6th (Monroe’s) Arkansas Cavalry
Company L
This company was organized at Monticello, Drew county, Arkansas, on May 12, 1862, by Captain Columbus C. Wolfe. It operated as an independent partisan ranger company until it was assigned to the 13th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry. When the battalion was consolidated with Wheat’s squadron, Wolfe’s company became Company L of the 6th Arkansas Cavalry. Three muster rolls for this company survive:
October 1, 1862, to April 30, 1863—Station
not stated.
May 1 to June 30, 1863—Stationed at Mt. Comfort.
January 1 to February 29, 1864—Stationed at
Camp Kirby Smith.
Anderson, G W
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed second lieutenant; absent
on furlough to March 11, 1864; no further record.
Anderson, J G
Private—Not listed in muster rolls; service
in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, cited in pension application of widow Frances
A. Anderson, application #14497 from Ashley county, August 7, 1906; veteran
died November 19, 1887.
Anderson, R R
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863; present to February 29, 1864.
Baker, Elisha J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave from February
16, 1863; conscripted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas,
October 15, 1863; returned to Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry; present to February
29, 1864, “marked deserted through error on Nov. & Dec. rolls;” born
July 29, 1831; died January 20, 1912; buried in Baker Cemetery, Drew county,
Arkansas; widow Caroline Baker filed Arkansas pension application #3994
from Drew county, August 1905; occupation gunsmith.
Baldy, William Hugh
Fourth Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed fourth sergeant,
May 12, 1862; reduced to fourth corporal; present to February 29, 1864;
born in Alabama, c1840; applied for Confederate pension in Tennessee; listed
in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Bates, Marion
Third Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed third sergeant,
May 12, 1862; wounded and captured at Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 18,
1863; paroled, April 22, 1863; no further record; born in Georgia, c1830;
listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife Mary E.; occupation farmer.
Berry, H F
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; wounded at Fayetteville, Arkansas,
April 18, 1863; absent wounded with leave since May 25, 1863; no further
record; born in Mississippi, c1836; listed in Drew county 1860 census with
wife Mary; occupation farmer.
Berry, W R
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; discharged, April 20, 1863, provided
substitute R. M. Murphy; born in Mississippi, c1831; listed in Drew county
1860 census with wife Lizzie A.; occupation farmer.
Bradley, C B
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave, May 25, 1863;
present to February 29, 1864.
Bradshaw, David
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, July 10, 1862; absent on sick leave in Drew county,
Arkansas, January 7, 1863; absent without leave from February 15, 1863;
dropped from the rolls; born in North Carolina, c1830; listed in Drew county
1860 census with wife Malinda; occupation farmer.
Brunson, Solomon
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, June 20, 1862; appointed third corporal; detailed
to escort prisoners to Shreveport, Louisiana, February 21, 1864; wounded
in the left foot and captured at Pilot Knob, Missouri, September 27, 1864;
confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois, where he died
on February 18, 1865; buried in Grave #1884 at Rock Island prison.
Bull, James Conway
Second Corporal—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; appointed second corporal,
June 1, 1862; absent without leave from June 15, 1863; promoted first corporal;
present to February 29, 1864; born in Mississippi in 1833; died in Coryell
county, Texas, in 1910; married Isabella A. Hawkins in Ashley county, Arkansas,
January 27, 1853; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Burney, William C
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, June 20, 1862; died at Dardanelle, Arkansas, January
14, 1863; married Jane Madison in Ashley county, Arkansas, February 2,
1862.
Bussell, Benjamin
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 6th Battalion Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; transferred to Co. B, 2nd
Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged; enlisted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, October 15, 1863; transferred to Co.
L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, February 29, 1864; no further record; born in
Mississippi, c1837; filed Arkansas pension application #20440 from Clark
county, August 12, 1919; listed in Drew county 1860 census with wife Nora;
occupation farmer.
Bussell, James
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, October 15, 1863; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, February 29, 1864; no further record.
Bussell, John
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent with leave from June 10 to
July 10, 1863; present to February 29, 1864.
Bussell, Thomas E
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick with leave from June
10 to August 10, 1863; no further record.
Canada, Daniel W
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged, January 19, 1863, provided
substitute John White; born in Virginia, January 25, 1822; died in Arkansas,
January 7, 1871; buried in Troy Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas; listed
in Drew county 1860 census with wife Mary; occupation farmer.
Carson, Franklin M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent at hospital at Fort Smith,
Arkansas, April 30, 1863; conscripted in Co. D, 12th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, December 1, 1863; returned to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, February 29, 1864; born in Alabama, January 16, 1834; died in
Arkansas, December 8, 1903; buried in Baker Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas;
widow Martha C. Carson filed Arkansas pension application #16785 from Drew
county, August 10, 1907; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Daniel, James A
Private—Enlisted in Co. I, 1st Arkansas Infantry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 8, 1861; wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee, April
6, 1862; furloughed to Arkansas, June 1862; enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, December 15, 1863; appointed third lieutenant,
December 15, 1863; captured at Linn Creek, Missouri, October 15, 1864;
confined at U.S. Military Prison, Johnson’s Island, Ohio, until released
on oath of allegiance, June 16, 1865; born in North Carolina, November
19, 1835; died in Arkansas, February 25, 1905; buried in Lacy Cemetery,
Drew county, Arkansas; widow Ida W. Daniel filed Arkansas pension application
#22715 from Drew county, August 16, 1915; listed in Drew county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Davis, Samuel P
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, October 15, 1863; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, February 29, 1864; no further record.
Deal, Alexander
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; captured at Mound City, Kansas,
October 24, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois;
exchanged at City Point, Virginia, March 23, 1865; born in Mississippi,
February 20, 1835; died in Arkansas, February 21, 1914; buried in Deal
Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate census
at Lacey, Arkansas; widow Sicena Deal filed Arkansas pension application
#22714 from Drew county, August 16, 1915; listed in Ashley county 1860
census with wife Margaret E.; occupation farmer.
Ealey, James
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, August 5, 1863; present to February 29, 1864.
Elliott, John S
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, July 30, 1862; detailed as brigade teamster, June
1, 1863; captured at Pilot Knob, Missouri, July 30, 1862; confined at U.S.
Military Prison, Alton, Illinois, where he died of typhoid fever on November
23, 1864; born in Alabama, c1829; widow Susan E. Elliott filed Arkansas
pension application #4034 from Bradley county, August 9, 1905; listed in
Bradley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Ellis, James
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave from June 15,
1863; present to February 29, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1840; listed
in Drew county 1860 census with wife Jane; occupation farmer.
Eppinette, S
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick without leave from June
18, 1863; absent sick in hospital at Washington, Arkansas, since February
1, 1864; no further record; born in Louisiana, c1834; died in Arkansas,
May 31, 1897; widow Elizabeth Eppinette filed Arkansas pension application
#18175 from Grant county, August 20, 1901; listed in Ashley county 1860
census; occupation farmer.
Etheridge, Jasper N
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Little Rock, Arkansas, date
not stated; born in Alabama, c1837; listed in Drew county 1860 census;
occupation laborer.
Etheridge, William A
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to February 29, 1864; born
in Mississippi, June 17, 1840; died in Arkansas, November 2, 1926; buried
in Green Hill Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas; married Nancy C. Wilson;
veteran’s Arkansas pension application #1864 filed from Drew county in
1894 was rejected; veteran filed Arkansas pension application #22704 from
Drew county, August 16, 1915; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Ferguson, B N
Second Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed second sergeant,
May 12, 1862; reduced to private; detailed to haul commissary supplies
from Texas, July 1, 1863; no further record; born in Mississippi, c1838;
listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation carpenter.
Ferguson, Benjamin F
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863; present to February 29, 1864;
born in Tennessee, c1824; listed in Drew county 1860 census with wife Elizabeth;
occupation farmer.
Ferguson, William J
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; elected third lieutenant,
August 1, 1862; resigned commission and returned to the ranks, December
1, 1863; detailed to Engineer Corps, January 10, 1864; furloughed to Ashley
county, Arkansas, for twelve days, March 1, 1864; deserted and took his
family to Muscatine, Iowa, where he applied for an exemption from U.S.
military service “on the grounds of being a Deserter from the Southern
Army;” born in Holmes county, Mississippi, October 3, 1835; died in Arkansas,
August 13, 1905; buried in Rough and Ready Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas;
listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife Martha C.; occupation farmer;
signed his name “Furguson”.
