Wright’s 12th Arkansas Cavalry, CSA.
Company H.

This company enlisted in Ashley County, Arkansas, on December 19, 1863, comprised mostly of men from Ashley County, Arkansas.  There is one extant muster roll for Company H, covering the period January 1 to February 29, 1864, when the company was stationed at Cut Off, Drew County, Arkansas.  The following endorsement accompanied the muster roll:  “This Company is composed of paroled Soldiers, some who belong to commands east of the Mississippi river, and the remainder are those subject to conscription.  Since the organization of the Company we have been engaged most of the time in Picketing, Scouting, &c.  The Company marched from Ashley County, Arks, to Monticello and from there to this camp.  /s/ J. R. SMITH, Capt. Comdg. Co.”
 

Aiken, John V
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Belsher, Robert L
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 15, 1864.

Benson, John Porter  “Porter”
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 1, 1864; born in Georgia, c1846; died in Arkansas, May 10, 1919; he filed Arkansas pension application #23611 from Washington county, August 21, 1915; his widow applied for a pension from Pulaski county, July 13, 1931; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer; attended 1889 Confederate reunion at Hamburg, Arkansas.

Blackburn, Jackson S
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Elon, Arkansas, February 10, 1863; deserted, February 17, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Buie, John W
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; captured at Longview, Arkansas, March 29, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Little Rock, Arkansas, where he died of typhoid fever on May 4, 1864; born in Tennessee, c1845; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Burt, Joseph H
Corporal—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; captured at Boonville, Missouri, October 18, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Alton, Illinois; no further record; married Margaret A. Pogue in Ashley county, November 18, 1857.

Clark, Anthony
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 1, 1864.

Cooper, James H
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent without leave since February 5, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1846; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Davis, Samuel T
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent without leave since February 3, 1864; born in Virginia, c1834; married Nancy Jane Tomlinson in Ashley county, August 24, 1864; married Mary Elizabeth Roberts in Ashley county, November 19, 1866; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation grocer.

Dean, Henry M
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, at Monticello, Arkansas, February 14, 1864; absent with leave for twenty days from February 14, 1864.

Denson, Norphlet E  “Norph”
Corporal—Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; absent on sick furlough in Arkansas since July 14, 1863; absent without leave in Arkansas since October 14, 1863; dropped from the rolls, August 31, 1864; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1840; died in Arkansas, March 20, 1867; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Denson, Rufus Luther
Private—Not listed on the muster roll; his pension application states that he served in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in 1864-1865; born in Arkansas, August 23, 1846; died in Arkansas, December 24, 1928; buried in Norris Hill Cemetery in Ashley county; married Martha E. Benson in Ashley county, February 15, 1871; he filed Arkansas pension application #14549 from Ashley county, August 5, 1913; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate census at Fountain Hill, Arkansas.

Downey, John Cook Jr
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 1, 1864; born in Monroe county, Alabama, December 16, 1846; died in Arkansas, February 9, 1909; buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery in Drew county; married Dorcas A. Callaway and Julia Ann ??; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Echols, George F
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1845; listed in Chicot county 1860 census.

Freeland, Harrison
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent with leave since February 1, 1864; married Mila Seals in Ashley county, March 3, 1867; name also shown as Frelan and Freeling.

Freeland, Richard
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; name also shown as Frelan.

Garner, James
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 20, 1864.

Garner, Samuel J
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Alabama, c1841; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Germany, John C
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, sick in hospital, February 29, 1864; born in Alabama, c1835; listed in Bradley county 1860 census with wife Rebecca; occupation farmer.

Gilliam, Edward B
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Columbus, Kentucky, November 3, 1861; absent on sick furlough since September 25, 1862; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; captured in Jefferson county, Arkansas, September 11, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois, where he died on January 26, 1865; buried in Grave #1822 at Rock Island prison; name also shown as Gillian.

Gilliam, Otho W
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, August 9, 1861; appointed first sergeant, October 1, 1861; returned to Arkansas and enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; elected second lieutenant, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Tennessee, c1833; listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife E. A.; occupation farmer; name also shown as Gillian.

