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4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment

4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)
Flag of Arkansas.svg
Arkansas state flag
Active 1861 to 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance CSA Dixie
Branch Cavalry

The 4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army Cavalry regiment from the state of Arkansas during the American Civil War. The regiment was designated at various times as Carroll's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, Thompson's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, and Gordon's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry. During the same time it was also known as 1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, 2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, 9th Regiment Arkansas Cavalry and the 11th Regiment Arkansas Cavalry.

The 4th Arkansas Cavalry was mustered into Confederate service at Camp Massard, Arkansas, on July 11, 1862, for three years or the war. The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the following counties:

4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment served in General Cabell's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and took an active part in the Battle of Poison Spring and the Battle of Marks' Mills where twenty-one percent of the 117 engaged were disabled. Later it participated in Price's Missouri Expedition and reported 106 casualties.

During the spring of 1865 the 4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment disbanded.


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