CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS
1st Battalion, Arkansas Cavalry (Stirman's)
- Overview:
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1st (Stirman's) Battalion Sharpshooters, formerly Brooks' 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, was
organized during the summer of 1862. The unit was attached to General M.E. Bgrann's comman,
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and fought at Port Gibson and Vicksburg where it was captured on July
4, 1863. After being exchanged, it returned to Arkansas and became Stirman's Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion. The unit was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry W. Bridges and Ras. Stirman,
and Major Lafayette Boone.
Predecessor unit:
1st (Brooks') Cavalry Battalion was organized during the late fall of 1861. In January, 1862, it totalled 300 officers and men and was assigned to L. Hebert's Brigade in the western part of Arkansas. After fighting at Elkhorn Tavern, the unit was ordered east of the Mississippi River and dismounted. It now became known as Stirman's 1st Arkansas Battalion Sharpshooters. Major William H. Brooks was in command.
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