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| [[40th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 || || 40th Arkansas |
| [[40th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 || || 40th Arkansas Infantry<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, 40th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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| [[42nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 || || 42nd Arkansas |
| [[42nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 || || 42nd Arkansas Infantry<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, 42nd Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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| [[44th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 ||Col James H. McGee<ref>Jenkins, Paul B. The Battle of Westport (Kansas City, MO: Franklin Hudson Publishing Co.), 1906. , See Also, Monnett, Howard N. Action Before Westport: 1864 (Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado), 1995. [revised edition] </ref> |
| [[44th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 ||Col James H. McGee<ref>Jenkins, Paul B. The Battle of Westport (Kansas City, MO: Franklin Hudson Publishing Co.), 1906. , See Also, Monnett, Howard N. Action Before Westport: 1864 (Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado), 1995. [revised edition] </ref> |
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|| 44nd Arkansas Mounted Infantry<ref>Howerton, Bryan R., "Re: McGehee's Regiment - 29th Arkansas Cavalry", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 3 December 2011, http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=10435 </ref> |
|| 44nd Arkansas Mounted Infantry<ref>Howerton, Bryan R., "Re: McGehee's Regiment - 29th Arkansas Cavalry", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 3 December 2011, http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=10435 </ref> |
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29th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
29th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
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McGehee's Arkansas Cavalry |
McGehee's Arkansas Cavalry |
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| [[45th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 || Col Milton D. Baber |
| [[45th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]] || Summer 1864 || Col Milton D. Baber |
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|| 45th Arkansas Mounted Infantry<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, 45th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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Shaver's Cavalry<ref>Howerton, Bryan R.; "Re: Col. Robert G. Shavers", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 4 December 2011, http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=6188</ref> |
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|[[46th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 |
|[[46th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 |
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46th Arkansas Infantry<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, 46th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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46th Arkansas Mounted Infantry |
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Crabtree's Arkansas Cavalry<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, 46th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Crabtree's). Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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Crabtree's Arkansas Cavalry |
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Coleman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
Coleman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
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| [[47th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 || Colonel Lee Cradall|| 47th Arkansas Mounted Infantry |
| [[47th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Summer 1864 || Colonel Lee Cradall|| 47th Arkansas Mounted Infantry<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, 47th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Crandall's). Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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|[[48th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, 48th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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|[[48th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]] |
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|| 48th Arkansas Infantry<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, 48th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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48th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
48th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
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11th Missouri Cavalry |
11th Missouri Cavalry |
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|[[Dan's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Dan's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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|[[Fitzhugh's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Fitzhugh's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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|[[Hindman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Hindman's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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|[[Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]|| Spring 1864 ||Colonel Sidney D. Jackman<ref>Maddox, George T. Hard Trials and Tribulations of an Old Confederate Soldier. Van Buren, AR: Argus Press, 1897.</ref> || Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment<ref>Johnston, James J.,: "Skirmishes at Richland Creek (May 3 and 5, 1864)", Accessed 2 December 2011, http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6766</ref> |
|[[Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Jackman's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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|| Spring 1864 ||Colonel Sidney D. Jackman<ref>Maddox, George T. Hard Trials and Tribulations of an Old Confederate Soldier. Van Buren, AR: Argus Press, 1897.</ref> || Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment<ref>Johnston, James J.,: "Skirmishes at Richland Creek (May 3 and 5, 1864)", Accessed 2 December 2011, http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6766</ref> |
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Jackman's Missouri Cavalry |
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|[[Leve's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Leve's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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|Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment|| ||Colonel Charles H. Nichols || Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment<ref>Johnston, James J.,: "Skirmishes at Richland Creek (May 3 and 5, 1864)", Accessed 2 December 2011, http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6766</ref> |
|Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Nichols' Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref>||Spring 1864 ||Colonel Charles H. Nichols || Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment<ref>Johnston, James J.,: "Skirmishes at Richland Creek (May 3 and 5, 1864)", Accessed 2 December 2011, http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6766</ref> |
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|[[Rutherford's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Rutherford's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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|[[Sander's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Sanders' Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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||September 15, 1862 ||Edward I. Sanders ||Sanders Battalion Arkansas Cavalry<ref>Martin, George; "Re: Sander's Arkansas Cavalry", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 4 December 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=25235 </ref> |
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|[[Weber's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment]]<ref>http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], Confederate Arkansas Troops, Weber's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:19, 4 December 2011
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 seventy one regiments, organized into eight brigades, and divided into two divisions. In addition to its standard militia regiment or regiments, each county was authorized to create up to four Volunteer Militia Companies. While none of the prewar militia regiments were enrolled into Confederate service, many of the existing Volunteer Militia Companies were enrolled into new volunteer regiments. Other new Volunteer Companies were raised with no connection to the prewar militia. Immediately 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 organized 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 units made up of men too young or too old or otherwise exempt from conscription or militia service.
Militia
At the beginning of the war, the Arkansas Militia consisted of 71 Regiments, which were organized into two divisions, each division having 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.
Only one Militia Regiment, the 45th Arkansas Militia Regiment of Searcy County was actually mobilized for service during the war. Governor Rector mobilized the regiment in the fall of 1865 in order to deal with perceived threat to the new Confederate government from Arkansas Peace Societies. The 45th Arkansas Militia conducted a brief campaign to round up individuals suspected of participation in these movements in the mountain of northwest Arkansas. The many of the prisoners form this operation were forcibly enrolled in Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.
A provisional battalion of militia was organized under the command of Colonel Solon F. Borland, in April 1861, before the State actually seceded from the Union, for the purpose of seizing the federal installation at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Borland's Arkansas Infantry Battalion was composed of three Volunteer Infantry Companies and One Volunteer Artillery Company belonging to the 13th Arkansas Militia Regiment, Pulaski County. Borland's Battalion found that the federal installation at Fort Smith had already been abandoned. One Volunteer company was left to guard the installation, and the other's returned to Pulaski County and eventually joined new Volunteer Regiments being formed in the summer of 1861.
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
Provisional Army of Arkansas
The Arkansas Succession Convention decided that rather than activating the existing militia regiments, they would raise new volunteer regiments. 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.
