Second Arkansas Cavalry Battalion,
CSA
Company E—Ashley County Troop
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This cavalry company was organized by Captain Obediah B. Tebbs, a veteran of the famous Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, at Hamburg, Ashley county, Arkansas, on March 24, 1862. When the Second Arkansas Cavalry Battalion was formed at Memphis, Tennessee, in April 1862, Tebbs’ troop was designated as Company E. On May 15, 1862, the Second Arkansas Cavalry Battalion was combined with the Sixth Arkansas Cavalry Battalion to form the Second Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, with Tebbs’ troop becoming Company F. During the regimental reorganization on August 18, 1862, Company F, always an understrength unit that was never able to recruit enough men to maintain a full company, was consolidated into the Dallas county troop, Company E.
Adams, Bryant B
Third Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas
Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; appointed third
sergeant, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August
18, 1862, and reduced to private; later enlisted in Co. H, 5th Louisiana
Cavalry Regiment; born in Georgia, c1839; listed in Ashley county 1860
census; occupation farmer; bought land in Drew county in 1859.
Ahrens, John
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; captured near Ripley, Mississippi,
October 10, 1862; born in Germany, March 14, 1833; died in Arkansas, December
13, 1902; buried in Oakland Cemetery, Monticello, Arkansas; married Nancy
E. Brooks in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 27, 1860; widow filed Arkansas
pension application #22621 from Drew county, August 8, 1912; listed in
Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land in Ashley county
in 1861.
Allen, John T
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; captured at Corinth, Mississippi,
October 1862; born in Alabama, November 6, 1843; died in Arkansas, October
24, 1886; buried in Parkdale Cemetery, Ashley county, Arkansas; married
(1) Mrs Harriet M. Harris; married (2) Rachel L.; listed in Ashley county
1860 census; occupation student.
Bell, J L
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; detailed as nurse at Terry,
Mississippi, December 20, 1862; born in Georgia, c1822; listed in Ashley
county 1860 census with wife Amelia; occupation blacksmith.
Boyd, Charles Monroe
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability,
August 18, 1862; born in Arkansas, March 6, 1839; died in Arkansas, November
25, 1893; buried in Oakland Cemetery, Monticello, Arkansas; married (1)
Elizabeth E. Lambert in Ashley county, May 10, 1864; married (2) Frances
E. Ducker in Ashley county, December 17, 1867; listed in Ashley county
1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land in Ashley county in 1858, 1860
and 1861.
Braswell, Jacob Jr
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; paroled in Louisiana, May 1865;
born in Marengo county, Alabama, April 10, 1841; died in Bradley county,
Arkansas, April 11, 1915; buried in Oakland Cemetery, Bradley county; married
Rebecca St John, April 24, 1873; widow filed Arkansas pension application
#22345 from Bradley county, August 9, 1915; listed in Ashley county 1860
census; occupation farmer; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate census at
Warren, Arkansas.
Buchanan, F W “Wiley”
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Georgia c1825; listed
in Ashley county 1860 census with wife Mary; occupation farmer; attended
1889 Confederate reunion at Hamburg, Arkansas.
Bullock, George Washington
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas
Infantry Regiment, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, August 9, 1861; discharged,
October 17, 1861; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, at
Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; elected second lieutenant, March 24,
1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862;
transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; resigned,
September 11, 1862; born in Mississippi, c1841; married Augusta Jackson
in Ashley county, November 9, 1865; listed in Ashley county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Byrd, Young G
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 3rd Arkansas Infantry
Regiment, at Berlin, Arkansas, June 9, 1861; elected second lieutenant,
June 9, 1861; resigned, October 2, 1861; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas
Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to
Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co.
E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; promoted second lieutenant,
September 1, 1863; born in Alabama in 1827; died in Arkansas, December
9, 1889; buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Ashley county; listed in Ashley
county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Carlock, Frederick C “Fred”
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas Infantry
Regiment, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; absent without leave, March
17, 1862; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg,
Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August
18, 1862; born in Alabama, c1843; listed in Ashley county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Clay, W W
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862.
Cox, Bethel M
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; promoted third lieutenant,
September 1, 1863; captured at Gaines Landing, Arkansas, February 1865;
exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 12, 1865; born in Alabama, March
4, 1825; died in Arkansas, October 24, 1867; buried in Flat Creek Cemetery,
Ashley county, Arkansas; married Sarah Perry Deal in Ashley county, October
16, 1859; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation carpenter.
