THE FIRST CONSOLIDATION CAME AFTER THE RETREAT FROM CORINTH, MISS. WHEN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY WAS REORGANIZED AT TUPELO, MISS. IN JULY OF 1862. AUSTON’S BATTERY (ARKANSAS) WAS DISBANDED AND ABOUT THIRTY MEN, DESCRIBED AS MOSTLY IRISH, WERE TRANSFERRED INTO DARDEN’S BATTERY JUST BEFORE THE KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN. THIS COMPANY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS NEAR THE TOWNS OF PITMAN’S FERRY AND POCAHONTAS IN THE SUMMER OF 1861. IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH TRIGG’S BATTERY WITH WHICH IT FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.

JOHN ADAMS PVT/PVT
ENLISTED BY CAPT. CAMERON 7/28/61 AT POCAHONTAS, ARK. FOR 10 MONTHS AND WAS DISCHARGED 8/20/62.

JOHN ARNOLD PVT/PVT
ENLISTED BY CAPT.CAMERON 7/28/61 AT POCAHONTAS, ARK. FOR 10 MONTHS AND WAS DISCHARGED 8/20/62.
PVT- OLD MAN SENT TO HOSPITAL

DAVID CRAIG PVT/PVT
ENLISTED BY CAPT. CAMERON 7/25/61 AT PITMAN'S FERRY, ARK. INTO AUSTON’S BATTERY. TRANSFERRED TO DARDEN’S BATTERY 7/21/62. PRESENT ON ALL MUSTER ROLLS UNTIL THE SEP ‘63- AUG ’64 MUSTER ROLLS SHOWN ABSENT – ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO DESERT. CAPTURED NEAR ROCK POINT, N.C. FEB. 1 OR 7, 1864 AND SENT TO MILITARY PRISON AT KNOXVILLE, TENN. TRANSFERRED TO FT. DELAWARE VIA MILITARY PRISONS AT CAMP CHASE, OHIO – NASHVILLE, TENN. AND LOUISVILLE, KY. TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND WAS RELEASED 5/10/65. SHOWN AS RESIDENT OF HEMPSTEAD, ARK. DESCRIBED AS SIX FOOT TALL WITH FAIR COMPLEXION, LIGHT HAIR AND GREY EYES.

OWEN DOYLE PVT/PVT
ENLISTED BY CAPT. CAMERON 7/25/61 AT PITMANS FERRY, ARK. INTO AUSTON’S BATTERY AND WAS TRANSFERRED INTO DARDEN’S BATTERY 7/21/62. HE WAS DISCHARGED 8/20/62.

BARNEY McGINNE ( McGUEN ) ( BERNARD McGOWEN ) ARTIFICER/PVT
ENLISTED 7/25/61 BY CAPT.CAMERON AT PITMANS FERRY, ARK. PRESENT ON ALL MUSTER ROLLS FROM JULY’62-AUG.’64. REDUCED TO THE RANKS 12/25/62 BUT SHOWN ON EXTRA DUTY AS BLACKSMITH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ROLLS. WAS SLIGHTLY WOUNDED IN THE FOOT AT MURFREESBORO, TENN.
PVT

WILLIAM MITCHELL PVT/PVT
ENLISTED 7/25/61 AT PITMANS FERRY, ARK. BY CAPT. CAMERON FOR 10 MONTHS. SHOWN ABSENT SENT TO GENERAL HOSPITAL AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN. AS OF 7/28/62 ON MUSTER-IN ROLL AND NEVER REJOINED THE COMPANY. THERE IS A MEDICAL DISCHARGE AT ATLANTA, GA. DATED 1/9/63 FOR A W.B. MITCHELL WHO WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENN. AGE 21 YEARS OLD. THIS W.B. MITCHELL WAS 5’9” TALL, DARK COMPLECTED WITH BLACK EYES AND BLACK HAIR. HE IS SHOWN AS BEING ENLISTED 5/25/61 BY CAPT. JOHN TRIGG AT LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
PVT

DANIEL O’CONNEL (CONNELL) PVT/PVT
ENLISTED 7/25/61 AT PITMANS FERRY, ARK. BY CAPT. CAMERON INTO AUSTON’S BATTERY AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO DARDEN’S BATTERY 7/21/62. PRESENT ON ALL MUSTER ROLLS UNTIL HE DESERTED 11/26/63 ON THE MARCH FROM CHICKAMAUGA TO DALTON, GA. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE FEDERALS AT GRAYSVILLE, GA. ON 11/27/63 AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE MILITARY PRISON AT LOUISVILLE, KY. ARRIVING 12/27/63. TWO DAYS LATER HE WAS SENT TO ROCK ISLAND BARRACKS, ILL. HE ASKED TO TAKE THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND WAS RELEASED 5/20/65. HIS RESIDENCE MAY HAVE BEEN BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
PVT

WILLIAM RABB (ROBB) PVT/PVT
ENLISTED 7/25/61 AT PITMANS FERRY BY CAPT. CAMERON FOR 10 MONTHS INTO AUSTON’S BATTERY. TRANSFERRED TO CAPT. DARDEN'S BATTERY ON 7/21/62. PRESENT ON ALL MUSTER ROLLS UNTIL HE DESERTED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, TENN. WHILE ON THE MARCH FROM LOUNDON, TENN. ON 8/26/63.
PVT

WILLIAM REA (RAY) PVT/PVT
ENLISTED 7/25/61 AT PITMANS FERRY BY CAPT. CAMERON INTO AUSTON’S BATTERY. WAS SICK IN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT COLUMBUS, MISS. SINCE HIS DATE OF TRANSFER TO DARDEN’S BATTERY ON 7/21/62 AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN. PRESUMED DEAD ON LAST MUSTER ROLL DATED DEC. ’63.

MICHAEL RYAN PVT/PVT
ENLISTED 7/25/61 AT PITMANS FERRY BY CAPT. CAMERON FOR 10 MONTHS. DISCHARGED 8/20/62.

PAT SLOAN PVT/PVT
ENLISTED 7/25/61 AT PITMANS FERRY, ARK. BY CAPT. CAMERON INTO AUSTON’S BATTERY. TRANSFERRED INTO DARDEN’S BATTERY ON 7/21/62. PRESENT ON ALL MUSTER ROLLS UNTIL HE SURRENDERED 5/4/65 AT CITRONELLE, ALA. AND WAS PAROLED 5/11/65 AT MERIDIAN, MISS. RESIDENCE SHOWN AS JEFFERSON CO. MISS.
PVT

MARK THOMAS PVT/PVT
ENLISTED 7/25/61 AT PITMANS FERRY, ARK. BY CAPT. CAMERON FOR 10 MONTHS INTO AUSTON’S BATTERY. TRANSFERRED INTO DARDEN’S BATTERY 7/21/62. PRESENT ON ALL MUSTER ROLLS UNTIL HE DESERTED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, TENN. WHILE ON THE MARCH FROM LOUDON, TENN. ON 8/26/63.
PVT- DESERTED

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