September 2, 1864

The Skirmish at Quitman was fought. This skirmish took place in conjunction with the early stages of Major General Sterling Price’s Missouri Raid. Following up on a report that a forty-man Confederate detachment crossed the Arkansas River at Dardanelle (Yell County) on August 29, with a supply of ammunition intended for Brigadier General Joseph Orville Shelby’s command, Colonel Abraham H. Ryan of the Third Arkansas Cavalry (US) ordered a patrol led by Captain Archibald D. Napier of Company I and First Lieutenant George P. Carr of Company G. Ryan reported no Federal casualties in the engagement.