2nd Arkansas Cavalry

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i don't know much about benjamon, but he may have been as much of an outlaw as a soldier.

Moses was born 3 April 1831 in Tuscaloosa Co. Ala. He married Narcissus Elizabeth Rowland 7 Oct 1852. He has 18 cards in his archival file. He enlisted at Boonville, Ark. 12 May 1862. One source gives his enlistment as being at Monticello, Ark. The Cavalry regiment is known as Selmons. He is listed on roll of prisoners as wounded on 19 Oct 1864 and having been captured at Boonville, Ark. He is sent to the military prison at Alton Illinois arriving there on 6 Dec 1864. He died there on 24 Dec 1864 and is buried in a mass grave at that location. ONe source states he is with Fagan's Division. It appears that he was wounded in the battle of Hatchie's Bridge or a skirmish in that area but before the fight at Stones River.

Ephraim Goble enlisted at Little Rock Ark. Aug 11 1861 transferred to co. B 2nd Arkansas Cavalry May 15 1862 detailed as escort for General Hardee paroled at Charlotte North Carolina May 4 1865 was my GG Uncle..

Coleman Whitley enlisted at Little Rock Ark. Aug 11 1861 transferred to Co. B 2nd Arkansas Cavalry May 15 1862 appointed second lieutenant resigned june 20 1864 resignation approved Aug 1 1864.another GG Uncle . after the war him & my GG uncle Ephraim Goble moved to Texas 1873...

This is my paternal GG grandfather. His obit says he joined the Second Arkansas Regiment of Cavalry at the age of 16 and served the last 3 yrs of the civil war. I have a handwritten metal framed paper in which he wrote: Co. C. 2nd Ark. Regiment Cavalry. He was a farmer and lived around Stephens and then Elliott, AR. He died 1-17-1918. His obit also states that he was a member of the Hugh McCollum Camp No. 778 which was apparently a local group of civil war veterans. He married Catherine 'Mittie' Elliott 12-26-1869.

Private - Enlisted Co. C, 2nd AR Cavalry Battalion 6 at Tulip, AR, 16 June 1862; transferred to Daniel`s Texas Battery, 12 Aug 1862.

4th Great Granduncle.

Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862, and appointed fifth sergeant; captured near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, July 13, 1864; died of smallpox in U.S. Military Prison, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 28, 1865; born in Alabama, c1839; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land in Ashley county in 1861.

James enlisted at Hamburg,Ark on 24 March, 1862. He has four cards in his file. He was in Ashley's Regiment. He died of wounds inflicted at the battle of Shiloh. He is buried at his home in Eastabuchie, Jones County Mississippi.

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1840-1902

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Wounded in leg at Battle of Poison Springs, Ar

Jasper Simpson volunteered at Springfield, MO March 9, 1864 Discharged Memphis, TN August 20,1865. Jasper served mostly escort duty.