Archibald S. Dobbins [SEP] conflict
Archibald S. Dobbins
Archibald S. Dobbins (1836 – circa 1869) was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War. 
Early life.
Archibald Stephenson Dobbins was the son of David and Catherine Dobbins and was born on his father’s farm known as Sandy Hook near Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. Shortly after his marriage to Mary Patience Dawson, also of Mount Pleasant, he moved to Arkansas, acquiring land called Horse Shoe Island Plantation, near Helena.
Civil War.
In 1862 Phillips County, Arkansas was
a raid and burn the homes of suspected bushwhackers in Mound City, and Hopefield Arkansas.
By September 1863, McGehee's Company had joined with other semi-independent companies under Colonel Archibald S. Dobbins to form Dobbins 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. McGehee's Company became Company C, and probably remained with the regiment unit for the winter of 1863 when Colonel Dobbins was court-martialed and dismissed from the service because he refused to accept orders from General John S. Marmaduke because Marmaduke had killed Brigadier General L. M. Walker in a duel