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===Infantry===
===Infantry===
Tracking Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiments can be extremely complicated due to the fact that numerical designations were often issued to multiple units. Some of these duplications were due to the competing authorities attempting to organize forces in the state. Other dublications were due to poor and or delayed communications between the various mustering agents, the Arkansas State Military Board, which was in charge of organizing forces with in the state, and the Confederate War Department in Richmond. Additional duplications occured when parts of various regiments were captured, only to be parolled, exchanged and returned to active status at some later point. Finally, many duplicataions occured after effective communications had been severed between Richmond and the Department of the Trans-Mississippi. General Sterling Price's staff made an attempt to renumber Confederate Regiments in the Trans-Mississipp, resulting in many regiments serving west of the Mississippi
Tracking Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiments can be extremely complicated due to the fact that numerical designations were often issued to multiple units. Some of these duplications were due to the competing authorities attempting to organize forces in the state. Other dublications were due to poor and or delayed communications between the various mustering agents, the Arkansas State Military Board, which was in charge of organizing forces with in the state, and the Confederate War Department in Richmond. Additional duplications occured when parts of various regiments were captured, only to be parolled, exchanged and returned to active status at some later point. Finally, many duplicataions occured after effective communications had been severed between Richmond and the Department of the Trans-Mississippi. General Sterling Price's staff made an attempt to renumber Confederate Regiments in the Trans-Mississipp, resulting in many regiments serving west of the Mississippi haveing duplicate designations with units serving east of the Mississippi River.
====Competing Authorities====

An example of the confusion caused by the competing authorities organizing forces is the numbers of the regiment organized by Colonel, later Major General Patrick Cleburne. Cleburne's regiment recieved the designation of 1st Arkansas when it was mustered into state service at Mound City on May 14, 1861. Cleburne's regiment was accepted into Confederate service by General Hardeee on July 23, 1861, at Pitman's Ferry, AR as the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. However Confederate authorities had authorized Colonel T. B. Flournoy to raise a regiment of Arkansas Volunteers in April of 1861, before the state had actually seceeded. The regiment raised by Flournoy, which elected James F. Fagan as it's orgional Colonel, was never mustered in to State Service, so it never recieved a state designation. When Cleburne's regiments documents reached the war department, the duplication was discovered and Cleburen's regiment was re-designated as the 15th Arkansas. Unfortunately there would be two other regiments which were also numbered the 15th Arkansas, one commanded by Colonel Dandrige McRea and another commanded by Colonel James Gee.<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "15th Arkansas Regiment, No. 2", The Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted February 8, 2007, Accessed May 23, 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14677 </ref>
An example of the confusion caused by the competing authorities organizing forces is the numbers of the regiment organized by Colonel, later Major General Patrick Cleburne. Cleburne's regiment recieved the designation of 1st Arkansas when it was mustered into state service at Mound City on May 14, 1861. Cleburne's regiment was accepted into Confederate service by General Hardeee on July 23, 1861, at Pitman's Ferry, AR as the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. However Confederate authorities had authorized Colonel T. B. Flournoy to raise a regiment of Arkansas Volunteers in April of 1861, before the state had actually seceeded. The regiment raised by Flournoy, which elected James F. Fagan as it's orgional Colonel, was never mustered in to State Service, so it never recieved a state designation. When Cleburne's regiments documents reached the war department, the duplication was discovered and Cleburen's regiment was re-designated as the 15th Arkansas. Unfortunately there would be two other regiments which were also numbered the 15th Arkansas, one commanded by Colonel Dandrige McRea and another commanded by Colonel James Gee.<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "15th Arkansas Regiment, No. 2", The Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted February 8, 2007, Accessed May 23, 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14677 </ref>


Additionally, at varrious times during the war, the State Military Board attempted to organized State Troop organizations, which were not intended to be transferred to Confederate Service. Most of these regiments were eventually transferred into Confederate service but they existed, often with duplicated state number designations for some period of time as state organizations. An example of this confusion involves the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment and Adams Arkanssas Infantry Regiment. After the battle of Pea Ridge, General Van Dorn took most of the organized regiments in the state, and all militiary supplies that he could lay hand on and moved them accorss the Mississippi River to Cornth Mississippi, leaving the state basically defenseless. the State Military Board authorized the establishment of several new regiments for the defense of the State, and ordered the conscription of the requisite number of men from the militia to fill the ranks. The new regiments were organized fairly quickly, and were mustered into service in June, July and August, 1862. Among the newly-organized regiments authorized by the State Military Board were the 34th (Col. William H. Brooks), 35th (Col. Frank A. Rector) and 36th (Col. Samuel W. Peel). True to form, these designations were ignored, and they were mustered into service as the 1st (Rector), 2nd (Brooks) and 3rd (Peel) Regiments, Northwest Division, District of Arkansas. Colonel Peel was eventually superseded by Charles W. Adams, resulting in what is known as Adam's 3rd Arkansas Infantry, which, was disbanded after the Battle of Prairie Grove. The 1st and 2nd Regiments, Northwest Division, finally assumed their authorized designations of 35th and 34th Arkansas Regiments, respectively. To further confuse matters for when the United States War Department clerks who put together the [[Compiled Service Records]], decades after the war, ran across scattered records of certain men of the 3rd Arkansas who had been paroled at Springfield, Missouri, after the battle of Prairie Grove, they compiled them with the records of Colonel Van H. Manning's 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In fact, these men belonged to Adams's so-called 3rd Arkansas.<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "The 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment(s)", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 6 February 2007, 5:21 pm , Accessed 3 August 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14621</ref>
Additionally, at varrious times during the war, the State Military Board attempted to organized State Troop organizations, which were not intended to be transferred to Confederate Service. Most of these regiments were eventually transferred into Confederate service but they existed, often with duplicated state number designations for some period of time as state organizations. An example of this confusion involves the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment and Adams Arkanssas Infantry Regiment. After the battle of Pea Ridge, General Van Dorn took most of the organized regiments in the state, and all militiary supplies that he could lay hand on and moved them accorss the Mississippi River to Cornth Mississippi, leaving the state basically defenseless. the State Military Board authorized the establishment of several new regiments for the defense of the State, and ordered the conscription of the requisite number of men from the militia to fill the ranks. The new regiments were organized fairly quickly, and were mustered into service in June, July and August, 1862. Among the newly-organized regiments authorized by the State Military Board were the 34th (Col. William H. Brooks), 35th (Col. Frank A. Rector) and 36th (Col. Samuel W. Peel). True to form, these designations were ignored, and they were mustered into service as the 1st (Rector), 2nd (Brooks) and 3rd (Peel) Regiments, Northwest Division, District of Arkansas. Colonel Peel was eventually superseded by Charles W. Adams, resulting in what is known as Adam's 3rd Arkansas Infantry, which, was disbanded after the Battle of Prairie Grove. The 1st and 2nd Regiments, Northwest Division, finally assumed their authorized designations of 35th and 34th Arkansas Regiments, respectively. To further confuse matters for when the United States War Department clerks who put together the [[Compiled Service Records]], decades after the war, ran across scattered records of certain men of the 3rd Arkansas who had been paroled at Springfield, Missouri, after the battle of Prairie Grove, they compiled them with the records of Colonel Van H. Manning's 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In fact, these men belonged to Adams's so-called 3rd Arkansas.<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "The 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment(s)", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 6 February 2007, 5:21 pm , Accessed 3 August 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14621</ref>
====Confusing Communications====

