January 2, 1862

General Albert Pike, having returned to his headquarters in the Creek Nation, issued a proclamation calling for the enlistment in Arkansas of two regiments of infantry and two companies of artillery for service "in the Indian country and elsewhere."  (General Pike had established his headquarters at an army camp in the Creek country which he called Fort McCulloch, situated on Bluff river, a few miles east of old Fort Washita.

Confederate Money - One Dollar

January 6, 1862

At a city election in Little Rock the following officers were elected: William E. Ashley, mayor; Henry Griffiths, constable; A.J. Smith recorder; John C. Peay and George W. Hardy, city justices of the peace; James A. Henry, S.H. Tucker, George C. Watkins, C.P. Bertrand, William B. Wait, Louis George, John Robins, and S.H. Hempstead, aldermen.

January 16, 1862

A list of the general officers in the service of the Confederacy was made public, which showed Arkansas as having four brigadier generals: Thomas C. Hindman, Patrick R. Cleburne, Albert Pike and Thompson Flournoy.  (Thompson B. Flournoy of Desha county had represented his county in the House in the General Assembly in 1848 and in 1850.  In 1850 he was elected speaker.)

January 20, 1862

The Confederate Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas was convened with Judge Reno presiding.  The Grand Jury was composed of the following citizens: Creed Taylor, foreman; Michael Bozeman, Daniel Morrison, W.H. Preston, B.W.M. Warren, W.A. Sample, Israel M. Moore, John W. Adams, Michael Beshoars, William Johnson, John W. Rison, Hilliard W. Hays, Granville Whittington, John Bradshaw, William E. Ashley, and William V. Hutt.  Among the cases which were set for trial were those of certain persons arrested in north Arkansas and charged with treason.   They were accused of being members of a "peace society."  Fifteen of the accused were held at the state penitentiary at Little Rock.  Most of the men under arrest were from Searcy county.

January 26, 1862

The Memphis and Little Rock railroad was completed from DeValls Bluff, on White river, to Little Rock.  William E. Woodruff Sr., founder of the Arkansas Gazette, was given the honor of driving the last spike, at the ceremonies which were held at Little Rock to celebrate the completion of the road.  Trains were immediately put into operation between Little Rock and DeVall's Bluff.  At DeVall's Bluff, the trains were met by the steamer Charm, which was operated on the White river by the Hanger, Rapley, & Gaines Stage Line.  (It appears that there was, in the beginning, only one train a day in operation between Little Rock and DeVall's Bluff.  The terminus of the road at Little Rock was on the north side of the river, opposite "the Little Rock," the rock from which the city took its name.  The first division of the road, the 39 miles between Hopefield and Madison, on St. Francis River, was promised for completion at an early date.

January 27, 1862

The courthouse of Scott county, located at Trouble Hill, was destroyed by fire.  The building was a new one and its destruction was considered to be a great loss to the county, especially because all of the country records were burned.

January 29, 1862

Major General Earl Van Dorn of the Confederate Army spent the day in Little Rock, en route to his headquarters at Pocahontas.  While at Little Rock he issued a proclamation regarding his plans, in which he said: “The undersigned, by order of the President, assumes command of the Trans-Mississippi District, which comprises the states of Missouri and Arkansas, except that portion of them lying between the St. Francis and the Mississippi rivers, as far north as Scott county, Missouri; the state of Louisiana, as far south as Red river, and the Indian Territory, west of Arkansas.  Headquarters, until otherwise directed, at Pocahontas, Arkansas.  Commanders of troops, in the service of the Confederate States within this district, will make a report of the strength and condition of their commands at once, accompanied by a written report in full of everything relating to the supplying of the troops, their wants, theirs arms and equipments, their clothing, ammunition, and in a word, of everything that might be considered useful to be known at headquarters.  All officers and men now on furlough are ordered to return immediately to their regiments, the sick alone excepted.  The following officers are announced at staff officers at headquarters: Major William L. Cabell, chief of quartermaster department; Major A.M. Haskell, inspector general; Major R.W. Keyworth, chief of subsistence; Captain N.R. Beall, assistant adjutant general; J.G. Gaenslan, medical director; First Lieutenant Clement Sullivans, aid-de-camp.”

( In co-operation with General Van Dorn, Governor Rector issued a proclamation, as ex-officio president of the Military Board of Arkansas, calling for 100 new companies of infantry and four companies of artillery to be organized “with dispatch from those persons in the state who by law are subject to military duty, and by the 5^th of March, next, report themselves for duty to General Van Dorn at Pocahontas, except two regiments of the infantry which will report to General Pike for service on the western frontier.” 

The Texas regiment, commanded by Colonel S.B. Maxey, which had crossed the Mississippi River on its way to Kentucky, was ordered to return to Arkansas to report to General Van Dorn at Pocahontas.  A regiment raised by Colonel George W. Lemoyne in Yell county was also ordered to report to General Van Dorn.)

February 4, 1862

It was reported by the Arkansas Gazette and Democrat that General Pike, at his headquarters in the Indian country, had completed his staff, and that it comprised the following: Captain G.A. Schwarzman, adjutant general; Captain F. Huitt, assistant adjutant general; Lieut W.L. Pike, aid-de-camp; Major William Quesenbury, quartermaster; Major A. Lanigan, commissary; Dr. P.O. Hooper, surgeon; Capt. T.G. Mackey, engineer.  Colonel C.L. Dawson’s regiment organized in the southwestern part of the state, had been attached to Pike’s command.

February 5, 1862

A committee of the Little Rock City Council, of which Mayor Ashley was chairman, reported that the trustees of St. Johns’ College had granted the use of the college building as a “general hospital.”

The Arkansas Gazette and Democrat urged that the naval hospital at Napoleon be placed in charge of the military authorities and provision made for the care of sick soldiers at that point. It was also learned at this time that military hospitals had been established at Pocahontas, headquarters of General Van Dorn’s army, and at Fort Smith and Fort Gibson; the latter, by order of General Albert Pike, in command of the District of Indian Territory.
 

February 13, 1862

Arkansas Military Board, for the purpose of expediting the raising of the troops called for by General Van Dorn, divided the state into four military divisions by drawing imaginary lines “running nearly north and south and east and west.” The northeastern district was expected to raise 1,500 men, the northwestern, 3,500; the southwestern, 2,000; and the southeastern, 1,500. The authorities seemed to be in no doubt about their ability to raise this new army without resorting to compulsion, because as was said, half “of the able-bodied men of the state had volunteered their services at the commencement of the hostilities.”

Military camps were ordered established at the following points by Governor Rector: Camden, Washington, Arkadelphia, Little Rock, Dardanelle, Clarksville, Fayetteville, Carrollton, and Jacksonport.
 

February 20, 1862

Reports from Missouri indicated the General Sterling Price’s army of Missourians was near the old battle ground of Oak Hill. There was an army of Federals pressing him which was estimated at 37,000. Still another Federal army of 17,000 was near Sedalia, and yet another of 13,000 was approaching from Lebanon. It was contemplated that the Missouri army should presently fall back into Arkansas. Price’s command was expected, in the emergency of the moment, to effect a junction with McCulloch. The combined Southern armies would then contest the Federal invasion step by step. The situation was so alarming that the whole state was aroused; volunteering for military service was greatly stimulated; the armies in process of organization for General Pike’s command and that of General Van Dorn, were filling up rapidly.

February 20, 1862

The Little Rock papers began publication of the results of the contest for the medal offered by William E. Ashley to the woman who wove the most woolen jeans and linseys during the months of September, October and November. The following women had competed in the contest: Mrs. Catharine Yeager of Freeo; Miss Nancy R. Anderson, Ouachita county; Mrs. Sally Bang, Sulphur Spring; Miss Arternece B. Wardlan of Mt. Elba; Mrs. Mary A. Williams, Conway county; Mrs. Martha J. Starks, Dallas county; Mrs. M., Union county; Mrs. Elizabeth Fuguay, Sevier county; Misses Elizabeth H. and Thirza J. Meredith, Seminary; Miss Elvira Johnson, Dardanelle; Miss Martha E. Smith, Clark county; Mrs. Margaret Engles, Independence county; Miss Amanda Wilson, Pope county; Mrs. Eliza Reeder, Hempstead county; Miss Elizabeth Skaggs and her daughter, Mary Ann, Franklin county; Miss Nancy Norris, Caney; Mrs. Margaret Ann Julian, Saline county; Miss Mary Jane Montgomery, Lawrence county; Miss Laura E. Tucker, Bradley county, and Mrs. Sarah Hudson, Conway county.

On July 17, the winner of the contest was declared to be Miss Elvira Johnson of near Dardanelle, who had woven, during the months of September, October and November, 1861, 87 yards of dimity, 81 yards of jeans, 59 of linseys, 100 yards of plain goods, besides sewing for the soldiers. On account of war conditions a gold medal could not be obtained at the time.

February 21, 1862

Governor Rector issued a proclamation calling the legislature into extraordinary session for March 5, next. Such action, he said, he was impelled to take because of the peril of the threat of invasion.

February 24, 1862

The following order was issued from the inspector generals office at Richmond to Colonel James F. Fagan:

“Colonel James F. Fagan’s First Regiment of Arkansas Volunteers will rendezvous at Memphis, Tennessee by the 25th of March. The colonel of the regiment will report thence to General Albert Sidney Johnson, commanding Department No. 2, by order of Secretary of War.

John Withers,
Assistant Adjutant General.”

In explanation of this order, General Fagan said to his men: “We will not return now to our camp on the Potomac, but will march at once to the soil of Tennessee to aid in expelling the invader from the land of Jackson.

February 27, 1862

A casualty list from the battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee, as published in Arkansas, confirmed previous reports to the effect that Colonel James M. Gee’s regiment, sometimes called the Fifteenth Arkansas, had participated in the fighting. Several of the Arkansans had been killed, and many more of them wounded.

March 1, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

Memphis and Arkansas River

Confederate States Mail Line

Will be composed of the following new and elegant steamers this season to wit:

Frederic Notrebe, - E.L. Haynes, Master,

Chester Ashley, - Reese Pritchard, Master

Little Rock - Jenks Brown, Master

The above mentioned boats will take their places on the first rise in the Arkansas River, leaving Little Rock on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 10 p.m.; leaving Memphis Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 5 p.m.; and leave Napoleon for Little Rock on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Until a rise in the river, the mails will be carried in stages from Little Rock to Napoleon, according to the above schedule.

Jno. D. Adams, Proprietor

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Maj. W.L. Cabell, Gen. Van Dorn’s Chief Quartermaster is here, pushing forward all armed men to Jacksonport.

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The Latest by Telegraph – Friday Noon, Columbus, Ky., and Pocahontas, in this State, are both threatened.  Attention is directed to Gen. Van Dorn’s special order for all armed companies to proceed, forthwith to Jacksonport.  Let every man who can shoulder a gun, go at once, to the call of his country.

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Death of Lt. Col. Jas. B. Johnson – The telegraph announces the sad intelligence of the death of Lt. Col. Jas. B. Johnson, on the 23d ult.  The deceased was a native of this place, had served in the State Legislature, and occupied a prominent position before the public.  Soon after the commencement of hostilities he raised a company for the war, and was subsequently promoted, first to the command of Major, and then to that of Lt. Colonel.  His death is deeply deplored, and will be mourned in the sad hearts of a wife, a mother, a sister, brother, and numerous relatives and friends.  The following is from the True Democrat:

On Tuesday, the following dispatch was received by the editor of this paper:

“Murfreesboro, Feb. 24, 1862.

To R.H. Johnson –

By rail road accident near this place yesterday, your brother James was killed – Tom returning home with the remains to-morrow.

H.C. Newton”

The whole soul of the deceased was in this war, and it was his often expressed desire, that if death came to him in this great struggle for independence, it might come when facing the fire and leading the brave men, who lived him to battle.  This has been denied him, but he died in the service of his country, with shield and buckler on.  Ready at all times to make any sacrifices for the holy cause; he organized a company, was elected a captain, and thus from the ranks rose to the position he held at his death.  He was a noble, brave and enthusiastic man.  His frankness and chivalry made him a favorite with the army.  May God soften this blow to his afflicted family.

The writer has not the heart now to comment further upon the sad news.

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Those who don’t want to go – By reference to Gen. Van Dorn’s call for soldiers and his subsequently published explanation of it, it will be seen that he desires only infantry and artillery – having already more than a proportionate supply of mounted men.  While the masses are patriotic and ready and willing to respond to the call of their country, there are certain leaders who don’t want to go, and yet are anxious to keep up appearances, by making an apparent patriotic effort, which, instead of aiding, actually throws obstacles in the way of soldiers going to the armies of Gen. Van Dorn, Gen. McCulloch, or Gen. Pike, when the country needs the services of every man capable of carrying a gun.

When we see a man, then, laboring to raise a Cavalry command, when no Cavalry are wanted and none will be received, we are warranted in say that man don’t want to go!

When we see a man pretending to raise soldiers for any other command than that of Gen Van Dorn (embracing also the commands of Gens. McCullouch and Pike) who needs and is entitled to the services of every soldier in his military department to repel threatened invasion, we are warranted in say that man don’t want to go!

When we see a man pretending to raise soldiers, and yet, by his acts, laboring to defeat an part of Gen. Van Dorn’s plans for raising an army, by working in opposition to any of his orders, we are warranted in say that man don’t want to go!!!!

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Little Rock, Ark. February 28, 1862

[Special Orders]

All armed companies that have been mustered into service will repair at once to Jacksonport.

The enemy is now threatening Pocahontas – then march without delay.  Let each company take with them two wagons and provisions sufficient to subsist them to Jacksonport.

By order of Gen. Van Dorn,

Colonel Albert Rust, in the army of Virginia, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general; as was, also, Colonel Edward W. Gantt, in the army of Tennessee.

The first battle of the Civil War on Arkansas soil was fought near Elkhorn Tavern, on Pea Ridge, in Benton county, near the point on the Arkansas-Missouri boundary, where the Telegraph road crossed that line.  The Confederates had in the vicinity the army under Brigadier General Ben McCulloch and such forces as General Earl Van Dorn had succeeded in organizing at his camp at Pocahontas.  Besides these, there was the army of Missourians, under the command of General Sterling Price.  The Confederates had a combined army of about 15,000.  The Federals, commanded by General Samuel R. Curtis, numbered about 20,000.  Not all of the troops on either side actually participated in the battle, which was brought on by an attack upon the Federal position by that part of the Confederate army commanded by General McCulloch.  The engagement last for seven hours, until it was halted by darkness.  During the night of the seventh, the Federals retired to a stronger position.  The next day, General Van Dorn, who by right of rank was chief of the Confederate command, moved southward in the direction of Fayetteville, and went into camp on the north side of the Boston mountains, about 15 miles from the battlefield.  The loss of the Confederates was given as 185 killed, 525 wounded and 300 missing.  General Curtis reported 402 killed, 800 wounded and 300 captured.  General McCulloch, who, though commanding a division at the time, had not yet been promoted to the rank of major general, was among the dead.  Colonel McIntosh, in command of a brigade, though not yet promoted to the rank of brigadier general, was killed also.

There are about eighty Texans at St. John’s College hospital, part are of Col. Maxey’s bat., most are of Col. Locke’s regiment.  They are doing well.  Dr. Kirkwood is in charge of the hospital.

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Maj. W.S. Pemberton, of the Confederate Commissary Department, arrived in this city, from Richmond, on Monday last.

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Capt. Thomas W. Newton, who came home in charge of the body of Col. Jas. B. Johnson, will return to the army tomorrow.  Any letters given to him will be delivered to our soldiers serving in his part of the army.

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For The War – Capt. Franklin’s Volunteer Artillery Company, which was raised for twelve months service, has volunteered for the war.  When equipped it will be one of the finest companies in the service.

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Hotels Well Defended – About 11 o’clock the other night we stepped into the office of the Anthony House, and found five gentlemen, the sum total of the sojourners present.  On enquiry we ascertained the fact that four of them are Colonels, and one a Captain in the Missouri army.  We took a good look at the Captain, for Missouri officers of so low a grade are scarce hereabouts.  Besides these, we knew of two other Missouri Colonels in the house at the time.  As far as Missouri officers go, our hotels are well defended.  Now the Gen. Van Dorn is calling on our State authorities for troops, would it not be a good idea to raise a regiment of Missouri Colonels for his army?  A few Arkansas Generals might be thrown in for good count and a company of thirty days men might be raised from the furloughed officers of our own army.  This regiment is warranted not to get hurt, for it will not march until after all battles are fought.

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March 17, 1862

The extraordinary session of the legislature, which had failed to meet on March 5 for want of a quorum, was called to order.

(The session lasted only from Monday, March 17, until Saturday, March 22. During those six days the following bills were passed: To prevent the distillation of grain into spirituous liquors; to prohibit the further sale of the public lands until after the war, pledging said lands for the redemption of the state’s war bonds and for the payment of Treasury warrants; to provide for the relief of the families of volunteers; to define and punish sedition. The last named act provided that any person discouraging the enlistment of volunteers in the state service, or in the service of the Confederate States, should be deemed guilty of high misdemeanor and imprisoned for a term of not less than three nor more than five years. An act supplementary to an act providing for the payment of the war tax imposed by the Confederate Congress was also passed.)

March 18, 1862

General Van Dorn, retreating southward after the battle of Elk Horn Tavern, reported that the Confederate army under his command was encamped a few miles from Van Buren, and that he would march, in a few days, towards Pocahontas, where he intended to re-establish headquarters and reorganize and reinforce his army with whatever recruits should be assembled at that point.

March 20, 1862

John Selden Roane, former governor of Arkansas, 1849-1852, was appointed a brigadier-general and assigned to duty at Little Rock. He was instructed by General Van Dorn to organize such scattered forces as could be got together there into a brigade for the defense of the state in that quarter.

March 21, 1862

Governor Rector signed an act for the curtailment of the production of cotton in Arkansas. Section 1 of the act said, “That in or during, the year 1862, it shall not be lawful for any person, or persons, in this state, owning, claiming, leasing, or possessing any cleared or tillable land, farm or plantation to plant or to cultivate more than two acres of such farm, plantation, or land in cotton to the hand, according to the number of hands that are, or may belong to, or be engaged in the cultivation, or land; and any and every person or persons offending against this act, he, she, or they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to indictment therfor in the Circuit Court of the county in which said farm, plantation or land may be situate; and if found guilty on trial thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than $500, nor more than $5,000, at the discretion of the jury assessing the fine in such case, and shall be imprisoned in the common jail of such county until such fine and the cost of such prosecution be paid.”

In a preamble to this act, it was said that it was the opinion of the General Assembly that “the vital interest in our country demands that the cultivation of cotton be restricted; and in lieu of such curtailment, the production of corn, wheat, and other grains be increased.”

March 25, 1862

General Van Dorn, encamped near Van Buren, made ready to continue his march in the direction of Pocahontas by placed General Albert Pike, with the force that Pike had organized in the Indian Territory in command at Van Buren. On that same day, Van Dorn notified Major William L. Cabell, whom he had left in command of the camp at Pocahontas, that he had decided to have supplies assembled at Des Arc, and ordered Cabell to instruct General Albert Rust, who had been transferred to Arkansas, to take command of the region of the lower Arkansas and White rivers. These and other steps, were taken in preparation for a transfer of the army under Van Dorn, if need be, to the east side of the Mississippi river to reinforce the army of General Albert Sidney Johnston.

April 3, 1862

The army of which General Van Dorn was in command was at Jacksonport and Pocahontas.
 

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The need for more hospitals at Little Rock where of those who were wounded at the battle of Elk Horn Tavern were taken, was met by fitting up “four or five of the largest and best buildings in the city for that purpose.” While these buildings were being converted into hospitals, there were so many of the wounded who had to be cared for that many of them were compelled to lie on the floors, sometimes without the comforts of a mattress. The emergency, however, was promptly met by the city and its citizens. Beds and bedding and other necessities were soon supplied. Many women, from the town and county, took turns at nursing. Farmers brought in from the country an abundance of appetizing supplies, such as chickens and fresh vegetables, for the sick and wounded in this first such pressing emergency of the war in Arkansas.
 

April 6, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

It has been suggested to us that the Ladies throughout the State could render a great service to the cause in which we are now engaged, by forwarding to this place for the use of the Hospitals here established, such articles as may be of service to the sick, for instance: Hospital shirts, drawers, towels, sheets, pillows, pillow-cases, and any and all other things which might be useful, and which with very little trouble could be made up in the shortest period of time.

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Lieut. Sweeten of the 1^st Arks. Regiment, who came in by the cars on Wednesday evening, has our thanks for a large package of papers, containing dates up to the evening of the 31^st ult.

Capt. Woodruff, of the Weaver Artillery, will receive about twenty-five good men, to fill his company up to 150.  Young and able bodied men who desire to get into a good company, couldn’t have a better opportunity.  The Government will give all recruits transportation from this city to the company’s camp, wherever that may be.

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Accoutrements Wanted

Bids will be received by the undersigned, until the 15^th day of April, 1862, for furnishing at the Little Rock Arsenal, six thousand sets of Infantry accoutrements.  Each set to consist of one cartridge box and belt, one cap pouch, waist belt and bayonet scabbard.

Bids for a less number than 500 sets will not be received, and each bid must state the price per set.

Approved security will be required for the faithful performance of the contract.

S.C. Faulkner

M.S.K. Ord. Comdg.

C.S.S. Arsenal

Little Rock, March 24, 1862

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Recruits Wanted for the War

Fifty Able Bodied Men are wanted to fill up the ranks of a Heavy Artillery Company in charge of a battery of Rifled Guns, at present, stationed at Madrid Bend, on the Mississippi River.  Uniforms, subsistence and transportation will be furnished to all disposed to join.  A bounty of FIFTY DOLLARS will be paid upon their arrival at the above post.

Men of Arkansas, your country calls for your aid in this her hour of need.  Enlist at once, and assist in driving back the invader from your soil.  If you do not come forward at once, your firesides will soon become desolated and your rich and happy country a desert.

Apply to W.P. Parks

1^st Lieut., Arkansas Battery

Little Rock, March 27, 1862

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The battle of Shiloh, the first great battle of the Civil War in the West, was fought near Pittsburg Landing, in Tennessee, between the Union forces under General Grant and Buell and the Confederates commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston.  General Hardee’s corps, which included the regiments that he had taken out of Arkansas, did much of the hard fighting of those two days.  Hardee’s corps was composed of three brigades.  The first was commanded by General Hindman and the second by General Patrick R. Cleburne; both of whom were soon afterwards promoted for the gallantry and the merit of their conduct.  The losses sustains by several of the Arkansas

 Regiments were so great that they had afterwards to be reorganized and consolidated with another regiment in order to fill the depleted ranks.  It is estimated that the Confederates, of whom there were about 40,000 engaged at Shiloh, had 3,500 men killed, with more than 16,000 wounded.  Approximately a fifth of these casualties were Arkansans. 

General Johnston, the commander-in-chief of the Confederates, was killed and succeeded in the command of the army by General G.T. Beauregard. 

(One of those reports as “missing,” after the battle of Shiloh, was Henry M. Stanley, private of the Dixie Greys, a company from Arkansas county, in the Sixth Arkansas Regiment.  Stanley, then a lad of 20 years, of English birth, was none other than he, who, years afterward, attained a world-wide celebrity by reason of his explorations on the African continent, which, for his time, as completely captivated the imagination of all mankind as did the dazzling exploits of Charles A. Lindbergh of a later time.  Young Stanley had been in America only since 1859, living at New Orleans, where he landed a friendless, penniless, English orphan, who, to escape cruelty, had run away from the packet ship in which he crossed the ocean.  Once a-shore, he soon found, at New Orleans, in Henry M. Stanley, a commission merchant, a benefactor, who, within a few months, legally adopted the lad as a son, making him the heir not only of his estate, but of his own name in full. 

In the fall of 1860, the elder Stanley went to Havana, Cuba, on business, and young Stanley accepted employment in the store of a friend of his father’s at Cypress Bend on the Arkansas River, near the Arkansas Post.  He enlisted in the Dixie Greys, who after being brought to Little Rock by river, were sworn by Adjutant General Burgevine into the service of the Confederate States.

April 12, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

We had the pleasure this week of meeting Lt. Jno. G. Fletcher, of the Capital Guards.  He was sent home on the recruiting service, contrary to his wishes, and left immediately for his command, on hearing of the commencement of active operations. 

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From the best and most reliable information we have, it is supposed the Federal forces occupy Pocahontas to the amount of some five thousand.

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We are gratified to learn that the Hon. A.H. Carrigan, of Hempstead county, who was a Lieut. In one of the companies organized in that county, was elected Lieut. Colonel of the companies organized in that county, was elected Lieut. Colonel of the twelve-months Regiment lately organized on White River.

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The ladies have been earnest in their labors at each and all of the hospitals in the city, and to their efforts may be traces much of the good that is being done, and the sufferings which they have alleviated has been immense.  The reward of the blessed shall certainly be their compensation.

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The only information we have relative to the late battle of Shiloh, will be found under our telegraphic head.  Enough is known to leave no doubt that the Southern arms have again been victorious.  The battle was probably the hardest fought of the war, and both armies have suffered severely.  Anxious hearts are awaiting in suspense the details, which shall tells us who among the noble land has fallen – what lives have been offered up on the altar of their suffering country.

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A report is in the city that a dispatch has been received from Col. Fagan, stating that the loss of his regiment at the late battle was 210 killed, wounded and missing.  Lt. Col. Thompson was mortally wounded, and the Major the regiment killed.

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The Capital Guards, one of the companies from this place lost only one man – Mr. John Streak, killed.

April 24, 1862

With many of the wounded at the battle of Shiloh arriving by stage, boat and train, “some six or eight other buildings in the city” were hastily pressed into service and fitted up as temporary hospitals for the accommodation of the sick and wounded. As a further means of relieving the situation at Little Rock some of the wounded were sent to Pine Bluff upon the invitation of that city. George Brodie, who resided about eight miles southwest of the city, and others in town and country opened their houses to the convalescents and the wounded who did not need the regular attendance of a physician.

April 29, 1862

Having crossed the Mississippi river with the “Army of the West,” General Van Dorn reported at Memphis that his army was composed of the following units:

In Gen. Samuel Jones’ Division: First Brigade, Brig. Gen. A. Rust – Eighteenth Arkansas, Col. D.W. Carroll; Twenty-second Arkansas, Col. George King; Colonel Smead’s Arkansas Regiment; Bat. Jones’ Arkansas Battalion; McCarver’s Arkansas Battalion, Second Brigade, Brig. Gen. Dabney H. Maury – Twenty-first Arkansas, Col. D. McRae; Adams’ Arkansas Battalion, and Garland’s and Moore’s Texas Cavalry. Third Brigade, Brig. Gen. J.S. Roane – Third Arkansas Cavalry, dismounted, Col. Solon Borland; Brooks’ Arkansas Battalion; Williamson’s Arkansas Battalion; Arkansas Battery, Capt. J.J. Gaines, and Stone’s and Sims’ Texas regiments.

In Gen. Sterling Price’s Division; First Brigade, Brig. Gen. Henry Little - Sixteenth Arkansas, Colonel Hill, with several Missouri regiments. Second Brigade, Col. Louis Hebert – Fourteenth Arkansas. Colonel Mitchell; Seventeenth Arkansas. Col. Frank Rector, with the Third Louisiana, and Greer’s and Whitefield’s Texans.

In Gen. J.P. McCown’s Division: First Brigade, Brig. Gen. J.L. Hogg – McCray’s Arkansas Battalion, with Texas regiments. Second Brigade, Brig. Gen. T.J. Churchill – First Arkansas Cavalry, dismounted. Col. R.W. Harper; Second Arkansas Cavalry, dismounted, Col. Ben Embry; Fourth Arkansas, Col. Evander McNair; Turnbull’s (formerly Terry’s) Battalion; Provence’s Battery.
 

