was distributed for obtaining forage and rest.
December 12, 1862, the following was the organization of the army of the Trans-Mississippi department,
First division,
Brig.-Gen. John S. Roane: First brigade,
Brig.-Gen. Douglas H. Cooper—Cherokees, Choctaws and Chickasaws, under
Cols. Stand Watie,
D. N. McIntosh,
Chilly McIntosh; other Indian commands;
Texas cavalry under
De Morse,
Lane and
Randolph;
Howell's Texas battery. Second brigade (dismounted cavalry),
Col. W. R. Bradfute—
Texas cavalry under
Bass,
Stevens, Guess and
Alexander;
Etter's Arkansas battery.
Second division,
Brig.-Gen. Francis A. Shoup: First brigade,
Brig.-Gen. James F. Fagan—
Col. A. T. Hawthorn's Arkansas regiment; Twenty-second Arkansas,
Col. J. P. King; Twenty-ninth Arkansas,
Col. J. C. Pleasants; Thirty-fourth Arkansas,
Col. W. H. Brooks;
Capt. W. D. Blocher's Arkansas battery. Second brigade,
Col. Dandridge McRae—Twenty-eighth Arkansas,
Col. D. McRae: Twenty-sixth Arkansas,
Col. A. S. Morgan; Thirtieth Arkansas,
Col. A. J. McNeill; Thirtysec-ond
Arkansas,
Col. C. H. Matlock;
West's and
Woodruff's Arkansas batteries.
Unattached,
Cheek's battalion of sharpshooters;
Venable's Arkansas cavalry.
Third division,
Brig.-Gen. M. M. Parsons: First brigade,
Col. Alex. A. Steen (killed at
Prairie Grove）—
Missouri regiments of
Colonels Caldwell,
Hunter,
White and
Steen;
Tilden's Missouri battery. Second brigade,
Col. R. G. Shaver—
Col. C. W. Adams' Arkansas regiment; Twenty-seventh Arkansas,
Col. James R. Shaler; Thirty-third Arkansas,
Col. H. L. Grinsted; Thirty-eighth Arkansas,
Col. R. G. Shaver;
Roberts' Missouri battery.
Unattached,
Roberts' Missouri cavalry.
Fourth division,
Brig.-Gen. John S. Marmaduke: First brigade,
Arkansas cavalry of
Col. C. A. Carroll (retired from service and succeeded by
Col. J. C. Monroe);
Monroe's cavalry;
Shoup's Arkansas battery. Second brigade,
Col. Joseph O. Shelby—
Missouri cavalry of
Colonels Coffee,
Jeans and
Shelby;
Bledsoe's Missouri battery.
