Witt's Arkansas Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Allen R. Witt, was composed primarily of men who had served with the Tenth Arkansas Infantry, been captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, and after being exchanged, returned to Arkansas.
On numerous occasions, the unit served behind Federal lines. A Federal report indicated that it often employed female sympathizers to spy on Federal installations and troop movements, reporting the information obtained back to the command. One of these spies was reported to be operating in Little Rock in mid-November, 1864.
The unit served unattached throughout its career, with the exception of Price's Missouri Expedition in late 1864. During this time it was attached to Dobbins' Brigade in Fagan's division.
Unlike most of the units which accompanied Price after the Missouri expedition, Witt's Cavalry did not retreat all the way to northeastern Texas. The command remained, instead, in Arkansas, probably in order to continue its spying operations. The Third Arkansas (United States) Cavalry met and destroyed Witt's command at the Lewisburg engagement (near present-day Morrilton, in Conway county).
First Name | Last Name | Company | Rank_In | Rank_Out |
W.J. | Abbott | C | ||
Henry | Adams | Private | Private | |
J.H. | Adams | G | Private | Private |
Nathan | Adams | Private | Private | |
A.G. | Addison | I | Private | Private |
James | Allen | G | ||
Lewis | Allen | G | ||
Thomas | Allen | G | ||
William | Allen | E | Private | Private |
James | Allred | E | Private | Private |
E.A. | Alsup | D | Private | Private |
Duncan A. | Anderson | Private | Private | |
John F. | Armstrong | F | Private | Private |
Enoch B. | Atkinson | Private | Private | |
J.M. | Ayaelott | Private | Private | |
J.M. | Ayddoff | Private | Private | |
J.C. | Baker | A | Private | Private |
J.N. | Baker | K | Private | Private |
James | Bannes | C | Private | Private |
D.D. | Barnes | G | ||
W.P. | Bennett | A | Private | Private |
W.S. | Bettis | E | Private | Private |
J.S. | Bishop | G | ||
A.J. | Bittle | G | ||
James | Bittle | G | ||
William | Bohanon | G | ||
Isaac D. | Booe | Private | Private | |
J.D. | Booe | Private | Private | |
Berry R. | Bostic | F | Private | Private |
T.J. | Bostic | Private | Private | |
Thomas J. | Bostick | Private | Private | |
John M. | Bowen | Private | Private | |
James M. | Boyett | Private | Private | |
James M. | Boyett | Private | Private | |
John | Bradley | G | Captain | Captain |
John P. | Brannon | F | Private | Private |
G.J. | Brewer | G | ||
L.H. | Brewer | G | ||
Green | Brickey | C | Private | Private |
Green | Brickley | C | Private | Private |
P.H. | Britton | A | Private | Private |
Calvin | Brown | Private | Private | |
E.R. | Brown | A | Private | Private |
Elisha P. | Brown | H | Private | Private |
George C. | Brown | Private | Private | |
Granville A. | Brown | Private | Private | |
John | Buller | F | Private | Private |
John | Bullock | G | ||
E.W. | Burnes | G | ||
Peter | Buttes | G | ||
D.B. | Buttler | G | ||
A.J. | Bynum | A | Private | Private |
B.F. | Cargill | A | Private | Private |
J.F. | Cargill | A | Private | Private |
John | Cargill | A | Private | Private |
H. | Cargle | C | Private | Private |
William | Carr | A | Private | Private |
G.A. | Carsey | G | ||
L.F. | Cavender | Private | Private | |
James M. | Caviness | F | Private | Private |
C. | Chasteen | G | ||
C.F. | Chasteen | G | ||
W.C. | Chasteen | A | Private | Private |
Charles R. | Clement | F | Private | Private |
William D. | Clement | F | Private | Private |
W.A. | Clifton | K | Private | Private |
John T. | Colvin | F | First Sergeant | First Sergeant |
Thomas | Cone | E | Private | Private |
