Headquarters, 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry
       Lewisburg, Arkansas, November 3rd, 1864

Special Order
No. 125
Extract

 Upon the recommendation of their Company Commander the following named non- Commissioned and Privates of Company “I”, 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry are promoted to fill the following vacancies of said company, viz.
 

Sergeant John H. McElroy  to be Commissary Sergeant

      Corporal James H. Ellis   to be Sergeant

      Private David Boyd    to be Corporal
 
 

By Order of John J. Gibbons
    Capt. Co. “B” [unknown word] Regiment

           W. C. Lee
           1st Sergeant and Acting Adjutant

To:
Commanding Office
Co. “I”, 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry

3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry 
First Name Last Name Company Rank In Rank Out
John H. McElroy  2nd Sergeant to Quartermaster Sergeant
James H. Ellis  Corporal to Sergeant
David Boyd  Private to Corporal
 

As you can see by the above McElroy went on to be promoted again to Quartermaster Sergeant after receiving the promotion shown above. See Civil War Soldiers database at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html
 
 

Surnames: Boyd; Ellis; Gibbons; Lee; McElroy
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