Left to its own defenses
In the Spring of 1862, the state again attempted to gather its own force of State Troops. General Van Dorn had been ordered to take his Army of the West, east of the Mississippi River in order to support Confederate efforts in western Tennessee that would ultimately lead to the Battle of Shiloh and the Corinth Campaign. 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. 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 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops (Adams') , which, was disbanded after breaking under fire during the Battle of Prairie Grove. The 1st and 2nd Regiments, Northwest Division, finally assumed their authorized designations of 35th (Rector) and 34th (Brooks) Arkansas Regiments, respectively.[4]
The last ditch recruiting effort
Following the fall of Little Rock to Union Forces in September, 1863, the State of Arkansas was again forced to raise units of State Troops in order to provide for its own defense. Governor Harris Flanagin (who had defeated Governor Rector in his re-election bid of 1862) issued a proclamation on August 10, 1863, just a month before the capitol fell, announcing that he had been authorized to raise new regiments of state troops and that by special agreement these new units could not be transferred out of the state by Confederate authorities.[5] After the fall of Little Rock, recruiting was far more difficult than it had been in the first years of the war. The constant transfer of Arkansas troops into the eastern theater of the war, across the Mississippi River from their homes, was a major objection by the remaining population of men eligible for military service. With Federal forces now occupying the state capitol, the Confederate state government had no way of enforcing conscription laws in the counties behind the Union lines, except during raids by Generals Price and Shelby in 1864. The remaining Confederate regiments were plagued by desertions.[6]
On September 16, 1863, Governor Fagan issued General Order No. 6 from Arkadelphia, which called in to service the militia regiments of the counties of Clark, Hempstead, Sevier, Pike, Polk, Montgomery, La Fayette, Ouachita, Union, and Columbia in order to resist the Federal army. The Governor's order directed the regiments to march to Arkadelphia at the earliest possible day. Companies were to be mounted and commanders were to compel persons evading the call to come to the rendezvous. The intent was to form companies of twelve-month mounted volunteers.[7] In describing this call in a letter to General Holmes dated October 18, 1863 from Washington, Arkansas, the new Confederate state capitol, Flanagin stated that he issued the order calling out the militia, as an experiment, expecting to get volunteers. The order succeeded so well as to get companies organized in the counties where the call for the militia was enforced which resulted in seven companies being collected under the call.[6] Flanagin also stated that "the troops raised by the State are more than double all the troops raised by volunteering, or by the conscript law, within the past few months".[6]
These new units of Arkansas State Troops were placed under the overall command of Col. William H. Trader who was detailed to Governor Flanagin by General E. Kirby Smith. Col. Trader remained in command of the state troops until he resigned in June 1864.[8]
On January 14, 1864, Governor Flanagin, through General Peay, issued General Orders, No. 8. which directed that certain named companies of Arkansas mounted volunteers, which had been called into the service of the State under the proclamation of the August 10, 1863, and be designated as the 1st Battalion, Arkansas State Troops, more often referred to as Pettus's Battalion Arkansas State Troops. The unit participated in the battle of Marks Mill on April 25, 1864 as a part of Brigadier General William L. Cabell’s Division. Lt. Col. Pettus was killed during the battle and Capt. P.K. Williamson of Company A commanded the battalion until the unit was increased to a regiment and transferred to Confederate service.[9]
In August 1864 when the term of enlistment for these state troops was about to expire, Adjutant General Peay issued an order which directed that companies be allowed to vote on the subject of being transferred into Confederate service. On September 5, 1864, the State Troop companies, including Pettus's Battalion, were formed into one regiment of cavalry to be designated as the 3rd Regiment of Arkansas State Cavalry, with Col. Robert C. Newton assigned to the command of the regiment until an election could be held for field officers.[10] This unit was mustered into the Confederate Service on the October 31, 1864[11] as the 10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Newton's), and Col. Newton was elected Regimental Commander.[9]
List of Arkansas State Troop units
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1st Regiment, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel Patrick R. Cleburne | 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry | 15th (Josey's) Arkansas Volunteer Infantry |
3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel John R. Gratiot | 2nd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops
"Gratiot's Regiment"[12] |
Disbanded following Battle of Wilson's Creek |
4th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel J. D. Walker | "Walker's Regiment" | Disbanded following Battle of Wilson's Creek |
5th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel Thomas P. Dockery | "Dockery's Regiment" | Disbanded following Battle of Wilson's Creek |
5th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops (Cross) | Colonel David C. Cross | Fighting Fifth | 5th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry |
6th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel Richard Lyon | 6th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry | |
7th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel Robert G. Shaver | Bloody Seventh | 7th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry |
8th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel William K. Patterson | 8th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry | |
1st Cavalry Regiment, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel DeRosey Carroll | Carroll's Regiment | Disbanded following Battle of Wilson's Creek |
Helena Artillery | Captain A. W. Clarkson
Captain John H. Calvert Captain Thomas J. Key |
Key's Battery
Clarkson's Battery, |
Company C, 20th Alabama Light Artillery Battalion Company H, 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion |
Jackson Light Artillery | Captain James G. Thrall
Captain George W. McCown Captain George T. Hubbard |
Thrall’s Battery
McCown's Battery |
3rd Arkansas Light Artillery |
Pulaski Light Artillery | Captain Robert C. Newton
Captain William Edward Woodruff, Jr.[13] |
Woodruff's Battery
Weaver Light Artillery 3rd Arkansas Field Battery |
Disbanded following Battle of Wilson's Creek Reformed later as the Weaver Light Artillery |
Fort Smith Artillery | Ried's Battery | Disbanded following Battle of Wilson's Creek | |
1st Regiment, Northwest Division | Colonel Frank Rector | Rector's War Regiment | 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
2nd Regiment, Northwest Division | Colonel William H. Brooks | 34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | |
3rd Regiment, Northwest Division | Colonel Charles W. Adams | Adams's Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Disbanded following Battle of Prairie Grove |
1st Battalion, Arkansas State Troops | Colonel William H. Trader
Lieutenant Colonel Allen T. Pettus Colonel Robert C. Newton |
Trader's Battalion Arkansas State Troops
Pettus's Battalion Arkansas State Troops 3rd Regiment of Arkansas State Cavalry |
10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Newton's) |
2nd Battalion, Arkansas State Troops | Lieutenant Colonel John Crowell Wright | Wright’s Battalion
Wright’s Cavalry |
12th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
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 duplications 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 occurred when parts of various regiments were captured, only to be paroled, exchanged and returned to active status at some later point. Finally, much duplication occurred 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-Mississippi, resulting in many regiments serving west of the Mississippi having 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 received 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, Arkansas as the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. However Confederate authorities had authorized Colonel T. B. Flournoy to raise a regiment of Arkansas Volunteers in April 1861, before the state had actually seceded. The regiment raised by Flournoy, which elected James F. Fagan as its original Colonel, was never mustered in to State Service, so it never received a state designation. When Cleburne's regiment's documents reached the war department, the duplication was discovered and Cleburne'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.[14]
