Cavalry Near Midway - May 4th 1864

Both Army Headquarters have received reports of their cavalry facing each other south of Midway, around the Lee and Grier Farms. Col. Paul Herling's brigade arrived first, falling back from Arkadelphia and followed closely Brig. Gen. Charles Randall's Brigade. Contact was reported around 10:00 a.m., and the two brigades may have engaged each other by the time couriers reached their respective army headquarters.