In 1861, Col. Allison Nelson (1822-1862)raised the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment at Waco, Texas and saw first action under Gen.Thomas C. Hindman in Arkansas. In Sept. 1862, upon the recomendation of Gen. T.H. Holmes, Col. Nelson was promoted to brigidier general and placed in command of Holmes' 2nd Division which consisted of his own and George M. Flournoy's brigade.

My g.g.grandfather Elijah D.Wyatt was a civilian sutler with Col. M.F. Locke's 10th Texas Dismounted Cavalry. He died of disease and according to family notes, it only states that he was buried in a Confederate Cemetery near Little Rock. He may have been buried the Confederate Cemetery at old Camp Nelson near Austin Arkansas. Col. M.F. Locke's 10th Texas Cavalry regiment should not be confused with the 10th Texas Infantry regiment raised by Col. Nelson.

During a winter march in Arkansas, Brig.Gen. Nelson became ill and died on Oct.7, 1862 of typhoid and was buried in Little Rock. Brig. Gen. H. E. McCulloch moved his Texas Brigade from the bivouac at Argenta to Camp Hope and renamed the new encampment Camp Nelson where the Confederate soldiers who died of disease and exposure lay among the trees under decaying wooden stakes. In 1898, a group of Arkansas Confederate Veterans took the remains of 428 of their fallen comrades from the woods and reinterred them at the Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery and each grave was marked with a small headstone of Arkansas marble. But no individual identification was possible because of the original means fo burial. The Camp Nelson Cemetery is the only all-Confederate Cemetery in Arkansas and during holiday periods, three flagstaffs carry the flags of the Confedracy,Texas and Arkansas. A 12 ft. obelisk stands guard over rows of marble gravestones marked with words "Unknown Soldier C.S.A.".