Headquarters have started receiving reports of a skirmish at Midway from about 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Col. Paul Herling's cavalry brigade engaged with Holcomb's Arkansas cavalry brigade, supported by the Twenty-Sixth Arkansas, which had been shadowing Herling from the previous day.
Brig. Gen. Holcomb was killed early in the action at the south end of Midway village.
Herling's men fought well, but were outnumbered, flanked and forced to fall back. They made a stand at the Greer orchard until flanked again, and then withdrew towards Arkadelphia before dark.
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