Actually, Major Henry P. Hawkins was third in command of the 6th Missouri Cavalry during the time period you refer to. Col. Clark Wright was in overall command of the regiment, while Lt. Col. T.A. Switzler was second in command.

However the regiment was split up in a very significant way in the fall of 1862. Col. Wright and Lt. Col. Switzler took two out of three battalions belonging to the regiment south, where they spent time in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana during the time in question.

Major Henry Hawkins remained behind in southeast Missouri with the third battalion of the regiment. At the time you reference Hawkins' battalion's second in command, and the regiment's fourth in command, was Major Samuel Montgomery. Upon Hawkins resignation in May 1863 Montgomery took over the battalion. At that time, Capt. Bacon Montgomery, probably Samuel's brother, was promoted to major and became second in command of the battalion. Both Hawkins and Samuel Montgomery (and probably Bacon) were from Bloomfield, Mo., which was a major focal point of southeast Missouri guerrilla war, which was almost certainly why their battalion remained behind.

What dates were the memoir to which you refer published and does it cover events throughout in the war, or just up until mid-1863? Does it report the actions of the entire regiment in its far-flung locations, or does it focus primarily on Hawkins and southeast Missouri? This memoir sounds like it could be of interest to those of us who study the war in SEMO.