May 4, 1862

The Union army under General Curtis arrived at Batesville, having marched there by a southeasterly course and in a leisurely manner since the battle of Elk Horn Tavern. Curtis went into camp at Batesville, and, with Van Dorn’s army out of Arkansas, he sent out detachments of his army from time to time who “penetrated at will into the region round about Batesville.” Arkansas Unionists, encouraged by Curtis’ presence, formed a Union regiment at Batesville, a brigade in the counties of Madison, Carroll and Newton. Elisha Baxter of Batesville lent encouragement to the movement, and was offered the command of the regiment of Unionists organized at Batesville. Isaac Murphy of Madison county, the one member of the Secession Convention who voted to the last against secession, joined Curtis, too, and went about encouraging the mountaineers to join the Union army. Lafayette Gregg, a pioneer resident of Washington county, a member of the state legislature of 1854-1855 and prosecuting attorney of the Fourth Judicial Circuit from 1856 until 1861, took an active part in the loyalists movement.

May 5, 1862

Governor Rector issued a proclamation calling for more volunteers, in which he let it be known that he, for his part, felt that Arkansas had been used by the Confederacy only to be abused, almost, if not quite, to the point of betrayal into the hands of the enemy. He intimated plainly that it might be conceivably become expedient for Arkansas, and that too, in very short order, to have recourse again to its revolutionary right of secession.

May 8, 1862

A list of the sick and wounded at Little Rock in the “the General Hospital,” as St. Johns’ College was designated, contained the names of about 600 Confederate and six Union soldiers.

May 15, 1862

The Little Rock City Council appropriated $5,000 for the purchase of a tract of woodland southeast of the city from William E. Woodruff and Mrs. Mary Starbuck for a cemetery. This new cemetery, which had to be acquired in order to make room for the burial of the many soldiers dying almost daily in the emergency hospitals of Little Rock and was christened Oakland, probably because the site which was chosen for it was a natural forest, wooded principally with oaks.

May 20, 1862

A Confederate cavalry detachment, commanded by Capt. E.W. Rogers, of Col. W.H. Parson’s Texas Cavalry, encountered a scouting party of General Curtis’ Union army from Batesville at Searcy, White county, and engaged it in battle. In his report of the fight at Searcy, Rogers said: “With 100 of my men, I attacked the enemy, some 300 strong, infantry and cavalry. I was aided in the attack by Captain Hicks and 50 men, making my force 150. The battle lasted about three-quarters of an hour. The enemy’s loss is supposed to be 50 to 100. Our loss, Texas troops, one killed, five missing, and two wounded; Arkansas troops, two killed, and several missing; we had some 8 or 10 horses killed.”

May 22, 1862

Brig. Gen. John Selden Roane, whom General Van Dorn had put into command at Little Rock before the latter crossed the Mississippi with his army, placed Little Rock under martial law and appointed Judge George C. Watkins provost marshal. This, and other measures of safety, were deemed necessary because of the many threats of surprise and invasion by the Union army of General Curtis, which had its headquarters at Batesville. As a further measure of safety, Roane caused more than 300,000 bales of cotton on the Arkansas river, “all packed and ginned for the market,” to be burned. This, of course, was done to keep the cotton from falling into the hands of the enemy, in the event that Curtis should attempt to and succeed in marching to Little Rock and opening the Arkansas river for navigation of Union gunboats from the Mississippi river; which river, by this time, Union gunboats from upstream were making desperate attempts to open to Union steamboats past Memphis and on south. Within a week, after Roane issued the order to burn all the cotton along the Arkansas river the work of destruction had been carried out with such thoroughness that “there was not a single bale on the river from Fort Smith to Napoleon.”

Meanwhile, Roane was doing all that was humanly possible to organize an army at Little Rock.

May 26 1862

Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman was assigned to duty “in Arkansas and the Indian country,” by order of General Beauregard, charged with their defense, “ and fully authorized and empowered to organize” an army under the act of Congress entitled, an act further to provide for the public defense.

(General Hindman acted promptly. On his way to Arkansas he obtained at Memphis 35 Enfield rifles, 400 damaged shotguns and squirrel rifles, with a few hundred rounds of shot and shell for artillery. He also impressed for his own use some blankets, boots, shoes and other camp equipment for his prospective army. From the banks of Memphis he procured $1,000,000 in Confederate currency. At Helena, his home town, he seized all the ammunition, shoes, blankets and medicines on sale; at Napoleon, from the government hospital there, he appropriated all the medicines that he could find. He appointed Dr. J.M. Keller medical director and put him in charge of the medicines and surgical supplies which had appropriated.

June 1, 1862

Gen. Samuel E. Curtis, commander of the Union army in Arkansas, with headquarters at Batesville, took notice of the assignment of General Hindman to the command of the Trans-Mississippi District in a report to his superior, General Halleck. Said Curtis: “Great efforts are making to collect an army at Little Rock, Galveston and Houston forces are ordered up, and 10 Texas regiments have arrived with artillery. Hindman was to start from Corinth on the 28th of May, and all the Arkansas and Missouri troops were to come with him. If the Corinth Line swarms this way, I must concentrate on this side of White river (north side) and be reinforced immediately. The enemy is moving: we must be on the alert. I have spread my force to hold my lines of communication (with Missouri), which have been cut for 10 days.”

June 5, 1862

The gunboat Pontchartrain was at anchor in the Arkansas river at Little Rock, where General Roane had ordered it for the defense of the city. General Hindman, who had just arrived from Mississippi to replace General Roane, had one of the 64-pound cannons which the Pontchartrain carried at armament brought on shore and placed in position for the defense of the city against the possible approach of Union gunboats up the Arkansas.

(This gun was spiked and dismounted in September 1863, when Little Rock fell into the hands of the Union army. In 1874, during the Brooks-Baxter war, the Baxter forces found the old cannon lying half embedded in earth near the foot of Byrd street. It was resurrected, christened “Lady Baxter,” made ready for use, and placed in position in the rear of the Metropolitan hotel (southwest corner of Main and Markham street), to prevent the landing of boats coming up the river with men and supplies for Brooks. The only time the gun was discharged during the Brooks – Baxter episode, was on May 19, 1874, and then as a salute in honor of the return of Governor Baxter to his office in the capitol. On January 1, 1876, it was again fired, and for the last time, in salute of the opening of the centennial year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Some years later, it was placed in the grounds of the Old State Capitol, where it has since remained as a mute reminder of the past.)

June 9, 1862

The Washington (Hempstead county) Exchange Company was organized for the purpose of issuing “shinplasters,” or paper money of small denomination. The directors were: E. Mirick, W.M. Andrews, John D. Trimble, David Block, W.D. Green, A.B. Williams, B.F. Fall, H. Gordes, W.H. Etter and M.V. Cheatham. H. Gordes was cashier. The exchange operated on the following plan, according to a statement by the officers: “A deposit, either of Arkansas War Bonds, or Treasury Warrants, Confederate notes, or Louisiana bank notes is made by a person in exchange for which we issue the notes (shinplasters) of the company. This deposit is then held sacred for the redemption of the company’s notes, and in order more fully to assure the public of the good faith of the company, a bond has been given and filed in the clerk’s office, which secures the deposits and as the sureties on this bond represent property to the amount of at least $1,000,000, there can be no doubt of the solvency of the company’s paper; and insasmuch as the notes are issued only when deposits are made and never otherwise, it is clear that they are as good as any money now in circulation.”

(This seems to have been the first appearance in Arkansas of “shinplasters.” Many companies of the same sort sprang up in nearly every town in the state before the end of the war.”

June 10, 1862

General Hindman, from his headquarters at Little Rock, sent a report to General Beauregard at Corinth, Miss., which said:

“On June 5, I pushed my cavalry boldly against Curtis’ advance, which outnumbered them as 8 to 1. I had previously endeavored to impress Curtis with the belief that a large force came with me from Corinth, and that heavy reinforcements had reached me from Texas. After a very feeble resistance, the Federal cavalry fell back beyond the Bayou Des Arc. I then ordered the Maurepas gunboat up White river to capture or destroy the supplies collected at Grand Glaize and Jacksonport, and to alarm the enemy by threatening his communications with Batesville. Captain Joseph Fry of the gunboat Maurepas executed these orders with admirable promptness and complete success. At the same time the enemy was attacked in front. He retired in confusion to Little Red river, and thence marched to Batesville. These operations gave me a good line of defense – that of White river and its tributary, the Little Red. Skirmishing was now almost continuous and our troops were uniformly successful. Major Francis M. Chrisman, commanding an Arkansas squadron, was bold and active. Captain Rutherford of Chrisman’s command, passed entirely around the Federal army, crossing White river, destroying a supply train from Missouri, and capturing a telegraph station a few miles north of Batesville, with the telegraphic correspondence of Curtis and Halleck.”

June 12, 1862

Reports brought to Little Rock by refugees from that part of Arkansas in possession of the Union army under General Curtis indicated that the “invaders have nearly ruined the people in some portions of the White river counties. Major Steele’s division seems to have been less disposed to wanton robbery than the others. Other divisions, or bodies of troops, have take the last ounce of meat and the last measure of grain or corn from the families in that portion of the country through which they have been marched. There are in Arkansas about 12,000 Federals scattered over a large extent of country. The largest body, say 5,000 or 6,000, were at and in the vicinity of Batesville, according to last reports. A great many arrests have been made; some of those arrested were discharged, Among others, Judge U.M. Rose and W.A. Bevans, who were in Little Rock a few weeks ago, attempted to return home and were seized by these gentry.”