Cox, William S
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in North Carolina, c1838;
married Mary Jane Wallace in Ashley county, Arkansas, August 24, 1859;
listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Davis, John A
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; deserted; enlisted in Co. D,
12th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment at Monticello, Arkansas, December 1, 1863;
deserted, December 18, 1863; took oath of allegiance at Memphis, Tennessee,
April 1864; born c1842; married Mahala Collins in Ashley county, Arkansas,
August 5, 1861.
Dorman, Mason
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; hospitalized, May 20, 1862;
transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born
in Mississippi, c1844; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Gorham, John M
Second Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas
Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; appointed second
sergeant, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August
18, 1862, and appointed fourth sergeant; captured at Iuka, Mississippi,
September 20, 1862; exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, October 9, 1862;
bought land in Ashley county in 1860; born in Georgia, c1818; listed in
Ashley county 1860 census with wife M. A.; occupation farmer.
Greaves, F A
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born c1841.
Hall, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; discharged for disability at
Slate Springs, Mississippi, March 4, 1863; born in Halifax county, North
Carolina, c1806; married Martha Jane Osborn; widow Mattie Edwards Hall
filed Florida pension application #A02810 from Hillsborough county in 1927;
listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Harper, B J
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; discharged, August 18, 1862.
Hathaway, Samuel “Sam”
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Arkansas, c1839; died
at Monticello, Arkansas, February 2, 1911; married Priscilla Frances Bussell
in Ashley county, February 22, 1865; veteran filed Arkansas pension application
#4334 from Drew county, August 16, 1901; listed in Ashley county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Hill, Ezekiel M
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862, and appointed fifth sergeant;
captured near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, July 13, 1864; died of variola in U.S.
Military Prison, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 28, 1865; born in Alabama,
c1839; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land
in Ashley county in 1861.
Hill, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Alabama, c1840; listed
in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Holloway, George Washington
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; absent without leave near Ripley,
Mississippi, October 3, 1862; born in Louisiana, c1837; married Sarah E.
Scroggins in Ashley county, April 6, 1859; listed in Ashley county 1860
census; occupation farmer.
Honeycutt, Jefferson Jasper
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; promoted fourth corporal, October
1, 1862; born in Mississippi, c1841; married Cynthia Elizabeth Hollis in
Ashley county, September 10, 1863; listed in Ashley county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Knight, Reuben B
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; absent on sick furlough; born
c1826; bought land in Ashley county in 1860.
Lassiter, Llewellyn B
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Georgia, c1827; listed
in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land in Ashley
county in 1861.
Long, John L
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; captured near Holly Springs,
Mississippi, and exchanged in 1862; captured in Ashley county, Arkansas,
April 6, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois;
exchanged at Red River Landing, Louisiana, May 4, 1865; born in Alabama,
c1840; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
McBride, John
Fourth Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas
Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; appointed fourth
sergeant, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August
18, 1862, and appointed fourth corporal; reduced to private, October 1,
1862; born in County Monaghan, Ireland, May 22, 1837; died in Ashley county,
Arkansas, July 17, 1896; buried in Portland Cemetery in Ashley county;
married Louisa P. Cammack in Ashley county, June 1, 1865; listed in Ashley
county 1860 census; occupation overseer; attended 1889 Confederate reunion
at Hamburg, Arkansas, listing his residence as Portland township, Ashley
county, Arkansas.
McCarthy, John
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born c1812.
Matheny, Aaron D
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Mississippi, c1830;
listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife Margaret; occupation farmer.
Matheny, Moses S
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Mississippi, c1838;
married Mattie Hill in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 6, 1883; listed
in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Miller, P
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born c1833.
Morris, John H
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Alabama, c1835; listed
in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land in Ashley
county in 1874.
Murray, James N
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Georgia, April 23,
1838; died in Arkansas, March 16, 1906; buried in Parkdale Cemetery, Ashley
county, Arkansas; married Martha Ann Noble in Ashley county, February 3,
1859; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land
in Ashley county in 1860.
Nobles, Lawrence L
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; died at Okolona, Mississippi,
August 30, 1862; born in Georgia, c1834; married Harriet Elizabeth Cockrell
in Ashley county, Arkansas, November 21, 1859; listed in Ashley county
1860 census; occupation farmer.
Nutt, James Martin
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; died in Mississippi in 1862;
born in Georgia, c1819; widow Sarah A. Nutt filed Arkansas pension application
#2991 from Ashley county, August 7, 1901; listed in Ashley county 1860
census; occupation farmer; bought land in Ashley county in 1860.
Pate, Stephen R
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Alabama, c1831; married
Nancy C. Wallace in Ashley county, Arkansas, October 20, 1863; listed in
Ashley county 1860 census with wife Eliza A.; occupation overseer.
