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FIRST ARKANSAS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CAVALRY
(known also as Fagan's / Monroe's Arkansas Cavalry)
Organized as Fagan's/Monroe's Arkansas Cavalry, the unit decided to use
the name shown above early in their career. It was not until Nov. 30, 1864,
however that this designation was officially sanctioned by the Confederate War
Department.
The regiment spent its entire career in the Trans-Mississippi Department,
serving in Arkansas, Missouri and the Indian Territory. The regiment participated
in over twenty-five various type skirmishes, engagements, etc. during its career.
They are listed below:
Engagement, Cane Hill, Boston Mountains
(Nov. 28, 1862)
Battle, Prairie Grove, Fayetteville (Illinois Creek), AR
(Dec. 7, 1862)
Action, Fayetteville, AR
(April 18, 1863)
Skirmish, Perryville, I. T.
(Aug. 26, 1863)
Skirmish, Scullyville, I. T.
(Aug 30 - 31, 1863)
Action, Devil's Back Bone, Back Bone Mountain, Fort Smith, AR
(Sep. 1, 1863)
Skirmish, Jenny Lind, AR
(Sep. 1, 1863)
Operations against Steele's Expedition from Little Rock to Camden, AR
(Mar. 23 - May 3, 1864)
Action, Antoine (Terre Noir Creek), AR
(April 2, 1864)
Engagement, Elkins' Ferry, Little Missouri River, AR
(April 3 - 4, 1864)
Action, Rhea's Mills, AR
(April 9 - 12, 1864)
Action, Jenkin's Ferry, Camden, AR
(April 15, 1864)
Skirmishes and Engagement, Camden, AR
(April 16 - 18, 1864)
Engagment, Mark's Mill, AR
(April 25, 1864)
Skirmishes, Moro Bottom, AR
(April 25 - 26, 1864)
Engagement, Jenkin's Ferry, Saline River, AR
(April 30, 1864)
Operations on the West Side of the Mississippi River, AR
(May 24 - June 4, 1864)
Engagement, Mississippi River, AR
(May 25, 1864)
Affair, Mississippi River, AR
(June 2, 1864)
Engagement, Old River Lake (Lake Chicot, Ditch Bayou, Fish Bayou,
Grand Lake, and Grand Village), AR
(June 6, 1864)
Skirmishes near Pine Bluff, AR
(July 30, 1864)
Affair near Pine Bluff, Arkansas River, AR
(Aug. 17, 1864)
Skirmish near Dudley's Lake, AR (detachment)
(Dec. 16, 1864)
Operations from Little Rock to Princeton, AR
(Oct. 19 - 23, 1864)
Skirmishes, Hurricane Creek, AR
(Oct. 23, 1864)
Surrender, Galveston, TX
(June 2, 1865)
There is a report in the Official Records stating that five members of the
unit had been captured by Federal troops in early 1865 behind their lines.
Because they were captured behind Federal lines, they were being held as
irregulars at Tortugas, Florida. There were eventually recognized as regular
Confederate soldiers and moved to a regular prison camp.
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