Communications with the Confederate War Department also led to much confusion. When a new regiment was organized, state officals issued the next avaiable number under its numbering schemen. Before a new unit obtained it's final or Confederate designation, the regimental muster rolls and election returns had to be forwarded to the Confederate War Department which would assign the next avaiable number, according to it's numbering scheme. Given the great distance involved, even before Union forces established effective control of the Mississippi River, many duplications occured. When a duplication was identified, the Confederate War Department would attempt to renumber a regiment to relieve the confusion, but often only confused the issue futher. A good example of this type of duplication is the regiment organized by Dadridge McRea. McRea's unit was orgionally designated as the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion, because it lacked the required number of companies to organize as a full regiment. By the time sufficinet companies were added to bring the unit up to regimental strenght, the unit was disgnated as the 21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. However, Confederate authorities realized that they had also accepted Colonel Jordan E. Cravens regiment as the 21st Arkansas. To rectify the confusion, the Confederate War Department redisgnated McRea's Regiment as the 15th Arkansas Infantry. Almost immediately, the Confederate War Department realized that it had just awarded this designation to Cleburnes former 1st Arkansas, so McRea's Regiment was redisgnated as the [[15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment]].<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "15th Arkansas Regiment, No.3", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 10 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14684 </ref>
Communications with the Confederate War Department also led to much confusion. When a new regiment was organized, state officals issued the next avaiable number under its numbering schemen. Before a new unit obtained it's final or Confederate designation, the regimental muster rolls and election returns had to be forwarded to the Confederate War Department which would assign the next avaiable number, according to it's numbering scheme. Given the great distance involved, even before Union forces established effective control of the Mississippi River, many duplications occured. When a duplication was identified, the Confederate War Department would attempt to renumber a regiment to relieve the confusion, but often only confused the issue futher. A good example of this type of duplication is the regiment organized by Dadridge McRea. McRea's unit was orgionally designated as the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion, because it lacked the required number of companies to organize as a full regiment. By the time sufficinet companies were added to bring the unit up to regimental strenght, the unit was disgnated as the 21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. However, Confederate authorities realized that they had also accepted Colonel Jordan E. Cravens regiment as the 21st Arkansas. To rectify the confusion, the Confederate War Department redisgnated McRea's Regiment as the 15th Arkansas Infantry. Almost immediately, the Confederate War Department realized that it had just awarded this designation to Cleburnes former 1st Arkansas, so McRea's Regiment was redisgnated as the [[15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment]].<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "15th Arkansas Regiment, No.3", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 10 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14684 </ref>
====Designations affected by surrender, paroll and exchange====

The designations of some units became conflicted as parts of units were captured and later parolled, exchanged, and re-entered active service. An example of this is Dawson's 19th Arkanans Infantry. The regiment completed its organization at Nashville, Arkansas, in November, 1861 and C. L. Dawson was elected Colonel. The unit was assigned to the garrison of Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post, a large part of the regiment was captured when the fort was surrendered on January 11, 1863. Some of the men, including the regimental commander, Col. Dawson, were absent from Arkansas Post at the time it surrendered. This remnant of the 19th was consolidated with simular remenants of othe units captured at the post, and with Colonel Dawson, in command, they continued to be referred to as the 19th Arkansas, some times being referred to as Hardy's Regiment (who suceeded Dawson in command), and operated in the Trans-Mississippi department for the remaineder of the war. The part of Dawson's orgional regiment that was captured at Arkansas Post, were sent to prisons in the North, and when exchanged in April 1863 at City Point Virgina, and then transferred to the Army of Tennessee, where they spent the rest of the war, also being referred to as the 19th Arkansas. There was also a third regiment that was given the designation of 19th Arkansas. This regiment was organized on April 2, 1862, at DeValls Bluff, with Col. Hamilton P. Smead in command. Smead was eventually replaced by Colonel Thomas P. Dockery, and surrendered with the garrison of Vicksburg Mississippi.<ref>Howerton, Bryan, and Taylor, Doyle, "19th Arkansas Regiment, No. 1", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 22 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14787 </ref>
The designations of some units became conflicted as parts of units were captured and later parolled, exchanged, and re-entered active service. An example of this is Dawson's 19th Arkanans Infantry. The regiment completed its organization at Nashville, Arkansas, in November, 1861 and C. L. Dawson was elected Colonel. The unit was assigned to the garrison of Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post, a large part of the regiment was captured when the fort was surrendered on January 11, 1863. Some of the men, including the regimental commander, Col. Dawson, were absent from Arkansas Post at the time it surrendered. This remnant of the 19th was consolidated with simular remenants of othe units captured at the post, and with Colonel Dawson, in command, they continued to be referred to as the 19th Arkansas, some times being referred to as Hardy's Regiment (who suceeded Dawson in command), and operated in the Trans-Mississippi department for the remaineder of the war. The part of Dawson's orgional regiment that was captured at Arkansas Post, were sent to prisons in the North, and when exchanged in April 1863 at City Point Virgina, and then transferred to the Army of Tennessee, where they spent the rest of the war, also being referred to as the 19th Arkansas. There was also a third regiment that was given the designation of 19th Arkansas. This regiment was organized on April 2, 1862, at DeValls Bluff, with Col. Hamilton P. Smead in command. Smead was eventually replaced by Colonel Thomas P. Dockery, and surrendered with the garrison of Vicksburg Mississippi.<ref>Howerton, Bryan, and Taylor, Doyle, "19th Arkansas Regiment, No. 1", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 22 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14787 </ref>
===Re-organization of the Trans-Mississippi Department===

