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Re: Thomas Cox,Capt. Quartermaster Corp, Camp Nels

Capt. Price [Capt. William”Billy” Marmaduke Price, Gen. Marmaduke’s nephew and staff member ]

William M. Price, Captain, Quarter Master's Department, appointed January 28, 1862, tenders resignation August 24, 1862, dropped August 30, appointed A. D. C., Brig. Gen. Marmaduke's Staff April 10, 1863, age 22, born in Missouri, appointed 1st Lieutenant February 1, 1864 reporting to BGen. Marmaduke, paroled at Jacksonport, Ark. June 5, 1865

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Newton’s [Col. Robert C. Newton, 5th AR Cav.] [supply]Train

Robert C. Newton, Captain, Adjutant Generals Department, appointed January 28, 1862 reporting to Gen'l. Hindman, listed on Col. Newton's (5th) Arkansas Cavalry April 15, 1863, this appointment was not sustained, assigned as Captain and A. A. G. in office of Adjutant General, Department Headquarters April 5, 1864, assigned command of 3rd Regiment of Arkansas State Cavalry September 5, 1864, serving to the end of the war

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Dr. Peyton [army surgeon ] I can't find him...?

C[Craven] Peyton, enlisted April 20, 1861, age 39, born in Kentucky, appointed Regimental Surgeon June 8, 1862, ordered to report to Maj. Gen. Hindman at Fayettville for duty with his command October 26, 1862, resigned March 22, 1864

M331: Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers, and Nonregimental Enlisted Men

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Major Ewing [Major Henry Ewing, Marmaduke's staff]

Henry Ewing, Private, Company C, 20th Tennessee Infantry, Clerk & A. A. A. General to Brig. Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer commanding brigade, Dist. of East Tennessee December 29, 1861-January 24, 1862,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, commissioned April 10, 1863, BGen. Marmaduke's Staff, age 22, born in Tennessee, appointed from Missouri, promoted Major A. A. G. February 19, 1864, stationed at Camden, Ark., last recorded present on December 15, 1864

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Gen. Marmaduke [Gen. John Sappington Marmaduke]

John S. Marmaduke, USMA 1857, Lt. Colonel, 1st Battalion Arkansas Infantry, Colonel, 3rd Confederate Infantry, Brig. General, commissioned November 15, 1862, commanding Cavalry Division, stationed Camden, Ark. at the end of February, 1864, assigned as Major General April 30, 1864, captured near Fort Scott, Mo. October 25, 1864, received at St. Louis, Mo., November 3, 1864, transferred to Johnson's Island, Ohio prison November 3, 1864, sent to Fort Warren, Mass. December 15, "He says that he never was commissioned as a Maj. Gen'l. although acting as such by order of Maj. Gen'l. Smith," appointed Maj. Gen. March 18, 1865, swore allegiance to the United States, July 24, 1865 and released on parole at Fort Warren

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Cpt. Faulkner[Capt. Sandford C. Faulkner, commandant of the Little Rock Arsenal and author of the “Arkansas Traveler” old "Pap"

Sanford C. Faulkner, appointed from Arkansas as 1st Lieutenant and M. S. K.* August 13, 1861, addressed as Capt. & M. S. K. at Little Rock, Ark. September 24, 1861, appointed from Mo. as Captain of Artillery to rank from August 12, 1862 reporting to Col. J. Gorgas, resigns as Mil. S. K. of Ordnance October 4, 1862, mentioned as Commanding Arsenal manufacturing small arms and artillery, ammunition and repairing guns, relieved from duty in District of Ark. & ordered to report to Lt. Col. G. Hill at Tyler, Tex., recorded as Captain of Artillery & Ordnance, Ordnance Officer at Marshall, Tex. in charge of Supplies. Formerly at Little Rock Arsenal, paroled 1865

* M. S. K., Military Storekeeper

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Gen. Homes [Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes], commanding District of Arkansas

Theophilus Hunter Holmes, USMA 1829
Enlisted on 5/1/1861 as a Colonel.
On 5/1/1861 he was commissioned into CS Gen & Staff
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Estimated date of commission)
Promotions:
* Brig-Gen 6/5/1861
* Major-Gen 10/7/1861
* Lt General 10/10/1862
Other Information:
born 11/13/1804 in Sampson County, NC
died 6/21/1880 in Cumberland County, NC

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Confederate Military History

On account of his age he saw little active service, but was placed at the head of various districts and departments throughout the Confederacy. On July 4, 1864, while in command of the District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department, he led an unsuccessful attack on Helena

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Curby [Gen.Kirby] Smith

Edmund Kirby Smith
Enlisted on 3/16/1861 as a Lieut Colonel.
On 3/16/1861 he was commissioned into CS Gen & Staff
(date and method of discharge not given)
Promotions:
* Brig-Gen 6/17/1861
* Major-Gen 10/11/1861
* Lt General 10/9/1862
* General 2/19/1864
Other Information:
born 5/16/1824 in St Augustine, FL
died 3/28/1893 in Sewanee, TN

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Smith, Edmund Kirby, born in Florida, appointed from
Florida cadet United States Military Academy, July 1, 1841;
graduated 1845, twenty-fifth in a class of forty-one.
Brevet second lieutenant, Fifth Infantry, July 1, 1845.
Second lieutenant, Seventh Infantry, August 22, 1846.
First lieutenant, March 9, 1851.
Captain, Second Cavalry, March 3, 1855.
Major, January 31, 1861..
Brevet first lieutenant, April 18, 1847, for gallant and
meritorious services at the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, and
Brevet Captain, August 20, 1847, for gallant and meritorious
conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico.
Resigned April 6, 1861.

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Confederate Military History
- Generals in Gray, Lives of the Confederate Commanders
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