"It was ordered that the regiment designated in order No. 12 be made up of one company from each of the following counties: Randolph, Jackson, Independence, Lawrence, Marion, Searcy, Fulton, Carroll, and Izard, and Captain Dill's company, now in Little Rock; and that Col. R. G. Shaver be authorized to make such contracts and do such other things as are necessary for the subsistence of the regiment from the time of the rendezvous until organization of the same."

Thanks Allen, I would really love to get my hands on Order No. 12 that is referred to above. Do you know which unit they are speaking of? It mentions Shaver, so I assume the 7th Arkansas.

I think this just points once again to the fact that Rectors orders as Commander-in-Chief before the Military Board was formed are missing.