Co. G, 8th (aka 5th) Arkansas Cavalry, was recruited in Fulton County. David McKenzie enlisted in Fulton county, Arkansas, on January 12, 1863, for three years or the war. After being absent without leave for most of the year, he returned to duty in 1864 and was captured at Pilot Knob Missouri, on September 27, 1864, during Price's Missouri raid. He was sent to Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Missouri, then on to Alton, Illinois, where he died of smallpox on January 21, 1865.