4th (Gordon’s) Arkansas Cavalry Regiment 208 Enlistments

There is often some confusion associated with this regiment because of the multiple designations it was known by at various points in the war. The unit was initially designated the 1st (Carroll’s) Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. Later it was known as the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. It was also called Carroll’s Cavalry Regiment, Thompson’s Cavalry Regiment and Gordon’s Cavalry Regiment. The Compiled service records of the unit are filed under the 4th (Gordon’s) Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, and it is that designation used here and in the roster. "Gordon's" refers to Colonel Anderson Gordon who led the regiment from its redesignation as the 4th Arkansas Cavalry on 15 Dec 1863.
Company D of this regiment was raised in Johnson County. Company C contained 26 Johnson County men, primarily from that portion of the county south of the Arkansas River. A scattering of other Johnson County men served in the regiment, the most numerous of the remainder being ten men in Company K. The initial mustering in of Company D was on 31 May 1862 at Clarksville.

FIELD ASSIGNMENTS

July-November 1863: Cabell's Cavalry Brigade, District of the Indian Territory, Trans-Mississippi Department
November '63-January '64: Cabell's Brigade, Marmaduke's Cavalry Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department
March-April 1864: Cabell's Brigade, Fagan's Cavalry Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department
May-August 1864: Cabell's Brigade, Fagan's Cavalry Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department

Battles\Engagements\Actions\Skirmishes fought:

Devil’s Backbone, AR 1 Sep 1863
Pine Bluff, AR 25 Oct 1863
Camden Expedition March-May 1864
Elkin’s Ferry, AR 3 Apr 1864
Near Prairie D’Ane, AR 8 Apr 1864
Prairie D’Ane, AR 9-12 April 1864
Poison Springs, AR 18 April 1864
Camden, AR 20 Apr 1864
Marks' Mill, AR 25 April 1864 (4 k, 15 w)
Dardanelle, AR 16 May 1864
Pine Bluff, AR 30 July 1864
Price's Missouri Raid September-October 1864
Lewisburg, AR 7 September 1864
Glass Village, AR 8 September 1864
Arcadia, MO 27 September 1864
Pilot Knob, MO 27 September 1864
Franklin, MO 1 October 1864
Moreau Bottom, MO 7 October 1864
California, MO 9 October 1864
Booneville, MO 11-12 October 1864
Lexington, MO 18 October 1864
Little Blue River, MO 21 October 1864
Independence, MO 22 October 1864
Westport, MO 23 October 1864
Marais des Cygnes, KS 25 October 1864
Fayetteville, AR 2 November 1864

The men were paroled 26 May 1865 at Marshall, Texas.
The regiment was officially surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith on 2 June 1865 at Galveston, Texas