July 17, 1861 – Military Moving

On the 1st inst., the 1st Regiment of Arkansas Volunteers, Col. Cleburne, passed Des Arc on the steamers Cambridge, Ohio Belle and Mars. These boats conveyed the regiment to its destination, and the Ohio Belle and Mars returned here by order of Col. Cleburne, and Gov. Rector informed that the boats were here and subject to his orders, as the property of the State of Arkansas.