Archibald S. Dobbins
Colonel Archibald Stephenson Dobbins (c. 1827 – c. 1878) was an officer of the Confederate army who commanded a cavalry regiment in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Initially refusing to serve under Marmaduke after the Marmaduke-Walker Duel, Dobbins was court-martialed for insubordination.
Archibald S. Dobbins | |
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Dobbins in uniform, c. 1862 | |
| Born | Archibald Stephenson Dobbins c. 1827 Maury County, Tennessee |
| Disappeared | c. 1878 (aged 51) Patagonia (present-day Santa Cruz Province), Argentina |
| Status | Missing for 146 years, 3 months and 8 days |
| Monuments | Dobbins Memorial Marker, Confederate Cemetery, Helena, Arkansas |
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| Spouse |
Mary P. Dawson (m. 1849) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Allegiance | Confederate States |
| Branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1862–1865 |
| Rank | Colonel |
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| Criminal details | |
| Criminal status | Remitted, restored to duty |
| Criminal charge | Disobedience of Orders in the face of the enemy |
| Penalty | Dismissed from Service |
Born in Maury County, Tennessee, Dobbins entered Confederate service in 1862 as a volunteer aide-de-camp to Major-General Thomas C. Hindman. That same year, Dobbins was commissioned a colonel of cavalry. Paroled as a prisoner of war at Galveston, Texas, on July 13, 1865, he went into the mercantile business in New Orleans. Moving without his family to Santarem, Brazil, in 1867, he settled two years later near Itaituba, where he opened a sawmill and gristmill. In 1878, he immigrated to the Patagonia region of Argentina where he was engaged in business. The circumstances surrounding Dobbins' death remain a mystery to this day.