Griffith, Leonard L
Private—Enrolled in the Ashley County Home Guard at Hamburg, Arkansas, November 4, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent without leave since February 1, 1864; born in South Carolina, c1823; listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife Dinah; occupation farmer.

Gulledge, Elijah H
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Elon, Arkansas, February 10, 1863; captured at Vicksburg, Arkansas, July 4, 1863, and paroled on July 8, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in North Carolina, c1825; married Josephine Pierce in Ashley county, February 9, 1876; listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife S. A.; occupation farmer.

Gullett, Reese
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 1, 1864.

Hammil, Looney C
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born October 14, 1829; died January 11, 1901; buried in Hickory Springs Cemetery in Br dley county, Arkansas; his widow Susan M. Hammil filed Arkansas pension application #4011 from Bradley county, August 9, 1901.

Harcoat, Philip
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 6, 1864; name also shown as Harcoal.

Harvey, William M
Private—Enlisted in Co. A, 6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 1, 1861; transferred to Co. B, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; returned to Arkansas and enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on detached service on the courier line since January 25, 1864; captured in Drew county, Arkansas, April 6, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois, where he enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 17, 1864; born in Alabama, c1842; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Hoke, Hannibal
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since January 20, 1864.

Holliman, Wade W
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; captured at Longview, Arkansas, March 29, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois; exchanged at Red River Landing, March 4, 1865; name also shown as William W. Holeman.

Honeycutt, William Whatley
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since January 13, 1864; born in Alabama, c1828; died in Arkansas, October 26, 1869; married Mary Elizabeth Neel in Ashley county, July 5, 1862; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Howell, William R
Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Jones, Greenberry  “Green”
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Elon, Arkansas, February 10, 1863; captured at Vicksburg, Arkansas, July 4, 1863, and paroled on July 14, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 15, 1864; born in Arkansas, July 15, 1842; died in Arkansas, November 14, 1914; buried in Extra Cemetery in Ashley county; he filed Arkansas pension application #14599 from Ashley county, August 7, 1914; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Jones, John W
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Arkansas, c1845; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Kimball, Frederick
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough for ten days from February 18, 1864.

Lambert, Milton
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Lang, Rufus K
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 29th Arkansas Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 10, 1862; discharged at Camp Hope, Arkansas, September 15, 1862; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; name also shown as Laing.

Lindsey, Wright H
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Looney, Frederick B
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; detailed to extra duty as acting assistant surgeon, February 1, 1864; present, extra duty, February 29, 1864; captured at Jefferson City, Missouri, October 8, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Fort Delaware; exchanged at Fort Monroe, Virginia, January 6, 1865; born January 22, 1836; died December 12, 1902; married Mary Annie Arnett.

Lum, James W
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since January 20, 1864; married Matilda L. Dunbar in Ashley county, February 18, 1866.

McGough, Thomas
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 26th Arkansas Infantry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 3, 1862; absent on sick furlough to Drew county, Arkansas, since September 27, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 15, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1842; died in Arkansas, November 23, 1886; buried in Sixteenth Section Cemetery in Drew county; listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife Emma J.; occupation farmer.

McGuire, Alexander
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent without leave since February 4, 1864.

Morris, Rufus R
Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Nevills, James
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1846; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Ormsby, Thomas L
First Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. I, 1st Arkansas Infantry, at Monticello, Arkansas, February 22, 1862; wounded accidentally at Manchester, Tennessee, June 18, 1863; no further record; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Virginia, c1842; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation schoolteacher.

Peebles, Devereux A D
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Georgia, c1847; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer; name also shown as Peoples.

Pennington, Jacob
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent with leave since February 15, 1864.

Pope, Devereaux
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent, “attending to the sick men of this company in Ashley county,” since February 1, 1864; name also shown as Deverecks Pope.

Rayburn, James F
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 18, 1864.