Additionally, at various 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 Arkansas Infantry Regiment. After the battle of Pea Ridge, General Van Dorn took most of the organized regiments in the state, and all military supplies that he could lay hand on and moved them across the Mississippi River to Corinth, 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.[4]
Confusing Communications
Communications with the Confederate War Department also led to much confusion. When a new regiment was organized, state officials issued the next available number under its numbering scheme. Before a new unit obtained its 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 available number, according to its numbering scheme. Given the great distance involved, even before Union forces established effective control of the Mississippi River, many duplications occurred. 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 further. A good example of this type of duplication is the regiment organized by Dadridge McRea. McRea's unit was originally designated as the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion, because it lacked the required number of companies to organize as a full regiment. By the time sufficient companies were added to bring the unit up to regimental strength, the unit was designated 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 redesignated McRea's Regiment as the 15th Arkansas Infantry. Almost immediately, the Confederate War Department realized that it had just awarded this designation to Cleburne's former 1st Arkansas, so McRea's Regiment was redesignated as the 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment.[15]
Designations affected by surrender, parole and exchange
The designations of some units became conflicted as parts of units were captured and later paroled, exchanged, and re-entered active service. An example of this is Dawson's 19th Arkansas 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 similar remnants of other 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 succeeded Dawson in command), and operated in the Trans-Mississippi department for the remainder of the war. The part of Dawson's original regiment that was captured at Arkansas Post, were sent to prisons in the North, and when exchanged in April 1863 at City Point, Virginia, 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.[16]
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 themselves as the 3rd Arkansas Regiment. This leads to confusion for researchers who find Col. Van H. Manning's 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry serving under General Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia and a group in Arkansas who insist on also calling themselves the 3rd Arkansas.[4]
Consolidated units
As Confederate units lost access to the geographical area's that they were organized in, they lost any ability to recruit replacements for their battlefield and non battlefield losses. This was particularly true of the regiments that found themselves isolated east of the Mississippi River after the fall of Vicksburg in 1863. As the regiments continued to dwindle in size, it became necessary to combine or consolidate units in order to eliminate unnecessary, redundant command and staff positions and field units at or near full strength. Most of these consolidates were considered "field consolidations" which were intended to be temporary organizations, until recruits could be obtained. Attempts were made to maintain the separate identity of the original regiments in these temporary or field consolidations. Later as the man power shortage became more extreme, it became necessary to make these consolidations permanent. In the Department of the Trans-Mississippi, these permanent consolidations began in 1864, resulting in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiments. In the Army of Tennessee these permanent consolidations did not occur until the final month of the war, resulting in the 1st Consolidated Arkansas Infantry and the 1st Consolidated Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
The 40 Series Regiments
The 40-series Arkansas infantry regiments, regiments with a number higher than 40, are actually listed as Cavalry Regiments in most histories.[17] These regiments were originally authorized as infantry regiments, but were mounted in order to accompany Price's 1864 Missouri Campaign, which was planned as an all-cavalry affair. The rare references list them as mounted infantry, for example, 44th Arkansas Infantry (Mounted). However, they were almost always referred to as Cavalry units 44th Arkansas Cavalry, when the numerical designation was used. Usually, however, they were simply designated by the name of the regiment's colonel, for example, McGehee's Arkansas Cavalry. These regiments were for the most part raised in northeast Arkansas, and seem to have consisted in large part of absentees from other regiments. The 45th Arkansas, for example, consisted largely of absentees from the 38th Arkansas Regiment.[18]
List of Arkansas Confederate Regiments
Regiment | Muster Date | Commanders | Alternate Designations |
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1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment | May 6, 1861 | Colonel James F. Fagan | 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry |
1st Arkansas 30 Day Volunteer Regiment | November 23, 1861 | Colonel James Haywood McCaleb | None |
1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry | April 9, 1865 | Colonel Edward Alexander Howell [19] | 1st Arkansas Infantry.
6th and 7th Arkansas Infantry. 15th (Josey's) Arkansas Infantry. |
1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry (Trans-Mississippi) | May 17, 1864[20] | Colonel Jordan E. Cravens | 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment
14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Powers'), 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment, |
2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 26, 1861[21] | Colonel Thomas C. Hindman
Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Bacoge Lieutenant Colonel Elbridge Brasher |
Hindman's Legion |
2nd Arkansas 30 Day Volunteer Regiment | November 18, 1861 | Major Allen | None |
2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry | May 17, 1864[20] | Colonel T.J. Reid |
12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 5, 1861 | Colonel Albert Rust
Colonel Van H. Manning[22] Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Taylor[23] |
None |
3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry | May 17, 1864[20] | Colonel H. G. P. Williams | 15th (Gee/Johnson) Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | August 17, 1861 | Colonel Evander McNair, | Southwestern Arkansas Regiment |
5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 28, 1861 | Colonel David C. Cross,
Colonel Lucius Featherston, Colonel Peter V. Green, Colonel J. E. Murray |
Fighting Fifth[24] |
6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 10, 1861 | Colonel Richard Lyon
Colonel Alexander Travis Hawthorn |
6th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops
6th & 7th Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment |
7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 16, 1861 | Colonel Robert G. Shaver
Colonel D. A. Gillespie |
"Bloody Seventh"
6th & 7th Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment |
8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 13, 1861 (State Service)[25]
September 10, 1861 (Confederate Service) |
Colonel William K. Patterson
Colonel George F. Baucum, Colonel John H. Kelly |
8th/19th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiments |
9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 20, 1861[26] | Colonel John M. Bradley,
Colonel Isaac L. Dunlop |
"Parson's Regiment" |
10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 1861 | Colonel T. D. Merrick
Colonel A. R. Witt |
Witt's 10th Arkansas Cavalry |
11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 1861 | Colonel Jabez M. Smith
Colonel John L. Logan Colonel John Griffith |
