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==Captured Flag==
The 25th Arkansas Infantry was designated as the 30th Arkansas Infantry for a period of about six months in the winter of 1862-1863, until after the battle of Murfreesboro. While serving as the 30th Arkansas Infantry its colors were captured by the 2nd Ohio Infantry at the [[Battle of Murfreesboro]] Tennesse, on December 31, 1862. The flag was returned to the State of Arkansas by the U.S. War Department in 1905. The flag measures 40 inches on the staff by 46 inches on the fly. It is composed of a blue cotton field, bordered on all sides with white cotton, 3 inches wide, with a white St. Andrew's cross traversing the blue field. In black painted outline figures, 2-1/2 inches high, is the designation 30TH REG, ARK INF on the upper and lower borders, respectively. Two battle honors -- FARMINGTON MISS and RICHMOND KY -- appear in white painted outline letters, in the upper and lower quadrants, respectively, formed by the white cross. The flag is presently housed in the collection of the Old State House Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas.<ref>Howerton, Bryan, "25th Ark Inf. Battle Flag ", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 17 February 2009, 6:25 am, Accessed 6 Aurust, 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=19616 </ref>


==Consolidation and Surrender==
==Consolidation and Surrender==

Revision as of 16:51, 6 August 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 sometimes referred to as the 30th Arkansas) 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 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.

Captured Flag

The 25th Arkansas Infantry was designated as the 30th Arkansas Infantry for a period of about six months in the winter of 1862-1863, until after the battle of Murfreesboro. While serving as the 30th Arkansas Infantry its colors were captured by the 2nd Ohio Infantry at the Battle of Murfreesboro Tennesse, on December 31, 1862. The flag was returned to the State of Arkansas by the U.S. War Department in 1905. The flag measures 40 inches on the staff by 46 inches on the fly. It is composed of a blue cotton field, bordered on all sides with white cotton, 3 inches wide, with a white St. Andrew's cross traversing the blue field. In black painted outline figures, 2-1/2 inches high, is the designation 30TH REG, ARK INF on the upper and lower borders, respectively. Two battle honors -- FARMINGTON MISS and RICHMOND KY -- appear in white painted outline letters, in the upper and lower quadrants, respectively, formed by the white cross. The flag is presently housed in the collection of the Old State House Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas.[3]

Consolidation and Surrender

On April 9, 1865, the depleted Arkansas regiments of D. H. Reynolds' Brigade, Walthall's Division, Confederate Army of Tennessee, were consolidated into a single regiment the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles, at Smithfield, North Carolina. The companies of the consolidated regiment were consolidated from the following Arkansas regiments:

Company A—1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Company B—1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Company C—2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Company D—2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Company E—4th Arkansas Infantry.
Company F—4th Arkansas Infantry.
Company G—31st Arkansas Infantry.
Company H—9th Arkansas Infantry.
Company I—9th Arkansas Infantry.
Company K—25th Arkansas Infantry.

The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles was paroled on May 1, 1865, at Jamestown, North Carolina.

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
  3. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "25th Ark Inf. Battle Flag ", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 17 February 2009, 6:25 am, Accessed 6 Aurust, 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=19616

See also

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