The Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board

Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion

Danny

Once again, you found some nice sources. It would seem this confirms that Gibson's Battalion consisted of five companies. Bryan mentioned in his post that there is a source stating the battalion had nine companies. The August 28th excerpt confirms he had five companies at about the time one of them was being dismounted- and two more would be dismounted in a couple of weeks. I doubt that four other companies became part of the battalion in that short timespan. The page for Gipson's Battalion on the Edward Gerdes site indicates that two companies of the battalion became part of Carroll's/Thompson's Cavalry Regiment. Unless some new evidence shows up, this would seem to indicate the five were divided into those two units (Chew's Battalion and Carroll's Regiment).

Does anyone know for sure if it is "Gibson" or "Gipson"? I know Gibson is the normal way the name is usually spelled, but am not sure if this is a case where this man spelled his name with a "p" instead. Your sources show people at the time spelling it Gibson, but it apparently shows up on records the other way as well.

Allan

Messages In This Thread

Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Sharpshooter Battalions
Re: Sharpshooter Battalions
Re: Sharpshooter Battalions
Re: Sharpshooter Battalions
Re: Sharpshooter Battalions
Re: Sharpshooter Battalions
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion
Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion