Benjamin F. McCowen, Private, Company C, Gause's Regiment Arkansas Infantry,* enlisted April 13, 1862 Camp Anderson near Little Rock by Capt. Anderson for 3 years or the war, acting Ensign from September 10, 1863, appointed 1st Lieutenant and Ensign August 3, 1864, age 21, born in Green County, Ark., no further records

* This Regiment ws designated at various times as Matlock's Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, 4th Regiment (Gause's) Trans-Mississippi Infantry, Gause's Regiment Arkansas Infantry, and 32nd Regiment Arkansas Infantry

M317: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas