HISTORICAL NOTES:
1st Battalion, Arkansas Cavalry (Stirman's), formerly Brooks' 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, was organized during the summer of 1862. The unit was attached to General M.E. Bgrann's command, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and fought at Port Gibson and Vicksburg where it was captured on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged, it returned to Arkansas and became Stirman's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion.
OFFICERS:
Lieutenant Colonel Henry W. Bridges and Ras. Stirman, and Major Lafayette Boone.
ASSIGNMENTS:
McIntosh's Brigade in McCulloch's Division
Phifer's Brigade Maury's Division Army of the West Department Number 2 August-September 1862
General Dabney Maury's division during the Corinth campaign.
Assigned to Craven's (later Green's) brigade in the defenses of Vicksburg
BATTLES:
Leetown (March 7-8, 1862)
Battle of Corinth (October 3-4, 1862)
Hatchie Bridge
Grand Gulf (April 29, 1863)
Vicksburg Campaign
Port Gibson
Champion's Hill
Big Black River Bridge
Price's Missouri Raid (September and October 1864)
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HISTORICAL NOTES:
Historical Sketch And Roster - Arkansas Volumes
