6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry.
Co. D—“The Brierfield Rebels”.
Carroll Parish, Louisiana.

The Brierfield Rebels was organized at Providence, Louisiana, August 10, 1861, composed mostly men from Carroll Parish.  The company enlisted in Confederate service at Memphis, Tennessee, on September 1, 1861, and was assigned to the 6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry as Company D.  On April 20, 1862, the Brierfield Rebels was consolidated with Company F, the Macon Cavalry of Madison Parish, Louisiana; and on May 15, 1862, the consolidated Louisiana cavalry troop became Company C, 2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry.  As with the other companies, few records of the Brierfield Rebels have survived.


Allen, Cicero M
Private—Enlisted at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, February 21, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed first sergeant, June 1, 1862; wounded at Denmark, Tennessee, September 1, 1862; appointed third lieutenant, March 27, 1863; captured at Coldwater, Tennessee, November 3, 1863; sent to U.S. Military Prison, Camp Chase, Ohio; transferred to U.S. Military Prison, Johnson’s Island, Ohio; exchanged; captured at Charleston, Virginia, February 23, 1864; sent to U.S. Military Prison, Fort Delaware; exchanged; promoted second lieutenant, July 20, 1864; paroled at Jackson, Mississippi, May 13, 1865 (gave his address as New Orleans, Louisiana); born c1842 in Holmes county, Mississippi; eyes blue, hair light, complexion light, height 5’ 8”; occupation clerk.

Allen, Columbus H
Private—Enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, April 1, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. G, 14th Confederate Cavalry, and appointed third lieutenant.

Baskin, R P
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1817.

Beasley, Emanuel
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1838 in Louisiana; occupation laborer; listed in 1860 census of Desha County, Arkansas.

Blackman, B Jr
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; discharged, February 3, 1862; name also shown as D. Blackman Jr.

Booth, Hull
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured, October 3, 1862 (location not stated); born c1832.

Bradford, Benjamin F
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1821.

Bradford, J B
Private—Enlisted at Oakland, Kentucky, November 10, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; elected third lieutenant, May 15, 1862; resigned, November 6, 1862; subsequently served as a second lieutenant in Adams’ Mississippi Cavalry; captured at Big Black River, Mississippi, May 17, 1863; born c1839.

Bunch, A H
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1836

Byrnes, James
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

Chandler, B J
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1823.

Clark, R W
Private—Enlisted at Bloomfield, Missouri, September 3, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; killed in action at Iuka, Mississippi, September 19, 1862.

Clark, S E P
Private—Enlisted at Bloomfield, Missouri, September 3, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Cochran, Thomas M
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; elected third lieutenant, September 1, 1861; resigned, November 14, 1861; enlisted in Co. F, 6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 27, 1862; elected captain, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; promoted lieutenant-colonel, July 20, 1864; born c1830 in Mississippi.

Collins, George H
Private—Enlisted at Oakland, Kentucky, November 10, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave.

Conner, Patrick
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; captured at Ponchatoula, Louisiana, March 23, 1863; paroled at New Orleans, Louisiana, April 4, 1863; born c1834

Cooke, A J
Private—Enlisted at Providence, Louisiana, August 10, 1861; discharged for disability, November 16, 1861; born c1826 in Copiah county, Mississippi; occupation farmer.

Dalton, Stewart
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured in Carroll parish, Louisiana, by 1st Kansas Infantry, February 26, 1863; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, June 1863; born c1823 in Tennessee.

Dart, T D
Private—Enlisted at Camp Lidell, Arkansas, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1827.

Davis, M M
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1825.

Delaney, David
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana, March 5, 1863; paroled at New Orleans, Louisiana, April 4, 1863; born c1839.

Dougherty, Joel E
Private—Enlisted at Bloomfield, Missouri, September 3, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana, March 5, 1863; paroled at New Orleans, Louisiana, April 4, 1863; paroled at Monroe, Louisiana, June 10, 1865; born c1843.

Dougherty, John
Private—Enlisted at Bloomfield, Missouri, September 4, 1861; discharged for disability (a contagious disease of the scalp) at Bell’s Tavern, Kentucky, January 17, 1862; born c1838 at Chattanooga, Tennessee; eyes brown, hair dark, complexion dark, height 5’4”; occupation laborer.

Dunklin, Joseph H
Private—Enlisted at Camp Liddell, Arkansas, September 21, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed third sergeant, March 27, 1863; reportedly served in 2nd Missouri Cavalry; born c1840.

Elliott, J B
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed third sergeant, June 1, 1862; promoted second sergeant, March 27, 1863; absent without leave; born c1830.

Elliott, John C
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; appointed third lieutenant, November 14, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; elected first lieutenant, May 15, 1862; promoted captain, July 20, 1864; born c1835 in Mississippi.

Emanuel, R J
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; elected second lieutenant, September 1, 1861; resigned, May 15, 1862.

Faith, Henry
Private—Enlisted at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, February 21, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1844.

Fletcher, John
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for syphilis and rheumatism, August 16, 1862; born c1827 in Lincoln county, Georgia; occupation planter.

Gaddis, T F
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; elected first lieutenant, September 1, 1861; discharged, April 20, 1862.

Gardner, James C
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Jackson, Louisiana, June 12, 1863; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, July 1863.

Goodwin, C C
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave.

Green, John T
Private—Enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, April 30, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed second sergeant, June 30, 1862; promoted first sergeant, March 27, 1863; detailed to the Quartermaster Department at Brookhaven, Mississippi, April 15, 1864, disabled with asthma and unfit for field service; paroled at Jackson, Mississippi, May 19, 1865; born c1835.

Herrin, James N
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862, and exchanged; born c1840.

Holston, P R
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; died of pneumonia in Gordon Hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, January 31, 1862.

Howard, Bridges
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1825.

Ingram, B S
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Ingram, H B
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed first corporal, June 1, 1862; killed in action at Denmark, Tennessee, September 1, 1862.

Lake, George
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; absent sick in hospital at Memphis, Tennessee, December 31, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Latting, A J
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1819 (or c1825, conflicting records); married Sarah Ann Houze, November 19, 1872, in Chicot county, Arkansas.

Locke, W W
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; absent sick in hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, January 1, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Lusk, A M D C
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; captured at Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, March 5, 1863; paroled at New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11, 1863; born c1834.

McCarroll, George
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1842.

McHugh, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; detailed as escort for General Hindman; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1835.

McLaughlin, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1827.

McNeill, Archibald J
Captain—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; elected captain, September 1, 1861; promoted major; resigned, November 12, 1862.

Mahoney, Lawrence
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1840.

Martin, Ed
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; deserted; born c1839.

May, Charles
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed third corporal, June 1, 1862; promoted first corporal, January 1863; born c1833.

Maynard, George
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1841.

Newman, Edward F
Private—Enlisted at Oakland, Kentucky, November 10, 1861; appointed first sergeant; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed ordnance sergeant, July 4, 1862.

Nicholas, William
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; captured at Bowling Green, Kentucky, February 11, 1862; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Camp Chase, Ohio; exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 10, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1840.

Noland, J C
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed first corporal, September 1862; reduced to ranks, January 1863; appointed fourth sergeant, March 27, 1863; absent without leave; born c1827.

Peers, G B
Private—Enlisted at Camp Liddell, Arkansas, September 21, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1838.

Powell, John
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; died at Brookhaven, Mississippi, in 1863; born c1835.

Quigley, John M
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged, August 16, 1862; born c1831 in Ireland; occupation moulder.

Richardson, J S
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed sergeant-major, October 23, 1862.

Roberts, W J
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; died at Ponchartrain, Louisiana, February 19, 1863; born c1829.

Rodrico, Manuel
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1826.

Shannon, Patrick
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1837.

Spinetti, John
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1836.

Spurlock, J S
Private—Enlisted at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, February 21, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability, August 1, 1862; born c1840 in Carroll parish, Louisiana; occupation farmer; name also shown as J. L. Spurlock.

Strasner, Frank
Musician—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed assistant bugler, September 1862; born c1835.

Sweeney, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; accidentally wounded at Salem, Tennessee, July 20, 1862, and furloughed; born c1827.

Taylor, Charles J
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1833.

Taylor, Francis Marion
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1833; applied for Confederate pension in Louisiana; married Lizzie Munson Donnally.

Thompson, William H
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; paroled at Monroe, Louisiana, June 17, 1865; born c1836.

Tompkins, Frank W
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; slightly wounded at Denmark, Tennessee, September 1, 1862; absent without leave; born c1843.

Trimble, A J
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

Watson, Jeremiah
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured in Carroll parish, Louisiana, February 1863; confined at Gratiot Street Prison, St Louis, Missouri; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, June 8, 1863; absent without leave; born c1829.

Watson, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 1861; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave since October 5, 1862; born c1826.

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