In 1863, General Price's staff decided to designate the Arkansas infantry regiments in the District of Arkansas as Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiments. Col. Asa S. Morgan's 26th Arkansas Regiment was designated as the 3rd Trans-Mississippi Regiment. Immediately the officers and men begin to refer to them selves as the 3rd Arkansas Regiment. This leads to confusion for researhers find Col. Van H. Manning's 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry serving under General Lee in the Army of Northern Virgian and a group in arkansas who insist on also calling themselves the 3rd Arkansas..<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "The 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment(s)", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 6 February 2007, 5:21 pm , Accessed 3 August 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14621</ref>
In 1863, General Price's staff decided to designate the Arkansas infantry regiments in the District of Arkansas as Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiments. Col. Asa S. Morgan's 26th Arkansas Regiment was designated as the 3rd Trans-Mississippi Regiment. Immediately the officers and men begin to refer to them selves as the 3rd Arkansas Regiment. This leads to confusion for researhers find Col. Van H. Manning's 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry serving under General Lee in the Army of Northern Virgian and a group in arkansas who insist on also calling themselves the 3rd Arkansas..<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "The 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment(s)", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 6 February 2007, 5:21 pm , Accessed 3 August 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14621</ref>
====List of Arkansas Confederate Regiments====





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Arkansas Civil War Confederate Units, a list of units formed from that state for service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Like most states, Arkansas possessed a prewar Militia organization, which consisted of 71 regiments, organized into eight brigades, and divided into two divisions. In addition to it's standard miitia regiment or regiments, each count was authorized to created upto four volunteer companies. While none of the prewar militia regiments were enrolled into Confederate service, many of the exising Volunteer Companies were enrolled into new volunteer regiments. Other new Volunteer Companies were raised with no connection to the prewar militia. Immedately following secession, the State Military Board began organizing regiments of State Troops. Many of these regiments were eventually transferred into Confederate Service. Some Volunteer Regiments were organzied under direct authority of the new Confederate Government and were never organized as State Troops. In 1862, the Confederate Congress passed a new conscription law and new companies and regiments were organized almost entirely of conscripted, or drafted men. The secession convention also authorized each county to organize Home Guard Organizations made up of men too young or too old or otherwise exempt from conscription or militia service.

Militia

Main article: Arkansas Militia in the Civil War

At the beginning of the war, the Arkansas Militia consisted of 71 Regiments, which were organized into two divisions, each division haveing four brigades. Each county had at least one regiment, several had more than one regiment within the county.[1] The Arkansas Militia Act allowed each regiment to form up to four volunteer companies.[2] While the regular militia regiments were required to drill three times per year and were required to supply their own weapons, the volunteer companies drilled much more often and were actually supplied with some equipment from the state. A decision was made by the state Arkansas Secession Convention not to activate the militia in mass, but form a series of new State Troop regiments for the new Army of Arkansas.[3] Many of these volunteer militia companies were enrolled in the new volunteer regiments which were formed by the Military Board of Arkansas.[1]

State Troops

The Arkansas Succession Convention decided that rather than activating the existing militia regiments, they would raise new volunteer regiment. The convention was concerned that if the militia was called out and transferred into Confederate Service, they would be subject to being transferred out of the state, leaving the state defenseless. The convention was also concerned with the cost involved in paying for a large standing state force. These new volunteer regiments would be a part of the Provisional Army of Arkansas and would be transitioned into Confederate service as quickly as possible. The Provisional Army of Arkansas was to consist of two divisions, the 1st Division in the western part of the state, and the 2nd Division in the eastern part of the state. The new regiments of State Troops were mustered in to service for 90 days. The regiments in the eastern division were transferred into Confederate Service under the command of Brigadier General Hardee. The regiments in the western division participated in the Battle of Wilson's Creek as a brigade under State Brigadier General N.B. Pearce. Following the battle of Wilson's Creek, the western division was marched back to Arkansas and given the opportunity to vote on whether or not they would be transferred into Confederate Service. The units of the western division voted to disband rather than transfer into Confederate service. The Secession Convention appointed a new state military board to organize the new regiments and coordinate their transition into Confederate service.

Confederate Forces raised in Arkansas

Infantry

Tracking Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiments can be extremely complicated due to the fact that numerical designations were often issued to multiple units. Some of these duplications were due to the competing authorities attempting to organize forces in the state. Other dublications were due to poor and or delayed communications between the various mustering agents, the Arkansas State Military Board, which was in charge of organizing forces with in the state, and the Confederate War Department in Richmond. Additional duplications occured when parts of various regiments were captured, only to be parolled, exchanged and returned to active status at some later point. Finally, many duplicataions occured after effective communications had been severed between Richmond and the Department of the Trans-Mississippi. General Sterling Price's staff made an attempt to renumber Confederate Regiments in the Trans-Mississipp, resulting in many regiments serving west of the Mississippi haveing duplicate designations with units serving east of the Mississippi River.

