From Little Rock as Headquarters.
July 20. Special order No. 1 appoints Gordon N. Peay adjutant general.
General order No. 1 directs commanders of regiments to report strength and condition of each company.
Aug. 10. Proclamation directing all males capable of bearing arms to organize themselves into companies to defend the capital against the approaching Federal army.
General order No. 2 gives detailed directions to commandants of regiments respecting the enlistment and organization of companies called into existence by the foregoing proclamation.
Aug. 31. General order No. 3 commands the colonels of the militia of certain counties near Little Rock to send at once their militia to protect the capital.
From Arkadelphia as Headquarters.
Sept. 14. Special order No. 2 assigns W. H. Trader to the command of the militia and volunteer forces of Arkansas.
Sept. 15. Special order No. 3 appoints W. C. Adams and Drury H. Ross as inspectors and appraisers of horses, their equipments, and arms of Reed's company.
Sept. 16. General order No. 6 directs the militia of the counties of southwest Arkansas to report at once to him at Arkadelphia. .
Sept. 29. General order No. 4 authorizes Willoughby Williams, Jr., to organize volunteer troops for the defense of the State.
Sept. 30. Special order No. 5 authorizes Thos. B. Hancock to raise a volunteer company for the State.
Oct. 2. General order No. 7 exempts from militia duty all who may enter the Confederate service under General James F. Fagan.
From Washington as Headquarters.
Nov. 7. Special order No. 6 authorizes Peter G. Brown to raise a company of mounted riflemen for the State.
Nov. 11. Special order No. 7 commissions A. J. Jones to enroll the militia of Sevier County and report the same to the adjutant general.
Nov. 11. Special order No. 8 directs A. J. Jones to exempt from the militia enrollment of Sevier County certain classes of persons named, such as public millers, physicians, preachers.
Nov. 16. Special order No. 9 authorizes Capt. A. D. King to attach his company to Hill's regiment of Marmaduke's command.
Oct. 20. Special order No. 10 authorizes Capt. R. A. Carrigan to issue commissary stores to state troops.
Oct. 21. Special order No. 11 directs Capt. Carrigan to issue to the troops one and a half pounds of beef to the ration.
Nov. 1. Special order No. 12 fixes Washington as the headquarters for Capt. R. A. Carrigan.
Nov. 25. Special order No. 13 commissions Robert J. Burke to organize a company of volunteers.
Dec. 4. Special order No. 14 authorizes Capt. John W. Dyer to raise a company of state troops.
Dec. 10. Special order No. 15 authorizes Capt. James R. Williamson to raise a company of mounted volunteers.
Dec. 20. Special order No. 16 authorizes Capt. John Cordey to raise a company of volunteers for .state services.
Jan , 1864. An order without number directs Col. William H. Trader to establish a system of pickets named in the order.
Jan. 11. Special order No. 17 appoints a court martial to try one Baker and others of company A. Jan. 13. Special order No. 18 authorizes Capt. B. D. Turner to organize a company or battalion north of the Arkansas River.
Jan. 14. General order No. 8 names the companies assigned to the first battalion of mounted volunteers.
Jan. 19. Special order No. 1 orders a new election of officers in the companies of the first battalion.
Jan. 19. Special order No. 2 authorizes the discontinuance of the picket on the Little Missouri River.
Jan. 25. Special order No. 3 directs the commandants of companies in the service of the State to furnish the adjutant general with lists of certain men.
Jan. 25. General order No. 1 gives action of court martial in a number of cases and the official approval of the commander-in-chief.
Jan. 25. Special order No. 4 authorizes Capt. James T. Armstrong to raise a company of mounted volunteers.
Jan. 26. Special order No. 5 directs Col. Trader to detail men to guard the archives of the State at Rondo.
Jan. 31. Special order No. 6 directs Capt. M. L. Jones to perfect the organization of a company raised by him.
Feb. 3. Special order No. 7 authorizes Lieut. T. G. Henley to raise a company of mounted volunteers.
Feb. 12. Special order No. 8 authorizes Samuel F. Carter to raise a company of state troops.
Feb. 19. Special order No. 9 authorizes Needham Johnson to raise a company of mounted volunteers.
Feb. 24. Special order No. 10 authorizes Capt. J. D. Cockran to raise a company of mounted volunteers.
Feb. 27. Special order No. n directs J. W. Miller to reorganize Capt. J. R. Williamson's company.
Mar. 1. General order No. 2 regulates leaves of absence.
Mar. 4. Special order No. 12 dissolves court martial heretofore acting and establishes another.
Feb. 7. Special order No. 13 authorizes Capt. James M. McCain to raise a company of mounted volunteers.
Feb. 8. Special order No. 14 commissions R. L. Archer to raise a company of mounted volunteers.
Feb. 11. Special order No. 15 authorizes Capt. W. C. Cacoran to raise a company of mounted volunteers.
Feb. 15. Special order No. 16 authorizes Maj. W. F. Jones to raise a company for the service of the State.
