Cromwell, John Confederate
1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, CSA

This is the entry for my ggg-grandfather at the National Park Service site. His file as I received it from the Arkansas Historical Society had only one muster card, so I have a minimum of information from his military service record. He had no pension as far as I've been able to discern. That he was in Co. A. is included in the paper record.

I have questions about his unit--was this unit comprised solely of American Indians? I've done some reading and most of what I find makes it sound like there were only Indians in this unit. He lived in Benton Co., Arkansas, at the time, but I have no record/documentation of Indian heritage, unless service in this unit counts. I'm interested in how/why he was in this unit and how these units were formed. Thank you in advance for your help.