it is unclear who was the commander of the 48th arkansas or which counties the regiment was recruited from. there are no surviving muster rolls for the regiment; in fact the only documentation that exists for the unit is a list of prisoners captured on october 24, 1864, at mound city, kansas, during price's raid. since general sterling price generally referred to his units by the name of the unit commander, the reports from price's raid rarely contain the numerical designation of the unit. because the names of the other 40 series regimental commanders are known, some historians have speculated that the 48th may have been the numerical designation of colonel charles h. carlton's regiment. like the other 40 series regiments, carlton's regiment was raised in the summer of 1864. the only numerical designation known to be associated with the carlton's regiment is the 28th arkansas cavalry. another 40 series regiment, colonel james h. mcghee's 44th arkansas infantry (mounted) was also previously known as the 29th arkansas cavalry regiment. another possibility for the identity of the 48th is a former infantry unit which was mounted for price's raid, colonel james w. rogan's 30th arkansas infantry regiment.