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10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, CSA

Witt's Arkansas Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Allen R. Witt, was composed primarily of men who had served with the 10th Arkansas Infantry, who having 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 appears to have been attached to Fagan's forces. 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 3rd Arkansas (United States) Cavalry met and destroyed Witt's command at the Lewisburg engagement.

Dates		Activity
22 Jan 1864		Skirmished at Clear Creek and Tomahawk, Arkansas
23 Jan 1864		Skirmish at Rolling Prairie, Arkansas
23 Jan 1864		Skirmish at Sycamore, Arkansas
23 Jan 1864		Skirmish near Burrowsville, Arkansas
5 Feb 1864		Skirmish at Crooked Creek, Arkansas
13 Jul 1864	16 Jul 1864	Skirmish at Bayou Des Arc, Arkansas
17 Jul 1864		Skirmish at Gum Swamp, Arkansas
17 Jul 1864		Skirmish at Austin, Arkansas
06 Aug 1864	16 Aug 1864	Operations against the Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River, Arkansas
28 Aug 1864	2 Dec 1864	Price's Missouri Expedition
02 Sep 1864		Skirmish near Quitman, Arkansas (detachment)
26 Sep 1864		Skirmish at Ironton, Missouri
27 Sep 1864		Skirmishes at Arcadia and Ironton, Missouri
25 Oct 1864		Engagement at Mine Creek, Little Osage River, Marias des Cygnes, Kansas
12 Feb 1865		Skirmish near Lewisburg, Arkansas

Partial Roster

Jesse Columbus Edgmon (1847-1864) Private. Son of Braxton Edgmon and Mary Ann Casey. Enlisted in Clark's Missouri Volunteers, after Clark's capture the regiment was reorganized into the 10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment and finally the 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. He was capture about 4 November 1863 and died in the federal prison at St. Louis, Missouri on 12 Dec 1864.