Fleming, John B
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick without leave from January
15, 1863; conscripted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas,
October 15, 1863; returned to Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, February 29,
1864; appointed corporal; captured at Big Blue, Missouri, October 22, 1864;
confined at U.S. Military Prison, Camp Morton, Indiana, until released
on oath of allegiance on June 12, 1865; born in Georgia, c1830; listed
in Drew county 1860 census with wife Ferabee; occupation farmer.
Gardner, John W S
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick without leave from March
20, 1863; dropped from the rolls; born in Georgia, December 19, 1837; died
in Arkansas, June 3, 1906; buried in Flat Creek Cemetery, Ashley county,
Arkansas; married Mary Thomas; married Elizabeth R. Dixon in Ashley county,
November 1, 1891; attended 1889 Confederate reunion at Hamburg, Arkansas;
filed Arkansas pension application # 2961 from Ashley county, August 7,
1901; listed in 1860 Ashley county census with wife T. Gardner; occupation
farmer.
Gardner, Thomas B
First Corporal—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed first corporal,
May 12, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant; present to February 29, 1864; born
in Georgia, February 28, 1827; died in Arkansas, October 8, 1894; buried
in Flat Creek Cemetery, Ashley county, Arkansas; attended 1889 Confederate
reunion at Hamburg, Arkansas; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Gee, J T
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; present to February 29, 1864; born in
Mississippi, c1841; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Gee, U L
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; appointed fifth sergeant; reduced to
private; present to February 29, 1864; born in Tennessee, c1837; listed
in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Gee, W S
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; died at Fort Smith, Arkansas, February
14, 1863; born in Tennessee, c1839; listed in Drew county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Gibson, John
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Van Buren, Arkansas, April 20, 1863; transferred to Co. B, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry; absent, detailed in 8th Arkansas Field Battery, June 1, 1863;
no record after June 30, 1863.
Gilbert, Henry N
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; died December 28, 1862, place not stated;
born in Georgia, c1840; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Godwin, Michael
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; widow Susan E. Grubbs Godwin filed
Arkansas pension application #15156 from Bradley county, August 6, 1913,
stating that her husband died in February 1863, but the muster rolls state
that he was present to February 29, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1831; listed
in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Goyne, John
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; detailed to Engineer Corps, January
10, 1864; no further record.
Goyne, W R
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Van Buren, Arkansas, December
6, 1862.
Green, F M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to February 29, 1864.
Green, J A
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to February 29, 1864.
Grubbs, Richard C
First Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; elected first lieutenant,
August 1, 1862; present to February 29, 1864; married Mary E. Kennedy in
Ashley county, Arkansas, August 31, 1853; listed in Drew county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Grubbs, Stephen H
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, February 1, 1864; absent sick with leave since
February 20, 1864; no further record; born in Georgia in 1827; died in
Arkansas in 1867; buried in Beulah Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas; married
Elizabeth M. Jackson; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Guynerman, Charles
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Eunice, Arkansas, May 21, 1862; captured and paroled at Eunice, Arkansas,
August 29, 1862; dropped from the rolls for absence without leave, May
1, 1863; later served in Co. A, 39th Arkansas Infantry; born in South Carolina,
listed in Chicot county 1860 census; occupation clerk; also listed as Guinamar.
Hatley, Thomas
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Fort Smith, Arkansas, March
3, 1863.
Hemingway, Lewis
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, October 15, 1863; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, February 29, 1864; appears on a list of deserters captured at
Memphis, Tennessee, June 20, 1865; no further record; born in Vermont,
c1826; listed in Drew county 1860 census with wife Nancy V.; occupation
farmer.
Hines, William H
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged, March 20, 1863, provided
substitute W. G. Tucker.
Holcomb, Joseph
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; detailed to duty in Government shop at Arkadelphia,
Arkansas, February 1, 1863; no further record; born in Georgia, c1832;
listed in Clark county 1860 census with wife Eliza A.; occupation farmer.
Holley, R E
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; wounded (left side and right hand)
and captured at Pilot Knob, Missouri, September 27, 1864; confined at U.S.
Military Prison, Alton, Illinois, where he died from the effects of his
wounds on December 15, 1864.
Holley, S J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Dardanelle, Arkansas, December
24, 1862.
