6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry.
Company E—“The Border Rangers”.
White County, Arkansas.

The Border Rangers was organized at Searcy, Arkansas, in April 1861, composed mostly men from White County.  The company enlisted in State service at Searcy on June 5, 1861; and enlisted in Confederate service at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, on July 25, 1861, and was assigned to Solon Borland’s 1st Arkansas Mounted Volunteers as Company E.  In September 1861, the Border Rangers was attached to the 6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry as Company E.  On April 20, 1862, the Border Rangers was consolidated with Company C, the Crittenden Rangers of Crittenden County; and on May 15, 1862, the consolidated Rangers troop became Company A, 2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry.  In January 1863, the company was transferred to the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry as Company E.  As with the other companies, few records of the Border Rangers have survived.

Beard, Joshua H
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed second sergeant, May 15, 1862; promoted first sergeant; captured at Oxford Mississippi, December 30, 1862; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois, where he died of variola on March 3, 1863; name also shown as Baird.

Bell, Samuel
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured (date and location not stated) and exchanged at Vicksburg Mississippi, December 4, 1862.

Blakely, James W
Sergeant—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 12, 1861; appointed third sergeant, July 25, 1861; promoted second sergeant; injured his left leg “by being thrown from his horse while charging the enemy near Williams” in Green county, Kentucky, October 23, 1861; discharged for disability at Bell’s Tavern, Kentucky, January 28, 1862; born c1836 in Gallia county, Ohio; eyes blue, hair light, complexion light, height 6’0”; occupation carpenter.

Booth, C W
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Bradley, Benjamin B
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed second sergeant, May 15, 1862; discharged, May 15, 1862; after his death in 1890, his widow Mary C. Bradley applied for a Confederate pension from White county (Pension #13787 approved August 21, 1902).

Burgett, Peter L
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Burrow, John B
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed third lieutenant, July 7, 1862.

Burrow, Marion P
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Butcher, C J
Corporal—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; appointed third corporal, July 26, 1861; promoted fifth sergeant; reduced to ranks, April 20, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Canada, W J
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; name also shown as Canaday.

Chrisman, Francis Marion
Captain—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; elected captain; resigned, April 20, 1862; later served as lieutenant-colonel, 1st Arkansas Cavalry; born October 11, 1826 in Tennessee; died June 9, 1887 in Arkansas; buried in Mount Holly Cemetery at Little Rock; married Mary H. Phillips, July 10, 1848, in Lauderdale county, Tennessee; married Mrs Elizabeth Ann Boone, June 3, 1861, in Pulaski county, Arkansas; in 1870 was appointed Superintendent of Public Education at Little Rock.

Church, Ezekiel
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed corporal; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; promoted sergeant.

Clampitt, William S
Corporal—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; appointed first corporal, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Corinth, Mississippi, June 1, 1862; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois, until exchanged on October 20, 1862; appointed fifth sergeant, October 31, 1862.

Clingman, Edward P
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Cole, H J
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; elected second lieutenant; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed third lieutenant, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability, June 30, 1862, name also shown as Joseph T. Cole.

Compton, Tobias C
Private—Enlisted at Reeves’ Station, Missouri, August 31, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; killed in action at Denmark, Tennessee, September 1, 1862.

Crawford, S S
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent on sick furlough since October 18, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Damon, George W
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina, May 1865.

Damon, W M
Private—Enlisted at Reeves’ Station, Missouri, September 1, 1861; discharged, May 8, 1862.

Davis, Edward G
Sergeant—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; appointed fourth sergeant; reduced to ranks, April 20, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Davis, Oliver F
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured near Jacinto, Mississippi, May 22, 1862; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 22, 1862; after his death on April 8, 1910, his widow Martha Davis applied for a Confederate pension in 1915 (Pension #23256 approved August 21, 1915).

Dougan, William R
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; wounded in the hands at Brownsville, Kentucky, November 21, 1861; discharged for disability (maimed right hand and paralysis of the right hand “consequent upon gunshot wounds received in the Confederate service”) at Bell’s Tavern, Kentucky, January 28, 1862; born c1841 in Madison county, Tennessee; eyes blue, hair dark, complexion dark, height 5’8”; occupation farmer; name also shown as Dugan.

Garland, J G
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Garland, Robert R
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; no further record.

Giddings, A O
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Giddings, William H
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; whipped and drummed out of the service for stealing, August 5, 1862.

Gilbert, S S
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Glasgow, Andrew H
Private—Enlisted at Greenville, Missouri, August 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Groves, Thomas F
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; name also shown as Graves.

Harris, Henry Scott
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; injured in a fall from his horse, October 28, 1862; right leg amputated, October 29, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; paroled at LaGrange, Tennessee, April 2, 1863; born c1831; occupation printer.

Heard, H D
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Herr, C H
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Hill, Smith
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; hospitalized at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, February 1862, where he reportedly died.

Hood, W D
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured near Jacinto, Mississippi, May 22, 1862; exchanged, October 20, 1862.

