Daniel H. Reynolds

Daniel Harris Reynolds (December 14, 2024 – March 14, 1902) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War.

Having become a prominent, land owner, Reynolds was a candidate to become the Chicot County delegate to the Arkansas Secession Convention.

[1] This unit became Company "A" of the 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles in the Confederate States Army and Reynolds became its captain on June 14, 1861.

[2][5] After engaging in some skirmishes in Missouri and Arkansas, and the Battle of Pea Ridge[6] the regiment transferred to service under Major General Earl Van Dorn, operating east of the Mississippi River.

[1][2] Reynolds won many commendations for his service,[2] including praise from Brigadier General Bushrod Johnson for his efforts at Chickamauga.

[1] In April and May, he held brigade commands in the Confederate Departments of the Gulf and of Alabama and East Mississippi.

[1] Reynolds was struck by a cannonball and lost his left leg at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina on March 19, 1865.

Though he was seated in the 16th Arkansas General Assembly to run from 1866 to 1867.,[1][2] Radical Reconstruction authorities disbanded the mostly former Confederate group after only a few months.

[9] Reynolds resumed practicing law and investing in real estate, at one point owning over 60,000 acres (24,000 ha) in Chicot County.