Holley, W H
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed third corporal; absent
without leave from June 15, 1863; reduced to private; present to February
29, 1864.
Howell, J M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to June 30, 1863; born in
Mississippi, December 8, 1842; died in Arkansas, June 9, 1910; buried in
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas; listed in Drew county 1860
census; occupation farmer.
Howell, Nelson M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave from June 15,
1863; conscripted in Co. D, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas,
December 1, 1863; deserted, December 10, 1863, and returned to Co. L, 6th
Arkansas Cavalry; present to February 29, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1837;
listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Jackson, Silas M
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; deserted.
Jackson, Stephen
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; present to June 30, 1863.
Jackson, William J
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; deserted, March 28, 1864; took oath of allegiance
at Little Rock, Arkansas, May 2, 1864; residence Pike county, Arkansas.
Johnson, Greenberry
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; left at General Hospital, Fort Smith,
Arkansas, June 5, 1863; conscripted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, at
Monticello, Arkansas, October 15, 1863; transferred back to Co. L, 6th
Arkansas Cavalry, February 29, 1864; no further record; born in Alabama,
c1834; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Johnson, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; left at General Hospital, Fort Smith,
Arkansas, June 5, 1863; present to February 29, 1864; born in Alabama,
c1830; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Jones, G H
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, December 1, 1862; appointed fourth sergeant; present
to February 29, 1864.
Jones, J J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to June 30, 1863; born June
5, 1822; died August 17, 1897; buried in Andrews Chapel Cemetery, Drew
county, Arkansas; occupation physician.
Jones, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, August 22, 1862; wounded at Fayetteville, Arkansas,
April 18, 1863; absent wounded with leave from May 16 to July 16, 1863;
present to February 29, 1864; born in 1845; died in 1921; buried in Union
Ridge Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas.
Lightfoot, R G
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; died, date and place not stated.
McDaniel, A
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 19, 1863; present to June 30, 1863; also
listed as McDonnell.
McDaniel, William
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, October 15, 1863; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, February 29, 1864; no further record; born February 13, 1828;
died December 25, 1870; buried in Efferess Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas.
McNeal, Thomas J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Des Arc, Arkansas, September 15, 1862; died at Clarksville, Arkansas,
January 29, 1863; born in Tennessee, c1836; listed in Ashley county 1860
census with wife Martha A.; occupation farmer.
Matthews, J M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died, date and place not stated.
Meredith, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863; absent without leave from June
15, 1863; present to February 29, 1864; captured at Mound City, Kansas,
October 24, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois;
exchanged at City Point, Virginia, March 10, 1865; born in Mississippi,
August 9, 1828; died in Arkansas, January 3, 1894; buried in Deal Cemetery,
Drew county, Arkansas; widow Martha A. Meredith filed Arkansas pension
application #16862 from Drew county, August 15, 1901; listed in Drew county
1860 census; occupation farmhand.
Miller, Thomas C
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; appointed first sergeant, June 1,
1862; reduced to private; detailed as brigade herdsman, January 6, 1864;
no further record; filed Arkansas pension application #9902 from Pulaski
county, August 27, 1901.
Mitchell, Alexander J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, October 1, 1863; appointed second sergeant; present
to February 29, 1864; born December 16, 1823; died May 13, 1906; buried
in Promise Land Cemetery, Ashley county, Arkansas; married Nancy Clementine
Taylor in Ashley county, September 9, 1866; widow filed Arkansas pension
application #14325 from Ashley county, August 1, 1910.
Mitchell, George W
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; detailed to 8th Arkansas Field Battery,
June 12, 1863; returned to Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry; present to February
29, 1864; took oath of allegiance at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, April 7, 1865;
born c1845; occupation farmer.
Moore, John H
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; died, date and place not stated.
Morris, Theodore F
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, June 20, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, in 1863; present to February 29, 1864; paroled in Texas in May
1865; born in Bradley county, Arkansas, July 4, 1844; died in Bradley county,
Arkansas, May 16, 1913; buried in Adams Cemetery, Bradley county, Arkansas;
married Mary Kight in Bradley county, June 1869; filed Arkansas pension
application #4042 from Bradley county, August 3, 1904; widow applied for
pension, August 6, 1913; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate census at
Warren, Arkansas; listed in Bradley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Murphy, R M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, April 20, 1863, as a substitute for W. R. Berry;
absent with leave since February 20, 1864.