Hopkins, William D
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability at Tupelo, Mississippi, June 13, 1862; born c1835 in Haywood county, Tennessee; occupation farmer; after his death on April 5, 1885, his widow Mary Hopkins applied for a Confederate pension from White county in 1909 (Pension #14006 approved August 7, 1909); name also shown as William J. Hopkins.

Humphries, T
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; died in hospital, March 31, 1862.

Jowers, Edgar G
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured near Jacinto, Mississippi, May 22, 1862; exchanged, October 20, 1862; he applied for a Confederate pension from Crawford county in 1901 (Pension #17207 approved August 16, 1901); name also shown as Edward.

Key, Samuel W
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured near Jacinto, Mississippi, May 22, 1862; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, December 4, 1862.

Lee, W F
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Lenox, John Philip
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; born November 8, 1832 in Tennessee; died December 14, 1916 in Arkansas; buried in Old Austin Cemetery at Lonoke county, Arkansas; he applied for a Confederate pension from Pulaski county in 1909 (Pension #9939 approved August 9, 1909).

McCreery, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured near Jacinto, Mississippi, May 27, 1862; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois; exchanged, September 23, 1862; discharged for disability at Davis Mills, Mississippi, October 29, 1862; born c1844 in Davis county, Kentucky; occupation farmer.

McMakin, P C
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; detailed as wagon-master; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Martin, John D
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; name also shown as John T. Martin.

Miller, Willis
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Mills, George W
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; died, April 11, 1862.

Moody, Joseph A
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; died, March 3, 1908.

Moore, John M
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed second corporal, May 15, 1862.

Moore, Martin Van Buren
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability at Tupelo, Mississippi, June 15, 1862; born c1840 in Lawrence county, Alabama; occupation farmer.

Moore, Robert M
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; he applied for a Confederate pension from White county in 1901 (Pension #12640 approved August 30, 1901).

Morgan, McGilbra
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, August 4, 1861; appointed third sergeant; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent on sick furlough since July 8, 1862; appointed fourth sergeant, October 31, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; enlisted in Co. A, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, at Camden, Arkansas, December 10, 1863; no record after February 29, 1864.

Moss, Francis Marion
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Neely, D H
Sergeant—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; appointed fourth sergeant; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; paroled at Chesterfield, South Carolina, April 1865; born c1839 in Tennessee; occupation overseer; listed in White county 1860 census.

Owen, William M
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured near Jacinto, Mississippi, June 1, 1862; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois; exchanged, October 20, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; he applied for a Confederate pension from White county in 1915 (Pension #23241 approved August 21, 1915).

Patterson, J A
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; discharged, May 15, 1862.

Petty, N B
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Ponder’s Mill, Missouri, September 10, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; after his death on February 20, 1904, his widow Jennie D. Petty applied for a Confederate pension from Jackson county (Pension #9414 approved August 4, 1904).

Petty, V H
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent sick on hospital since September 26, 1862; name also shown as W. H. Petty.

Pilkington, Daniel H
Corporal—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; appointed second corporal; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed fourth sergeant, May 15, 1862; promoted first sergeant, October 1, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; after his death on January 11, 1902, his widow Sue E. Pilkington applied for a Confederate pension from White county (Pension #14054 approved August 14, 1911).

Randall, James D
Sergeant—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; appointed first sergeant; appointed assistant quartermaster; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged, June 18, 1862.

Rice, Bert
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; discharged, May 15, 1862.

Sanders, J B
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Shall, Bogart
Private—Enlisted at Ponders Mill, Missouri, September 10, 1861; discharged for disability (rheumatism in the left knee) at Corinth, Mississippi, April 13, 1862; born c1844 at New Orleans, Louisiana; eyes blue, hair light, complexion light, height 5’8½”; occupation clerk.

Smith, Samuel M
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; discharged, May 15, 1862.

Tew, Archie
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; absent sick in hospital at Corinth, Mississippi, since April 1862; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Thompson, George W
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Tipton, Pleasant
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; no further record.

Turner, D H
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed surgeon, June 20, 1862; name also shown at T. H. Turner.

Warren, C P
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

Wells, W W
Private—Enlisted at Ponder’s Mill, Missouri, September 10, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent sick in hospital, May 1862.

West, George H
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863.

White, R C
Private—Enlisted at Greenville, Missouri, August 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; died of fever at Rock Springs, Mississippi, October 20, 1862.

Wilkes, Joseph J
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Winsett, John E
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; elected first lieutenant; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured (date and location not stated) and exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, December 4, 1862; resigned, January 1, 1863

Woods, E S
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. G, 2nd Missouri Cavalry, September 26, 1862.

Wooten, Robert H
Private—Enlisted at Searcy, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; reenlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; name also shown as Robert J. Wooten.

Word, T H
Private—Enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; discharged, May 15, 1862.

Wright, Jasper
Private—Enlisted at Greenville, Missouri, August 26, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured (date and location not stated) and exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, December 4, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, January 1863; he applied for a Confederate pension from Poinsett county in 1916 (Pension #25325 approved August 10, 1916); he died on February 10, 1937.

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