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John C. Harper

Residence was not listed; 36 years old.

Enlisted on 6/3/1864 at Little Rock, AR as a Corporal.

On 6/3/1864 he mustered into "H" Co. AR 4th Cavalry
He was discharged (date not stated)

Other Information:
born in Hardeman County, TN

(Applied for a pension in 1884)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Index to Compiled Military Service Records
- 4th Arkansas Union Cavalry - Arkansas Research

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Fourth Arkansas Cavalry (Union)

From A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
Regimental Histories
By Frederick H. Dyer

Organized at Little Rock December, 1863. Attached to Post of
Little Rock, Arkansas, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to
May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of
Arkansas to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division,
7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Unassigned, 7th Army Corps,
to March, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, Little Rock, Arkansas, 7th
Corps, to June 1865.

Service

Duty at Little Rock, Arkansas, till June, 1865. Skirthish at
Saline River, Arkansas, February 15, 1864. Cedar Glade March
1. Scout to Benton March 27-31. Mt. Elba March 30. Jenkins'
Ferry, Camden, April 15. Dardanelle May 15-17. Operations in
Arkansas against guerrillas July 1-31. Near Benton July 6.
Montgomery County July 11. Caddo Gap July 12. Fair's Mills and
Bayou des Arc July 14. Saline River July 16. Scout to Benton
September 6-7. Reconnaissance toward Monticello and Mt. Elba
October 4-11. Reconnaissance to Princeton October 19-23.
Skirmish, Hurricane Creek, October 23. Scout from DeVall's
Bluff to Searcy and Clinton November 9-15. Expedition from
Little Rock to Fort Smith September 25-October 13. Skirmishes
at Clarksville September 28 and October 9. White Oak Creek
September 29. Scout from Little Rock to the Saline River April
26-29. Scout from Little Rock to Bayou Metoe and Little Bayou
May 6-11. Mustered out June 30, 1865.

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Fourth Arkansas Union Cavalry

Historical Memoranda

From Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Arkansas
by Albert W. Bishop, Adjutant General of Arkansas, 1867

The raising of the 4th regiment Arkansas cavalry volunteers
was begun in November, 1863, and completed on the muster in of
Lafayette Gregg as colonel, December 29, 1864. Meantime
companies of the regiment, as rapidly as organized, were
placed on active duty and experienced the usual vicissitues of
the service.

The following communication, received shortly before the
muster out of the regiment (June 30, 1865,) gives an account
of its organization and services:

To: A. W. Bishop, Adjutant General, State of Arkansas

Headquarters Fourth Regiment Arkansas Cavalry
Little Rock, Arkansas June 8, 1865

SIR: In reply to your communication of today requesting a
history of this regiment I have the honor to state: The
organization of the regiment was commenced under the direction
of William M. Fishback in the month of November, 1863. The
first battalion was mustered in for one year or during the
war, but the muster was declared invalid by the Adjutant
General of the army, and in the month of December that
battalion was disabled, and the regiment commenced
reorganizing as a three years' organization. The regiment
filled up quite rapidly until the disastrous expedition of
General Steele in the month of March, 1864, which discouraged
enlistments, and the organization of the regiment was not
completed till December 29, 1864.

The following is a statement of the completion of the
organization of each company: 'A' Company was organized by
Captain Joel Brown on the 12th day of December, 1863, at
Little Rock, Arkansas; 'B' Company by Captain James R.
Lafferry on the 9th day of January, 1864, at Little Rock,
Arkansas; 'C' Company by Captain Henry Wood on the 28th day of
January, 1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas; 'D' Company by
Captain George H. Hand, on the 5th day of March, 1864, at
Little Rock, Arkansas; 'E' Company by Captain George W. Smith,
on the 29th day of March, 1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas; 'F'
Company by Captain William H. Warner, on the 7th day of April,
1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas; 'G' Company by Captain William
J. Green, on the 29th day of April, 1864, at Little Rock,
Arkansas; 'H' Company by Captain John F. Sanders, on the 7th
day of May, 1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas; 'I' Company by
Captain Emory E. Knowlton, on the 16th day of October, 1864,
at Little Rock, Arkansas; 'K' Company by Captain Joseph
Bennett, on the 18th day of June, 1864, at Little Rock,
Arkansas; 'L' Company by Captain James S. Clark, on the 15th
day of July, 1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas; 'M' Company by
Captain Frederick F. Burlock, on the 31st day of December,
1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas.

Although the regiment as such, has never been in any general
engagements, detachments of it have been in several skirmishes
and fights. A portion of company G was in a fight at Mount
Elba, Arkansas, on the 30th day of March, 1864. Companies A,
B, C, E and K were in a fight at Dardanelle, Arkansas, when
that place was attacked by the rebel General Shelby's command
on the 16th day of May, 1864. The regiment also had a severe
skirmish with the enemy on Saline River, Arkansas, on the 16th
day of July, 1864, in which the brave Captain Hugh Quin was
killed.

Portions of the regiment have also been in several other
skirmishes at different times, and a large number of
bushwhackers have at various times been captured by it.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant.

HORACE L. MOORE
Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Regiment

The regiment was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, on the
30th day of June, 1865.

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