lovell's Division of the army of Maj.-Gen. Earl Van Dorn. Van Dorn moved to Davis Mill, while General Price occupied Iuka, where he was attacked by Grant September 19. Van Dorn and Price then concentrated at Ripley [Misissippi] and marched September 29 to attack Rosecrans at Corinth, where a desperate battle was fought October 3-5." Source: ("Van Dorn")        The following letter was sent to Gen Price, by the officers of 3rd Ark Cav, to wit: *August 26th, 1862. Maj. Genl Price, Comd'g Army of the West. Genl—The undersigned officers of the 3d Regiment Arkansas Cavalry would respectfully represent to you, that they were temporarily dismounted at Des Arc, Arkansas, in the month of April last by order of Genl Earl Van Dorn. The horses belonging to the Regiment [NOT government owned] were sent home with the understanding that the Regiment would be remounted. They are still held in readiness and can be procured at short notice. We respectfully request that we may be allowed to remount, and to effect this that authority be given to send a small detail to procure our horses. We respectfully represent that there is no mounted Cavalry from Arkansas in your Army, and that this is the oldest Regiment, having entered State Service as early as the 7th June 1861. Genl, we entered the service as cavalry from choice. When called upon to dismount, we obeyed the order cheerfully. To you we now submit our request, being conscious that you will do us justice in the premises and assuring you that we cheerfully submit to your decision. SAMUEL G. EARLE, Col. Comd'g 3rd Ark. Cavalry. with 24 other regimental officers signing letter.       Results of letter: Headquarters, Army of the West August 28,1862          Special Order No 72**       "Detailed [Lt O C Gray] to take charge of horses and recruits". *01 Sep 1862 - 31 Oct 1862 Lumpkins Mill. Miss [Camp Rogers?]    Lt O C Gray is shown on detached service Sep 1 in Arkansas gathering horses**. He was at Little Rock 14 Nov**, at Princeton 23 Nov (23 Nov 1863 wife's diary entry) returned to Camp Rogers, Lempkins Mill, Miss, Dec 11, 1862** with "Private" as opposed to "Public", horses. (Took 11 weeks to Little Rock on foot from Tupelo and 3 weeks to return from Princeton on horseback to Lumpkins Mill) *Co. A struck camp at Tupelo & marched to Saltillo [TN], Sept. 9th. Marched from Saltillo 12th inst. and arrived at Iuka 15th. Fell back from Iuka the 20th for Baldwin[Baldwyn, MS]. *Our Co. was not engaged in the battle of Iuka on 19th inst. *We marched from Baldwin 26th inst. for Corinth via Ripley[MS]. Arrived at Corinth 3d October and participated in the battle of 3d & 4th, which resulted in a loss to our Co. of one Lieut. mor. wounded [including both arms of Lt Col Hobson], 1 private killed, 1 Sgt. w., 2 pri. w. & cap'd, 1 pri. cap'd & 1 pri. miss'g. Our Co. participated in the battle of Hatchie Bridge on 5th, loss 1 Captain killed, 1 pri. w. & cap 'd, 2 pri. cap'd, none missing. Arrived at Lumpkins Mill Oct. 13, 1862. *This Co. was in the battle of Corinth and Hatchie Bridge [Hatchie river, Davis bridge], which resulted in the death of Capt. W. L.[T] M. Holmes and 3d Lt. J. A. Wozencroft, privates J. F. Thomas & W. G. Turner. Wounded—one Sgt & four privates. The Co. was also in the Holly Springs Raid of Gen. Van Dorn and was in the battle of Holly Springs [dismounted] Dec. 20th, Davis Mills Dec. 21st & Middleton Dec. 24th,A.D. 1862, in which battles none were killed or wounded.    "After the Battle of Iuka, Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Baldwyn, [MS] and on to Ripley [Mississippi], where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn was senior officer and took command of the combined force that nmbered about 22,000 men. The Confederates marched from Ripley [MS] to [?] Pocahontas [TN] on October 1, and then moved southeast toward Corinth [MS], hoping to seize Corinth and then sweep into Middle Tennessee." (Grenada,MS)      Other Van Dorn failures were; Battles of Cornith on October 3-4, 1862, with over 4,800 of his men killed (107 from 3rd Ark) another 400 killed (11 from 3rd Ark, including Capt Wm T M Holmes (1814VA-1962TN) & Lt John A Wozencraft) near Hatchie river's, Davis Bridge, when escaping sunday October 5th.       