The Macon Cavalry was organized at Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 27, 1862, composed mostly men from Madison Parish, Louisiana.  The company enlisted in Confederate service at Delhi, Louisiana, on March 6, 1862.  Initially attached to the 28th Mississippi Cavalry, it was soon assigned to the 6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry as Company F.  On April 20, 1862, the Macon Cavalry was consolidated with Company D, the Brierfield Rebels of Carroll 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 Macon Cavalry have survived.

Belk, John
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1810.

Brock, Richard J
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; captured (date and location not stated) and confined at U.S. Military Prison, Camp Chase, Ohio, where he died on March 7, 1864; buried in Plot #120 at Camp Chase; born c1843.

Bruch, Michael
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; wounded at Denmark, Tennessee, September 1, 1862; absent without leave; born c1830.

Bryant, Jeremiah
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; captured at Bayou Macon, Louisiana, September 22, 1863; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois, where he died of rubeola on January 7, 1864; born c1845.

Buher, James
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1836.

Bullock, Henderson J
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability, July 13, 1862; born c1828 in Claiborne county, Mississippi; occupation planter.

Butler, J C
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1834.

Butler, William
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1839.

Caldwell, W C
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed fourth sergeant, June 1, 1862; born c1839.

Carpenter, C T
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1841.

Carpenter, N G
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged, July 13, 1862.

Cassety, Martin
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; elected second lieutenant, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; promoted first lieutenant, July 20, 1864; paroled at Marshall, Texas, July 22, 1865; born c1839 in Tennessee.

Cathey, Govey H
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1830.

Cathey, Raplee
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1827.

Childress, F M
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; accidentally wounded at Middleburg, Tennessee, August 31, 1862; born c1836.

Clark, Mathias
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed fourth corporal, June 1, 1862; reduced to ranks in 1862; absent without leave; born c1833.

Cochran, Thomas M
Captain—Enlisted 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.

Curry, William
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability at Beck Springs, Mississippi, July 13, 1862; born c1824 in Madison parish, Louisiana; occupation farmer.

Davis, W W
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged at Davis Mill, Mississippi, October 30, 1862; born c1833 in York district, South Carolina; occupation mechanic.

Dickerson, William
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Matomoris, Louisiana, October 3, 1862; paroled and furloughed; captured at Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana, March 5, 1863; paroled at New Orleans, Louisiana, April 4, 1863; born c1829.

Echols, Harvey H
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability at Tupelo, Mississippi, July 13, 1862; born c1841 in Jefferson county, Alabama; occupation planter.

Elliott, Tavener H
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Longview, Arkansas, March 29, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois; exchanged at Red River Landing, Louisiana, March 4, 1865; born c1838; applied for a Confederate pension in Louisiana.

Emmons, J B
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; died, May 9, 1862.

Emmons, J M
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

Evans, Aaron
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; absent sick in hospital at Memphis, Tennessee, since April 1, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1838.

Fellows, G W
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

Fox, William
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Independence, Louisiana, May 16, 1863 paroled at New Orleans, Louisiana.

Gay, C J
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability at Beck Springs, Mississippi, July 13, 1862; born c1843 in Madison parish, Louisiana; planter.

Gay, James
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; leg broken in accident, September 3, 1862; absent without leave.

Goddard, John
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent on sick furlough for most of 1862.

Hammond, Charles
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1825.

Haven, Martin H
Sergeant—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; appointed second sergeant, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reduced to ranks; absent without leave.

Heath, David
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1843.

Hedrick, H C
Private—Enlisted at Vicksburg, Mississippi, April 21, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent sick in hospital at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, since May 15, 1862; born c1834.

Hennington, Robert
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1837.

Hersley, Henry J
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1841.

Holly, John G
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

House, Isaac
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1822.

Hughes, William J
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1831.

