11th Arkansas Cavalry

Enlisted Co. B, 1 Ark. Cav at Benton, Ark March 26, 1863. Present on rolls Feb 29, 1864. His pension papers states that he was in Co. A. 11th Ark Cav.

Jessy (Jesse) W. Lynch enlisted in the Confederate Army at Fayetteville, Ark., on 18 Nov. 1861,assigned to Co. D of the 17th Arkansas Infantry. Captured at the Battle of Vicksburg, he was traded back a few months later. Regiments 11 and 17 were consolidated and Companies D and E were consolidated to form Co. K, 11th Arkansas Regiment. In the spring of 1863, Co. K was mounted and served as a cavalry unit; Jesse was in a skirmish in the fall of 1863. His horse was shot from under him. He was shot in the leg and then bayoneted through the side while pinned under his horse. He was left at the Army Hospital in Iuka, Ms. on Aug.17, 1863. He never fully recovered from his wounds and walked with a limp the rest of his life. He returned home in the spring of 1864 to learn that his wife, Barbara, had been killed by jayhawkers and their four children were living with a neighbor.