3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment

Third Arkansas Cavalry Regiment
Active	1861–1865
Disbanded	May 1, 1865
Country	Confederate States
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Facings	Yellow
Engagements	American Civil War Corinth Campaign Battle of Corinth Battle of Holly Springs Battle of Thompson's Station Battle of Franklin Tullahoma Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Siege of Chattanooga Siege of Knoxville Atlanta Campaign Siege of Atlanta Battle of Flat Shoals Battle of Strawberry Plains Battle of Brown's Mill Battle of Thompson's Station Savannah Campaign Carolinas Campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Solon Borland Colonel Samuel G. Earle Colonel Anson W. Hobson

The 3d Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army Cavalry regiment during the American Civil War.

At the outbreak of hostilities between the north and south, Arkansas began raising troops to serve in the Confederate Army. The state raised some 48 infantry regiments, along with several cavalry regiments and artillery batteries. The 3rd Arkansas Cavalry was first organized in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 10, 1861, by former senator and soldier Solon Borland. Borland, who was at the time serving as a state militia commander for Northern Arkansas, was initially named a Colonel of the regiment. However, that post was "elected" by the members of the regiment, and Borland was not reelected in May 1861.^[1]

On July 27, 1861, the regiment was mustered into the Confederate Army for one years service which they later extended, and sent to Corinth, Mississippi, but without Borland. Borland by this time had been replaced by Colonel Samuel G. Earle. The regiment was placed under the command of Major General Joseph Wheeler, and later became a part of the Army of Mississippi. They saw their first real battle action on October 3 and 4, 1862 at the Second Battle of Corinth, where Lieutenant Colonel Anson W. Hobson was wounded in both arms, with the regiment as a whole suffering heavy casualties. The very next day, on October 5, 1862, they fought in the Battle of Hatchie's Bridge. They saw considerable combat action in the months that followed. On March 5, 1863, Col. Earle was killed in action near Thompson's Station, Tennessee.^{[citation needed]}

He was replaced by newly promoted Col. Anson W. Hobson. The regiment took part in the Knoxville Campaign, the Atlanta Campaign, and fought at the Battle of Bentonville. They surrendered with the Army of Tennessee on April 26, 1865.^[1]