Rayburn, William J
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Berlin, Arkansas, March 17, 1862; wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; absent on wound furlough since September 20, 1862; absent without leave in Arkansas since October 1, 1862; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; detailed to extra duty as a teamster in the quartermaster’s department, February 1, 1864; present, extra duty, February 29, 1864.

Rolls, ??
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 10, 1864; first name not stated on the muster roll.

Russell, John Jr
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Louisiana, c1847; listed in Ashley county 1860 census.

Russell, John R
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Russell, Lewis R
Private—Enlisted in Co. A, 39th Arkansas Infantry, at Lake Village, Arkansas, October 8, 1862; deserted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, December 30, 1862; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent without leave since January 20, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1837; listed in Chicot county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Smith, Franklin C
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 18, 1864.

Smith, Hugh
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Smith, Joshua R
Captain—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; appointed second corporal, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, August 18, 1862; absent on detached service during much of 1862; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; elected captain, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Tennessee, c1827.

Smith, Samuel
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; captured at Longview, Arkansas, March 29, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Little Rock, Arkansas, where he died of typhoid fever on May 23, 1864; born in Kentucky, c1825; listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife Maria; occupation farmer.

Sweeden, Henry
Corporal—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Switzer, Frederick Amos
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 29th Arkansas Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 10, 1862; elected second lieutenant, May 10, 1862; resigned, February 25, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Orangeburg district, South Carolina, December 29, 1828; died at Crossett, Arkansas, January 11, 1908; buried in Macedonia Cemetery in Ashley county; married Julia Frances Drummond in 1853; occupation farmer.

Terry, John W
First Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, August 9, 1861; appointed third lieutenant, January 17, 1863; absent on furlough for twenty-two days from September 18, 1863; deserted, October 10, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; elected first lieutenant, December 19, 1863; absent with leave for ten days from February 22, 1864; he filed Arkansas pension application #19798 from Jefferson county, August 8, 1910.

Terry, Thomas Oliver Perry
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since January 1, 1864; born in South Carolina, c1828; listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife J. S.; occupation farmer.

Tharp, Calvin
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, August 9, 1861; discharged for disability, September 16, 1861; he later reenlisted, and deserted on June 5, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; paroled at Memphis, Tennessee, July 17, 1865; born in Alabama, c1843; occupation farmer.

Thurman, Oates
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 15, 1864; born in Alabama, c1842; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Wallace, Joel G
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 22, 1864.

Watson, Booth Malone
Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, November 27, 1861; appointed corporal, December 31, 1861; promoted fourth sergeant in 1863; absent sick in hospital since September 30, 1863; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; sent to Saline county to apprehend deserters, February 23, 1864; present, February 29, 1864; born in Tennessee, c1843; died in Arkansas, July 14, 1888; married Margaret Jane Maxwell in Ashley county, January 27, 1866; married Mary Emma Frost in Ashley county, July 12, 1874; his widow filed Arkansas pension application #14400 from Ashley county, August 9, 1905; listed in Dallas county 1860 census; appears on the roll as Malone Watson.

White, George Washington
Corporal—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, August 9, 1861; discharged in October 1862; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Louisiana, c1837; died in Arkansas, December 29, 1893; married Sarah E. Watts in Ashley county, August 23, 1866; his widow filed Arkansas pension application #3014 from Ashley county, August 9, 1903; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

White, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

White, William
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; absent on sick furlough since February 18, 1864.

Williams, Francis Marion  “Marion”
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, at Elon, Arkansas, February 10, 1863; absent sick in hospital, then no further record; enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; captured at Longview, Arkansas, March 29, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Little Rock, Arkansas, where he died on July 27, 1864.

Wimberly George Henry
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Georgia, c1833; married Mary A. T. Dean in Ashley county, March 30, 1853; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Wimberly, Osborn
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Yates, Isaac Newton
Private—Enlisted in Co. H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; born in Mississippi, c1846; married Ann Eliza McGinty in Ashley county, February 15, 1866; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; 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 Bryan Howerton or Jeri Helms Fultz