A copy of a letter dated Laconia, (AR) Nov 28, 1861, attached to the roll is addressed to Gov. H.M. Rector, Commander in Chief, Arkansas Militia, b T. C. Fluornoy, Col. C.D.C.M. and it shows that the Court of Desha County, Ark in accordance with an ordinance of the State Convention passed in June 1861, organized the militia of the county according to the following plan: The county was divided into military districts (believed to be 13) and a company ordered to be organized  in each district. This was done in July 1861 and all the officers of the battalion were commissioned from the County Court. If the emergency arises, which may require the services of the Desha County Battalion to the field, a call will be promptly responded to.
  Roll endorsed,’Compared with original paper No. 3379, filed at Executive Office, Little Rock, Ark.’

The record of each man consists of one reference envelope and one muster card (except as noted below. The muster card indicates the place of enlistment as Laconia and the date of enlistment as Nov 28, 1861. A military district is also indicated. No rank is indicated except for officers.

ADAMS, T.G.
ADKINS, JOHN
ADLER, E.
ALLEN, JOE
ALLISON, C.D
ALLISON, JOHN
ALSTON, JO
ANCKER, A.
ANDREW, STEPHEN
ARNOLD, ELIJAH
ARNOLD, J. M.
ARNOLD, ROBERT
ASSCHAFFENBURG, D.
BAILEY, F.J.
BAKER, B.T.
BARDISH, A.M.
BARLOW, H.C.
BARNETT, O.
BARNETT, P.C.
BARTON, F.M.
BEACH, JOHN
BEAMONS, F.    3LT
BEARY, OLIVER B.
BEAWMAN, JOHN
BECKWITH, FRANCES
BEESON, A.
BELL, GEORGE
BELL, T.
BENSON, WILSON
BIRCHET, T.G.
BISSELL, OLIVER
BISSELL, STEPHEN
BISSELL, THOMAS 2LT
BISSELL, WILLIAM
BLACK, D.S.
BLACKBUN, C.H. CPT
BLACKLOCK, ROBERT
BLADENBURG, W.
BLAISDELL, A.
BLANTON, J.W.
BLESSING, P.J.
BLESSING, W.
BOATWRIGHT, HARTWITE(?)
BOATWRIGHT, LOUIS
BOCUT(?), J.
BODIN, MOSES
BOOBY, ROLAN
BOON, J.P.
BATTON, L.W.
BOUGHEN, W.
BOWERS, J.S.
BOWERS, W.W.
BOWLES, JAMES
BOYAS, JIM
BOYD, L.J.
BRADBERRY, ALFRED
BRADBERRY, J.
BRADBERRY, P.
BRADBERRY, R.
BRADBURN, JOHN
BRADBURN, W. CPT
BRADY, JAMES
BRADY, OWEN
BRADY, PATRICK
BRANDENBURG, S.J.
BRIDGES, A.J.
BRIGHT, J.C.S.
BRITT, B.B.
BROCK, W.
BROOKS, J.J.
BROOKS, JOHN
BROOKS, JOHN W.
BROOKS, W.P.
BROWN, IRA
BROWN, W.M.
BRUM, JOHN
BUCKLER, CORNELIUS
BUCKLER, WILLIAM
BUGG, J.S.
BURKET, B.B.
BURLINGHAM, W.
BURNETT, BENJAMIN
BURNETT, JOHN 3LT
BURNETT, THOMAS
CADER, H.C.
CAFFER, A.
CAMDEN, JOSEPH
CAMDEN, WILLIAM
CAMPBELL, H.
CAMRON, FRANK
CANTRELL, ROBERT
CARMON, WILLIAM
CARR, JOHN
CARROL, L.J. CPT
CASTEEL, ROBERT
CATON, WILLIAM
CAW, JAMES
CHEATHAN, D.T.
CHEATHAM, J.W. 1LT
CHENLAIN, HENRY
CHILDERS, WESTLEY
CHOATE, ANDY
CHOATE, GEORGE
CHON, WOLF
CLARKE, D.W.
CLARKE, JAMES
CLAYCOURT, JOHN
CLAYTON, S.C.
CLEYTON, C.C.
CLEYTON, THOMAS R.
CLINE, C.S.
COBB, W.T.
COHN, A.
COLEMAN, J.H.
CONCH, A.J.
CONWELL, DAGE
COOK, FRANK
COOK, JOHN
COOMS, W.L.
COOPER, J.J.
COOPER, PAD
COOPER, WILLIAM
COOSE, JOHN
COOSE, N.C.
CORE, JAMES C.
