Missouri Coleman's Cavalry Regiment



HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Missouri Coleman’s Cavalry Regiment was organized as a mounted rifles unit in the late summer of 1864 from some of the men who had returned to Arkansas after surrendering at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, under the command of Colonel W. O. Coleman. During the summer of 1864, the 46th served in eastern Arkansas with Colonel Archibald Dobbins, and participated in the attack on Lamb's Plantation near Helena in August. Subsequently it served in an unattached status with Shelby's Cavalry Division, where they participated in Price's Missouri Raid in September and October of 1864, and at the battle of Mine Creek on October 25, 1864. They returned to service in northeastern Arkansas after the Raid, where they remained until the end of the war, raiding Federal supply lines and operating as guerillas. They surrendered with Brig.. Gen. M. Jeff Thompson near Chalk Bluff on May 11, 1865. OFFICERS:
  • Coleman, W.O., Rank In Colonel. Rank out Colonel.
  • Skily, William, Rank In Major. Rank out Major
  • Archer, James M., Rank In Captain/Adjutant. Rank out Captain/Adjutant.
  • Kelly, Socrates H., Rank In Captain. Rank out Captain/Commissary of Subsistence.
    • ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Unattached status with Shelby's Cavalry Division
    • BATTLES:
  • Price's Missouri Raid, Arkansas-Missouri-Kansas, September–October 1864
  • Battle of Fort Davidson (September 27, 1864)
  • Fourth Battle of Boonville (October 11)
  • Battle of Glasgow, Missouri (October 15)
  • Battle of Sedalia (October 15)
  • Second Battle of Lexington (October 19)
  • Battle of Little Blue River (October 21)
  • Second Battle of Independence (October 21–22)
  • Battle of Byran's Ford (October 22–23)
  • Battle of Westport (October 23)
  • Battle of Marais des Cygnes, Linn County, Kansas, (October 25)
  • Battle of Mine Creek (October 25)
  • Battle of Marmiton River (October 25)
  • Second Battle of Newtonia (October 28)
    • ROSTERS:
    The roster of this unit contains the names of 350 men.

  • Company A - Captains Stephen H. Darden, R.L. Wells
  • Company B - Captain William Coats
  • Company C - Captain William Wilson
  • Company D - Captain William Nicks
  • Company E - Captain William Walker
  • Company F - Captain W. J. Cooper
  • Company G - Captain Franklin Smith
  • Company H - 1st Lt. A. Shelton
  • Company K - Captain James G. Hardin
    • BIBLIOGRAPHY:
    REFERENCES:

    REF: Crute, Joseph H., Units of the Confederate States Army