11th and 17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
11th and 17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment | March 1863 | Colonel John L. Logan
Colonel John Griffith |
11th / 17th Arkansas Mounted Infantry[27] |
12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 27, 1861[28] | Colonel Edward W. Gantt
Colonel T. J. Reid, Jr. |
2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment |
13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 29, 1861 | Colonel L. Featherston,
Colonel James A. McNeely, Colonel John E. Murry, Colonel James C. Tappan |
1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry |
14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (McCarver's) | October 22, 1861 | Col. James H. McCarver | 9th Battalion Arkansas Infantry
18th Battalion Arkansas Infantry |
14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Powers') | July 1861 | Colonel William C. Mitchell,
Colonel Eli Dodson, Colonel Frank P. Powers |
14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment (Trans-Mississippi) |
15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Johnson's) | January 2, 1862[29] | Colonel James Gee
Colonel Ben W. Johnson |
15th (Gee/Johnson)Arkansas Infantry Regiment[30] |
15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's) | May 14, 1861 (State Service)
July 23, 1861 (Confederate Service) |
Colonel Patrick R. Cleburne
Lieutenant Colonel Archibald K. Patton Colonel Lucius E. Polk Colonel John E. Josey[31] |
1st Regiment, Arkansas State Troops |
15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Northwest) | July 15, 1861 | Colonel Dandridge McRae
Colonel James H. Hobbs Colonel Squire Boone |
3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion
21st (McCrae's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment (Trans-Mississippi)[32] |
16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | December 4, 1861[33] | Colonel John F. Hill
David Provence |
1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment (Trans-Mississippi) |
17th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Griffith's) | November 17, 1861[34] | Colonel Frank Rector
Colonel John L. Logan Colonel John Griffith |
11th / 17th Arkansas Mounted Infantry |
17th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Lemoyne's) | August 1, 1861[35] | Colonel George W. Lemoyne
Colonel Robert H. Crockett Colonel Jordan E. Cravens |
21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment[36]
1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment (Trans-Mississippi) |
18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Carroll's) | April 2, 1862 | Colonel David W. Carroll
Colonel John N. Daly Colonel Robert Hamilton Crockett Lieutenant Colonel William N. Parish |
2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment
18th Arkansas Mounted Infantry |
18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Marmaduke's) | January 1, 1862 | Colonel Thomas C. Hindman
Colonel John S. Marmaduke |
Hindman's Legion[37]
1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment |
19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Dawson's) | November 1861 | Colonel C. L. Dawson
Lieutenant Colonel Augustus S. Hutchinson |
8th/19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Dockery's) | April 2, 1862 | Colonel Hamilton P. Smead
Colonel Thomas P. Dockery Colonel William H. Dismukes Colonel Horatio Gates Perry Williamson |
3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment
19th Arkansas Cavalry[38] |
19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Hardy's) | February 1863 | Colonel Charles L. Dawson
Colonel William R. Hardy |
19th/24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
Dawson's Arkansas Infantry Regiment Hardy's Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | April 9, 1862 | Colonel George King
Colonel Henry P. Johnson Colonel James H. Fletcher Colonel Daniel W. Jones |
22nd Arkansas Infantry[39] |
21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment | May 15, 1862 | Colonel Jordan E. Cravens
Colonel William G. Matheny |
1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment (Trans-Mississippi) |
22nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 11, 1862 | Colonel Frank Rector
Colonel James P. King Colonel Henry J. McCord |
1st Arkansas Infantry, State Troops,
2nd Regiment, Northwest Division, District of Arkansas Rector's War Regiment |
23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | September 10, 1862 | Colonel Charles W. Adams
Colonel O. P. Lyles Colonel Thomas J. Reid, Jr |
|
24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 1862 | Colonel E. E. Portlock | Hardy's/Dawson's Infantry Regiment
19th/24th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment 2nd/15th/24th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment 2nd/24th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
25th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 13, 1862 | Colonel Charles J. Turnbull | 11th Battalion Arkansas Infantry
30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Example | Colonel Asa S. Morgan | 3rd Trans-Mississippi Regiment[41] |
27th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 1862 | Colonel James R. Shaler
Colonel Beal Gaither |
None |
28th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Summer of 1862 | Colonel Dandridge McRae | McRae's Emergency Regiment
2nd Trans-Mississippi Regiment |
29th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 1862 | Colonel Joseph C. Pleasants | 1st Trans-Mississippi Infantry |
30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Summer of 1862 | Colonel Robert A. Hart,
Colonel A. J. McNeill, Colonel James W. Rogan Lieutenant Colonel Iverson L. Brooks[42] |
5th Trans-Mississippi Regiment
39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
31st Arkansas Infantry Regiment | May 27, 1862 | Colonel Thomas Hamilton McCray | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated) |
32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 1862 | Colonel Lucian C. Gause
Colonel C. H. Matlock Lieutenant Colonel William Hicks[43] |
4th Trans-Mississippi Regiment[44] |
33rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 11, 1862 | Colonel H.L. Grinstead | None |
34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | August 16, 1862 | Colonel William H. Brooks | 2nd Regiment, Northwest Division, District of Arkansas[45] |
35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | July 11, 1862 | Colonel Frank Rector
Colonel James P. King Colonel Henry J. McCord |
1st Arkansas Infantry, State Troops,
1st Regiment, Northwest Division, District of Arkansas Rector's War Regiment[46] |
36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 1862 | Colonel James M. Davie,
Colonel John E. Glenn[47] |
28th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | June 6, 1862 | Joseph C. Pleasants
Colonel Samuel S. Beal[48] |
29th Arkansas Infantry Regiment,
1st Trans-Mississippi Infantry Regiment |
38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | September 8, 1862 | Colonel Robert G. Shaver
Lieutenant Colonel William C. Adams Lieutenant Colonel Milton D. Baber, Major R. R. Henry |
Shaver's Infantry Regiment |
39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Cocke's) | Summer of 1862 | Colonel Albert W. Johnson
Colonel Cadwalander Polk Colonel Alexander T. Hawthorn Colonel John B. Cocke Colonel Cadwallader Long Polk |
Cocke's Arkansas Infantry Regiment
Johnson’s Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Hawthorn’s Arkansas Infantry Regiment Polk’s Arkansas Infantry Regiment Cocke’s Regiment of Arkansas Infantry 6th Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiment |
Infantry Battalions
Infantry battalions were not intended to be standing organizations during the Civil War. The regiment was the standard organization for both the Union and Confederate Armies. Battalions most often came into existence when there were not enough infantry companies present to form a full regiment, as when Dandrige McRea's 3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion was formed before the battle of Wilson's Creek. Many of these ad hoc organizations, like McRea's, eventually gained enough companies and received recognition as a full regiment. Some battalions were formed by the detachment of several companies from a parent regiment as when several companies were detached from McCraven's 14th Arkansas Infantry and transfered to Kentucky with Brigadier General Hardee in 1861, and were designated the 9th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. A few battalions, like the 12th Arkansas Infantry Battalion, actually saw significant combat as a separate command.