Needham, Frederick
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, October 15, 1863; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, February 29, 1864; no further record.
Osborn, Jesse J
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; deserted; born in Arkansas, c1842; listed in
Clark county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Osborn, Washington
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; absent without leave since February 1, 1863;
dropped from the rolls; born in Georgia, c1832; listed in Clark county
1860 census with wife Sally; occupation farmer.
Osborn, William W
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; died, date and place not stated; born in Georgia,
c1832; listed in Clark county 1860 census with wife Elizabeth; occupation
farmer.
Paul, Henry H
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; appointed first sergeant; captured
at Mound City, Kansas, October 24, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison,
Rock Island, Illinois, where he died of variola on December 27, 1864; buried
in Grave #1720 at Rock Island prison.
Plant, P P
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, September 1, 1863; present to February 29, 1864;
born in Georgia, c1824; listed in Drew county 1860 census with wife Martha
P.; occupation farmer.
Pulliam, Henry L
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863; detailed as regimental herdsman
from May 10, 1863; detailed as brigade teamster from February 26, 1864;
no further record; born in Alabama, c1825; listed in Drew county 1860 census
with wife Louisa; occupation farmer.
Pulliam, John Wesley
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to February 29, 1864; born
in Georgia, c1841; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmhand.
Pulliam, Thomas N
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; detailed as regimental teamster
from March 1, 1863; present to February 29, 1864; captured in Jefferson
county, Arkansas, June 16, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Little
Rock, Arkansas, until released on oath of allegiance on May 7, 1865; born
in Alabama, c1840; filed Arkansas pension application #15907 from Cleveland
county, August 9, 1907; died March 25, 1913; widow Sarah Frances Pulliam
applied for pension, August 9, 1913; listed in Drew county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Rice, Moses A
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, February 1, 1864; present to February 29, 1864;
born in Arkansas, August 31, 1844; died in Arkansas, March 13, 1905; buried
in Flat Creek Cemetery, Ashley county, Arkansas; married Della Noble in
Ashley county, December 14, 1882; attended 1889 Confederate reunion at
Hamburg, Arkansas; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Richardson, George W
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to February 29, 1864.
Roberts, B
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, June 1, 1863, substitute for M. Yelvington; present
to February 29, 1864.
Robinson, J E
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863; appointed fourth corporal; promoted
third corporal; promoted second corporal; present to February 29, 1864.
Robinson, Robert
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave from February
1, 1863; dropped from the rolls; born in Mississippi, c1835; listed in
Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Robinson, William W
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Little Rock, Arkansas, date
not stated.
Roper, Hilliard
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863; absent without leave from June
15, 1863; enlisted in Co. B, 26th Arkansas Infantry, at Monticello, Arkansas,
June 1, 1863; born in South Carolina, December 19, 1824; died in Arkansas,
March 21, 1894; buried in Roper Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas; listed
in Drew county 1860 census with wife Martha A.; occupation farmer.
Roper, J J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick without leave from February
10, 1863; dropped from the rolls; born in Alabama, c1835; listed in Drew
county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Roper, Thomas J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; detailed to haul commissary supplies
from Texas, July 1, 1863; no further record.
Rowell, Columbus
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, November 1, 1863; present to February 29, 1864; previously
served in Co. D, 24th Arkansas Infantry; and Co. C, 19th (Hardy’s) Arkansas
Infantry.
Salley, H U A
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, October 14, 1862; detailed to 8th Arkansas Field
Battery, June 12, 1863; no further record; also listed as H. W. A. Salley.
Sellers, Wyatt M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, June 20, 1862; died in Conway county, Arkansas, date
not stated.
Skinner, Epp A
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 12th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, October 15, 1863; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, February 29, 1864; no further record; born in Georgia, c1833;
listed in Drew county 1860 census with wife M. A. Skinner; occupation farmer.
Smith, Benjamin Franklin
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Tyro, Arkansas, March 19, 1862; discharged for disability at Petersburg,
Virginia, July 21, 1862; enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, at Monticello,
Arkansas, November 1, 1863; present to February 29, 1864; born in Perry
county, Alabama, c1839; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Smith, Martin J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863; detailed as regimental herdsman
from March 20, 1863; absent without leave since February 1, 1864; captured
at Memphis, Tennessee, June 12, 1865; no further record; born c1820.