Feb. 17. General order No. 2 gives the action of the court martial in a number of cases, and the orders of the commander-in-chief respecting each.
Feb. 19. General order No. 3 gives action of the court martial and of the commander-in-chief in the case of Thomas Porter.
Mar. 23. General order No. 4 gives action of the court martial and of the commander-in-chief in certain cases.
May 10. Special order No. 17 extends the time for Lieut. T. G. Henley to carry out special order No. 7.
May 23. General order No. 5 directs the arrest of deserters, those evading conscription, persons making illegal impressments and seizures of property.
May 30. General order No. 6 directs the arrest of parties attempting to smuggle negroes and horses into Texas.
May 30. General order No. 7 requires commanding officers to furnish adjutant general with lists of new recruits.
June 1. Special order No. 18 required Col. Trader to furnish ammunition to certain companies.
June 4. Special order No. 19 directs Col. Trader to keep certain officers and men on picket duty.
June 0. Special order No. 20 directs the court martial to try W. K. Ralls.
June 8. Special order No. 21 commands Col. Trader to detail as many men for temporary service at Washington as can be spared.
June 14. General order No. 8 directs captains of state troops not to enlist men subject to conscription under Confederate law.
June 30. General order No. 9 revokes all orders granting authority to enlist state troops. .
June 23. Special order No. 22 directs the dismissal of proceedings in court martial against Lieut. Smalley.
June 25. Special order No. 23 directs that J. R. Skinner be discharged from Capt. Williamson's company.
June 28. Special order No. 24 orders the removal of distilleries from near camp of Capt. E. K. Williamson's company and the enforcement of better discipline regarding drinking.
June 29. Special order No. 25 commands Capt. John Caulky to enforce better discipline regarding stealing.
July 1. General order No. 10 gives the findings of the court martial and the action thereon of the commander-inchief in case of Sec. Lieut. W. R. Ralls.
June 30. Special order No. 26 relieves Col. William H. Trader from state service for service in the Confederate army.
Nov. 1. Special order No. 13 directs Capt. R. A. Carrigan to issue provisions and forage upon the requisition of Col. Wm. H. Trader.
July 18. General order No. 11 regulates the disposition of captured arms and property and the granting of furloughs.
July 20. Special order No. 27 directs Capt. E. K. Williamson to make weekly reports to headquarters.
July 30. Special order No. 28 requires Capt. R. C. Reed to make weekly reports to headquarters.
Aug. 5. Special order No. 29 dissolved the court martial at Camp Trader and constitutes another at Camp Moore.
Aug. 8. Special order No. 30 directs Capt. R. C. Reed at Arkadelphia to act under the orders of Lieut. Col. Reiff of the Confederate army.
Aug. 12. Special order No. 31 directs Capt. E. K. Williamson to move the first battalion to Nashville, Arkansas.
Aug. 12. Special order No. 32 directs Col. Reiff to resume (old duties in the state service at Arkadelphia.
Aug. 27. Special order 36 requires Capt. T. G. Henley to complete the organization of his company by electing certain officers.
Aug. 27. General order No. 12 gives the findings of the court martial and the action thereon of the commander-in-chief in the case of Capt. C. K. Holman.
Aug. 22. Special order No. 34 directs Capt. Robert S. Burke to arrest all deserters, persons without furloughs, and those avoiding conscription.
Aug. 31. General order No. 13 directs that arrangements be made for turning state troops over to the Confederate service.
Sept. 8. Special order No. 37 commands the transfer of the company of state troops under Capt. A. D. King to the Confederate service.
Sept. 5. General order No. 14 fixes the composition of the third regiment of Arkansas cavalry.
Sept. 5. Special order No. 38 commands that Capt. A. A. McDonald reorganize his company by the election of officers.
Sept. 12. Special order No. 39 directs Col. Robert C. Newton to order certain absent troops to rejoin their companies.
Special order No. 40 commands Col. R. C. Newton to detail pickets and scouts for Rockport.
Special order No. 42 directs Col. R. C. Newton to order the reorganization of Capt. C. K. Holman's company.
Special order No. 43 directs the election of officers of the 3d regiment of Arkansas cavalry.
Special order No. 44 dissolves a court martial and creates another.
Special order No. 45 commands the discharge of Asa G. Bailey.
Oct. 10. General order No. 15 gives findings of the court martial and the action of the commander-in-chief thereon in certain cases.
Aug. 16. General order No. 16 promulgates rules governing absences.
Oct. 14. Special order No. 46 directs the arrest of C. M. Sutton, a private.
Oct. 25. General order No. 17 directs the transfer to the Confederate service of the 3d regiment of Arkansas cavalry.
Oct. 24. Special order No. 48 directs the inspection of the troops under Col. Newton.
Oct. 31. General order No. 18 gives the findings of the court martial and the action of the commander-in-chief thereon in the case of L. M. Brent and John Thompson.
Nov. 10. Special order No. 49 directs a new election for lieutenant colonel of the 3d regiment of Arkansas cavalry.