June 17, 1862

St. Charles, on the White River, was attacked and destroyed by a fleet of Union gunboats, brought up from the Mississippi river, which, by this time, was in the undisputed Union control from Vicksburg to St. Louis. Captain Joseph Fry, in command of the Confederate gunboat Maurepas, was at St. Charles, and did what damage he could do o the fleet of the enemy. His own gunboat, which was useless against the ironclad vessels of the enemy, was suck across the channel of White river, together with steamboats, in a futile attempt to obstruct the channel. Two rifled 32-pounders and four field pieces were put in battery on the bluff. These were manned by the 79 men of Fry’s crew; 35 other men, armed as sharpshooters, were posted below the bluff. The Union gunboats, the St. Louis, the Mound City, the Lexington and the Conestoga, began the attack at 9 o’clock in the morning. After an engagement of nearly three hours duration, the Mound City was blown up by a shot from the Confederate batteries. The rest of the boats then retired out of range. Union infantry was then landed and carried the position of the Confederates. The Confederate loss was reported as six killed, one wounded and eight missing; that of the Union forces as “more than 200.” Almost all of those on board the Mound City, about 180, perished when that vessel blew up. Captain Fry, in command of the Confederate defense, was severely wounded and captured.

(It was this Captain Joseph Fry of the Maurepas, who, in 1873, was executed by Spaniards at Santiago, Cuba, as the leader of the famous Virginia expedition for the relief of the Cubans.)

June 18, 1862

The Rt. Rev. Andrew Byrne, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Arkansas, died at Helena.

June 25, 1862

Samuel H. Hempstead, who had resided at Little Rock since 1836, where he engaged in the practice of law, died at home.

June 28, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

The federals have evacuated Indian Bat, St. Charles, and the whole of the lower White River, and gone in the direction of Memphis.  Gen. Curtis has, as we understand, left Batesville, crossed Black, on the other side of White River, and is, we think, working his way towards Cache bridge, with the view of getting on Crowley’s ridge, and reaching the Mississippi.

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Death of S.H. Hempstead – On Wednesday evening, the 25^th inst., Gen. S.H. Hempstead died at his residence in this city.  He has been a citizen of Arkansas since 1836, has occupied a prominent position as a lawyer, and enjoyed a high character for professional probity.  He leaves a large family and many friends to mourn his loss. 

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Gen. Sterling Price – The friends of this distinguished General always give out what he is going to do.  They now say that he has gone to Richmond to demand a transfer to this side of the river, that he may be put in command of the Trans-Mississippi Department, and that, if the President fail to comply with his demands, he will tender his resignation.  This report is made plausible by the fact, announced in the Mobile papers, that the General exhibited himself in that city a few days since, then on his way to Richmond as we suppose.

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For our own part, and in behalf of all who desire that order and discipline in our army which is necessary to protect the lives and property of our citizens and the army itself from destruction, we protest, most solemnly, against Gen. Price being transferred to this department.  His want of qualification as a disciplinarian and his lawless cortege of loose unorganized stragglers would make him a scourge to our people.

If it be the policy of the Government to send another General West, the people have a right to demand that he be soldier enough to discipline, as well as to lead the army under his command to battle.

 While we think, under Gen. Beauregard, and restrained by the iron discipline of Gen. Bragg, that Gen. Price can be made very serviceable to our needs, we honestly entertain, and freely express the opinion, that nothing except Federal invasion or subjugation, could be more calamitous to our people than sending Gen. P. to command our army among them.  Therefore we hope, if he put himself before the cause, ask that the government swerve from its policy to serve his interest or convenience, and demand a transfer to this side of the Mississippi as the condition of his remaining in the army, that the President may accept his resignation at once.

General Hindman, in command of the Trans-Mississippi Military District, gave orders through his chief of staff, Colonel Robert C. Newton, placing the entire district under martial law.  Colonel B.F. Danley was made marshal general with headquarters at Little Rock; Major R.W. Richardson, provost marshal of District No. 1, consisting of Louisiana and north to Red River, with headquarters at Monroe, La; James T. Elliott, provost marshal of District No. 2, consisting of all that part of Arkansas south of the Arkansas river and north of Red River, with headquarters at Arkadelphia; Decius McCreery, provost marshal of District No. 3, all that part of Arkansas between the Arkansas and the White Rivers, headquarters at Springfield (Conway county); John J. Horner, provost marshal of District No. 4, all that part of Arkansas between the White and Mississippi rivers, headquarters at Madison (St. Francis County.)

The Confederates, who, after the loss of St. Charles, had prepared to hold the line of White river at Des Arc, were defeated there and forced to retire westward to a new line of defense.  General Curtis, accompanied by the main body of his army, had marched down the valley of White river from Batesville.  Meanwhile, the Union gunboats, after passing St. Charles, had continued up White river from the South.  To prevent the union of those two forces, General Hindman had ordered such Confederate forces as he could muster to concentrate on Des Arc, and in that vicinity.  General Albert Rust, who had been returned to Arkansas as General Hindman’s principal aid, was in command of the Confederates, “Not able to prevent the junction of Curtis and Fitch [Colonel G.N. Fitch, commander of the fleet of Union gunboats],” said Hindman, “I now withdrew my infantry from White river, and took up a new line of defense, that of Bayou Meto, 12 miles from Little Rock, by which the enemy’s difficulties of supplying himself would be increased, and his employment of gunboats against me rendered impossible, should he move against me there.”  General Curtis made no attempt, for the present to cross White river in force, but contented himself with the occupation of Helena and the control of all that part of the state north and east of White river. 

(During the rest of the summer and fall of 1862, there were frequent skirmishes in eastern Arkansas between detachments, mostly of cavalry, from the two armies.  The most important of these were: Aberdeen, July 9; Batesville, July 14; Jonesboro, August 13; La Grange, October 11; Helena, October 12; Marianna, November 7.)

Fayetteville was occupied by Union cavalry without resistance.  Many of the citizens were arrested, some of whom were paroled, while others were taken to Missouri and held as prisoners of war at Springfield.  Fayetteville was put under martial law and held as a Union army post, in command of Colonel M. La Rue Harrison, colonel of the First Arkansas Union Regiment of cavalry. 

(A few weeks after the occupation of Fayetteville, northwest Arkansas was occupied by a large Union army from Kansas and Iowa, which was commanded by General James G. Blunt and General Frances J. Herron.)

What Will Be Done With The Prisoners?

On the supposition that the defeat of Gen. McClellan and the capture of an immense number of Federal prisoners is a fact not to be controverted, there has been some speculation as to the disposition to be made of the prisoners on and after all of ours have been exchanged for and released.  Some suggest that, to save the response of feeding and the trouble of guarding them, they be put upon their parole, bound not to bear arms until exchanged, and sent home.  Me think that our authorities ought to require the release of our citizens, not belonging to the army, who have been captured and imprisoned, by the Lincoln government, for being friendly and true to the South.   Another gentleman suggests that all of the officers, and the best of the soldiers, be held as hostages and never released until the Yankees return all of the negroes they have stolen from our people.  This last is a capital suggestion.

General Hindman reprimanded General Albert Rust, in command of the Indian Territory for his failure to keep the enemy out of northwest Arkansas.  Pike, who had had troubles of his own with his Indian troops, was offended by Hindman’s criticisms and sent Hindman his resignation from the army.

The Trans-Mississippi District of which General Hindman had been in command, was changed into “the Trans-Mississippi Department,” with Major General Theophilus H. Holmes as commander-in-chief.  Under the new arrangement, Hindman was continued for a time as second in command of the department.  Besides General Hindman, whom General Holmes, as chief of the department, kept in Arkansas, Major General Richard Taylor, of Louisiana, was assigned to the Trans-Mississippi Department, for the command of the District for the command of the District for Louisiana; Major General Sterling Price of Missouri, was transferred to the department for the command of the District of Missouri.

August 2, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

Meeting of the Ladies’ Soldiers’ Aid Association – There will be a meeting of the Ladies’ Soldiers Aid Association, at the Hall of James Confectionery, on Monday morning next at nine o’clock.

Confederate Money - Fifty Cents

General Holmes arrived at Little Rock, established headquarters there and took over the command of the Trans-Mississippi Department.  To assist him in the organization of an army for the defense of his new department, the following Arkansas officers were relieved from duty in the army east of the Mississippi (now commanded by General Braxton Bragg) and ordered to report to Little Rock; Thomas J. Churchhill, James C. Tappan, Dandridge McRae, Thomas P. Dockery and Charles W. Adams, each of whom had been promoted to the rank of brigadier general. 

(Other Arkansas officers with Bragg’s army were later transferred from time to time.)

Mrs. Robert W. Johnson, wife of one of the Arkansas senators in the Confederate Congress, died at Little Rock.

August 20, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

General Albert Pike arrived at this place the latter part of last week.

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Servant Wanted

Major John Henry Brown, Chief of Gen. McCulloch’s staff, is desirous of hiring a good servant to go with him in the Army.  Address him at Austin, or enquire at this office.

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Fine Residence for Sale for Confederate Money

THE FINE HOUSE, on the corner Southwest of Gen. Pike’s, formerly owned by Peter Hanger, Esq., and now the residence of Mrs. Wright is offered for sale for Confederate Money. 

The grounds belonging to this place, and to be sold with it, consist of six lots – the East half of the block upon which the main house is built – and three lots across the street, on the adjoining block eastward, on which are Stables, &c. 

This is among the largest, best improved and finished, finest, and most desirable residence in the State. 

For particulars apply to Peter Hanger, at Little Rock, or at Hot Springs, to the undersigned.   

