Major B. [Major Yandell H. Blackwell, 5th Mo. Cav.Gen. Shelby’s staff] -

Y H. Blackwell
Enlisted as a Captain
Promotions:
* Major
* Lt Col
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* from company A to Field & Staff
"A" Co. MO 5th Cavalry

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Col. Gordon [Col. B. Frank Gordon, commanding Shelby's 5th Mo. Cav.]

Benjamin Franklin Gordon
Enlisted as a Lieut Colonel
Promotions:
* Colonel
Field & Staff MO 5th Cavalry

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Col. Shaver [Col. Robert G. Shaver, commanding 38th AR Inf.]
your friend Bob Caslye ?

Robert G. Shaver
Residence Lawrence County AR;
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Lawrence County, AR as a Colonel.
On 6/1/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff AR 7th Infantry
born in 1831 in Sullivan County, TN
died 1/13/1915 in Foreman, AR
Buried: Center Rest Cemty, Howard Co. AR
(Wife: Adalaide)

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R G. Shaver
Enlisted as a Colonel
Field & Staff AR 38th Infantry
Commissioned September 21, 1862, age 38, born in Tennessee

A letter in his file from the Adjutant General, War Department, dated February 16, 1938

"The records show that R. G. Shaver was appointed Colonel of the 7th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army, July 26, 1861, age 31 years.
He was not re-elected at reorganization May 14, 1862.
He was appointed Colonel of the 38th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A., September 24, 1862, from the State of Arkansas (born in Tennessee) . . . . Residence Lawrence County, Arkansas

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Brother Bill [ her brother, Lieut. William A. Erwin, adjutant of Col. A. T. Hawthorn’s 39th AR Inf. Regt.]

W A. Erwin, age 22, Private, Capt. Porter's Company, Churchill's Mounted Rifle Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers,* enlisted June 15, 1861 at Fort Smith by Capt. Porter for 12 months, acting 2nd Lieutenant August 20, 1861, elected 2nd Lieutenant May 1, 1862, no further records

Note, he must have been dropped from the rolls on the missing Sept/Oct., 1862 muster roll, as he does not appear on subsequent rolls

* This company subsequently became Company G, 1st Regiment Arkansas Mounted Rifles

M317: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas
Sep/Oct 62 missing
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Alexander T. Hawthorn
Enlisted as a Lieut Colonel
Promotions:
* Colonel
Field & Staff AR 6th Infantry