Competing Authorities

An example of the confusion caused by the competing authorities organizing forces is the numbers of the regiment organized by Colonel, later Major General Patrick Cleburne. Cleburne's regiment recieved the designation of 1st Arkansas when it was mustered into state service at Mound City on May 14, 1861. Cleburne's regiment was accepted into Confederate service by General Hardeee on July 23, 1861, at Pitman's Ferry, AR as the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. However Confederate authorities had authorized Colonel T. B. Flournoy to raise a regiment of Arkansas Volunteers in April of 1861, before the state had actually seceeded. The regiment raised by Flournoy, which elected James F. Fagan as it's orgional Colonel, was never mustered in to State Service, so it never recieved a state designation. When Cleburne's regiments documents reached the war department, the duplication was discovered and Cleburen's regiment was re-designated as the 15th Arkansas. Unfortunately there would be two other regiments which were also numbered the 15th Arkansas, one commanded by Colonel Dandrige McRea and another commanded by Colonel James Gee.[5]

Additionally, at varrious times during the war, the State Military Board attempted to organized State Troop organizations, which were not intended to be transferred to Confederate Service. Most of these regiments were eventually transferred into Confederate service but they existed, often with duplicated state number designations for some period of time as state organizations. An example of this confusion involves the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment and Adams Arkanssas Infantry Regiment. After the battle of Pea Ridge, General Van Dorn took most of the organized regiments in the state, and all militiary supplies that he could lay hand on and moved them accorss the Mississippi River to Cornth Mississippi, leaving the state basically defenseless. the State Military Board authorized the establishment of several new regiments for the defense of the State, and ordered the conscription of the requisite number of men from the militia to fill the ranks. The new regiments were organized fairly quickly, and were mustered into service in June, July and August, 1862. Among the newly-organized regiments authorized by the State Military Board were the 34th (Col. William H. Brooks), 35th (Col. Frank A. Rector) and 36th (Col. Samuel W. Peel). True to form, these designations were ignored, and they were mustered into service as the 1st (Rector), 2nd (Brooks) and 3rd (Peel) Regiments, Northwest Division, District of Arkansas. Colonel Peel was eventually superseded by Charles W. Adams, resulting in what is known as Adam's 3rd Arkansas Infantry, which, was disbanded after the Battle of Prairie Grove. The 1st and 2nd Regiments, Northwest Division, finally assumed their authorized designations of 35th and 34th Arkansas Regiments, respectively. To further confuse matters for when the United States War Department clerks who put together the Compiled Service Records, decades after the war, ran across scattered records of certain men of the 3rd Arkansas who had been paroled at Springfield, Missouri, after the battle of Prairie Grove, they compiled them with the records of Colonel Van H. Manning's 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In fact, these men belonged to Adams's so-called 3rd Arkansas.[6]

Confusing Communications

Communications with the Confederate War Department also led to much confusion. When a new regiment was organized, state officals issued the next avaiable number under its numbering schemen. Before a new unit obtained it's final or Confederate designation, the regimental muster rolls and election returns had to be forwarded to the Confederate War Department which would assign the next avaiable number, according to it's numbering scheme. Given the great distance involved, even before Union forces established effective control of the Mississippi River, many duplications occured. When a duplication was identified, the Confederate War Department would attempt to renumber a regiment to relieve the confusion, but often only confused the issue futher. A good example of this type of duplication is the regiment organized by Dadridge McRea. McRea's unit was orgionally designated as the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion, because it lacked the required number of companies to organize as a full regiment. By the time sufficinet companies were added to bring the unit up to regimental strenght, the unit was disgnated as the 21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. However, Confederate authorities realized that they had also accepted Colonel Jordan E. Cravens regiment as the 21st Arkansas. To rectify the confusion, the Confederate War Department redisgnated McRea's Regiment as the 15th Arkansas Infantry. Almost immediately, the Confederate War Department realized that it had just awarded this designation to Cleburnes former 1st Arkansas, so McRea's Regiment was redisgnated as the 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment.[7]

Designations affected by surrender, paroll and exchange

The designations of some units became conflicted as parts of units were captured and later parolled, exchanged, and re-entered active service. An example of this is Dawson's 19th Arkanans Infantry. The regiment completed its organization at Nashville, Arkansas, in November, 1861 and C. L. Dawson was elected Colonel. The unit was assigned to the garrison of Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post, a large part of the regiment was captured when the fort was surrendered on January 11, 1863. Some of the men, including the regimental commander, Col. Dawson, were absent from Arkansas Post at the time it surrendered. This remnant of the 19th was consolidated with simular remenants of othe units captured at the post, and with Colonel Dawson, in command, they continued to be referred to as the 19th Arkansas, some times being referred to as Hardy's Regiment (who suceeded Dawson in command), and operated in the Trans-Mississippi department for the remaineder of the war. The part of Dawson's orgional regiment that was captured at Arkansas Post, were sent to prisons in the North, and when exchanged in April 1863 at City Point Virgina, and then transferred to the Army of Tennessee, where they spent the rest of the war, also being referred to as the 19th Arkansas. There was also a third regiment that was given the designation of 19th Arkansas. This regiment was organized on April 2, 1862, at DeValls Bluff, with Col. Hamilton P. Smead in command. Smead was eventually replaced by Colonel Thomas P. Dockery, and surrendered with the garrison of Vicksburg Mississippi.[8]

Re-organization of the Trans-Mississippi Department

In 1863, General Price's staff decided to designate the Arkansas infantry regiments in the District of Arkansas as Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiments. Col. Asa S. Morgan's 26th Arkansas Regiment was designated as the 3rd Trans-Mississippi Regiment. Immediately the officers and men begin to refer to them selves as the 3rd Arkansas Regiment. This leads to confusion for researhers find Col. Van H. Manning's 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry serving under General Lee in the Army of Northern Virgian and a group in arkansas who insist on also calling themselves the 3rd Arkansas..[9]

