...ge numbers of cattle for furnishing beef to the camps of his recruits, yet to be collected. Fortunately, several regiments of Texas cavalry, on the way to Corinth, had been permitted to remain at Little Rock , with General Roane, who, in command at Pine Bluff and Little Rock, had eight unarmed companies at Little Rock, and a six-gun battery without artillerymen. General Roane was the embodiment of good ...