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CRAWFORD'S ARKANSAS CAVALRY
Organized during the spring of 1863 by Colonel William A. Crawford, the
regiment was sometimes referred to as Crawford's First Arkansas Cavalry. This
numerical designation was not granted by the Confederate war Department and
was entirely unofficial.
Originally organized as a battalion, the unit served very briefly as that
seized unit. Within a short period after being mustered into Confederate service
two companies, commanded by Captain's Warren and McFarland, were added to
form a regimental size unit. Crawford's Cavalry served entirely in the Trans-
Mississippi Department.
The regiment saw considerable duty in the Indian Territory, Arkansas and
Missouri. Then engagements which the unit participated in are listed below.
Skirmishes, Scullyville, I. T. (Indian Territory)
(Aug. 30 - 31, 1863)
Action, Devil's Back Bone, Back Bone Mountain, Fort Smith, AR
(Sep. 1, 1863)
Operations against Stelle's Expedition from Little Rock to Camden, AR
(Mar. 23 - April 16, 1864)
Skirmish, Mount Elba, AR
(Mar. 28, 1864)
Skirmish, Long View, AR
(Mar. 30, 1864)
Actions, Prairie D'Ann, AR
(April 9 - 12, 1864)
Engagement Mark's Mill, AR
(April 26, 1864)
Operations against Bank's Red River Campaign, LA
(May 5 - 22, 1864)
Operations against Bank's Retreat form Alexandria to Morganza, LA
(May 13 - 20, 1864)
Skirmish, Bayou Des Arc, AR
(July 12 - 16, 1864)
Skirmish, Benton, AR
(Aug. 18, 1864)
Skirmish near Pine Bluff, AR
(August 18, 1864)
Price's Missouri Expedition
(Aug. 29 - Dec. 2, 1864)
Skirmishes, Shut-in-Gap and Arcadia Valley, MO
(Sep. 26, 1864)
Skirmishes, Ironton, MO
(Sep. 26, 1864)
Skirmishes, Arcadia and Ironton, MO
(Sep. 27, 1864)
Engagement, Westport, Big Blue, MO
(Oct. 23, 1864)
Battle, Marmiton (charlot), MO
(Oct. 25, 1864)
Engagement, Mine Creek, Little Osage River, Marias des Cygnes, Kan.
(Oct. 25, 1864)
Surrender, Galveston, TX
(June 2, 1865)
As in the case with almost all the units which accompanied Price on his
expedition into Missouri, Crawford's Cavalry Battalion retreated through
Arkansas into the northeast corner of Texas. Extremely worn out by the
exertions of this campaign and with its horses jaded, the unit took no further
active role in the War.
When the Confederate troops in the Trans-Mississippi Department were
officially surrendered at the beginning of June, 1865, most men were officially
surrendered at the beginning of June, 1865, most men of this command and the
others which had ridden with Price and already realized that the War was over.
Many of these had proceeded home on their own without waiting for the formality
of surrender.
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