Battalion | Commander | Alternate Designation | Final Designation |
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1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel John S. Marmaduke | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment | 18th (Marmaduke's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Major William Naylor Bronaugh | merged with 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | |
3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Dandridge McRae | 21st (McCrae's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment | 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Francis Terry | merged with 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | |
7th Arkansas Infantry Battalion | merged with 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | ||
8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Major John Miller
Lieutenant Colonel Batt L. Jones |
Jones’ 1st Arkansas Battalion
Miller’s 2nd Arkansas Battalion |
Consolidated with other units to form the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment |
9th Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Example | 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (McCarver's) | 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
11th Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Example | Example | 25th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
12th Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Major C. L. Jackson
Major William Field Rapley |
Rapley's Sharpshooters | 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment |
17th Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Colonel George W. Lemoyne | 17th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Lemoyne's) | Consolidated with the 18th Battalion to form 21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
18th Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Colonel James H. McCarver | 14th (McCarver's) Arkansas Infantry | Consolidated with the 17th Battalion to form 21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
Williamson's Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Colonel John L. Williamson | 21st (McCrae's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment | |
Crawford's Arkansas Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel William A. Crawford | split between 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Dawson's) and |
Volunteer Companies
The basic building block of a regiment during the Civil 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 practice 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, whether militia or raised directly for Confederate Service were then organized 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 allowed to organize as a separate battalion until enough companies were added to comprise a full regiment. A separate battalion was commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel. This list includes only those companies with a distinct name.[49] Many volunteer companies were simply designated "Volunteer Infantry Company, Conway County," or Volunteer Cavalry Company, Conway County".[50]
Company Name | Commanding Officer | Company | Regiment |
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Arkansas Guards | Captain Ganum Brightwell | Company G | 7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Arkansas Rifles | Captain Felix R. Robertson | Company E | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Arkansas Toothpicks | Captain Lucius P. Featherston | Company K | 5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Arkansas Toothpicks | Captain G. A. Hale | Company B | 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Arkansas Travellers | Captain William H. Tebbs | Company A | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Arkansas Travellers | Captain Robert M. Wallace | Company G | 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Ashley Light Infantry | Captain Micajah R. Wilson | Company F | 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Ashley Rangers | Captain James H. Capers | Company A | 13th Louisiana Battalion. |
Ashley Volunteers | Captain Vannoy H. Manning | Company K | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Auburn Grays | Captain Joseph W. Barnett | Company F | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Augusta Guards | Captain Charles H. Matlock | Company D | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. |
Austin Rifles | Captain Andrew J. Gingles | Company I | 5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Bayou Metoe Hornets | see Turnbull Guards. | ||
Belle Point Guards | Captain W. R. Hartzig | Company G | 5th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Berlin Beauregards | Captain James H. Capers | Company B | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Bevering Riflemen | Captain Benjamin F. Sweeney | Company C | 5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Black River Rifles | Captain Robert C. Jones | Company C | 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Blackburn Guards | Captain Samuel V. Reid | Company H | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment.. |
Booneville Rifles | Captain William Gipson | Company A | 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles. |
Border Rangers | Captain Dandridge McRae | Company E | 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. |
Bradley Guards | Captain John M. Bradley | Company A | 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Brierfield Rebels | Captain Archibald J. McNeill | Company D | 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. |
Bright Star Rifles | Captain Josephus C. Tison | Company D | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Brownsville Rifles | Captain Robert S. Gantt | Company G | 5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Burrowville Mountain Guards | Captain John J. Dawson | Company I | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
Caddo Rifles | Captain Francis J. Erwin | Company C | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Calhoun Escopets | Captain Joseph B. McCulloch | Company A | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Calhoun Invincibles | Captain Oliver H. P. Black | Company K | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Calhoun Yellow Jackets | Captain Philip H. Echols | Company B1 | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.. |
Camden Cavalry | Captain Samuel G. Earle Jr. | Company G | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. |
Camden Knights | Captain William L. Crenshaw | Company C | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Camden Knights No. 2 | Captain John L. Logan | Company G | 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Cane Hill Rifles | Captain Pleasant W. Buchanan | Company D | 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Capitol Guards | Captain Gordon N. Peay | Company A | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Centre Guards | Captain Isaac. D. Booe | unattached. | |
Chalk Bluff Rebels | Captain William Reed | Company F | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
Champagnolle Guards | Captain Thomas F. Nolan | Company E | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
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 Infantry Battalion. |
Choctaw Rifles | Captain Richard S. Fears | Company C | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
City Guards | Captain Richard Lyon | Company H | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Clan McGregor | Captain Donelson McGregor | Company D | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Clark County Volunteers | Captain Charles S. Stark | Company B | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Clark Rifles | Captain Newton S. Love | Company A | 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Clear Lake Independent Guards | Captain Bartley M. Barnes | unattached. | |
Columbia Guards | Captain Dawson L. Killgore | Company G | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Colville Guards | Captain James M. Richards | Company G | 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Confederate Grays | Captain Simon B. Thomasson | Company B2 | 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Confederate Guards | Captain John A. Rowles | Company E | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Confederate Stars | Captain Thomas M. Whittington | Company C | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Conway Invincibles | Captain Edwin L. Vaughan | Company E | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Conway Tigers | Captain John W. Duncan | Company I | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Corley’s Spies | Captain Samuel Corley | Company A | 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. |
Cotton Plant Guards | Captain Charles F. Lynch | Company G | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Crawford Artillery | Captain James T. Stewart | Company F | 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Crawford County Rangers | Captain Thomas B. Brantley | Company C | 1st Arkansas Battalion. |
Crawford Guards | Captain Joel H. Foster | Company K | 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Crittenden Rangers | Captain R. T. Redman | Company C | 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. |
Crockett Rifles | Captain Robert H. Crockett | Company H | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Cut-Off Guards | Captain William H. Isom | Company B1 | 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Dallas Volunteer Rifles | Captain Feaster J. Cameron | Company C | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Danley’s Rangers | Captain Benjamin F. Danley | Company D | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. |
Davis Blues | Captain Joseph L. Neal | Company F | 5th Regiment, 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 Rangers | Captain William S. Malcomb | unattached. | |
