HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS,
Little Rock, Ark., JANUARY 24, 1865.

Exhibit of the cavalry force, Department of Arkansas (exclusive of the cavalry regiments appertaining to the command at Fort Smith, which are nearly all dismounted, and it is not proposed to remount them).

Regiments. Number of Number of Number of

men in the horses in horses

department. the required.

regiments.

1st Missouri Caval 649 353 296

ry.

2nd Missouri Caval 268 . . . . . .

ry a.

3rd Missouri Caval 480 183 297

ry.

7th Missouri Caval 357 80 277

ry.

8th Missouri Caval 528 369 259

ry.

11th Missouri Cav 677 272 405

alry.

1st Iowa Cavalry b. 924 639 285

9th Iowa Cavalry. 857 387 470

10th Illinois Cav 1,200 677 523

alry.

13th Illinois Cav 633 113 520

alry.

15th Illinois Cav . . . . . . . . .

alry.

3rd Michigan Caval 1,015 589 426

ry.

3rd Arkansas Caval 795 139 656

ry.

4th Arkansas Caval 647 . . . 647

ry.

9th Kansas Cavalry. 550 248 302

3rd Wisconsin, Cav 604 169 435

alry.

3rd United States 317 220 97

Cavalry.

1st Indiana Caval 145 73 72

ry.

5th Kansas Cavalry. 93 61 32

87th Illinois 500 350 150

Mounted Infantry.

Total. 11,339 4,922 6,149

Deduct 1st Iowa and 1,192 639 . . .

2nd Missouri (to

Memphis).

10,147 4,283 . . .

a Reorganized and supposed transferred to Tennessee.

b Temporarily detached to Department of Mississippi.

c Consolidated with Tenth Illinois.

Disposition of the foregoing:

Little Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000

Lewisburg and Dardanelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000

Pine Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Devall's Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Brownsville Station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Helena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Saint Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Mouth White River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

To be held in hand (say) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750

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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000

Remaining for a field division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,147

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10,147

From this exhibit and the accompanying order, Special Orders, Numbers 22, it appears that the minimum cavalry force required for the defense of this department absorbs all the cavalry horses now in

the department. If horses can be furnished a field division of about 5,000 cavalry will be held ready for orders. The Second Missouri (Merrill's) has been reorganized and order to Tennessee. Presuming this department will lose that regiment the detachment has been sent to Memphis. The First Iowa is understood to be temporarily detached, and will proceed to Memphis, Tenn., in obedience to order from headquarters Military Division of West Mississippi, on the return to Pine Bluff of the expedition now proceeding toward Camden.

Very respectfully,

J. J. REYNOLDS,

Major-General, Commanding.