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==Organization==
==Organization==
25th Infantry Regiment [also called 30th Regiment] completed its organization at [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], during the late summer of 1861 using the [[11th Arkansas Infantry Battalion]] as its nucleus. The field officers were Colonel Charles J. Turnbull, Lieutenant Colonels Eli Hufstedler and Thomas S. Simington, and Majors James J. Franklin and L. L. Noles.<ref>National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 January 2011, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm</ref> The regiment was consolidated with other Arkansas regiments April 9, 1865 at [[Smithfield, NC]] and became the [[1st Mounted Rifle Regiment Consolidated]]. The units combined were: 25th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 1st and [[2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifle Regiment]]s, [[4th Infantry Battalion]] and the [[9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment]].
25th Infantry Regiment [also called 30th Regiment] completed its organization at [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], during the late summer of 1861 using the [[11th Arkansas Infantry Battalion]] as its nucleus. The field officers were Colonel Charles J. Turnbull, Lieutenant Colonels Eli Hufstedler and Thomas S. Simington, and Majors James J. Franklin and L. L. Noles.<ref>National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 January 2011, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm</ref> The regiment was consolidated with other Arkansas regiments April 9, 1865 at [[Smithfield, NC]] and became the [[1st Mounted Rifle Regiment Consolidated]]. The units combined were: 25th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 1st and [[2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifle Regiment]]s, [[4th Infantry Battalion]] and the [[9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment]]. The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the following locations:

The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the following counties:
*Company A - Enrolled Randolph County - 18 Mar 1863

*Company B - Enrolled at Little Rock, AR - 1 Mar 1862

*Company C - Enrolled at Jacksonport, AR - 13 Mar 1862

*Company D - Pocahontas, Randolph Co. - Many from Green Co., AR - 25-26 Mar 1862

*Company E - Enrolled at Jacksonport, AR - 10 Mar 1862

*Company F - Enrolled at Little Rock, AR - 15 Mar 1862

*Company G - Enrolled at Pocahantas, AR - 13 Mar 1862

*Company H - Enrolled at Brownsville, AR - 11 Mar 1862

*Company I - Jacksonport, AR - 19 Mar 1862

*Company K - St. Charles, AR - 22 Feb 1862


==Battles==
==Battles==

Revision as of 15:29, 24 May 2011

25th Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)
Arkansas state flag
Active1861 to 1865
CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceCSA Dixie
BranchInfantry

The 25th Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.

Organization

25th Infantry Regiment [also called 30th Regiment] completed its organization at Little Rock, Arkansas, during the late summer of 1861 using the 11th Arkansas Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. The field officers were Colonel Charles J. Turnbull, Lieutenant Colonels Eli Hufstedler and Thomas S. Simington, and Majors James J. Franklin and L. L. Noles.[1] The regiment was consolidated with other Arkansas regiments April 9, 1865 at Smithfield, NC and became the 1st Mounted Rifle Regiment Consolidated. The units combined were: 25th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 1st and 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifle Regiments, 4th Infantry Battalion and the 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the following locations:

  • Company A - Enrolled Randolph County - 18 Mar 1863
  • Company B - Enrolled at Little Rock, AR - 1 Mar 1862
  • Company C - Enrolled at Jacksonport, AR - 13 Mar 1862
  • Company D - Pocahontas, Randolph Co. - Many from Green Co., AR - 25-26 Mar 1862
  • Company E - Enrolled at Jacksonport, AR - 10 Mar 1862
  • Company F - Enrolled at Little Rock, AR - 15 Mar 1862
  • Company G - Enrolled at Pocahantas, AR - 13 Mar 1862
  • Company H - Enrolled at Brownsville, AR - 11 Mar 1862
  • Company I - Jacksonport, AR - 19 Mar 1862
  • Company K - St. Charles, AR - 22 Feb 1862

Battles

After fighting at Farmington, Mississippi, and Richmond, Kentucky, it was assigned to McNair's and D. H. Reynold's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. From April to August, 1863, the 25th was consolidated with the 31st Arkansas Regiment. It fought at Murfreesboro and Jackson, then participated in the campaigns of the army from Chickamauga to Bentonville. The unit reported 10 casualties at Richmond, lost 7 killed, 51 wounded, and 3 missing at Murfreesboro, and of the 111 engaged at Chickamauga, fifty-five percent were disabled.[2]

Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 29–30, 1862.
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862.
Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 to January 3, 1863.
Siege of Jackson, Mississippi, July, 1863.
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19–20, 1863.
Siege of Chattanooga, September to November 1863.
Atlanta Campaign, May to September 1864.
Battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 14–15, 1864.
Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia, May 25 - June 4, 1864.
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864.
Battle of Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 20, 1864.
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864.
Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, August 31 to September 1, 1864.
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864.
Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15–16, 1864.
Carolinas Campaign, February to April 1865.
Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19–21, 1865.

Surrender

This regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

References

  1. ^ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 January 2011, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
  2. ^ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 January 2011, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

See also

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