Hi Damon

I have recently reread your post from 2016 about Dockery's brigade along with some posts from Bryan from a few years ago about Port Hudson parolees. My paternal GGF was John Harmon Holcomb, an assistant surgeon with the 23rd Arkansas Regiment, company H, recruited out of Clark County. He participated at the 2nd Battle of Corinth and Hatchie bridge and then at the siege of Port Hudson. He was paroled but unclear as to exactly where he went after this. While many of the 23rd regiment went with Price into the Missouri expedition, his company did not due to its depleted status. It was replaced with a company out of Craighead county. Bryan helped me with this part. Reading your post on Dockery's brigade, it is possible that he was assigned to another unit and participated in the Camden Expedition. As a surgeon he would be in demand. (He had resided south of Camden in the 1850's but by 1860 was living in extreme southern Clark County.)

My interest in this is also that my maternal GGF grew up in the hill country in NW ARkansas and remained loyal to the Union. His regiment, the 1st Arkansas regiment, eventually became part of Thayer's Frontier Division, which traveled south to join with General Steele's army on the Camden Expedition. The Frontier division arrived there on 4/9/1864 and participated in the Battle of Moscow which was the tail end of Battle of Prairie D Ane. This Frontier Division was Steele's rear guard and was attacked by Dockery's Brigade on 4/13 I believe. The Union 1st Arkansas was heavily involved in repelling Dockery's brigade. After this, the Frontier Division moved on to Camden and then to Little Rock and eventually back to NW Arkansas. I believe it played some role at Jenkin's Ferry but have not fully documented its role there. So its fascinating that my GGF's may have opposed each other during these skirmishes but hard to be exactly sure on this.

Do you have any additional information on Dockery's brigade, the role of the 23rd Arkansas regiment, or even the location of the parole camps south of Camden? I would certainly appreciate any info you might have. Thanks