COSTLAND, M.L.
COSTLAND, R.C.
COURTNEY, W.D.
COX, J.P.
CRAIG, J.
CRANE, GEORGE
CRICHLOW, CHARLES
CROSSLAND, F.W.
CROW, W.M.
CRUMP, J.R,
CUNNINGHAM, H.
]DAN, W.
DARWELL, B.T.
DAVIDSON, T.S.
DAVIS, ABNER
DAVIS, JAMES
DAVIS, JESSIE
DAVIS, W.
DAWSON, A.P.
DAWSON, J.Q.A. 2LT
DEAN, JAMES
DEDMAN, SAMUEL
DEDMAN, THOMAS
DENSON, JOHN
DICKSON, JOHN
DITTO, H.A.
DODWELL, A.J.
DORSEY, JAMES
DOUGLASS, HENRY
DRAKE, N.L.
DUFF, ABE
DUMOND, C.
DUMOND, J.
DUNCAN, W.C.
DURKOFF, HENRY
DUVALL, J.H.
EARLY, G.J.
EARLY, W.P.
EAST, JOHN
EATON, W.
EDDINGTON, A.A. CPT
EDWARD, W.H.
ELLIOTT, A.G.
ERNICH, M.
ETTINGER, M.
EVANS, JOSHUA
EVANS, L.G.
FALLS, JEFFERSON
FALLS, JOHN C.
FAULKNER, WILLIAM
FERRELL, A.P.
FERRELL, WILLIAM
FERRIL, L.
FINDLEY, C.H.
FISHER, LAMBERT
FITSIMMONS, JAMES
FLETCHER, JAMES
FLETCHER, J.L.
FLETCHER, JOHN
FLETCHER, WILLIAM
FLUORNOY, T.C.  COL C.D.C.M.
FORD, CHARLES
FORD, ROBERT (1)
FORD, ROBERT  (2)
FRANK, GODFREY
FRANK, HENRY
FREDERICK, BENJAMIN
FREEMAN, J.H.
FRID, ELIJAH
GALLAGHER, PETER
GARDNER, HENRY
GARDNER, L.
GARDNER, W.H.
GARDNER, WILLIAM JR.
GARRION, EZEKIEL
GILBERT, JAMES
GILFORD, C.H.
GILROY, JOHN
GILROY, P.M.
GOOCH,M G.W.
GOODMAN, YEARLY
GOODRICH, L.
GOODRICK, GID
GOST, GEORGE
GRACE, B.T.
GRACE, R.B.
GRADDY, G.J.
GRANT, H.H.
GREER, D.
GREY, JOHN
GREY, THOMAS
GRIFFING, SAMUEL J.
GUINN, WILLIAM
HACKLER, MAT (1)
HACKLER, MAT (2)
HAGAN, W.
HAGAN, W.H.   Pvt Co E Duke’s Regt
HAGERTY, S.  1LT
HAINER, WILLIAM
HALCOME, MARION
HALCOME, WILLIAM
HALCOUR, A.B.
HALE, WILLIS
HALFEN, JOHN
HARDING, A.
HARGOTT, G.
HARMON, JOHN
HARRIS, R.A.
HARRIS, S.S.
HARRIS, WILLIAM
HARRISON, F.M.
HARVEY, B.
HAUN, J.W.
HAYES, WILLIAM
HERNDON, E.H.
HERNDON, W.T.
HERTILLER, ISAAC
HEST, L.A.
HIBBARD, JAMES 1LT
HICKS, J.
HICKS, LEWIS
HILL, JAMES
HINTZ, F.
HODGE, J.D.
HOLLAND, WILLIAM
HOPKINS, JOSEPH
HORNBUCKLE, E.H.
HOSKINS, J.C.
HOSKINS, J.E.
HOSKINS, JOHN
HOSKINS, LOUIS
HOUSE, E.A.
HOUSE, M.C.
HOWARD, ALEXANDER
HOWELL, JAMES
HUDSON, GEORGE
HUGHES, C.C.
HUMPHREY, B.L.
HUNT, T.S.
HURST, WILLIAM
HUSKEY, JAMES C.
HYDE, JOHN
HYDE, THOMAS
HYDRICK, EDWARD
JACK, FRANK
JACKSON, HENRY
JACKSON, J.J.
JACKSON, JOHN B.
JACKSON, WADE
JARRITT, D.J.
JENKINS, A.J.
JOHNSON, BENJAMIN
JOHNSON, G.T.
JOHNSON, G.W.
JOHNSON, H.J.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL
JOHNSON, W.