Troops returned to Holly Springs area, and Camp Rogers 13th Oct. 3rd Ark was remounted December 11th at Camp Rogers, Lampkin's Mill, near Gernada, Mississippi following Gray's return with horses from Arkansas. Gray was promoted to Captain, commander of Company A, 3rd Ark December 13,1862 while in Bowen's Brigade** ("Van Dorn, Hatchie Bridge") *01 Nov 1862 - 31 Dec 1862 Gernada, Miss     Six days following arrival of their mounts from Arkansas, --- Dec 17th, Van Dorn's troops, including 3rd Ark, left for Holly Springs raid, taking an indirect route to deceive the Fed's. They rode fast and hard, arriving that cold morning about 3:00 am, saturday, 20 December 1862 (Holly Springs, had been Confederate headquarters before Grant moved south late November on his first Vicksburg attempt), where the 3rd Arkansas fought again, dismounted, participating in General Van Dorn's brilliant and most successful raid, the recapture of Holly Springs, 1,500 Federal troops, destroying $1-1/2 million in supplies, running Gen U S Grant, his wife and her slave girl out of town, to Memphis, --- BUT --- most importantly, delaying his Vicksburg campaign by many months. (The Grays lived 6 miles northwest of Holly Springs for school year 1859-'60, before moving to Arkansas)    They then ventured on to Davis' Mill, Coldwater, Middleburg, Ripley, New Albany and Ponotoc before return on Dec 30 at Gernada.       Interestingly --- two days following Van Dorn's leaving for Holly Springs raid: , ie: "Dec. 19, 1862 President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, recently appointed by Davis to command all Confederate armies in the western theater, meet with Pemberton in Grenada to discuss the defense of Vicksburg, the town Davis believes to be the "vital point" of the Confederacy"    Starting in February 1863 it was into Tennessee!       The 3rd Ark did battle at Thompson's Station (Mar. 5,1863) where Colonel Samuel G Earle was killed ; Franklin, (Apr 10, 1863), where Gray's g,g,granddaughter moved in 2005,     *01 May 1863 - 30 Jun 1863 Kingston, Tenn.    " [After] Moving his division into middle Tennessee, he [Van Dorn] was killed in May by Dr. George B. Peters for attentions paid by the general upon the physician's wife in Spring Hill. (Hartje, Robert G., Van Dorn, The Life and Times of a Confederate General) Source: "Who Was Who In The Civil War" by Stewart Sifakis    The 3rd Ark was then assigned to Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry corps and fought in numerous raids, skirmishes, and campaigns, wining some --- losing some, including; the Tullahoma campaign in June,1863. *01 Jul 1863 - 31 Aug 1863 Near Decatur, East Tenn. *01 Sep 1863 - 31 Dec 1863 Mouth Chuckey, Tenn. [dated January 7,1864(BH)] *Co. A left its quarters at Rose's Mills on Sept. 2, 1863, and marched to Chattanooga, Tenn. without halting, and did pickett duty at Harrison above Chattanooga on Tenn. River till about the 8th, when we marched below Chattanooga to cover the retreat of Gen'l Bragg. Was in action on the 11th at Confederate Hill, had one man killed. Also on the 12th & 13th, one man killed at Pea Vine Church. Also in skirmishes the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and participated in the Battle of Chickamauga the 19th & 20th, one man wounded. --- [the bloody battle of Chickamauga on Sept 19 - 20, 1863, where Gen Hood lost a leg; , ie: "20 September 1863 - Battle ofChickamauga. The second day brings a great Confederate tactical victory for Gen. James Longstreet. About 124,000 troops are engaged; both sides suffer a casualty rate of 28%. Total losses are U.S.A. 16,170 and C.S.A. 18,454, including deaths of Gen. James Deshler, C.S.A., Gen. Preston Smith, C.S.A., and Lt. Richard Rowland Kirkland, C.S.A., in Chickamauga, Georgia."; the siege of Chattanooga in September through November, 1863; the siege of Knoxville, TN in November, 1863; and under the command of "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, May till August 1864 in Georgia ] --- Upon the enemy's retreat to Chattanooga, Co. A was marched back in the direction of Philadelphia, Tenn. Was in engagement with the enemy about 26th Sept. at Charleston, Tenn. Enemy fell back and we pursued them to Sweet Water, Tenn. where our command was turned over to Gen'l Wheeler and was with him in his celebrated raid through middle Tenn. Returned to Chattanooga about the 31st Oct. and were then changed to Harrison's Brigade and marched to Knoxville, Tenn. under Lieut. Gen'l Longstreet. Had an engagement with the enemy at Maryville, Tenn. about the 15th Nov. Drove them back upon their infantry supports at Knoxville, Tenn. Then crossed the Holston River and did pickett duty around Knoxville until Gen'l Longstreet withdrew, since which time we have been on service without a single day's rest between our infantry and the enemy. Fought every day in the Christmass, had one Lieut. wounded (seriously) and two privates (slightly). This closes the service of Co. A with the year1863. Our Co. in the meantime has been badly clothed but well fed mostly, and are in surprisingly good health under the circumstances. *ROBT. H. DEDMAN, 1st Lieut. Comd'g Co. A. [Capt Gray had been appointed Divison Provost Marshall Dec 1863**] *01 Jan 1864 - 29 Feb 1864 Newport, E. Tenn        The 3rd Ark remained under the command of "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, May till beyond August 1864 in Georgia , through the Atlanta Campaign and the siege of Atlanta, with cavalry clashes at Flat