List of Arkansas Confederate Regiments

Un-numbered Regiments

  • Adams' Infantry
  • Borland's Infantry
  • Cocke's Infantry, see 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

Infantry Battalions

Volunteer Companies

The basic building blocks for regiment during the Civi War period was the volunteer company. Many Volunteer Militia Companies were organized under the authority of the Arkansas Militia Law during 1860 and 1861. Most of the companies raised during this period had their elections certified by the local militia regimental commander and their commissions were issued by the Governor as the Commander in Chief of the State Militia. This pratice continued until the fall of 1861. Other Volunteer Companies were raised directly for Confederate service and were never organized in the state militia. Volunteer Companies, wheter militia or raised directly for Confederate Service were then organizied in to new Volunteer Regiments. a Regiment required 8-10 companies for organization. If a unit was not able to must field enough companies to organize as a regiment, It was often allow to organize as a separate battalion until enough companies were added to comprise a full regiment. A separate battalion was commanded by a Lieutant Colonel. This list includes only those companies with a distict name.[10] Many volunteer companies were simply disgnated "Volunteer Infantry Company, Conway County," or Volunteer Cavalry Company, Conway County".[11]

Company Name Commanding Officer Company Regiment
Adams Artillery Captain James J. Gaines 1st Arkansas Field Battery.
Appeal Battery Captain William C. Bryan 5th Arkansas Field Battery.
Arkansas Guards Captain Ganum Brightwell Company G 7th Arkansas Infantry.
Arkansas Horse Artillery see Clark County Artillery.
Arkansas Rats see Jackson Light Artillery.
Arkansas Rifles Captain Felix R. Robertson Company E 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Arkansas Toothpicks Captain Lucius P. Featherston Company K 5th Arkansas Infantry.
Arkansas Toothpicks Captain G. A. Hale Company B 12th Arkansas Infantry.
Arkansas Travellers Captain William H. Tebbs Company A 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Arkansas Travellers Captain Robert M. Wallace Company G 9th Arkansas Infantry.
Ashley Light Infantry Captain Micajah R. Wilson Company F 8th Arkansas Battalion.
Ashley Rangers Captain James H. Capers Company A 13th Louisiana Battalion.
Ashley Volunteers Captain Vannoy H. Manning Company K 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Auburn Grays Captain Joseph W. Barnett Company F 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Augusta Guards apt. Charles H. Matlock Company D 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Austin Rifles Captain Andrew J. Gingles Company I 5th Arkansas Infantry.
Austin Artillery Captain John T. Trigg 9th Arkansas Field Battery.
Bayou Metoe Hornets see Turnbull Guards.
Belle Point Guards Captain W. R. Hartzig Company G 5th Arkansas State Troops.
Berlin Beauregards Captain James H. Capers Company B 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Bevering Riflemen Captain Benjamin F. Sweeney Company C 5th Arkansas Infantry.
Black River Rifles Captain Robert C. Jones Company C 8th Arkansas Battalion.
Blackburn Guards Captain Samuel V. Reid Company H 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Booneville Rifles Captain William Gipson Company A 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Border Rangers Captain Dandridge McRae Company E 6th Arkansas Battalion.
Bradley Guards Captain John M. Bradley Company A 9th Arkansas Infantry.
Brierfield Rebels Captain Archibald J. McNeill Company D 6th Arkansas Battalion.
Bright Star Rifles Captain Josephus C. Tison Company D 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Brownsville Rifles Captain Robert S. Gantt Company G 5th Arkansas Infantry.
Burrowville Mountain Guards Captain John J. Dawson Company I 3rd Confederate Infantry.
Caddo Rifles Captain Francis J. Erwin Company C 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Calhoun Escopets Captain Joseph B. McCulloch Company A 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Calhoun Invincibles Captain Oliver H. P. Black Company K 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Calhoun Yellow Jackets Captain Philip H. Echols Company B1 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Camden Cavalry Captain Samuel G. Earle Jr. Company G 3rd Arkansas Cavalry.
Camden Knights Captain William L. Crenshaw Company C 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Camden Knights No. 2 Captain John L. Logan Company G 11th Arkansas Infantry.
Cane Hill Rifles Captain Pleasant W. Buchanan Company D 2nd Arkansas State Troops.
Capitol Guards Captain Gordon N. Peay Company A 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Centre Guards Captain Isaac. D. Booe unattached.
Chalk Bluff Rebels Captain William Reed Company F 3rd Confederate Infantry.
Champagnolle Guards Captain Thomas F. Nolan Company E 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Chickasaw Guards Captain George A. Atkins Company C 12th Arkansas Battalion.
Chicot Rangers Captain Daniel H. Reynolds Company A 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Chicot Rebels Captain James D. Imboden Company B 8th Arkansas Battalion.
Choctaw Rifles Captain Richard S. Fears Company C 10th Arkansas Infantry.
City Guards Captain Richard Lyon Company H 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Clan McGregor Captain Donelson McGregor Company D 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Clark County Artillery Captain Franklin Roberts 2nd Arkansas Light Artillery.
Clark County Volunteers Captain Charles S. Stark Company B 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Clark Rifles Captain Newton S. Love Company A 8th Arkansas Battalion.
Clear Lake Independent Guards Captain Bartley M. Barnes unattached.
Columbia Guards Captain Dawson L. Killgore Company G 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Colville Guards Captain James M. Richards Company G 15th Northwest Arkansas Infantry.
Confederate Grays Captain Simon B. Thomasson Company B2 9th Arkansas Infantry.
Confederate Guards Captain John A. Rowles Company E 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Confederate Stars Captain Thomas M. Whittington Company C 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Conway Invincibles Captain Edwin L. Vaughan Company E 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Conway Tigers Captain John W. Duncan Company I 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Corley’s Spies Captain Samuel Corley Company A 1st Arkansas Cavalry.
Cotton Plant Guards Captain Charles F. Lynch Company G 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Crawford Artillery Captain James T. Stewart Company F 2nd Arkansas State Troops.
Crawford County Rangers Captain Thomas B. Brantley Company C 1st Arkansas Battalion.