B.B. | Conway | E | Private | Private |
James | Cook | G | ||
I.T. | Craig | C | Private | Private |
James | Crane | E | Private | Private |
William A. | Crawford | Colonel | Colonel | |
J.C. | Crockett | A | Private | Private |
W.W. | Daugherty | G | ||
John | Davenport | Private | Private | |
B.F. | Davis | G | ||
I.N. | Davis | A | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
John | Davis | G | ||
Robert H. | Davis | C | Private | Private |
S.C. | Davis | C | Private | Private |
William | Davis | G | ||
Benjamin F. | Depriest | F | Private | Private |
R. | Diel | A | First Lieutenant | First Lieutenant |
Isaac | Dillin | G | ||
James | Dotson | Private | Private | |
James K. | Douglass | Private | Private | |
Joseph M. | Dunham | I | Private | Private |
E.V. | Dunn | A | Sergeant | Sergeant |
J.A. | Eubanks | F | Private | Private |
John S. | Evans | F | Private | Private |
B.W. | Evins | A | Private | Private |
J.H. | Farish | I | Private | Private |
James W. | Faulk | H | Private | Private |
John W. | Faulk | H | Private | Private |
J.B. | Flaegin | D | Private | Private |
B.J. | Flanigan | I | Private | Private |
Alexander | Floyd | E | Private | Private |
T.E. | Foney | Private | Private | |
W.J. | Foster | C | Private | Private |
William J. | Foster | C | Private | Private |
Thomas W. | Fulkerson | A | Private | Private |
W. Thomas | Fulkerson | A | Private | Private |
William T. | Fulkerson | A | Private | Private |
George | Fulks | G | ||
William J. | Furlough | Sergeant | Sergeant | |
J.M. | Gann | K | Private | Private |
H.J. | Garland | G | Private | Private |
W.M. | Garner | Sergeant Major | Sergeant Major | |
W.S. | Gary | A | Private | Private |
James | Gereen | G | ||
William | Gipson | C | Private | Private |
S.H. | Glenn | G | ||
William L. | Goff | Private | Private | |
D.W. | Goodman | E | Private | Private |
John | Gowen | G | ||
J.F. | Graddy | A | Private | Private |
W.G. | Graddy | A | Private | Private |
Greenville G. | Grandy | Private | Private | |
John C. | Green | K | Private | Private |
James | Grimes | G | ||
Johnson | Guess | F | Private | Private |
T.J. | Guggis | C | Sergeant | Sergeant |
A.J. | Guin | C | Private | Private |
Jesse | Hackney | D | Quartermaster Sergeant | Quartermaster Sergeant |
J.V. | Hamilton | C | Sergeant | Sergeant |
T.N. | Hardester | C | Private | Private |
G.W. | Hardin | Private | Private | |
J.J. | Hargis | C | Private | Private |
D.L. | Harkrider | K | Private | Private |
H. | Harkrider | K | Private | Private |
J.B. | Harkrider | K | Captain | Captain |
B.G. | Harman | D | Private | Private |
J.W. | Harman | D | Captain | Captain |
J.W. | Harmon | D | Captain | Captain |
L.B. | Harmon | D | Private | Private |
William R. | Harper | D | Private | Private |
B.A. | Harris | E | Private | Private |
George W. | Harris | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | |
John C. | Harris | Private | Private | |
N.O. | Harris | E | Private | Private |
Nathan D. | Harris | Private | Private | |
Robert W. | Harrison | Private | Private | |
Sam R. | Harrison | C | Private | Private |
John | Harrod | F | Captain | Captain |
E. | Hartwick | G | ||
John | Hartwick | G | ||
Jessey | Henson | H | Private | Private |
A.B. | Hess | G | ||
William | Hicks | L | Captain | Captain |
Thomas P. | Hill | G | ||
Steven | Hodges | F | Private | Private |
Benjamin | Holmes, Jr. | C | Private | Private |
Benjamin | Holmes, Sr. | C | First Sergeant | First Sergeant |
D.L. | Holsamack | D | First Sergeant | First Sergeant |
W.R. | Holsamback | D | Private | Private |
L.S. | Horton | C | Private | Private |
G.M. | Hunscker | C | Private | Private |
M.M. | Hunsucker | C | Private | Private |
P.M. | Hunsucker | C | Private | Private |