DeWitt Guards | Captain James M. Boswell | Company K | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Dixie Grays | Captain Samuel G. Smith | Company E | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Dixie Guards | Captain William C. Haislip | Company F | 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Drew County Grays | Captain William D. Trotter | Company E | 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Drew Light Horse | Captain Henry S. Hudspeth | Company B | 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. |
El Dorado Sentinels | Captain Asa S. Morgan | Company A | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Erin Guard | Captain George B. Hunt | Company K1 | 13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Ettomon Guards | Captain William H. Martin | Company F | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Fagan Guards | Captain William N. Bronaugh | Company B | 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Fagan Rifles | Captain John R. Lacy | Company C | 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Fairplay Rifles | Captain Augustus A. Crawford | Company D | 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Falcon Guards | Captain Jackson C. C. Moss | Company E | 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Fletcher Rifles | Captain Elliot H. Fletcher Jr. | Company C | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
Fort Smith Grays | Captain Cabell | Company D | 4th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Fort Smith Rifles | Captain James H. Sparks | Company A | 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Frontier Guards | Captain Hugh T. Brown | Company G | 3rd Regiment, 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 Regiment. |
Greene County Roughs | Captain Guy S. Murray | Company D | 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion |
Greene County Volunteers | Captain James C. Anderson | 1st Arkansas 30-Day Volunteers Regiment. | |
Hardee Guards | Captain James T. Armstrong | Company H | 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Harris Guards | Captain James T. Harris | Company A | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Hempstead Cavalry | Captain George E. Gamble | Company H | 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles. |
Hempstead Hornets | Captain Rufus K. Garland | Company B | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Hempstead Legion | Captain Daniel W. Webster | Company A | 20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Hempstead Plough Boys | Captain Jefferson Cottingham | Company E | 20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Hempstead Rifles | Captain John R. Gratiot | Company A | 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Hempstead Rifles No. 2 | Captain Benjamin P. Jett, Jr. | Company H | 17th (Griffith's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Henry Hornets | Captain Philip G. Henry | Company C | 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
High’s Repellers | Captain William T. High | Company B | 2nd Arkansas 30-Day Volunteers Regiment. |
Hindman Guards | Captain Henry B. Blakemore | Company G | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Holly Springs Targeteers | Captain Ezekiel P. Chandler | Company D | 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Hot Spring Hornets | Captain Daniel A. Newman | Company F | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Hot Springs Cavalry | Captain Joseph Jester | Company F | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. |
Hot Springs Infantry | Captain Joseph A. Gregory | Company A | 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Hot Springs Rifles | Captain Edwin C. Jones | Company E | 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Independence Guards | Captain Justus F. Tracy | Company E | 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
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 | 1st Cavalry Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Invincible Guards | Captain Thomas P. Dockery | Company A | 5th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops |
Izard Volunteers | Captain William S. Lindsey | Company A | 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (McCarver's). |
Jackson Aids | Captain William P. Ragland | Company A | 6th Arkansas Battalion. |
Jackson Guards | Captain Alexander C. Pickett | Company G | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Jackson Guards | Captain Wiley M. Mitchell | Company G | 33rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Jackson Minute-Men | Captain William J. Wyatt | Company F | 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Jefferson Guards | Captain Charles H. Carlton | Company B | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Jefferson Minute-Men | Captain James C. Thompson | Company A | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Jefferson Rifles | Captain David W. Carroll | Company K | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Jo. Wright Guards | Captain Hampton B. Fancher | Company H | 4th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Johnson Guards | Captain Alfred D. King | Company H | 3rd Regiment, 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 Regiment. |
La Grange Guards | Captain Daniel C. Govan | Company F | 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Lady Davis Guards | Captain Andrew J. Griffin | Company B2 | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Lafayette Guards | Captain Samuel H. Dill | Company F | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
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 Infantry Battalion. |
Linden Dead-Shots | Captain Poindexter Dunn | Company E | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
Lisbon Invincibles | Captain Samuel T. Turner | Company I | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Little Rock Grays | Captain James B. Johnson | Company A | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
McCown Guards | Captain D. Whit Harris | unattached. | |
McCulloch Avengers | Captain Henry P. Poston | Company B | 20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
McCulloch Guards | Captain George W. Bayne | Company I | 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
McCulloch Rangers | Captain Robert W. Harper | Company I | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. |
McKeever Guards | Captain Thomas J. Payne | Company B | 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Macon Cavalry | Captain Thomas M. Cochran | Company F | 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. |
Magruder Guards | Captain Frederick W. Hoadley | Company D | 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Monroe Blues | Captain Gaston W. Baldwin | Company K | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Montgomery Hunters | Captain John M. Simpson | Company F | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Monticello Cavalry | see Jackson Aids. | ||
Monticello Guards | Captain James A. Jackson | Company I | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Monticello Home Guard | Captain John S. Handley | unattached. | |
Muddy Bayou Heroes | Captain Zachariah B. Jennings | Company F | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Napoleon Grays | Captain Henry E. Green | Company E | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Napoleon Rifles | Captain John L. Porter | Company G | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. |
North Fork Rangers | Captain William N. Parish | Company H | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Osceola Hornets | Captain Charles Bowen | Company G | 2nd Confederate Infantry. |
Ouachita Cavalry | Captain James M. Gee | Company H | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. |
Ouachita Grays | Captain Hope T. Hodnett | Company K | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Ouachita Rifles | Captain Samuel H. Southerland | Company I | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Ouachita Voltigeurs | Captain Charles A. Bridewell | Company D | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Pat. Cleburne Guards | Captain Washington L. Martin | Company B | 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Perry County Mountaineers | Captain William Wilson | Company H | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Peyton Rifles | Captain Daniel W. Ringo | Borland’s Battalion. | |
Phillips Guards | Captain William S. Otey | Company H | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Pike County Blues | Captain James F. Black | Company G | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Pike County Rangers | Captain William J. Kelly | Company H | 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Pike Guards | Captain Samuel R. Bell | Company C | 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops |
Pike Guards | Captain John H. Dye | Company E | 7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Pine Bluff Artillery | Captain Frederick P. Steck | Company G | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
Pine Bluff Rebels | Captain Read Fletcher | Company D | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Polk County Invincibles | Captain William H. Earp | Company H | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Polk Rifles | Captain James B. Williamson | Company I | 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Pope Walker Guards | Captain Charles A. Carroll | Company A | 1st Cavalry Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Prairie County Avengers | �Captain M. C. Peel | Company C | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Princeton Light Horse | Captain William T. M. Holmes | Company A | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. |
Princeton Rifles | Captain Israel N. McClendon | Company B | 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Pulaski Lancers | Captain Thomas J. Churchill | Borland's Battalion. | |
Pulaski Rangers | Captain Thomas J. Churchill | Company F | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. |