Shoals, Browns' Mill, Strawberry Plains, and Thompson's Station;                   ----------         Battle of Brown's Mill             Order of Battle [July 30-31, 1864 at Newnan, Georgia]              CONFEDERATE                          CONFEDERATE TROOPS ENGAGED AT THE BATTLE OF BROWN'S MILL                                      CAVALRY CORPS, ARMY OF   TENNESSEE Major General Joseph Wheeler, Jr. HUMES' DIVISION Brigadier General William Y. C. Humes HARRISON'S BRIGADE Colonel Thomas Harrison 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Colonel Amson W. Hobson [Co A, Capt O C GRAY] 4th Tennessee Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. Anderson 8th Texas Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Gustave Cook 11th Texas Cavalry Colonel George E. Reeves and many, many others -----               <>-------<>-------<> "General Hood. We have just completed the killing, capturing, and breaking up the entire raiding party under General McCook--some nine hunderd and fifty prisoners--two pieces of Artillery, and twelve hundred horses and equipments captured."           General Joseph Wheeler, CSA "The dead lay around us on every side, singly and in groups and piles; men and horses, in some cases, apparently inextricably mingled. Some lay as if peacefully sleeping; others, with open eyes, seemed to glare at any who bent above them. Two men lay as they had died, the 'Blue' and the 'Grey,'clasped in fierce embrace...one shot in the head, the throat of the other wise partly torn away."                                       Mrs Fanny Beers, Buckner Hospital, Newnan, GA. SOURCE: http://www.battleofbrownsmill.org/          --------------    Captain O C GRAY is allowed to resign from Army 19th August 1864 (BUT DID HE?), to join the Confederate States Navy as requested in letter of 17 July 1864 from Sandtown, GA.        The 3rd and Company A continued under Capt Robert H Dedman, Esq and carried on in opposing Sherman's march to the Sea (the Savannah campaign in November and December of 1864); and in the Carolinas campaign in February through April of 1865. Surrendered with General Joseph Johnston and the Army of Tennessee near Durham Station, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. SOURCES: , Capt Gray's service record & wife's, Virginia Davis GRAY, 1983 published diary in Arkansas Historical Quarterly, also; The War Child's Children, by Major Calvin L. Collier, USAF (ret'd), published in Little Rock in 1965 by the author, and printed by the Pioneer Press, is the detailed history of the Third Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, C.S.A. It details the history of the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, CSA from the time of the formation of the regiment of eight companies (later ten) by Colonel Solon Borland and the mustering in of the first eight companies on June 10, 1861 in Little Rock; the later mustering of the regiment into the Confederate army on July 29, 1861; and all the details of the regimental history, serving under Major General Joseph Wheeler ("the War Child") throughout the Civil War until Lee's Surrender at Appomattox in April 1865. and also: , , ,         <>-------<>-------<>    The 3rd Reg Ark Cav, may sometimes, be confused in historical writings with 3rd Texas Cav, or other Texas units, seemingly serving in many of same earlier engagements. ---- 3rd Ark served under Gen Van Dorn --- but under the guidance of Thomas Harrison's Brigade of Texas Cavalry from before Oct 1862 until April 26, 1865 when they surrendered to Gen Sherman. See also: and,     "As for the Arkansas regiment with the ANV [Army of Northern Virginia] silk flag - do we know have, then, based on what Howard wrote, the ID for the ANV silk flag in the Arkansas State Capitol Collection? They (and I), have always wondered how an ANV silk got to any other unit besides the 3rd Arkansas (only Arkansas unit in the ANV) - which I don't think was at Centreville, VA when the silk flags were issued. A First National flag (former Henderschott collection) was captured by Union naval forces at one of the batteries along Aquia Creek (if I have the right location) - and he attributes this flag to the 3rd Arkansas."           ----------         Battle of Bentonvile, NC            (March 19 - 21 1865)              CAVALRY  COMMAND             Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton (Total Casualties: 113) Wheeler's Corps (61) Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler (Army of Tennessee) Humes' Division Col. Henry M. Ashby T. Harrison's Brigade Col. Baxter Smith [Harrison wounded earlier] 3rd Arkansas Cav. 4th Tennessee Cav. 8th Texas Cav. 11th Texas Cav. and many, many others ---- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/military/civilwar/other/gray8mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/tnfiles/ File size: 27.5 Kb