W.C. | Johnson | A | Private | Private |
J.F. | Joley | A | Private | Private |
Harvey C. | Jolly | C | Private | Private |
J.M. | Jolly | A | Private | Private |
Joseph M. | Jolly | A | Private | Private |
A.M. | Joya | C | Private | Private |
James P. | Keatly | F | Sergeant | Sergeant |
James B. | Keener | F | Private | Private |
S.N. | Kelsey | I | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
Jessoe | Kenson | H | ||
D.L. | Kilgore | Lieutenant Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | |
E.C.W. | Kirk | First Lieutenant | First Lieutenant | |
Peter H. | Kirkendall | A | Private | Private |
P.H. | Kirkendalls | A | Private | Private |
P.H. | Kirkindall | A | Private | Private |
A.P. | Lancaster | Private | Private | |
R.B. | Langford | C | Private | Private |
C.L. | Leonard | C | Private | Private |
James | Leonard | C | Private | Private |
William | Leonard | C | Private | Private |
Andrew | Link | G | ||
Stephen | Link | G | ||
A.A. | Livingston | A | Captain | Captain |
Andrew A. | Livingston | A | Captain | Captain |
Nathan | Lowder | C | Private | Private |
W. | Maby | G | ||
David | Maddox | G | ||
G.T. | Maddox | C | Private | Private |
T.V. | Maddox | C | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
Talton | Maddox | G | ||
W.A. | Maderris | E | Private | Private |
Samuel | Magnus | Private | Private | |
D.S. | Martin | G | ||
J.J. | Martin | Private | Private | |
J.T. | Martin | Private | Private | |
J.W. | Martin | G | ||
James D. | Martin | A | Private | Private |
W.R.C. | Martin | A | Private | Private |
William | Martin | G | ||
Charles | Martindale | Private | Private | |
William | Martindale | Private | Private | |
J.F. | McAlister | C | Private | Private |
J.H. | McAlister | A | Private | Private |
William | McBryde | Sergeant | Sergeant | |
J.W. | McCarley | E | Private | Private |
O. | McCluer | A | Private | Private |
J.M. | McClure | D | First Lieutenant | First Lieutenant |
T.H.B. | McClure | D | Private | Private |
H.D. | McCullen | E | Private | Private |
M.C. | McDanel | D | Private | Private |
W.A. | McMurry | A | First Lieutenant | First Lieutenant |
J.R. | Messer | A | Private | Private |
Elexander F. | Middleton | F | Private | Private |
J.G. | Millam | F | First Lieutenant | First Lieutenant |
John B. | Miller | C | Private | Private |
J.K. | Montgomy | G | ||
D.H. | Moody | G | ||
W.F. | Moody | G | ||
J.H. | Moore | C | Private | Private |
Luke P. | Moore | F | Private | Private |
Wiseman J. | Moore | F | Private | Private |
T.J. | Morrison | C | Captain | Captain |
R.W. | Nelson | E | Private | Private |
Jahugh | Night | G | ||
J.L. | Norman | C | Private | Private |
C. | Oneal | G | ||
B.F. | Palmer | C | Private | Private |
L.H. | Palmster | Private | Private | |
A.S. | Patty | A | Third Lieutenant | Third Lieutenant |
R.S. | Patty | A | Private | Private |
Robert | Peel | C | First Lieutenant | First Lieutenant |
Leonidas | Permenter | D | Private | Private |
Thomas J. | Pernell | Private | Private | |
William J. | Perry | Private | Private | |
John | Pierson | I F | Private | Private |
John | Pinson | I F | Private | Private |
J.K.P. | Pipkin | Sergeant | Sergeant | |
J.R.P. | Pipkins | Sergeant | Sergeant | |
James | Plant | C | Private | Private |
C. C. | Poe | C | Private | Private |
H. | Poff | G | ||
John | Potter | G | ||
Sural | Potter | G | ||
T. C. | Potter | G | ||
P. O. | Powell | C | Third Lieutenant | Third Lieutenant |
William G. | Powell | I | Private | Private |
William S. | Powell | I | Private | Private |
E. | Prewett | C | Private | Private |
L. W. | Price | C | Private | Private |
J. K. | Prior | C | Private | Private |
Phillip H. | Pruet | F | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