Quitman Rifles | Captain Allen R. Witt | Company A | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Quitman Sharp-Shooters | Captain Jesse E. Martin | Company B | 31st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Ready Rifles | Captain James B. Venable | Company B | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Rector Guards | Captain George W. Glenn | Company D | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Rector Guards | Captain Ira G. Robertson | Company K | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
Red River Rifles | Captain Thomas G. Merrick | Company G | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Richland Rangers | Captain John C. Johnson | Company B1 | 13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Rough and Ready Guards | Captain George W. King | Borland's Battalion. | |
Rough and Ready Riflemen | Captain John C. Douglas | Company B | 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Rust Guards | Captain Joseph H. Bell | Company L | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Saline Avengers | Captain Lewis F. Mauney | Company F | 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Saline Guards | Captain James F. Fagan | Company E | 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Saline Rifle Rangers | Captain Mazarine J. Henderson | Company C | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. |
Saline Tornadoes | Captain McDuff Vance | Company A | 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Scott County Cavalry | Captain George W. Featherston | Company H | 1st Cavalry Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Sebastian County Cavalry | Captain Thomas Lewis | Company B | 1st Cavalry Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Selma Rifles | Captain Robert S. Taylor | Company D | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Sevier County Stars | Captain John G. McKean | Company H | 5th Regiment, 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 Regiment. |
Southern Defenders | Captain Edward W. Gantt | Company K | 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Southern Flag Company | Captain John S. Walker | Company G | 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Springfield Sharp-Shooters | Captain Samuel S. Ford | Company K | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Swamp Rangers | Captain Henry V. Keep | Company H | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
Three Creeks Rifles | Captain John W. Reedy | Company G | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Toombs Rifles | see Little Rock Grays. | ||
Totten Guards | Captain Augustus M. Reinhardt | Company C | 25th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Trenton Guards | Captain James W. Scaife | Company E | 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Tulip Rifles | Captain George D. Alexander | Company I | 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Turnbull Guards | Captain Thomas F. Murff | Company A | 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Tyronza Rebels | Captain Robert L. Harding | Company I | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Walker Grays | Captain Lawrence R. Frisk | Company B | 5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
West Point Rifles | Captain A. T. Jones | Company F | 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
White County Volunteers | Captain John A. Pemberton | Company D | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Windsor Guards | Captain William J. Smith | Company F | 29th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Wood’s Rifles | Captain Joel G. Wood | Company E | 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. |
Worsham Avengers | Captain James G. Johnson | Company C | 20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
Yell Blues | Captain Cornelius S. Lawrence | Company D | 5th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. |
Yell County Rifles | Captain Thomas J. Daniel | Company H | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. |
Yell Guards | Captain Francis M. McNally | Company C | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Yell Rifles | Captain Patrick R. Cleburne | Company F | 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's). |
Young Guard | Captain John F. Cameron | Company B | 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. |
- 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
List of Cavalry Regiments
Regiment | Organization Date | Commanders | Alternated designations |
---|---|---|---|
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles | June 16, 1861 | Colonel Thomas J. Churchill
Colonel Daniel H. Reynolds |
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated) |
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated) | April 9, 1865 | Colonel Henry G. Bunn | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles
4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. 31st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. |
1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Crawford's)[51] | December 30, 1863 | Colonel William A. Crawford | 10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Dobbin's) | Spring 1863 | Colonel Arch S. Dobbins
Major Samuel Corley |
Dobbins's Brigade
Chrisman's Cavalry Battalion |
1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Monroe's) | September 1862 | Colonel James Fleming Fagan
Colonel James Cade Monroe |
6th Regiment Arkansas Cavalry,
4th Arkansas Cavalry, 1st Trans-Mississippi Cavalry |
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons's) | 15 May 1862 | Colonel William Ferguson Slemons
Lt. Col T. W. Jackman[52] |
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion
6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion 4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Morgan's) | December 24, 1863 | Colonel Thomas J. Morgan | 5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment
Newton's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, Morgan's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, 8th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, |
2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles | July 29, 1861 | Colonel James Q. McIntosh
Colonel Benajamin T. Embry |
1st Consolidated Mounted Rifles |
3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | June 10, 1861 (State Service)
July 29, 1863 (Confederate Service) |
Colonel Solon Borland
Colonel Samuel G. Earle Colonel Anson W. Hobson |
1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion |
4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | December 15, 1863 | Colonel Anderson Gordon
Colonel Charles A. Carroll [53]Colonel Lee L. Thomson |
2nd (Gordon's) Arkansas Cavalry Regiment
9th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment 11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Carrolls) |
5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | April 1863 | Colonel Robert C. Newton | 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Morgan's) |
6th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Monroe's)
1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Fagan's) | ||
7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | July 25, 1863 | Colonel John F. Hill | Hill's Cavalry Battalion |
8th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | December 24, 1863 | Colonel Thomas J. Morgan | Newton's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry,
Morgan's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment; 5th Regiment Arkansas Cavalry. |
9th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | 4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | ||
10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Witt's) | Summer 1864 | Colonel Allen R. Witt | 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Newton's) | October 31, 1864 | Colonel Robert C. Newton | 3rd Regiment of Arkansas State Cavalry |
11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Logan | 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
Logan's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | |
12th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | February 15, 1864 | Colonel John C. Wright | 2nd Cavalry Battalion, Arkansas State Troops
Wright's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
40th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Summer 1864 | 40th Arkansas Infantry[54] | |
42nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Summer 1864 | 42nd Arkansas Infantry[55] | |
44th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Summer 1864 | Col James H. McGee[56]
Lt. Col. Jessup Grider[57] |
44nd Arkansas Mounted Infantry[58]
29th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment McGehee's Arkansas Cavalry |
45th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Summer 1864 | Col Milton D. Baber | 45th Arkansas Mounted Infantry[59]
Shaver's Cavalry[60] |
46th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Summer 1864 | Colonel Crabtree
Colonel W. O. Coleman [61] |
46th Arkansas Infantry[62]
|
47th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Summer 1864 | Colonel Lee Cradall | 47th Arkansas Mounted Infantry[64] |
48th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[65] | Summer 1864 | 48th Arkansas Infantry[66]
| |
Armstrong's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | |||
Brandenburch's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Brandenburch's Company[67] | ||
Carlton's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Charles H. Carlton
Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Thompson |
Carlton's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion [68] | |
Coffee's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Col. John T. Coffee
Colonel Gideon W. Thompson Colonel Moses W. Smith |
6th Missouri Cavalry[69]
11th Missouri Cavalry | |
Dan's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[70] | |||