James, Clarence L
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; elected first lieutenant, March 6, 1862; resigned, May 15, 1862; later elected captain of Co. E, 15th Battalion Louisiana Cavalry; transferred to Co. E, 3rd (Harrison’s) Louisiana Cavalry; at the beginning of the war he served in Co. A, 2nd Battalion Mississippi Cavalry.

James, H S
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave since June 1, 1862; born c1832.

Just, Julius
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1836.

Kessler, Charles
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1845.

Kitchens, William M
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged in 1862.

Likens, Nelson
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1837.

Lynn, William H
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; his horse was killed in action at Prairie Mound, Mississippi, February 22, 1864; born c1839.

McPherson, Alexander
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1845.

McPherson, James R
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; captured at Longview, Arkansas, March 29, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Little Rock, Arkansas; died in prison, June 8, 1864; born c1838.

McVay, Barney
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; wounded at Denmark, Tennessee, September 1, 1862; deserted in 1863; born c1836.

Matthews, Frank
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862.

Marchant, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1827; name also shown as Merchant.

Marchant, William
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave since October 8, 1862; name also shown as W. M. Merchant.

Moreland, Nicholas
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent sick in hospital at Corinth, Mississippi, since May 15, 1862; born c1841.

Moreland, William H
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1844.

Morris, J R
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1830.

Newton, J R
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1840.

Nichols, Hiram
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

Norwood, John R
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1837; died July 31, 1902 in Lamar county, Texas

O’Brien, John
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1838.

Phillips, John M
Private--Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave, 1863; born c1843.

Powell, G B
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability at Grenada, Mississippi, December 12, 1862; born c1831 in Blount county, Alabama; occupation farmer.

Pugh, Columbus
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for chronic gonorrhea, August 16, 1862; born c1840 in Madison county, Mississippi; occupation planter.

Pugh, J C
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

Pugh, J J
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed fifth sergeant, June 1, 1862; killed in action at Denmark, Tennessee, September 1, 1862.

Ray, Horace C
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; deserted in 1862.

Reed, William J
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed second corporal, June 1, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant, January 1863; absent without leave in 1863; captured near Jonesboro, Georgia, September 1, 1864; exchanged at Rough and Ready, Georgia, September 1864; born c1828; name also shown as Reid.

Rials, Jesse
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged, August 19, 1862.

Rost, F C
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; captured at Corinth, Mississippi (date not stated); exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, October 13, 1862.

Scott, Elijah M
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed sergeant; deserted and took oath of allegiance at Memphis, Tennessee, July 7, 1864; paroled at Brownsville, Texas, July 15, 1865 (gave his address as Rapides parish, Louisiana); born c1837.

Shaffer, H L
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed fourth corporal; absent without leave; born c1818.

Smith, J M
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1834.

Smith, John Pinkney
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; elected third lieutenant, March 6, 1862; resigned, May 15, 1862.

Steel, James B
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability at Beck Springs, Mississippi, July 13, 1862; born c1843 in Madison parish, Louisiana; occupation farmer.

Stubblefield, J B
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1834.

Sugg, James
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave; born c1846.

Taylor, R H
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; deserted in 1863; born c1836.

Thompson, George F
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; wounded at St Catherine Bridge near Natchez, Mississippi, in 1863; born c1836.

Travis, Edward R
Sergeant—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

Tweedle, Richard
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; wounded and captured at Denmark, Tennessee, September 1, 1862; paroled at Jackson, Tennessee, September 6, 1862; born c1833; applied for Confederate pension in Louisiana.

Wade, George H
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; appointed third corporal, January 1863; absent without leave; born c1840.

Wadlington, F T
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged, July 13, 1862.

Waits, Joseph W
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; absent without leave, since October 5, 1862; born c1830.

Waterman, Frederick
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May 11, 1865; born c1832.

Wilkins, Benjamin
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1837.

Wilkins, T M
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; reportedly died in 1862.

Young, P N
Private—Enlisted at Delhi, Louisiana, March 6, 1862; transferred to Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; born c1837.

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