Wm. H. Gaines

September 27, 1862

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Fine Residence for Sale for Confederate Money – A rare chance is offered to any person having a surplus of Confederate money, and desirous of purchasing one of the finest residences in Little Rock or the State.  See advertisement of Maj. Wm. H. Gaines of Hot Springs.

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[No. 21]

Headquarters Trans – Miss District

Little Rock, July 7, 1862 

The following information is published for the use of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi District: 

1^st. All persons who voluntarily entered the army of the Confederate States, for three years or during the war, whether 18 or over 35 years of age, will be held to their contract, for that length of time, unless they are discharged under some special order to be given hereafter. 

2d. All enlisted men who volunteers for less than three years or the war, that were in the Army of the Confederate States on the 16^th  day of April 1862, over 18, and under 35 years of age, are held in the service under the provisions of the conscript law, for three years or during the war, and will be held until otherwise directed by the Secretary of War.

By command of Major Gen. Hindman

R.C. Newton, Colonel and Chief of Staff

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General Orders No. 20

Headquarters Trans-Mississippi Dist.

Little Rock, Ark. July 7, 1862 

1. The organization of Partisan Rangers in this District, under any authority whatever, is prohibited; and those now organized are hereby declared to be Mounted Infantry, and subject to be dismounted whenever it is deemed expedient.  This order does not relate to “Independent Companies,” formed under General Orders No. 17.

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3. Persons heretofore authorized to raise Battalions and Regiments in the State of Missouri, must complete the organization of the same and report within thirty (30) days from this day, or their authority will be considered as annulled.

By command of Maj. Gen. Hindman.

Salt! Salt! Salt!

I wish to hire by the year 15 or 20 good hands to work at my Salt Works in Sevier county, in this state for which I will pay a good price.  I also wish to purchase 3 or 4 good hands , for which I will pay the cash.   

R.H. Kinsworthy

Nashville, Ark.

Wanted

Jeans, Linseys, White Domestics, Cottons, Yarn Socks

For clothing for the soldiers.  I will pay liberal prices for the above named articles, in any quantities, delivered at Washington. 

Geo. Taylor

Capt. & A.Q.M.C.S.A.

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Gov. Rector’s Organ – The paper in the interest of Gov. Rector at this place, gives information to the enemy, by publishing the number of Confederate troops on the Prairie; and we are informed that the Ouachita Herald (which seems to be published for private circulation) condemns Gen. Hindman for burning cotton to prevent it falling into the hands of the enemy.

The people of Arkansas can judge, from such demonstrations, of the men, who, in the name of patriotism call on them to vote for Gov. Rector.

Gov. Rector attempts to excuse himself for calling out the Militia, by saying that he could not control the seasons nor prevented soldiers from dying. Nobody said he could. Yet that does not excuse him for calling farmers from their work at the season of preparing for crops, when every day was worth a week and killing men by exposing them to the severe weather, when no good did or could come of it to the army or the country. The only advantage to any one was to Gen. Holt and certain of the Governor’s kin and friends, who, by the process, were billeted upon the State at high salaries for doing nothing. If by a wicked miracle, the Governor should be re-elected, he has got his friend, Gen .Holt released from conscription, and the people, may look out for more militia musters, about next corn-planting time.

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Bread for the Army – We have seen the Army Bakery here in operation and the bread is of superior quality. It was established, and has been carried on, under the direction of Dr. Taylor, who has voluntarily given his attention to this matter, besides attending to his duties in the army so effectually as the preparation of good bread for the soldiers; for the greatest amount of disease among them is produced by eating bread which is not well prepared and cooked

In connection with the subject of bread for the army, we would suggest that the health of the soldiers might be greatly preserved, and the lives of many of them saved, by the preparation of portable bake ovens (portable like forges) for the army. Besides preserving the health of the army, there would a saving to the government of a quarter of a pound of flour a day for every soldier.

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To Carpenters
Office Chief Commissary
Trans – Mississippi Dept.
Little Rock, September 27, 1862

Sealed Proposals will be received at this office, until Monday, the 6th day of October A.D. 1862, for making TWO THOUSAND BOXES for packing Hard Bread.

The Boxes are to be two feet long, 1 foot 6 inches wide and 1 foot 5 ½ inches deep, in the clear, and to be made of similar to a specimen which may be seen at the office of the Post Commissary.

I will furnish lumber and part of the nails for which the contractor will pay cost prices.

The boxes must be delivered at the rate of 5 per cent per day, of the contract, and bills will be received for five hundred boxes.

Bond with approved security will be required.
John C. Palmer, Maj. And Chief Commissary
October 4, 1862

Arkansas held its first state election under the constitution of 1861.  For governor, Harris Flanagin received 18, 189 votes; Governor Henry M. Rector, 3,419; John S.H. Rainey, 708.  The Fourteenth General Assembly, the members of which were elected on that day, was composted entirely of Southern supporters.  All partisan differences were forgotten.  No votes were given in the “official returns” from the counties of Crittenden, Greene, Monroe and Mississippi, where the country was in the hands of General Curtis’ army of invasion.

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Clothing the Soldiers – As far as we have been able to learn, the call of Gen. Holmes on the people for clothing, blankets, and other things necessary to the comfort of the army, has been and is being well and promptly responded to by all – especially the women of the country.

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Published orders have been issued from Richmond prohibiting the substitution of boys under eighteen years of age, for Conscripts. This is as it should be. If we are to have a long war the boys are the hope and the dependence of the country, and the best care should be take of them until they develop and grow into hardy manhood. We understand that President Davis said the sending of our boys to the army, was like sending seed corn to mill.
 

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Capt. Wm. E. Woodruff, jr., of the Weaver Artillery, of this city, has been appointed, by the Secretary of War, to be Major of Artillery, to date from the 17th April 1862, with orders to report to Gen. A. Pike, as Chief of Artillery.
 

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Brigadier Generals – The President has appointed the Brigadier Generals Jas. F. Fagan of Arkansas; Col. F.A. Shouple of Florida and Maj. Wm. Steele, now of a Texas regiment but late of the old army. All of these appointments are doubtless good. We have been urging the appointment of Col. Fagan for a long time, on account of his fitness for the place, as well as his early, continued, and devoted service in the country. Gens. Shoule and Steele are both graduates of West Point and both stand high in their profession. They will probably all be assigned duty on this side of the Mississippi.

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Col. Scurry, of Texas, has been appointed a Brigadier General, and those who know him, say that his is a good appointment.

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Died – May 1, 1862, at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., George W. Elliott of Camden, Ark. He entered the Confederate service on the 24th of July 1861; received his appointment of Orderly Sergeant of his Company and fearlessly performed every duty of his office. He was loved and respected by all who knew him; kind in disposition and generous to heart. His clear ringing voice is hushed in silence and his manly form sleeps in death. The reveille may bust, but it disturbs not his slumber – no sound will awake him again. Brave, noble boy! Long will your spirit cling fondly around our hearts, and remind us of happy days gone by. He sleeps in an honored grave far away from his home and friends. He has proven himself a soldier, and died for his country. A rich legacy to his bereaved family and a monument to his memory.

October 25, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

Casualties at Corinth – Up to this time we have heard but little of the casualties at Corinth. Capt. W.N. Parish (escaped since) and Lieut. Walker of this place, are both reported as wounded and prisoners. Capts. Flether and McNally, of Pine Bluff, are wounded. Lt. Col. Fletcher, of this county, is seriously wounded, Col. Henry Johnson and Major Jones, of Hempstead county were killed – both gallant soldiers and good men. Colonel Jno. N. Daly, of Camden, is reported as mortally wounded. He is one of the first and best men in the State. Our attention has been called to the fact that we mentioned col. Matheny as commanding a regiment, when Col. Cravens name should have appeared. Our list of Colonels in Gen. Cabell’s brigade was furnished by a gentleman who belonged to it. We take the opportunity of making the correction.

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Counterfeiting – A regular business in the North. – Not many days since we saw a New York Herald, in which counterfeit Confederate notes were advertised for sale. Now we have before to us a St. Louis Democrat containing a similar advertisement. This bespeaks a deplorably disgraceful condition of public morals at the North, where so many seem to rejoice in making themselves publicly known as criminals. To protect our brave people, prompt and stringent measures should be adopted for the punishment of all persons dealing in counterfeit money – not exempting the prisoners of the enemy.

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Office Chief Commissary
Trans – Miss. Department
Little Rock, October 20, 1862

It has been found that the price put upon the articles of Salt, by the tariff of the 1st inst., is insufficient to remunerate the persons engaged in its manufacture, and that the expenses incident thereto will be largely increased during the rainy season: The Major General Commanding has thought proper to raise the price to TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS, per bushel. Any violations of this order will be strictly visited.

By command of Maj. Gen. Holmes
John C. Palmer, Maj and Chief Commissary.
October 25, 1862
 

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Wanted at the Hospital
6 GOOD MILCH COWS, for which a liberal price will be paid.
C.M. Taylor, Post Surgeon
Little Rock, October 18, 1862
 

General Hindman, with headquarters at Fort Smith, moved in the direction of Fayetteville with an army of about 20,000 men.  These men, many of them raw recruits, he had trained the best he could on Mazzard prairie, near Fort Smith; and with them, he now proposed to drive the Union army out of northwest Arkansas.

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Office Chief Commissary
Trans-Mississippi Department
Little Rock, October 4, 1862

Salt will hereafter be sold to citizens, from the government works, in charge of Maj. C.P. King, C.S. at the price of two dollars and fifty cents per bushel, of 50 lbs. Persons paying for the same in subsistence stores will have the preference.

The following tariff of prices is adopted for the government of officers and agents for this department and will govern in the sale of Salt, for subsistence:

Corn, per bushel, $1.00
Corn Meal, per bushel, $1.25
Pork, per lb, net $10
Bacon, per lb .25
Wheat per bushel, $1.50
Rye, per bushel, $1.25
Flour, per lb $8
Lard, per lb .25
Dried Peaches, bushel $2.00
Dried Apples $1.50
Sweet Potatoes $1.00
Peas $1.50
Persons desiring to exchange any of the above articles for salt, can deliver the same at Little Rock or Arkadelphia, and obtain certificates which will entitle them to salt.

By order of Maj. Gen’l Holmes
John C. Palmer, Maj and Chief Commissary
October 11, 1862
 

The General Assembly met in regular session and organized by electing the following officers: Thomas Fletcher, of Arkansas county, president of the Senate; John D. Kimbell, secretary; S.H. Bayliss, assistant secretary; J.W. Woodward, enrolling secretary; Nathaniel Carson, sergeant at arms.  In the House, John Harrell of Crawford county, was elected speaker; A.M. Woodruff, clerk; A.F. Woodward, assistant clerk; E.B. Blanks, enrolling clerk; Master McConnell, page; E.P. Hatton, doorkeeper. 

As soon as an organization was effected, Governor Rector was received and delivered his farewell message.  Because Colonel Harris Flanagin, the governor-elect, was still with his regiment in the army of General Braxton Bragg, “somewhere east of the Mississippi,” Thomas Fletcher, as president of the Senate, became acting governor.

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The two houses of the legislature met in joint session to elect a successor to Robert W. Johnson, in the Senate of the Confederate Congress.  Johnson, a candidate to succeed himself, was opposed by Augustus H. Garland, who was a member of the House in the Confederate Congress.  Eleven ballots were taken without an election, neither receiving a majority because there were some scattering votes.  The twelfth ballot was not taken until Monday, November 10, when Johnson was elected, receiving 46 votes to 42 for Garland.

November 15, 1862

Colonel Harris Flanagin, governor-elect, arrived at Little Rock, and was inaugurated governor of the state.

November 22, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

Gen. Villepigue, died of Pneumonia, at Port Hudson, on the 8th inst.

The store-room of the Beebe house, now occupied by the families of Gen. Hindman and Major Palmer, took fire, probably owing to the carelessness of the servants, on Friday night last, the 14th inst. The room was destroyed, but the exertions of the citizens and firemen saved a considerable quantity of Bacon, Flour, Coffee, and other articles therein deposited.

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Camp Rodgers, Miss. November 7th, 1862.
I hereby detail Captain W.S. Haven and Sergeant Stuckey, to go to the State of Arkansas to procure winter clothing and such other articles of bedding as can be had, having lost nearly all of our bedding and clothing on the retreat from Corinth – we are left nearly destitute of comfortable clothing for the winter. I hope our friends at home will send us articles as they can conveniently spare. Clothing from Hempstead county can be deposited at Washington for transportation. From Hot Spring at Rockport. From Perry and Pulaski at the store of Jacob Hawkins, in Little Rock by the 30th November.

James H. Fletcher, Lt. Col.
Comd’g 20th Ark. Reg’t. of Infantry, Holly Springs.

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Wood! Wood!
I wish to purchase 100 cords of Wood, for which the highest market price will be paid. Apply at the Theatre building on Main Street
Chas. N. Roberts, Capt. and Post Commissary
 

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Hay! Hay!
I wish to purchase 100 tons of hay, for which the highest market price will be paid. Apply at the old Theatre building on Main Street.
Chas N. Roberts, Capt. and Post Commissary
November 15, 1862
True Democrat copy.
 

Colonel Sanford C. Faulkner, keeper of military stores at the Arsenal, in Little Rock, issued an appeal “to the ladies throughout the state,” in which he urged them to collect and send to him “all of their woolen scraps and pieces of cloth to make cartridges for cannon.  This is a necessity.  Let our patriotic women everywhere respond.  Every piece of woolen cloth, if not larger than the hand, will aid.  Nothing but woolen goods will do.”

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Wood for the Poor! Wood for the Poor!!
The undersigned wishes to buy from one to two hundred cords of wood for the poor, to be delivered, during the winter, as he may direct. Any one having wood to sell, would do good by supplying a part of this contract. Persons destitute of wood and unable to pay for it, must make application for relief, so that their wants may be supplied as far as possible.

Thos. R. Welch

December 1, 1862

The Fourteenth General Assembly completed its regular session, and adjourned sine die, after a session of 29 days. Among the bills passed were the following: An act for the relief of families of soldiers; for the suspension of state taxes until the close of the war; to prevent aid and comfort from being given the enemy, making the joining of a secret society to aid the enemy a felony; to change the law of dower so as to give the widow a child’s part of the estate; to extend the acts to prohibit the planting of cotton or the distilling of grain; to require the state treasurer to issue warrants of the denominations of 25 and 50 cents.

December 6, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

Early in the week, a statement went the rounds that General Hill’s Division of Lee’s Army, had cut off the wagon train of Hooker, of the Federal Army, capturing about a million dollars worth of property.  Whether true or not, we cannot say, as papers received have no confirmation of it. 

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The dispatches, which we publish to-day from the Appeal of the 25^th, contain the latest information which we have from the armies beyond the Mississippi.

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The True Democrat of Wednesday stated that the Federal army 20,000 to 40,000 strong, was advancing on Fort Smith.  We have heard rumors of a skirmish at or near Cane Hill, in Washington county, on Friday last, but have seen nor heard of any confirmation of them.

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Two gentlemen down from Van Buren county, on Thursday stated that about 1500 Federals came to Yellville last week, and burned that place. Captain Shaw, Provost Marshal of Searcy county, made a reconnaissance with his company, and discovering 2002 men belonging to the part, charged upon them, killing and wounding seventy-five.  Capt. Shaw was severely wounded in the encounter.

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Notice

All persons belonging to Company H., 18^th Regiment Arkansas Volunteers, that are absent, on parole or otherwise, are hereby notified to report themselves without delay to their company, at Port Hudson, la., or they will be treated as deserters.

 William N. Parish, Capt.

Co. H., 18^th Reg’t. Ark. Vols.

December 6, 1862

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Claiborne F. Jackson, governor of Missouri, a refugee from his own state, whence he had been forced to flee because of his efforts to bring Missouri into the Confederacy, died near Little Rock.

The Confederate army under General Hindman, met at Prairie Grove, 10 miles south of Fayetteville, the Union army of Generals Herron and Blunt.  Hindman’s army consisted of two corps, as follows: 

First Corps

Maj. Gen. T.C. Hindman, commanding. 

First Division, Brigadier General John S. Roane; First Brigade, Brigadier General Douglas H. Cooper – Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chickasaws, under Colonels Stand Watie, D.N. McIntosh, Chilly McIntosh; other Indian commands; Texas cavalry under De Morse, Lane and Randolph; Howell’s Texas battery.  Second brigade (dismounted cavalry) under Bass, Stevens, Guess and Alexander; Etter’s Arkansas battery. 

Second Division, Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup; First Brigade, Brigadier General James F. Fagan – Colonel A.T. Hawthorne’s Arkansas regiment; Twenty-second Arkansas Colonel J.P. King; Twenty-ninth Arkansas, Colonel J.C. Pleasants; Thirty-fourth Arkansas, Colonel W.H. Brooks; Captain W.D. Blocher’s Arkansas battery.  Second Brigade, Colonel Dandridge McRae – Twenty-eight Arkansas, Colonel D. McRae; Twenty-sixth Arkansas, Colonel A.S. Morgan; Thirtieth  Arkansas, Colonel A.J. McNeill; Thirty-second Arkansas, Colonel  C.H. Matlock; West’s and Woodruff’s Arkansas batteries.  Unattached, Cheek’s battalion sharpshooters; Venable’s Arkansas cavalry. 

Third Division, Brigadier General M.M. Parsons: First Brigade, Colonel Alex A. Steen (killed at Prairie Grove) – Missouri regiments of Colonels Caldwell, Hunter, White and Steen; Tilden’s Missouri battery.  Second Brigade, Colonel R.G. Shaver – Colonel C.W. Adams’ Arkansas regiment; Twenty-seventh Arkansas, Colonel James R. Shaler; Thirty-third Arkansas, Colonel H.L. Grinstead; Thirty-eighth Arkansas, Colonel R.G. Shaver; Roberts’ Missouri batter.  Unattached, Roberts’ Missouri Cavalry. 

Fourth Division, Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke; First Brigade, Arkansas cavalry of Colonel C.A. Carroll (succeeded by Colonel J.C. Monroe); Monroe’s cavalry; Shoup’s Arkansas battery.  Second Brigade, Colonel Joseph O. Shelby – Missouri cavalry of Colonels Coffee, Jeans and Shelby; Bledsoe’s Missouri battery. 

Second Corps 

First Division, Brigadier General Henry E. McCulloch; First Brigade, Colonel Overton Young – Texas regiments of Colonels Roberts, Clark, Spaight and Randal; Gould’s Texas battalion.  Third Brigade, Colonel George Flournoy, Allen, Waterhouse and Fitshugh’ Daniel’s Texas battery.   

