COMPANY A
      1ST SQUADRON CHEROKEE MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS
      (aka HOLT'S SQUADRON CHEROKEE MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS

Roll  #80  (M258)
This unit appears to have been a field organization, which was composed of two or more companies of Indians who were in the Confederate Service in 1863 and which was commanded by the senior captain.

Record of events: Co A, 12Dec1862-30Jun1863, Webbers Falls, CN
Last December stationed at Webbes Falls, started on scout in direction of Sweet Town. The enemy had left that county on 2 January. Scouted the Green Leaf Hills in pursuit of the enemy - killed three, took one prisoner in a skirmish. Lost one horse, distance 30 miles. On 20 February took scout by order of Col Hale, Whitlock Springs. Distance 40 miles. Captured one man and 3 horses and lost two men taken prisoner. On 11 March scouted the Vian County C.N. distance 30 miles. Routed the enemy, killed one - scouted the Green Leaf Hills on 7 April and fought the enemy killing six and capturing the herd of horses belonging to southern citizens and on _____?___ of 12 miles fought the enemy, lost three men . Brought the stock across the river. Stationed at Webbers Falls, CN during the month of May and as pickets crossed the Arkansas River on the 15th and saw the enemy from Monkey Salt Licks and captured 25 head of horses, distance 15 miles. On 1st June started on scout with Col Watie to Maysville, detached on the 5th and scout Spring Creek County - killing 5 of the enemy and possessing (?) them for 24 hours - distance 75 miles. Detached from Watie on the 9th again and went to Ft Cochran. Returned on the west side of Grand River. Traveled 250 miles in 9 days.

ALBERTY, JOHN Bvt2Lt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863. Elected to fill a
vacancy 12Jun1863.

ALEXANDER, A. Cpl Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

ALEXANDER, SAMUEL M. Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

AR LE CHIA Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

AWSRY, THOMAS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

BALDRIDGE  Lt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Died 12Jun1863.

BALDRIDGE, DANIEL -- Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Killed 9Apr1863.

BALDRIDGE, JACKSON Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

BALDRIDGE, JHEFFERSON Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

BALDRIDGE, SQUIER 2Lt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Killed 9Apr1863.

BEAR  Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

BOGGS, DANIEL Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Died 10Apr1863.

BUTLER, MARTIN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Prisoner 30Jun1863.

BYERS, DAVID Pvt  Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Prisoner 30Jun1863.

BYERS, JOHN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Missing since 12Jan1863.

CARLISLE, STEPHEN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

COLEMAN, JOHMN Pvt Enl 1Jun1863 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

COLEMAN, WILLIAM Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

CULCLAW, JOHN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Killed 1Apr1863.

DEASTEAD, JAMES Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

DEERSKIN, GEORGE Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

DENTON, JOHN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Absent, taken prisoner 10Feb1863.

DOWNING, DAVID Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. AWOL since 20Jan1863.

DOWNING, GEORGE Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. AWOL since 20Jan1863.

DOWNING, JOSEPH Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. AWOL since 20Jan1863.

ELDRIDGE, JEFFERSON Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Joined by trf from 2d Cherokee Regt 1Jun1863.Present 30Jun1863.

ELK RIDER Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863. Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

GOOD MONEY Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Taken prisoner 20Feb1863.

GRAY, STAND Sgt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Absent sick since 1Apr1863 in East Coffean, CN.

HICKS, DAVID A. Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

HICKS, RUFUS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Ord Sgt since reorganization 20Apr11863. Present 30Jun1863.

HINDMAN, FRANK Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

HOLT, CHARLES C. Cpt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863. Two horses killed in action. One on 12Feb1862 and the other in Apr1862. Each valued at $200.

HOLT, WALTER Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Killed 25Apr1863. Horse captured by the enemy.

HORN, JEREMIAH Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

HUFF, RICHARD Pvt Enl 1Jun1863 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

HUGEY, JAMES Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Died 14Mar1863.

ICE, NITS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

JONES, CHARLES Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

JONES, MATHEW Blacksmith Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

LEA, SAMUEL Cpl Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

LEA, WILLLIAM Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

LEPHIN, BENJAMIN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

LIGHT, JOHN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Joined by trf from Co A, 2d Cherokee Regt 1Jun1863. Present 30Jun1863.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

LOWERY, WILLIAM Cpl Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

MARSHALL, JOHN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

McINTOSH, JOHN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

MELVIN, JOHN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

MILLER, JOHN 2Lt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Promoted to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Lt Baldridge 12Apr1863. Present 30Jun1863.

MORGAN, R.M. 1Lt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

PAYNE, SAMUEL Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

PLAN, WILLIAM Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

PRICE, AMOS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Killed 20May1863.

PRICE, BERRY Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

PRICE, B.H. Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

PRITCHARD, GEORGE -- Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Killed 9Apr1863.

PUNKINS, DENNIS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Trfd to Co K, this regt 1Apr1863.

QUNITAN, JOEL Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

QUINTAN, NATHANIEL Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

QUINTAN, SAMUEL Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

RAGSDALE, THOMAS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Trfd to 1st Regt 1May1863.

RAT, D.B. Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

RATCLIFFE, DANIEL Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

REESE, ANDREW Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

REESE, GEORGE Sgt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

REESE, MURRAY Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

REID, CHARLES C. Ord Sgt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.
Joined by trf from 1st Cherokee Regt 1May1863. Appointed Adjutant of the squadron 1Jun1863 by B. G. D. H. Cooper.

RIVERS, FRANK Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Killed 20Mar1863.

SCMITT, ARCH Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

SEVEN, FIELDS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Trfd to 1 Cherokee Regt 1Jun1863.

SHAUGHIA Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. AWOL since 10Jun1863.

SMALLWOOD, JOSEPH Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Trfd to 1st Cherokee Regt 1Apr1863.

SMITH, ISAAC Cpl Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

SMOOKER, GEORGE Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

STARR, JAMES N. Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Prisoner 30Jun1863.

SU WA KEY Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

TAYLOR, EZEKIEL Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Trfd to 1st Cher Regt 1Apr1863.

TIMPSON, CLAY Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

TIMPSON, JOHN Sgt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Horse killed in action 9Jun1863 in CN. Present 30Jun1863.

UI KEY KEY CHI Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

WARSTUCH, JOSEPH Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

WARSTUCH, LEWIS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Killed 22Mar1863.

WARSTUCH, THOMAS Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

WHITAKER, MOSES Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

WICKED, JESSE Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Joined by trf from Co I 1st Cher Regt 1Apr1863. Present 30Jun1863.

WICKED, WILLIAM Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Joined by trf from Co I, 1st Cher Regt 1Apr1863.Present 30Jun1863.

WINKLESIDES, JOHN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Died  30Jun1863.

WINKLESIDES, PALLING Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Died 20Jun1863.

WINKLESIDES, MINK Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

WITTMEYER, STEPHEN Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

WUDWOOD  Pvt Enl 12Dec1862 at Webbers Falls, CN. Present 30Jun1863.

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