Born in Tennessee, Archibald Stephenson Dobbins grew up on the family farm. After marrying, Dobbins moved to Arkansas and became a successful planter near Helena. In 1862, Dobbins was commissioned a colonel in the Confederate States Army and appointed to the staff of Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman. In 1863, Dobbins raised the 1st Arkansas Cavalry. After leading his regiment during the Battle of Helena, Dobbins was assigned command of a brigade. Some-time after, Dobbins was arrested by Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke. Dobbins had refused to serve under Marmaduke. Dobbins was a close friend of Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker, who had died in a duel with Marmaduke. Dobbins was found guilty of disobeying a direct order and discharged from the army. However, the discharge was overturned, and Dobbins was placed in command of a brigade in 1864. During Price's 1864 invasion of Missouri, Dobbins was a brigade commander in Fagan's Division. At the end of the war, Dobbins surrendered and was paroled in Galveston, Texas, on July 13, 1865. After the war, Dobbins moved to New Orleans but later relocated to Brazil and tried to establish a plantation there.
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