brooks cavalry ist battlion; battles pea ridge ark;
stirmans cavalry 1st battlion sent to corinth mis;
stirmans mounted infantry
stirmans sharpshooters,mounted
bridges sharpshooters (only one day) stirmans again
STIRMANS SHARPSHOOTERS MOUNTED CORINTH MISSISSIPPI
NOT POSITIVELY FOR SURE OFF ALL BATTLES;FROM HERE ON DOWN
(EXCEPT GRAN GULF BATTLE & NATCHEZ MISS & VICKSBURG)BIG BLACK RIVER BRIDGE) (WHICH INCLUDED RUNING ALL OVER MISS TO THE DIFFERANT BATTLES ALL AROUND,, BIENG DETACHED & ATACHED TO UNITS ALL AROUND
VICKSBURG;; SO I ?KNOW? THEY ARE AT CORINTH MIS ON DOWN TO JACKSON AN ACROSS TO VICKSBURG MISS;THEY WERE SURE AT THE BATTLE OF (BIG BLACK RIVER RAILROAD BRIDGE)AN HELD OFF THE YANKEES IN A VALIANT REAR GUARD ACTIONS PROTECTING THE MAIN ARMYS RETREAT;;;;;AN POSSIBLY HAD TO GO THROUGH THESE TOWNS JACKSON ,CLINTON,RAYMOND,CHAMPION HILL,BIG BLACK RIVER BRIDGE ARE ALL ON THE WAY BACK TO VICKSBURG
FROM THE CORINTH RETREAT ;;;SO JUST GET A MAP OF ARK;;
LOOK UP FAYETTEVILLE JUST NORTH OF TOWN IS PEA RIDGE OR ELKHORN TAVERN BATTLEFIELD;;UP IN MISSOURI WAS THE BATTLE OF OAKHILL OR WILSONS CREEK, THEN ON DOWN TO FAYETTEVILLE
PEARIDGE BATTLE BY THE GENERAL VAN DORNS ARMY OF THE WEST;
THE BROOKS IST CAVALRY IS THERE AT PEA RIDGE,THEN ITS STIRMANS THEN IT IS SENT TO THE TRASNSMISSISSIPPI AT CORINTH
( THERES A BOOK ON THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE)ON VAN DORNS ARMY AN CAVALRY)SO FROM FAYETTEVILLE ITS A LINE TO MEMPHIS THEN TO CORITNH, THEN STRAIGHT DOWN MISSIPPI TO JACKSON;; THEN TURN WEST TOWARD VICKSBURG;;SO 1861 TILL 1863;;IM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AFTER THE SURRENDER;;THEY WERE PAROLED, I KNOW SOME WENT HOME & ALL WENT SOMWHERE AN JOINED OTHER UNITS
MY GRT GRAN PA BEN WENT UP WITH CAVALRY(FAGANS)& END THE WAR WITH THEM IN MISSOURI 1865; IM SURE SOME PEOPLE HE WENT WITH OR CAME WITH DID ALLSO??????IM ASUMEING THEY STIRMANS SHARPSHOOTERS RODE HORSES ALL THE TIME AN DISMOUNTED LATER TO FIGHT AS SHARPSHOOTERS/INFANTRY MOUNTED & YES CALVARY WHEN THEY STARTED OUT;;BUT THIS WAS A WAR AN WARS ARE CRAZY
MEN GET KILLED /WOUNDED /ATACHED /DETACHED JOIN OTHER UNITS
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIER FLAG OR COPY OF AN ANY BOOKS ON THEM OR INFORMATION