Phillip W. | Pruett | F | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
David M. | Pugh | A | Private | Private |
J. M. | Rackly | G | ||
James | Read | G | ||
Daniel | Recker | G | ||
Thomas | Reeves | Private | Private | |
James R. | Rice | Private | Private | |
Madison L. | Rice | Private | Private | |
B.J. | Robberson | A | Private | Private |
L.H. | Robberson | A | Private | Private |
R.D. | Roberds | D | Private | Private |
J.S. | Roberts | I | Private | Private |
B.F. | Rodgers | G | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
C.C. | Rodgers | G | ||
C.L. | Rodgers | G | ||
J.T. | Rodgers | G | ||
R.R. | Rodgers | G | ||
T.J. | Rodgers | G | ||
S.L. | Rogers | C | Private | Private |
J.P. Sen | Rollow | A | Private | Private |
John | Ross | A | Private | Private |
L.F. | Ross | G | ||
Thomas J. | Ross | F | Private | Private |
B.F. | Royers | G | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
David | Sanders | C | Private | Private |
J.C. | Sanders | C | Private | Private |
H.E. | Satterwhite | C | Private | Private |
M. | Schorlett | A | Private | Private |
R.J. | Scroggins | C | Private | Private |
John | Sewell | C | Private | Private |
C.C. | Shipley | A | Private | Private |
R.F. | Shipp | C | Private | Private |
L.G. | Shrink | D | Private | Private |
Robert E. | Slack | A | Private | Private |
William N. | Slack | E,H | Private | Private |
W.N. | Sluck | E,H | Private | |
Blake | Smith | C | Private | Private |
James P. | Smith | C | Private | Private |
Jasper | Smith | C | Private | Private |
Levi R. | Smith | E | Private | Private |
William C. | Smith | G | ||
David | Smith Sr. | C | Private | Private |
Daniel B. | South | F | Private | Private |
J.C. | Steel | I | Private | Private |
Jessee | Stigall | C | Private | Private |
A.J. | Stobaugh | C | Private | Private |
Joseph | Strickland | C | Private | Private |
Benjamin | Stringfellow | Private | Private | |
W. | Stuart | A | Private | Private |
James J. | Sumner | Private | Private | |
John M. | Sumner | F | Private | Private |
A. | Taylor | C | Private | Private |
B.F. | Thomas | D | Private | Private |
Albert L. | Thompson | B | Private | Private |
J.H. | Thompson | C | Private | Private |
J.W. | Thompson | A | Private | Private |
John H. | Thompson | A | Private | Private |
John M. | Thompson | A | Private | Private |
John N. | Thompson | A | Private | Private |
W.H. | Thompson | I | Private | Private |
William L. | Thrasher | F | Private | Private |
C. | Thrower | F&S | Lieutenant/Adjutant | Lieutenant/Adjutant |
Joseph M. | Trammell | Private | Private | |
N. | Trammell | Private | Private | |
H. | Treat | Private | ||
William C. | Trezton | Private | ||
W.J. | Tucker | C | Private | Private |
P.G. | Turney | G | ||
Edward L. | Tutt | F | Private | Private |
George B. | Tyler | A | Private | Private |
George P. | Tyler | A | Private | Private |
George R. | Tyler | A | Private | Private |
G.W. | Venable | A | Private | Private |
J.P. | Venable | I | Private | Private |
J.W. | Waller | C | Private | Private |
R.B. | Weaver | C | Private | Private |
Stephen T. | Webb | Private | Private | |
William | Wilburn | Private | Private | |
J.D. | Willbanks | I | Captain | Captain |
D.R. | Williams | A | Private | Private |
J.M. | Williams | A | Private | Private |
N.S. | Williams | E | Captain | Captain |
W.W. | Williams | G | ||
J.H. | Wilson | C | Private | Private |
J.H. | Wilson | C | Private | Private |
S.C. | Wilson | A | Private | Private |
A.R. | Witt | Colonel | Colonel | |
Charles | Witt | A | Private | Private |
Abraham | Wood | F | Private | Private |
W. Robert | Wood | Private | Private | |
W.C. | Wright | A | Private | Private |
S.C. | Young | C | Private | Private |