Fitzhugh's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[71] | |||
Hindman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[72] | |||
Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[73] | Spring 1864 | Colonel Sidney D. Jackman[74] | Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[75]
Jackman's Missouri Cavalry |
Leve's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[76] | |||
Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[77] | Spring 1864 | Colonel Charles H. Nichols | Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[78] |
Rutherford's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[79] | |||
Sander's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[80] | September 15, 1862 | Edward I. Sanders | Sanders Battalion Arkansas Cavalry[81]
17th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry Sanders' Battalion of Partisan Rangers |
Weber's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[82] |
List of Cavalry Battalions
Battalion | Organization Date | Commanders | Alternated designations |
---|---|---|---|
1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion (Borlands)[83] | April 1861 | Colonel Solon Borland | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment |
1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion (Stirman's) | 1861 | Major William H. Brooks
Colonel Erasmus J. Stirman[84] |
1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion (Brooks')
1st (Stirman's) Battalion Sharpshooters Stirman’s Regiment of Sharpshooters |
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | April 1862 | Major William D. Barnett[85] | 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons's) |
6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion[86] | August 1861 | Major Charles W. Phifer | 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion
Phifer’s Arkansas Cavalry Battalion White’s Arkansas Cavalry Battalion McNeill’s Arkansas Cavalry Battalion |
13th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | 1864 | James L. Witherspoon | 16th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion[87] |
15th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion[88] | September 20, 1863 | Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Buster | Buster Arkansas Cavalry Battalion |
16th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | 1864 | Major James L. Witherspoon | Witherspoon's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion[89]
13th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion |
17th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | March 17, 1863 | Lieutenant Colonel John M. Harrell | Harrell's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion[90]
Harrell's Battalion Arkansas State Troops[91] Crawford's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion[92] |
18th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | September 1864 | Lieutenant Colonel Elisha L. McMurtry[93] | 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons's) |
Anderson's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | September 18, 1864 | Captain William L. Anderson [94] | |
Chrisman's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | September 28, 1862 | Major Francis M. Chrisman | 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Dobbin's) |
Crawford's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | March 1863 | Major William A. Crawford[95] | 17th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. |
Davies' Arkansas Cavalry Battalion [96] | 1864 | Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Davies | 7th Missouri Cavalry Regiment |
Ford's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | August 27, 1864.[97] | Lieutenant Colonel Barney Ford[98] | |
Gipson's Mounted Rifles Battalion [99] | July 1862 | Major William Gipson | Gipson's Cavalry Regiment Mounted Rifles |
Gunther's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | April 20, 1864 | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Gunter[100] | |
Hill's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | April 1863 | Colonel John F. Hill[101] | 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[102] |
Nave's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion [103] | April 1865 | Major R. H. Nave | |
McMurtrey's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | Major E. L. McMurtrey[104] | ||
Poe's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion[105] | December 1863 | Major J. T. Poe[106] | 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
Pall's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | |||
Rogan's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | Colonel James W. Rogan[107] | ||
Thompson's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion | Colonel Lee L. Thompson | Thompson's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[108]
Carroll's Arkansas Cavalry [109] | |
Woosley's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion[110] | Spring 1864 | James Woosley | Gunther's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion |
Artillery
Most Artillery Units seem to have begun the war named for the city or county that sponsored its organization. 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 units into Battalions 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 listed by several names. The Arkansas batteries which served primarily in the Confederate Army of Tennessee or Army of Mississippi, (east of the Mississippi River) were "officially" designated as "_st Arkanssa Light Artillery". 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, and listing the various batteries as "_st Arkansas Field Battery". The component batteries rarely, if ever, operated together. They were usually assigned individually to an infantry or cavalry brigade.[111]
Final Designation | Organization Date | Commander's | Alternate Designation |
---|---|---|---|
1st Arkansas Light Artillery | September and October 1861 | Captain David Provence
Captain John T. Humphreys Captain John W. Rivers[112] |
Rivers' Battery
Reid's Battery Provence's Battery, Humphreys' Battery[113] |
2nd Arkansas Light Artillery[114] | July 15, 1861 | Captain Franklin Roberts
Captain Jannedine H. Wiggins |
Clark County Artillery[115]
Arkansas Horse Artillery Wiggins' Battery Company E, 14th Georgia Artillery Battalion |
3rd Arkansas Light Artillery[116] | State Service, June 15, 1861
Confederate Service, July 25, 1861 |
Captain James G. Thrall
Captain George W. McCown Captain George T. Hubbard[117] |
Jackson Light Artillery
Thrall’s Battery McCown's Battery Arkansas Rats |
1st Arkansas Field Battery [118] | April 1861 | Captain James J. Gaines
Captain John D. Adams[119] Captain Francis M. McNally |
Adams Artillery. |
2nd Arkansas Field Battery[120] | August 1, 1861 | Captain William Hart | McNally's Battery
Dallas Artillery, Hart's Battery |
3rd Arkansas Field Battery[121] | December 1860, State Militia
December 27, 1861, Reorganized |
Captain Robert C. Newton
Captain William E. Woodruff, Jr. Captain John G. Marshall[122] |
Pulaski Light Artillery,
Weaver Light Artillery Marshall's Battery |
4th Arkansas Field Battery[123] | Spring 1862 | Captain Henry C. West | Desha County Artillery,
West's Battery[124] |
5th Arkansas Field Battery[125] | April 1862 | Captain William C. Bryan
Captain William Hogg Captain Christopher Columbus Scott[126] |
Appeal Battery
Memphis Appeal Battery |
6th Arkansas Field Battery[127] | 14 June 1862 | Captain Chambers B. Etter | Washington Artillery,
Etter's Battery |
7th Arkansas Field Battery[128] | August 6, 1862 | Captain William D. Blocher
Captain J. V. Zimmerman[129]
|
Blocher’s Battery,
Zimmerman's Battery |
8th Arkansas Field Battery[130] | April 1863 | Captain William M. Hughey[131] | Hughey's Battery |
9th Arkansas Field Battery | July 1861 | Captain John T. Trigg | Austin Artillery [132] |
Company H, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (1st Organization)[133] | December 1861[134] | Captain Frederick William Hoadley[135]
Captain William Pratt Parks |
"Magruder Guards",
Company D, 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion[136] Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (2nd Organization)[137]|| Arkansas Artillery[138] |
Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (1st Organization) | December 6, 1861 | Captain D. Whit Harris
Captain Paul Thomas Dismukes |
"McCown Guards" [139]
Company A, 1st Tennessee Light Artillery (2nd Organization)[140]|| |
Brown's Arkansas Battery | Summer 1864 | Captain Louis W. Brown | Newton Artillery |
Crawford Artillery[141] | April 1861 | Captain James T. Stewart | Company F, 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops |
Fort Smith Artillery[142] | April 1861 | Captain John G. Reid | Reid's Battery,
Rivers' Battery |
Helena Artillery[143] | April 29, 1861, State Service
July 6, 1861, Confederate Service |
Captain A. W. Clarkson
Captain John H. Calvert Captain Thomas J. Key |
Clarkson's Battery,
Key's Battery Company C, 20th Alabama Light Artillery Battalion Company H, 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion |
Moticello Artillery | February 8, 1862 | Captain James A. Owens
Captain W. C. Howell |
Drew Light Artillery,
Owen's Battery |
Pine Bluff Artillery | April 21, 1861, State Militia[144] | Captain Frederick P. Steck | Steck’s Battery
Company G, 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Marmaduke's)[145] |
See also
- Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
- Confederate Units by State
- Arkansas in the American Civil War
References
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External links
- Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
- The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
- The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas
- Hempstead, Fay, "A Pictorial History of Arkansas" St. Louis and New York, N. D. Thompson publishing company, 1890, Call number: 9197481,
- Col. John M. Harrell, "Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States", Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.,