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}}The 44th Arkansas Infantry (Mounted) (1864–1865) was a Confederate Army Mounted Infantry regiment during the American Civil War. While authorized by the State Military Board as an infantry regiment, the unit was mounted for Price's Missouri Expedition and was officially designated as mounted infantry, but this designation was almost never used by the unit. When a numerical designation is used, the unit is sometimes referred to as the 29th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment.〔Howerton, Bryan R. " McGehee's Regiment - 29th Arkansas Cavalry", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 27 June 2005, Accessed 26 January 2012, http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=10435〕〔Fultz, Jeri H., "29th ARKANSAS CONFEDERATE CAVALRY", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/29cavcoa.html〕 The unit is most often referred as McGehee's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment〔(National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System ), Confederate Arkansas Troops, McGehee's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011〕 for its commander, James H. McGehee. McGehee is often spelled McGhee in the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.〔United States. War Dept. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 41, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., Book, 1893; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145053 : accessed January 14, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas. P. 641, Accessed 14 January 2012, http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145053/m1/658/?q=Coleman〕 ==Organization== The exact date of organization of the 44th Arkansas Mounted infantry remains obscure. Some sources state that the unit was organized in the fall of 1863, but it is likely that the unit was organized during the summer of 1864 along with the 45th through the 48th Mounted Infantry Regiments. It is known that James H. McGehee began his military service in a volunteer militia company organized in the 30th Arkansas Militia Regiment in Crittenden County, Arkansas in April 1861.〔Arkansas Military Department Records, List of Commissioned Officers in State Militia 1827–1862, Microfilm Roll 00000038-8, Page 41〕 The Crittenden Rangers became Company C of the 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, which was eventually expanded to a full regiment and designated the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons's). It is unclear how long McGehee served with the 6th Battalion, but by January 1863 he was apparently a Captain commanding an unnamed, unattached company of cavalry which was operating along the Mississippi River, north of Memphis Tennessee. Captain McGehee stated in his after action report that he was acting under orders to reconnoiter the area, "burning cotton in that country and annoying the enemy on the Mississippi River" wherever possible. McGehee's primary target in these operations was Union shipping along the river. McGehee and his men were responsible for burning at least two steam ships. On January 6, 1863 McGehee's troops captured and burned steamboat ''Jacob Musselman''〔"JANUARY 1863", Civil War Naval History, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.historycentral.com/navy/cwnavalhistory/January1863.html〕 near Memphis, later they also intercepted and burned the steamer ''Grampus No. 2''. The operations by McGehee led Union Official to make a raid and burn the homes of suspected bushwhackers in Mound City, and Hopefield Arkansas.〔Smith, Myron J. "Tinclads in the Civil War: Union light-draught gunboat operations on western waters, 1862-1865", (McFarland and Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2010), ISBN 978-0-7864-3579-1, Page 91, Accessed 28 January 2012 http://books.google.com/books?id=lmWLppXvSVoC&printsec=frontcover&cad=0#v=onepage&q=McGehee&f=false〕 By September 1863, McGehee's Company had joined with other semi-independent companies under Colonel Archibald S. Dobbins to form Dobbins 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. McGehee's Company became Company C, and probably remained with the regiment unit for the winter of 1863 when Colonel Dobbins was court-martialed and dismissed from the service because he refused to accept orders from General John S. Marmaduke because Marmaduke had killed Brigadier General L. M. Walker in a duel just before the Battle of Little Rock.〔Massey, James Monroe,: "Dobbins' 1st Arkansas Cavalry, C. S. A." , Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 2 December 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/dobbhist.htm〕 The official records indicate that the regiment was broken up about January 3, 1864, and elements of the regiment were attached to, but not formally consolidated with, Col. Thomas J. Morgan's regiment.〔Howerton, Bryan R.: "Two Ashley brothers in Dobbins 1st Ark. Cav.", Posted 24 January 2007, Accessed 2 December 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14431〕 It may be that this is the point at which McGehee began organizing his own regiment. In May 1864, General J. O. Shelby occupied northeast Arkansas, well behind Union Army lines. In early June 1864, General Shelby commissioned several officers to begin raising regiments in Northeast Arkansas. By June 13, Shelby reported to General Sterling Price that recruiting efforts were bearing fruit.〔Sellmeyer, Deryl P.: "Jo Shelby's Iron Brigade", Pelican Publishing Company, 2007, ISBN 978-1-58980-430-2, page 184〕 The decreasing availability of fodder for horses in 1864 led the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department to issue an order proscribing the raising of additional mounted regiments in Arkansas. However, when General Sterling Price received authorization to conduct a campaign in Missouri that fall, several of the new regiments were mounted in order to accompany him. As a result, the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, and 48th were officially mounted infantry regiments instead of cavalry regiments. They were rarely referred to in contemporary reports and orders by numerical designation. Price referred to them as McGehee's Cavalry, Crabtree's Cavalry, etc., which eventually resulted in their later being referred to as 44th Cavalry, 46th Cavalry, etc.〔Howerton, Bryan R.: "Re: 46th Ark. Cavalry = 46th Ark. Mounted Infantry", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 9 November 2002, Accessed 1 January 2012, http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=23921〕 The unit was composed of companies from the following counties: :Company A, Commanded by Captain I. N. Deadrick , organized at Vandale, in Cross, Arkansas.〔Cox, Connie "29th ARKANSAS CONFEDERATE CAVALRY", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/29cavcoa.html〕〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY A", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgehea.htm〕 :Company B, Commanded by Captain Thomas P. Wilson, organized in Woodruff County, Arkansas.〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY B", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgeheb.htm〕 :Company C, Commanded by Captain W. B. Ward, organized in Independence County, Arkansas.〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY C", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgehec.htm〕 :Company D, Commanded by First Lieutenant S. J. Leonard organized in Poinsett County, Arkansas.〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY D", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgehed.htm〕 :Company E, Commanded by Captain J. M. Levesque, organized in Poinsett County, Arkansas.〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY E", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgehee.htm〕 :Company F, Commanded by Captain F. Simmions.〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY F", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgehef.htm〕 :Company G, Commanded by Captain Christopher Y. Steen, organized in Jacksonport, Jackson County, Arkansas.〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY G", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgeheg.htm〕 :Company H, Commanded by First Lieutenant William White, organized in White County Arkansas.〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY H", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgeheh.htm〕 :Company I, Commanded by Second Lieutenant J. W. Patterson, organized at Taylor's Creek in St. Francis County, Arkansas.〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY, COMPANY I", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Pages, Accessed 28 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgehei.htm〕 Officer appointments in the 40-series regiments date from the June to August 1864 timeframe, so it is assumed that the regiments were mustered into service about the same time at various points in northeast Arkansas.〔Howerton, Bryan R.: "In Response To: 45th Arkansas Cavalry (Jo Bennett)", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 16 April 2004, Accessed 1 January 2012, http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=7086〕 The list of regimental officers follows:〔Fultz, Jeri H. "McGEHEE'S REGT ARKANSAS CAVALRY", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 2 January 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/mcgehefo.htm〕 * McGehee, J.H. - Colonel Commanding * Grider, Jesse S - . Lieutenant Colonel * Matthees, Teel - Assistant Quartermaster * Allen, C.M. - First Lieutenant, Adjutant * Chunn, Thomas D. - Surgeon * Sparks, J.S. - Hospital Steward There are no known muster rolls of the 44th Arkansas Mounted Infantry and no record of enlistments. Apart from a few prisoner of war records, the records of this regiment consist of paroles of soldiers who surrendered at Jacksonport, Arkansas on June 5, 1865.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「44th Arkansas Infantry (Mounted)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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