Thomas Maxwell
Enlisted on 12/15/1863 as a Private.
On 12/15/1863 he mustered into "C" Co. AR 4th Cavalry

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4th or Gordon's Arkansas Cavalry Rgt.

Cols. Charles A. Carroll, Lee L. Thomson, Anderson Gordon,
Lt Col. J. A. Johnston, Majs. J. A. Arrington, William H. Fayth

The regiment was originally organized in the summer of 1861 as
Carroll's Cavalry Rgt. and was also called the 1st and 2nd Ark. Cavalry
Rgt. The unit served in the Army of Arkansas then the Trans-Mississippi
Department and fought at Wilson's Creek, Mo., Prairie Grove,
Spring-field and Devil's Backbone. In September 1863 it was reorganized
and became Gordon's Arkansas Cavalry Rgt. The regiment was assigned to
Cabell's brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department and fought at Poison
Spring and Marks' Mills where it lost 21 percent of the 117 engaged. It
was in Price's 1864 Missouri expedition and reported 106 casualties. It
disbanded in the spring of 1865.

Submitted by John Haseltine
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

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Thomas Maxwell, Private, Company C, 2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry,* enlisted June 1, 1863 at Fort Smith by Captain Carroll for 3 years or the war, recorded present at the Jan/Feb, 1864 muster with this comment: “Should have been taken up June 1, 1863 & Detailed as Brig. Wagon Master,” no further records

* This Regiment was designated at various times as Carroll’s Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, Thomson’s Regiment Arkansas Cavalry and Gordon’s Regiment Arkansas Cavalry. During the same time it was also known as 1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry,2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, 9th Regiment Arkansas Cavalry and 11th Regiment Arkansas Cavalry

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas