of Independence County. Company K – Capt. William Weatherly of Phillips County. Company F was consolidated with Company A on January 3, 1864. Companies D & H were consolidated with Company E on January 3, 1864. The original regimental staff officers were: Colonel Archibald S. Dobbins Lieutenant Colonel F. M. Chrisman Major Samuel Corley The unit is difficult to research because not only was it a loosely organized regiment, but most of the typical paperwork generated by a regiment in the field is missing from the record. Only a handful of muster rolls, and almost no quartermaster or commissary reports, are known to exist. Battles When organized, Dobbins' regiment was listed as an unattached command in the District of Arkansas until May 1863. From June through September 1863 it was assigned to the Arkansas Cavalry Brigade of General Walker's Division, and in November 1863 listed as Dobbins' Cavalry Brigade, District of Arkansas. Its major engagements were the Battle of Helena (July 4, 1863), the Battle of Bayou Fourche (September 10, 1863) and the Battle of Pine Bluff (October 25, 1863). But for most of its existence, Dobbins' regiment was engaged in numerous scouts, raids and skirmishes throughout eastern and northeastern Arkansas. The companies frequently operated independently. Colonel Dobbins was court-martialed and dismissed from the service on November 23, 1863. The court martial resulted from Colonel Dobbins' refusal to accept orders from General John S. Marmaduke because Marmaduke had killed Brigadier General L. M. Walker in a duel just before the Battle of Little Rock. The official records indicate that the regiment was broken up about January 3, 1864, and elements of the regiment were attached to, but not formally consolidated with, Col. Thomas J. Morgan's regiment. Dobbins' Arkansas Cavalry was engaged in the following battles: Battle of Helena, Arkansas July 4, 1863 Battle of Bayou Fourche September 10, 1863 Battle of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, October 25, 1863 Price's Missouri Expedition, Arkansas-Missouri-Kansas, September–October, 1864 Battle of Fort Davidson, Missouri, September 27, 1864 Fourth Battle of Boonville, Missouri, October 11, 1864 Battle of Glasgow, Missouri, October 15, 1864 Battle of Sedalia, Missouri, October 15, 1864 Second Battle of Lexington, Missouri, October 19, 1864 Battle of Little Blue River, Missouri, October 21, 1864 Second Battle of Independence, Missouri, October 21–22, 1864 Battle of Byram's Ford, Missouri, October 22–23, 1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri, October 23, 1864 Battle of Marais des Cygnes, Linn County,