Rickard, James D
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; discharged in 1862, provided
substitute S. J. Carrington; born in South Carolina, c1813; listed in Drew
county 1860 census; occupation blacksmith; father of Private John A. Rickard.
Rickard, John A
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; captured in Ashley county,
Arkansas, April 6, 1864; died of colic in U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island,
Illinois, October 3, 1864, and buried in Grave #1544; born in Alabama,
c1835; listed in Drew county 1860 census; bought land in Ashley county
in 1859; son of Private James D. Rickard.
Robb, J A
First Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas
Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; appointed first
sergeant, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August
18, 1862, and reduced to private; born c1840.
Ross, James G
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862, and appointed third corporal;
born in Alabama, c1840; married Frances Jane Taylor in Ashley county, Arkansas,
February 10, 1908; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Sanders, Lorenzo B
First Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas
Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; elected first
lieutenant, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
August 18, 1862; resigned, September 11, 1862; born in Mississippi, July
22, 1828; died in Arkansas, January 4, 1891; buried in Sanders Cemetery,
Ashley county, Arkansas; married Mary E. Bullock in Ashley county, March
30, 1854; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Sanford, Jesse L
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. B, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry Regiment, at Berlin, Arkansas, June 9, 1861; discharged, provided
substitute James Watson, December 31, 1861; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas
Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; elected third
lieutenant, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
August 18, 1862; promoted first lieutenant, September 11, 1862; captured
at Holly Springs, Mississippi, December 1862, and exchanged; captured in
Jefferson county, Arkansas, July 13, 1864; released on oath of allegiance
at U.S. Military Prison, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 7, 1865; born in Tennessee,
c1830; married Ellen Clyde in Ashley county, Arkansas, October 30, 1870;
listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation merchant; bought land in
Ashley county in 1860.
Shelton, Thomas J
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; discharged for disability,
August 20, 1862; born in Tennessee, March 3, 1828; died in Arkansas, October
7, 1895; buried in Zion Cemetery, Ashley county, Arkansas; widow Frances
E. Shelton filed Arkansas pension application #14372 from Ashley county,
August 7, 1906; occupation farmer; bought land in Ashley county in 1855
and 1860; attended 1889 Confederate reunion at Hamburg, Arkansas, listing
his residence as Longview township, Ashley county, Arkansas.
Sherrer, Frederick Leopold
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; deserted, June 5, 1862; born
in Alabama, September 24, 1841; graduated from University of Louisiana
school of medicine in 1859; married Amanda Barringer in Ashley county,
Arkansas, May 7, 1861; married Rosamond Cammack Gully in Ashley county,
May 3, 1869; occupation physician; attended 1889 Confederate reunion at
Hamburg, Arkansas, listing his residence as Portland township Ashley
county, Arkansas.
Smith, Joshua R
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; absent on detached service;
enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, in Ashley county, Arkansas,
December 19, 1863; elected captain, December 19, 1863; no record after
February 29, 1864; born in Tennessee, c1827.
Stilwell, Robert S
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas Infantry
Regiment, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; hospitalized at Lynchburg,
Virginia, July 13, 1861, then furloughed to Arkansas; enlisted in Co. E,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred
to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; deserted, June 5,
1862; born in Mississippi, c1842; listed in Ashley county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Tebbs, Obediah B
Captain—Enlisted in Co. A, 3rd Arkansas Infantry
Regiment, at Portland, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; furloughed to Arkansas;
absent without leave, February 1862; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; elected captain, March
24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15,
1862; resigned, August 18, 1862; born in Virginia, January 22, 1865; died
in Arkansas, August 11, 1870; buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Ashley county,
Arkansas; listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife Susannah C.; occupation
farmer.
Thompson, Isaac D
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Alabama, c1841; married
Elizabeth Jane Thompson in Ashley county, Arkansas, February 20, 1862;
married Octavia C. Thompson in Ashley county, January 19, 1869; occupation
farmer; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation schoolteacher;
bought land in Ashley county in 1860.
Tinsley, William
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862, and appointed first sergeant;
born c1824.
Tubbs, James J
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born in Alabama, c1842; married
Catherine Hughey in Ashley county, Arkansas, April 15, 1866; listed in
Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Waters, P S [Peter Simon?]
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; absent on sick furlough, October
20, 1862; born c1832.
Watkins, Bennett
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; discharged for disability at
Abbeville, Mississippi, November 11, 1862; born in Sampson county, North
Carolina, c1812; occupation carpenter.
Willis, Henry Clay
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; captured at Water Valley, Mississippi,
January 10, 1863; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois, until
exchanged on April 1, 1863; born in Alabama, c1843; listed in Ashley county
1860 census; occupation farmer.
Winder, G W
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F,
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born c1827.
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