CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS
3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry
- Overview:
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3rd Cavalry Regiment was organized in July, 1861, and included the 1st (Borland's) Arkansas
Cavalry Battalion and three companies of J. L. Williamson's Arkansas Infantry Battalion. For a
time it was stationed at Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas, where at least some of the men
were recruited. Originally called 1st Arkansas Mounted Volunteers, the C. S. War Department
ordered its designation to be 3rd Cavalry on January 15, 1862. Only 395 effectives crossed the
Mississippi River in 1862. It always had a manpower problem but participated in more
engagements than any other Arkansas command. The regiment was dismounted when it fought at
Corinth, then was remounted
and assigned to General Armstrong's and T. Harrison's Brigade. It fought at Thompson's Station, Franklin, and Chickamauga, took part in the Knoxville
and Atlanta Campaigns, and was
active in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas. When the Army of
Tennessee surrendered, few of its members were present. The field officers were Colonels Solon
Borland, Samuel G. Earle, and Amson W. Hobson; Lieutenant Colonels Benjamin F. Danley,
James M. Gee, and M. J. Henderson; and Majors William H. Blackwell, J. F. Earle, and David F.
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