Sutton, J W
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863; absent with leave since February
20, 1864; wounded (left thigh) and captured at Pilot Knob, Missouri, September
27, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois, where he died
of rubeola on December 11, 1864.
Taylor, William G
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Van Buren, Arkansas, date
not stated; born in Alabama, c1839; listed in Ashley county 1860 census;
occupation farmhand.
Thurman, J P
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died, date and place not stated.
Thurman, William
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Hamburg, Arkansas, November 8, 1863; present to February 29, 1864; born
in Arkansas, c1820; married Sarah Jane Weeks in Ashley county, Arkansas,
June 12, 1859; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Tubbs, Willis
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick without leave from April
1, 1863; discharged for order of General Cabell, January 8, 1864; born
in Mississippi, March 31, 1838; died in Arkansas, September 14, 1912; buried
in Green Hill Cemetery, Drew county, Arkansas; filed Arkansas pension application
#4374 from Drew county, August 8, 1906; widow Martha E. Tubbs applied for
pension, August 8, 1913; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Tucker, William G
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Roseville, Arkansas, March 20, 1863, substitute for William H. Hines;
present to June 30, 1863.
Weeks, Jerry
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to February 29, 1864; Federal
records list him as private, Co. G, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, captured at Mound
City, Kansas, October 24, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton,
Illinois; hospitalized at Smallpox Hospital, Bermuda Hundred, Virginia,
March 2, 1865; no further record.
West, Francis Marion
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged for disability at Little
Rock, Arkansas, October 2, 1862; born in Alabama, c1839; listed in Drew
county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
West, Robert A
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged, date not stated; born
in Alabama in 1826; died in Arkansas in 1880; buried in Deal Cemetery,
Drew county, Arkansas; listed in Drew county 1860 census with wife Frances;
occupation farmer.
Wheeler, C J
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick without leave from June
15, 1863; dropped from the rolls.
White, J C
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; elected second lieutenant,
August 1, 1862; resigned his commission and returned to the ranks, December
1, 1863; detailed to Engineer Corps, January 1, 1864; no further record.
White, John
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863, substitute for Daniel W. Canada;
present to February 29, 1864.
White, John O
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Warren, Arkansas, June 1, 1862; died, date and place not stated; born
in Alabama, c1835; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
White, William F
Private—Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
in Clark county, Arkansas, June 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, October 5, 1862; present to June 30, 1863.
Whitney, Silas
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 26th Arkansas Infantry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 3, 1862; transferred to Co. L, 6th Arkansas
Cavalry, January 16, 1864; no further record; born in Louisiana, c1838;
listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation wagoner.
Wilkins, J G
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave from February
20, 1864; no further record.
Wolfe, Columbus C
Captain—Enlisted in Co. L, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Latonia, Arkansas, July 1, 1861; appointed fourth corporal; discharged,
December 12, 1861, provided substitute John C. Hannah; enlisted in Co.
L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; elected
captain, August 1, 1862; captured at Linn Creek, Missouri, October 25,
1864; confined at Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Missouri; escaped at
Vincennes, Indiana, while being transported to another prison, and rejoined
his command in Texas; born in Alabama, January 6, 1835; died at Jones,
Louisiana, March 14, 1913; buried in Parkdale Cemetery, Ashley county,
Arkansas; filed Arkansas pension application #2931 from Ashley county,
August 6, 1902; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Wolfe, Wayman A
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present to February 29, 1864; Federal
records list him as a private in Co. G, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, captured
at Mound City, Kansas, October 24, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison,
Alton, Illinois, where he died of smallpox on February 28,1865; born in
Mississippi, c1836; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Yelvington, M
Private—Enlisted in Co. L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry,
at Monticello, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged, June 1, 1863, provided
substitute B. Roberts; born in North Carolina, c1826; listed in Drew county
1860 census with wife Mary A.; occupation farmer.
If you have any questions or comments or if
you would like to have more information about the Civil War and
Pension Records of the men who served in these
Companies, contact me Jeri Helms Fultz
or Bryan Howerton