Crawford Guards Captain Joel H. Foster Company K 2nd Arkansas State Troops.
Crittenden Rangers Captain R. T. Redman Company C 6th Arkansas Battalion.
Crockett Rifles Captain Robert H. Crockett Company H 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Cut-Off Guards Captain William H. Isom Company B1 9th Arkansas Infantry.
Dallas Artillery Captain William Hart 2nd Arkansas Field Battery.
Dallas Volunteer Rifles Captain Feaster J. Cameron Company C 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Danley’s Rangers Captain Benjamin F. Danley Company D 3rd Arkansas Cavalry.
Davis Blues Captain Joseph L. Neal Company F 5th Arkansas State Troops.
Davis Light Horse Captain William H. Brooks Company E 1st Arkansas Battalion.
Des Arc Rangers Captain John S. Pearson Company B 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Des Arc Regulars Captain Felix G. Gleaves unattached.
Desha County Artillery Captain Henry C. West 4th Arkansas Field Battery.
Desha Rangers Captain William S. Malcomb unattached.
DeWitt Guards Captain James M. Boswell Company K 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Dixie Grays Captain Samuel G. Smith Company E 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Dixie Guards Captain William C. Haislip Company F 9th Arkansas Infantry.
Drew County Grays Captain William D. Trotter Company E 24th Arkansas Infantry.
Drew Light Artillery see Monticello Artillery.
Drew Light Horse Captain Henry S. Hudspeth Company B 6th Arkansas Battalion.
El Dorado Sentinels Captain Asa S. Morgan Company A 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Erin Guard Captain George B. Hunt Company K1 13th Arkansas Infantry.
Ettomon Guards Captain William H. Martin Company F 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Fagan Guards Captain William N. Bronaugh Company B 2nd Arkansas Battalion.
Fagan Rifles Captain John R. Lacy Company C 2nd Arkansas Battalion.
Fairplay Rifles Captain Augustus A. Crawford Company D 11th Arkansas Infantry.
Falcon Guards Captain Jackson C. C. Moss Company E 11th Arkansas Infantry.
Fletcher Rifles Captain Elliot H. Fletcher Jr. Company C 3rd Confederate Infantry.
Fort Smith Artillery Captain John G. Reid unattached.
Fort Smith Grays Captain Cabell Company D 4th Arkansas State Troops.
Fort Smith Rifles Captain James H. Sparks Company A 2nd Arkansas State Troops.
Frontier Guards Captain Hugh T. Brown Company G 2nd Arkansas State Troops.
Galla Rangers Captain Benjamin T. Embry Company B 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Glaize Rifles Captain George E. Orme Company B 7th Arkansas Infantry.
Greene County Roughs Captain Guy S. Murray Company D 8th Arkansas Battalion
Greene County Volunteers Captain James C. Anderson 1st Arkansas 30-Day Volunteers.
Hardee Guards Captain James T. Armstrong Company H 9th Arkansas Infantry.
Harris Guards Captain James T. Harris Company A 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Helena Artillery Captain A. W. Clarkson unattached.
Hempstead Cavalry Captain George E. Gamble Company H 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Hempstead Hornets Captain Rufus K. Garland Company B 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Hempstead Legion Captain Daniel W. Webster Company A 20th Arkansas Infantry.
Hempstead Plough Boys Captain Jefferson Cottingham Company E 20th Arkansas Infantry.
Hempstead Rifles Captain John R. Gratiot Company A 2nd Arkansas State Troops.
Hempstead Rifles No. 2 Captain Benjamin P. Jett, Jr. Company H 17th Arkansas Infantry.
Henry Hornets Captain Philip G. Henry Company C 9th Arkansas Infantry.
High’s Repellers Captain William T. High Company B 2nd Arkansas 30-Day Volunteers.
Hindman Guards Captain Henry B. Blakemore Company G 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Holly Springs Targeteers Captain Ezekiel P. Chandler Company D 12th Arkansas Infantry.
Hot Spring Hornets Captain Daniel A. Newman Company F 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Hot Springs Cavalry Captain Joseph Jester Company F 3rd Arkansas Cavalry.
Hot Springs Infantry Captain Joseph A. Gregory Company A 2nd Arkansas Battalion.
Hot Springs Rifles Captain Edwin C. Jones Company E 12th Arkansas Infantry.
Independence Guards Captain Justus F. Tracy Company E 8th Arkansas Infantry.
Independence Rifles Captain William E. Gibbs Company K 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Independent Blues Captain J. E. Horner unattached.
Independent Light Horse Guards Captain Powhatan Perkins Company D 3rd Arkansas State Troops.
Invincible Guards Captain Thomas P. Dockery Company A 5th Arkansas State Troops
Izard Volunteers Captain William S. Lindsey Company A 14th Arkansas Infantry.
Jackson Aids Captain William P. Ragland Company A 6th Arkansas Battalion.
Jackson Guards Captain Alexander C. Pickett Company G 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Jackson Guards Captain Wiley M. Mitchell Company G 33rd Arkansas Infantry.
Jackson Light Artillery Captain George W. McCown 3rd Arkansas Light Artillery.
Jackson Minute-Men Captain William J. Wyatt Company F 12th Arkansas Infantry.
Jefferson Guards Captain Charles H. Carlton Company B 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Jefferson Minute-Men Captain James C. Thompson Company A 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Jefferson Rifles Captain David W. Carroll Company K 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Jo. Wright Guards Captain Hampton B. Fancher Company H 4th Arkansas State Troops.
John D. Adams Artillery see Adams Artillery.
Johnson Guards Captain Alfred D. King Company H 2nd Arkansas State Troops.
Johnson Rifles Captain Oliver Basham Company C 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
L’Anguille Rebels Captain Lemuel O. Bridewell Company A 2nd Arkansas Infantry.
La Grange Guards Captain Daniel C. Govan Company F 2nd Arkansas Infantry.
Lady Davis Guards Captain Andrew J. Griffin Company B2 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Lafayette Guards Captain Samuel H. Dill Company F 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Lawrence County Rifles Captain Zachariah P. McAlexander Company E 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Lawrence Dead-Shots see Lawrence Sharp-Shooters.
Lawrence Sharp-Shooters Captain Joseph C. Holmes Company G 8th Arkansas Battalion.
Linden Dead-Shots Captain Poindexter Dunn Company E 3rd Confederate Infantry.
Lisbon Invincibles Captain Samuel T. Turner Company I 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Little Rock Grays Captain James B. Johnson Company A 3rd Confederate Infantry.
McCown Artillery see Jackson Light Artillery.
McCown Guards Captain D. Whit Harris unattached.
McCulloch Avengers Captain Henry P. Poston Company B 20th Arkansas Infantry.
McCulloch Guards Captain George W. Bayne Company I 9th Arkansas Infantry.
McCulloch Rangers Captain Robert W. Harper Company I 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
McKeever Guards Captain Thomas J. Payne Company B 4th Arkansas Battalion.