JONES, J.R.
JONES, W.G.
KANE, ANDREW
KELLER, JOHN
KELLER, WILLIAM
KENNEDY, THOMAS
KENNEDY, W.H.
KIGLER, DAVID
KILLDURY, D.
KING, J.
KING, M.J.
KING, T.L.
KING, W.D.
KIRKSEY, E.
KNOWLTON, KNOX
KOONTZ, GEORGE
KUHN, COONROOL
KUTEN, L.
LACK, BARRY
LAIN, JOHN
LAMBERT, W.
LANDERS, A.J.
LANDRITH, FRANK
LANE, JOHN
LANFAIR, W.S.
LANSBURG, L.
LAUDERMAN, ALEX
LEAVY, LYON
LECRUSE, A.M.
LECRUSE, ROBERT
LEEDMAN, LANDFORD
LEFTLER, W.
LEHMAN, L.
LEMONS, S.
LESENBEY, H.
LEUTHER, HENRY
LEVUITT, T.T.
LEWIS, J.W.
LONGNECKER, B.F.
LOVE, ISAA
LUCK, D.D.
LUDLOW, MIRON J.  Native of OH. Single. Sent to prison 30May1864.
LUDLOW, M.W.
LUNSFORD, L.
LUSK, P.L.
LYNCH, M.N.
MADDING, A.
MALCOM, WILLIAM S. CPT. (W.D. DeShon’s Ark Rangers) Captured 11Jan1863 at Arkansas Post.Sent to Camp Chase, OH 30Jan1863. Paroled 25Apr1863 at Ft Delaware, Del forwarded to City Point, Va for exchange 29Apr1863. Age 44, Ht 6’ 0” eyes brn, hair gray complx dark.
MALLARD, C.
MALONE, JOHN
MALPUS, FRANK
MALPUS, R.
MALPUS, H.
MANGUM, WILLIAM
MARKHAM, T.W.
MAYS, WILLIAM
MAYSON, ARCH L.
McADAMS,  -
McCALISTER, THOMAS
McCAFFONY, FRANK
McCAFFONY, JOHN
McCANN, T.
McCARTNEY,  -
McCAULEY, NANA
McCLANNAHAN, W.H.
McCLURE, FELIX
McCLURE, JOHN
McCLURE, LEWIS
McCORMICK, P.J.
McCAAN, B.
McDADE, C.A.
McDONALD, C.
McDONALD, JOHN
McFARLAND, J.E.
McFARLAND, WILLIAM
McGHEE, A.J.
McGHEE, J.H.
McGHEE, W.J.
McGRAHA, MICHEL
McINTOSH, DANIEL
McINTOSH, W.L.
McNAIR, WILLIAM
MENARD, FRANCIS
MENARD, JULIEN
MENARD, M.
MENARD, WILLIAM
MENSER, J.P.
MILES, ZACK
MILLER, DANIEL
MILLER, W.D.
MINIFER, H.
MITCHEL, F.
MITCHEL, J.F.
MITCHEL, THOMAS J.
MITTEN, JAMES
MODLER, GEORGE
MOLES, S.
MOLLETT, FRANK
MONROEM BEN
MOONEY, A.H.
MOORE, A.K.
MOORE, G.C.
MOORE, JAMES
MOORE, J.C.
MOORE, J.P.
MOORE, L.R.
MOORE, JR
MORAN, PATRICK
MORGAN, J.P.
MORGAN, W.P.
MORROW, A.H.
MOSEBY, T.B.
MOSEBY, W.A.
MOUDON, IRA
MULHOLOLAND, J.B.
MULLIGAN, WILLIAM
MURPHY, DANIEL
MURPHY, J.  3LT
MYRES, GRIFFIN 1LT
NADY, FRANK
NEAL, B.D.
NEEDY, EUGENE
NELSON,  -
NELSON, W.A.
NICHOLS, W.M.
NILL, JOSEPH
NOLAN, H.
NOLTON, WILLIAM
O’CONNER, JOHN
O’DONNELL, JOHN
OFFUL, S.
OGLE, MOSES
OGLESBY, T.T.
ONEAL, W.
ORILEY, JOHN
OVERTON, E.D.
OWENS, HENRY
OWENS, JOHN
PARKER, ELIAS
PARKER, JOHN
PARKER, J.W.
PARRISH, R.S.
PARRISH, W.C.
PARSON, D.
PATE, HARDY
PATTERSON, -  2LT
PATTERSON, J.F.
PATTERSON, JOHN
PEOPLES, NAT
PERCELL, D.C.
