This will be my last mystery post of 2016.

Hiram Begley Co. E, 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, age 30, died 15 Nov 1862.
Hiram Begley Co. L, 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, age 24, died 30 Sep 1862 at Springfield, MO.
(These two entries are consolidated into one CSR which begins with a card saying he enlisted in Searcy Co., Arkansas on 10 Sep 1862, and ends with a War Department note of 1868 saying there is no record for the enlistment of this soldier).

Hiram Begley Co. M, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, age 29, born in Morgan Co., TN, died of wounds 25 Feb 1864 in Searcy Co., Arkansas.

There is also Hiram Begley, Co. F, 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Enlisted 16 Jun 1862 in Searcy Co., Arkansas---sent to Searcy Co. for regimental clothing and never returned. Marked as deserted 6 Oct 1862.

1860 Searcy Co. Census: Hiram Begley age 26, born in Tennessee.

Thomas Begley, his brother, also enlisted in Co. F, 32nd AR Inf and Co. M, 3rd AR Cavalry (Union)
Hiram had a son name Thomas and Thomas had a son named Hiram.

There is another Hiram Begley in 1860 in Kentucky, and he enlisted in the 32nd KY Inf.

It is my opinion that all the Hiram Begley's listed in Arkansas units are the same man, but I cannot be sure.

A possible chronology: Hiram enlists, with his brother Thomas, in Co., F, 32nd Infantry. Is sent to Searcy Co. for clothing. Is conscripted into 1st AR Cav (Union). Is reported deserted by Oct 6, 1862 when he does not return to 32nd Infantry. Meanwhile, misreported as died (twice) in Springfield, MO. Later enlists, with this brother Thomas, in Co. M, 3rd AR Cav (Union).

Thoughts, opinions, ideas, comments?