6th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	6th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment
Dates:	1862–1865
Disbanded:	May 26, 1865
Type:	Cavalry
Size:	Regiment
Colors:	Yellow
Colors Label:	Facings
Battles:	American Civil War Battle of Cane Hill Battle of Prairie Grove Battle of Fayetteville Battle of Devil's Backbone Battle of Pine Bluff Battle of Elkin's Ferry Battle of Poison Spring Battle of Marks' Mills Battle of Fort Davidson Battle of Little Blue River Battle of Independence Battle of Westport Battle of Marais des Cygnes Battle of Mine Creek Battle of Marmiton River Battle of Newtonia
Commander1 Label:	Commanding officers

The 6th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment or the 1st Trans-Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also known as "Fagan's regiment" or "Monroe's regiment") was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. It was successively commanded by Colonels James F. Fagan and James C. Monroe.^[1]

See also

• List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units

Further reading

• Encyclopedia: Monroe's First/Sixth Arkansas Cavalry (CS). Encyclopedia of Arkansas. October 21, 2020 . Rushing . Anthony. CALS. Little Rock, Arkansas. December 27, 2024.

External links

• 6th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment at the U.S. National Park Service

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Confederate) | Learn | FamilySearch.org . . 2012-07-03 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222731/https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/6th_Regiment,_Arkansas_Cavalry . dead .