PETERSON, P.
PETERSON, W.B.
PETTUS, GEORGE
PHILIPS, J.J.
PIKE, W.
POOL, DAVID
PORTER, J.L.
POSEY, A.T.
POWERS, DENNIS
POWERS, THOMAS
PRESTON, R. W. CPT
PRESTON, W.
PRITCHARD, H.R.
PURDEL, THOMAS
RAGSDALE, T.A.
RANDOLPH, C. 2LT
RAWLING, EDWARD G.  CPT
RAWLINGS, J.W.
REDMAN, W.A.
REFILE, A.
REYNOLDS, THOMAS
RICE, CHARLES,
RICHARD, J.
RICHARD, S.
RICHMOND, W.D. 1LT
RICKER, GEORGE
RINGLEHOFF, SAMUEL
RINGO, MICAJAH
ROBERTSON, J.F.
ROBERTSON, W.
ROGERS, J.R.
ROSE, WILLIAM
ROUSE, W.
RUDD, A.
RUDD, M.
RUDDY, P.H.
RUTS, FRED
RYAN, VAN
SAIN, LAWRENCE
SALLIE, GEORGE F.
SAMPLE, W.H.
SANDBACK, W.S.
SANIS, W.
SCOTT, THOMAS
SEATON, F.M.
SEATON, GEORGE W.
SHANGHEE, -
SHAW, THOMAS
SHEETS, A.D.
SHELBY, T.B.
SHEPARD, C.R.
SHERMAN, THOMAS
SHIELDS, GEORGE
SHIPMAN, J.C.
SHORD, DAVID
SHORES, JOHN
SHUTTLESWORTH, JOHN
SKINNER, W.A.
SLEEDE, -
SMITH, B.F.
SMITH, CLINT
SMITH, JAMES
SMITH, J.B.
SMITH, WILLIAM
STAFFORD, B.V.
STANLEY, JAMES
STANLEY, PHIL
STCLAIR, ED
STELLAR, L.P.
STELLAR, J.W.
STEWART, B.W.
STEWART, GIBSON
STEWART, J.
STEWART, S.
STILER, J.G.
STONE, MONROE
STONE, R.C.
STRICKLAN, S.H.
STROUD, WATSON
SULLIVAN, DANIEL
SULLIVAN, D.C.
SULLIVAN, L.A.
SULLIVAN, PATRICK
SUMMERS, JOHN
SWAB, JOSEPH
SWAIN, ALBERT
SWAIN, DAVID
SWENY, PATRICK
TANNER, JOHN A.
TAYLOR, C.M.
TAYLOR, ED
TEMPY, GEORGE
THILMAN, D.
THOMPSON, ALFRED
THOMPSON, F.M.
THOMPSON, Z.
THORNBURG, JOSEPH
TUCKER, W.
USSARY, F.W.
VANAWLMAN, FRED Age 23. Born Louisville, Ky. Enl26Mar1862 at New Orleans LA 2nd Scout Regt of Inf
VANFORSEN, G.R.
VANHORN, W.  2LT
VARDEN, JAMES
VARDEN, W.
VASEUR, C.
VASEUR, EUGENE
VASEUR, N.
VASSERER, GUS
WALKER, W.T.
WALLACE, J.M.
WALLACE, J.W.
WARD, DANIEL
WARNER, W.W.
WARREN, JOHN F.
WARTIS, JAMES
WATERS, BENJAMIN
WATKINS, R.W.
WATSON, B.F.
WEBB, WATSON
WELCH, PATRICK
WELLS, BENJAMIN
WELLS, JOHN
WELLS, M.N.
WELLS, WILLIAM
WELLS, W.G.
WESTERMAN, L.
WHEELER, JOHN
WHITE, -
WHITING, A.C.
WHITING, ELISHA
WHITING, E.R.
WHITING, J.P.
WHITING, P.
WHITSIT, J.B.
WILBERTON, MARIAN
WILBERTON, R.H.
WILBUR, A.
WILCOX, C.T.
WILCOX, J.W.
WILKERSON, ELI
WILLIAMS, A.
WILLIAMS, CHARLES
WILLIAMS, GARY
WILLLIAMS, HOP
WILLIAMS, J.M.
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1)
WILLIAMS, JOHN (2)
WILLIAMS, WILSON
WINTINGAVE, T.L.
WITHERFORD, G.W.
WITTLEFORD, WILLIAM
WOLVERTON, W.
WOODSIDES, A.
WRIGHT, W.C.
YAKER, HENRY
YORK, JOSIAH
YORK, WILLIAM

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