Macon Cavalry Captain Thomas M. Cochran Company F 6th Arkansas Battalion.
Magruder Guards Captain Frederick W. Hoadley Company D 4th Arkansas Battalion.
Memphis Appeal Battery see Appeal Battery.
Monroe Blues Captain Gaston W. Baldwin Company K 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Montgomery Hunters Captain John M. Simpson Company F 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Monticello Artillery Captain James A. Owens unattached.
Monticello Cavalry see Jackson Aids.
Monticello Guards Captain James A. Jackson Company I 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Monticello Home Guard Captain John S. Handley unattached.
Muddy Bayou Heroes Captain Zachariah B. Jennings Company F 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Napoleon Grays Captain Henry E. Green Company E 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Napoleon Rifles Captain John L. Porter Company G 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Newton Artillery Captain Louis W. Brown unattached.
North Fork Rangers Captain William N. Parish Company H 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Osceola Hornets Captain Charles Bowen Company G 2nd Confederate Infantry.
Ouachita Cavalry Captain James M. Gee Company H 3rd Arkansas Cavalry.
Ouachita Grays Captain Hope T. Hodnett Company K 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Ouachita Rifles Captain Samuel H. Southerland Company I 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Ouachita Voltigeurs Captain Charles A. Bridewell Company D 6th Arkansas Infantry.
Pat. Cleburne Guards Captain Washington L. Martin Company B 2nd Arkansas Infantry.
Perry County Mountaineers Captain William Wilson Company H 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Peyton Rifles Captain Daniel W. Ringo Borland’s Battalion.
Phillips Guards Captain William S. Otey Company H 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Pike County Blues Captain James F. Black Company G 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Pike County Rangers Captain William J. Kelly Company H 16th Arkansas Infantry.
Pike Guards Captain Samuel R. Bell Company C 2nd Arkansas State Troops
Pike Guards Captain John H. Dye Company E 7th Arkansas Infantry.
Pine Bluff Artillery Captain Frederick P. Steck Company G 3rd Confederate Infantry.
Pine Bluff Rebels Captain Read Fletcher Company D 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Polk County Invincibles Captain William H. Earp Company H 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Polk Rifles Captain James B. Williamson Company I 4th Arkansas Infantry.
Pope Walker Guards Captain Charles A. Carroll Company A 3rd Arkansas State Troops.
Prairie County Avengers �Captain M. C. Peel Company C 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Princeton Light Horse Captain William T. M. Holmes Company A 3rd Arkansas Cavalry.
Princeton Rifles Captain Israel N. McClendon Company B 18th Arkansas Infantry.
Pulaski Lancers Captain Thomas J. Churchill Borland's Battalion.
Pulaski Light Artillery Captain William E. Woodruff Jr. unattached.
Pulaski Rangers Captain Thomas J. Churchill Company F 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Quitman Rifles Captain Allen R. Witt Company A 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Quitman Sharp-Shooters Captain Jesse E. Martin Company B 31st Arkansas Infantry.
Ready Rifles Captain James B. Venable Company B 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Rector Guards Captain George W. Glenn Company D 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Rector Guards Captain Ira G. Robertson Company K 3rd Confederate Infantry.
Red River Rifles Captain Thomas G. Merrick Company G 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Richland Rangers Captain John C. Johnson Company B1 13th Arkansas Infantry.
Rough and Ready Guards Captain George W. King Borland's Battalion.
Rough and Ready Riflemen Captain John C. Douglas Company B 11th Arkansas Infantry.
Rust Guards Captain Joseph H. Bell Company L 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Saline Avengers Captain Lewis F. Mauney Company F 11th Arkansas Infantry.
Saline Guards Captain James F. Fagan Company E 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Saline Rifle Rangers Captain Mazarine J. Henderson Company C 3rd Arkansas Cavalry.
Saline Tornadoes Captain McDuff Vance Company A 11th Arkansas Infantry.
Scott County Cavalry Captain George W. Featherston Company H 3rd Arkansas State Troops.
Sebastian County Cavalry Captain Thomas Lewis Company B 3rd Arkansas State Troops.
Selma Rifles Captain Robert S. Taylor Company D 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Sevier County Stars Captain John G. McKean Company H 5th Arkansas State Troops.
Sevier Rifles Captain Henry K. Brown Company G 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Shamrock Guards Captain John H. Crump Company D 3rd Confederate Infantry.
Southern Defenders Captain Edward W. Gantt Company K 12th Arkansas Infantry.
Southern Flag Company Captain John S. Walker Company G 12th Arkansas Infantry.
Springfield Sharp-Shooters Captain Samuel S. Ford Company K 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Swamp Rangers Captain Henry V. Keep Company H 3rd Confederate Infantry.
Three Creeks Rifles Captain John W. Reedy Company G 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Toombs Rifles see Little Rock Grays.
Totten Guards Captain Augustus M. Reinhardt Company C 25th Arkansas Infantry.
Trenton Guards Captain James W. Scaife Company E 2nd Arkansas Infantry.
Tulip Rifles Captain George D. Alexander Company I 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Turnbull Guards Captain Thomas F. Murff Company A 4th Arkansas Battalion.
Tyronza Rebels Captain Robert L. Harding Company I 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Walker Artillery Captain Lacey unattached.
Walker Grays Captain Lawrence R. Frisk Company B 5th Arkansas Infantry.
Washington Artillery Captain Chambers B. Etter 6th Arkansas Field Battery.
Weaver Light Artillery Captain William E. Woodruff Jr. 3rd Arkansas Field Battery.
West Point Rifles Captain A. T. Jones Company F 8th Arkansas Infantry.
White County Volunteers Captain John A. Pemberton Company D 10th Arkansas Infantry.
Windsor Guards Captain William J. Smith Company F 29th Arkansas Infantry.
Wood’s Rifles Captain Joel G. Wood Company E 8th Arkansas Battalion.
Worsham Avengers Captain James G. Johnson Company A 19th Arkansas Infantry.
Yell Blues Captain Cornelius S. Lawrence Company D 5th Arkansas State Troops.
Yell County Rifles Captain Thomas J. Daniel Company H 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Yell Guards Captain Francis M. McNally Company C 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Yell Rifles Captain Patrick R. Cleburne Company F 1st Arkansas State Troops.
Young Guard Captain John F. Cameron Company B 3rd Confederate Infantry.