Second Division, Brigadier General T.J. Churchill; First Brigade, Colonel R.K. Garland – Texas regiments of Colonels Garland, Wilkes, and Gillespie; Denson’s Louisiana Cavalry; Hart’s Arkansas battery, Second Brigade, Colonel James Deshler – Texas regiments of Colonels Mills, Sweet and Darnell; Haldeman’s Texas battery.  Third Brigade, Colonel J.W. Dunnington – Nineteenth Arkansas, Colonel C.L. Dawson; Twenty-fourth Arkansas, Colonel E.E. Portlock; Crawford’s Arkansas battalion; Nutt’s Louisiana cavalry and Marine battery.  Fourth Brigade, Brigadier General J.M. Hawes – Texas regiments of Colonels W.H. Parsons, Burford and Carter; Chrisman’s Arkansas battalion.  Fifth Brigade, Colonel M.J. White – Missouri cavalry of Colonels Colton, Greene and J.O. Burbridge. 

General Herron took position near Prairie Grove church, 10 miles southwest of Fayetteville, where he was attacked by General Hindman.  General James F. Fagan’s brigade repelled several charges by the Union forces, who attempted to turn the Confederate right wing.  The battle began a little before noon and was fought furiously until about an hour before sunset, when Herron was reinforced by Blunt, which brought the Federal strength up to 16,000 men.  Charles W. Walker, describing the battle, wrote: “During the night of the 7^th, both armies were retreating.  The Federals began moving their trains to Fayetteville early in the night.  The Confederates began their retreat about midnight.  The victory of the Confederates, though complete was fruitless, barren of any good results to the South.”  General Hindman said in his report: “Our loss in killed was 164, wounded 817, missing 336; Federal loss, 400 dead on the field, 1,500 wounded, number of prisoners in our hands 275, including 9 officers.”  The Confederates also captured 500 stand of small arms, 23 wagons laden with supplies and five flags.  Hindman explained his retreat by saying that his “supply of ammunition was reduced far below what would be necessary for another day’s fighting and because my battery animals were literally dying of starvation.

War News

Every body look at this and take notice, that I will be in the different Townships of Hempstead county, on the following days for the purpose of collecting the State, County and Military taxes for the year 1861 and for the State and County taxes for the year 1862.  Also to assess all property liable to taxation for the year 1863, viz: 

At Fulton, Bois d’Arc township, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 7^th and 8^th of January 1863. 

At Spring Hill, Spring Hill township on Friday and Saturday, the 9^th and 10^th. 

At the old Trammell Place, Carcuse township, on Monday and Tuesday, the 12^th and 13^th. 

At Moscow, Missouri township, on Thursday and Friday, the 15^th and 16^th. 

At Cottingham’s, Red Land township, on Monday and Tuesday, the 19^th and 

At Nashville, Mine Creek township, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 22d, 23d and 24^th. 

At Columbia, Saline township, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 29^th, 30^th, and 31^st. 

At which times and places all taxpayers are urgently requested to come forward and pay their taxes. I cannot favor any.  And persons not wishing their property sold must come forward and pay. 

Thoms H. Simms

Assessor and Collector

December 10, 1862

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A gentleman, who has lately been at Helena, informs us that there are now at that point about 5000 Federals, all of whom are tired of the war, and would be highly pleased to go home.

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The Vicksburg Whig of the 3d states that Grant’s Federal cavalry had come down within three miles of Grenada, and had torn up the railroad, destroying communication between that place and Vicksburg, but had retired, and that the road was again in complete repair.
 

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The troops from Helena, some ten or twelve thousand strong, under Gen. Hovey, which some two weeks ago made a raid into Mississippi by Friar’s Point, have again returned to Helena.

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The Salt-works in the vicinity of Vermillion Bay, La., have been abandoned.

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The U.S. Government Military Tent Manufactory in Cincinnati, turned out in the five days ending the 22d November, ult., an aggregate of 1,062 bell tents, 684 wall tents and flies, 350 common tents, and 61 hospital tents.

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Major John Pope is to succeed Gen. Curtis in the command of the Department of the West headquarters at St. Louis.

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An effort is now being made in this city, by the charitable ladies, to procure a sufficient sum by subscription, to furnish the poor with salt.

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Conscript Exemption Blanks
The undersigned, having been furnished with the necessary FORMS and INSTRUCTIONS is now prepared to furnish all persons of the following named trades and business, with PRINTED BLANKS, of the required oath, to-wit: Physicians, Tanners, Blacksmiths, Wagon-Makers, Millers, and their Overseers, Shoemakers, Millwrights, Stockraisers, &c. &c.

Upon the reception of ($5) five dollars in Confederate, or any good State money, with a statement of the business or profession of the person to apply the necessary blank form and instructions will be forwarded.

Address,
W. Woolford (Box 129)
Little Rock, Ark.

Will also furnish persons in Texas and Louisiana on proper application and statement of the business engaged in.

N.B. – This law does not apply to persons who were enlisted prior to the 11th October, 1862. Office, for the present, in True Democrat buildings.
Little Rock, December 11, 1862

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“Notice to Conscripts.”
The undersigned, Enrolling Officer for the county of Pulaski, hereby notifies all white male residents of said county, between the ages of 18 and 40, not already in the military service of the Confederate States to rendezvous, for enrollment, at the City of Little Rock in said County, on the 27th day of December, A.D. 1862, on or before which day, every such person, claiming to be exempt from conscription, under the act of Congress in that behalf, must prepare and file with me, his affidavit claiming and showing such exemption.

Under the instruction of the War Department, all the laws and regulations applicable to deserters, and to be applied to such conscripts as fail to repair to the place of rendezvous for enrollment, or who shall desert after enrollment.

R.A. Watkins, Jr. Capt.
and Enrolling Officer for Pulaski co., Ark.
Little Rock, December 13, 1862

All male white persons, residents of the county of Pulaski, Arkansas, between the ages of 18 and 40, claiming certificates of disability from military service, under the Conscription Act, are hereby notified, to appear at my office, in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, on or before the 27th day of December 1862, for examination.

Wm. M. Lawrence, Surgeon
P.A. U.S. and Medical Examiner
 

December 20, 1862 - Arkansas Gazette

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Office Chief Artillery, 2d Division
H.Q. Camp on Lewis Creek, Dec. 9, 1862

The following report exhibits a correct list of the killed, wounded, and missing of the Artillery, belonging to this command (in the battle at Prairie Grove, Sunday December 7, 1862,) viz:

Capt. West’s Battery – Killed – 1st Serg’t John B. Whitsitt, Corporal H.T. Boatright; private Peter Gallagher

Wounded – Privates Thomas J. Lane, left arm off; R.J. Irvin, slightly in face; Charles Clifton, slightly in leg and head.

Missing – Private Albert Brooke

Capt. Blockner’s Battery – Killed Privates J. Leach and Coun.

Wounded – Corporal A. Choate, arm off; privates, H.J. Cox, right arm off; M.D. Dunoway, left hip; L.Heilborn, left foot; James Keel, in chest; Tyre, left hand off; Musician, Saul Catterina, wound not known; Private, Martin, by fall of a horse; Alex McCormas, left arm off; S.E. Clary, left arm; Harday Tucker, in the breast.

Missing – Corporal Ogden Bryant; Privates, Patrick Cairn, David Cheatham, Peter Kirkpatrick, James Gibbons, Larry Gallagher, Patrick Grady; Hogan, E. W. Johnson, Sanders, Daniel Wilson.

Capt. Marshall’s Battery – None killed, wounded, or missing.

W.E. Woodruff, jr. Major
and Chief of Artillery, 2d Division

In a note accompanying the Report, Maj. Woodruff says that the official Report of the losses in General Shoup’s Division was 721 killed, wounded, and missing; Fagan’s brigade suffered most. The killed on field only 81, about 400 wounded, remainder missing. Dr. Keller told him that the Hospital subjects numbered about 250 of the wounded – residue being slightly injured. In McRae’s brigade the killed numbered only about 26.

Col. Pleasants had one of his legs broken – was doing well. Col. Polk, of Hawthorn’s regiment was mortally wounded and since dead. Col. Young, of Jackson county, was killed.

Three of Capt. Blocker’s guns were temporarily captured by the enemy, but were soon recaptured by a most gallant charge of Hawthorne’s regiment, who, at the same time, took a stand of colors. We learn, from another source, that in this charge, no less than 157 of the enemy were left dead on the field.

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Obituary – James N. Lewis was killed at the battle of Richmond, Ky, August 30th, 1862 in the twenty-first year of his age. He volunteered in Capt. M.G. Galloway’s company in May 1861. He fought through the battles of Oak Hill and Elk Horn. In the former he received a severe wound, but as soon as he recovered he rejoined the army again. After the battle of Elk Horn, he was removed east of the Mississippi River and then to Ky.
 

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Headquarters Trans-Mississippi Department
Office Com’dt Conscripts
Little Rock, Arks., December 18, 1862

General Order No. 1
All County Enrolling Officers in the District of Arkansas, will be governed solely by the Act of Congress of the Confederate States, approved 11th October 1862, in exempting overseers from military service.

Said act of Congress provided for the exemption of one person as agent, owner, or overseer, on each plantation of twenty negroes, on which there is not white male adult not liable to military service: And furthermore for additional police for every twenty negroes on two or more plantations, within five miles of each other, and each having less than twenty negroes, on which there is no white male adult liable to military duty, one person, being the oldest of the owners or overseers on such plantations.

By command of Maj. Gen. Holmes:
B.F. Danley, Col.
And Com’dt of Conscripts, District of Arkansas
December 19, 1862
True Democrat copy twice.