  • Ballard's Infantry Company
  • Clayton's Infantry Company
  • Ernest's Infantry Company
  • Hutchison's Infantry Company
  • Kuykendall's Infantry Company,
  • Willett's Infantry Company,

Cavalry

Misc Cavalry Units

  • Carlton's Cavalry
  • Gordon's Cavalry
  • McGehee's Cavalry
  • Wright's Cavalry
  • Harrell's Battalion, Cavalry
  • Nave's Battalion, Cavalry
  • Poe's Battalion, Cavalry
  • Witherspoon's Battalion, Cavalry
  • Reeve's Company, Cavalry
  • Abraham's Company, Mounted Volunteers
  • Baker's Company, Mounted Volunteers
  • Hooker's Company, Mounted Volunteers
  • Gipson's Battalion, Mounted Rifles
  • Sparks' Company, Infantry

Artillery

Most Artillery Units seem to have begun the war named for the city or county that sponsored it's organziation. In the Official Records, artillery units are most often referred to by the name of their battery commander. During the war, some effort was made to organize artillery unit's into Battalion's and Regiments, but the units almost never functioned above the battery level, and were often broken out and fought as single gun sections. For these reasons the Arkansas artillery organizations are list by several names. Several Arkansas batteries served primarily in the Western Theater of the war, but east of the Mississippi River, those units are:

  • 1st Arkansas Light Artillery, River's Battery
  • 2nd Arkansas Light Artillery, Clark County Artillery, Wiggin's Battery
  • 3rd Arkansas Light Artillery, Jackson Light Artillery, McCown's Battery, Thrall’s Battery
  • Moticello Artillery, Drew Light Artillery, Owen's Battery
  • Helena Artillery, Clarkson's Battery, Key's Battery
  • Battery A, 1st Tennessee Artillery Battalion (Primarily Arkansas Troops)

On November 19, 1864, General E. Kirby Smith, commanding the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department, issued Special Orders No. 290, organizing the artillery of the department into battalions. The component batteries rarely, if ever, operated together. They were usually assigned individually to an infantry or cavalry brigade. The Arkansas artillery units that served primarily in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi are:

  • 1st Arkansas Field Battery, McNally's Battery
  • 2nd Arkansas Field Battery, Dallas Artillery, Hart's Battery
  • 3rd Arkansas Field Battery, Pulaski Light Artillery, Marshall's Battery
  • 4th Arkansas Field Battery, Desha County Artillery, West's Battery
  • 5th Arkansas Field Battery, Arkansas Appeal Battery
  • 6th Arkansas Field Battery, Washington Artillery, Etter's Battery
  • 7th Arkansas Field Battery, Blocher’s Battery, Zimmerman's Battery
  • 8th Arkansas Field Battery, Hughey's Battery
  • Pine Bluff Artillery, Steck’s Battery
  • Fort Smith Artillery, Ried's Battery

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Arkansas Militia in the Civil War
  2. ^ Militia Law of the State of Arkansas, Published by direction of the Commander in Chief of the Army of the State of Arkansas and the Militia thereof, page 56 accessed 1 January 2011, http://books.google.com/books?id=3lFKAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA53#v=onepage&q=militia&f=false
  3. ^ Huff, COL Leo E., The Military Board in Confederate Arkansas, Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Page 76
  4. ^ Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, “The Hempstead Rifles” , Arkansas State Troops, Accessed 10 January 2010, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/hemprifl.html
  5. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "15th Arkansas Regiment, No. 2", The Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted February 8, 2007, Accessed May 23, 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14677
  6. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "The 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment(s)", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 6 February 2007, 5:21 pm , Accessed 3 August 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14621
  7. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "15th Arkansas Regiment, No.3", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 10 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14684
  8. ^ Howerton, Bryan, and Taylor, Doyle, "19th Arkansas Regiment, No. 1", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 22 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14787
  9. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "The 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment(s)", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 6 February 2007, 5:21 pm , Accessed 3 August 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14621
  10. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "Company Names", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, Monday, 13 September 2004, at 1:25 p.m., Accessed 21 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=8440
  11. ^ Arkansas Military Department Records, List of Commissioned Officers in State Militia 1827–1862, Microfilm Roll 00000038-8, Page 32
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