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==Battles==
The 11th Arkansas was ordered to [[Fort Pillow, Tennessee]] in November, 1861, and was brigaded with the [[12th Arkansas]], commanded by Col. E. W. Gantt; was stationed at [[Island No.10]] on the Mississippi river, and transferred back and forth to New Madrid at the will of Gen. Gid. J. Pillow.<ref>Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas, Facts on File, Inc., 1992, ISBN 0-8160-2288-7, page 91.</ref> Island No. 10 was surrendered April 15, 1862, after a terrific bombardment by the enemy's mortar-boats and gunboats, aided by an overflow which nearly submerged the island. The Confederate defenses consisted of dissolving earthworks and twenty guns. Maj. W. J. Hoadley, of Little Rock, spiked his battery of guns and made his escape with one section of the his battalion. The others were included in the surrender documents, and were transported to [[Camp Butler]] near [[Springfield, Ill.]], then to [[Camp Chase]] (Chicago), the officers to [[Johnson's Island]], Lake Erie.<ref>Hardy, Gary "11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment", Accessed 21 July 2011, http://thehardyparty.com/civil_war/11th_regiment_ark.htm</ref> Lieutenant Gibson, of Company H, was shot dead on Johnson's island by a Federal sentinel because he crossed the ‘dead line.’ The 11th and 12th Arkansas were exchanged September 16, 1862 at [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]].<ref name="Gerdes 11th index"/> The year of the first enlistment expiring there was a reorganization, which resulted as follows:<ref name="Harrell 309">Col. John M. Harrell, "Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States", Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas Clement Anselm Evans, Ed., Page 309, Accessed 21 July 2011, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0254%3Achapter%3D11%3Apage%3D308</ref> [[File:Colonel John L Logan.jpg|thumb|right|Colonel John L. Logan, Commander [[11th and 17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment|11th/17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Mounted)]] ]]
The 11th Arkansas was ordered to [[Fort Pillow, Tennessee]] in November, 1861, and was brigaded with the [[12th Arkansas]], commanded by Col. E. W. Gantt; was stationed at [[Island No.10]] on the Mississippi river, and transferred back and forth to New Madrid at the will of Gen. Gid. J. Pillow.<ref>Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas, Facts on File, Inc., 1992, ISBN 0-8160-2288-7, page 91.</ref> Island No. 10 was surrendered April 15, 1862, after a terrific bombardment by the enemy's mortar-boats and gunboats, aided by an overflow which nearly submerged the island. The Confederate defenses consisted of dissolving earthworks and twenty guns. Maj. W. J. Hoadley, of Little Rock, spiked his battery of guns and made his escape with one section of the his battalion. The others were included in the surrender documents, and were transported to [[Camp Butler]] near [[Springfield, Ill.]], then to [[Camp Chase]] (Chicago), the officers to [[Johnson's Island]], Lake Erie.<ref>Hardy, Gary "11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment", Accessed 21 July 2011, http://thehardyparty.com/civil_war/11th_regiment_ark.htm</ref> Lieutenant Gibson, of Company H, was shot dead on Johnson's island by a Federal sentinel because he crossed the ‘dead line.’
==Reorganization and Consolidation==
The 11th and 12th Arkansas were exchanged September 16, 1862at [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]].<ref name="Gerdes 11th index"/> With their one year enlistment expiring, there was a reorganization, which resulted as follows:<ref name="Harrell 309">Col. John M. Harrell, "Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States", Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas Clement Anselm Evans, Ed., Page 309, Accessed 21 July 2011, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0254%3Achapter%3D11%3Apage%3D308</ref> [[File:Colonel John L Logan.jpg|thumb|right|Colonel John L. Logan, Commander [[11th and 17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment|11th/17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Mounted)]] ]]


*Col. John L. Logan,
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The regiment was ordered to lower Mississippi. In March 1863, the 11th and the [[17th (Griffith's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment]] were consolidated and Colonel John L. Logan was placed in command, since he was the senior Colonel superseding Col. John Griffith of the 17th Arkansas Infantry. The new consolidated regiment was mounted and placed under command of Col. John Griffith of the 17th.<ref name="Gerdes 11th index"/> The consolidated regiment was dispatched to [[Clinton, Mississippi]], to head off the raid of the Federal General Grierson, but failed to meet him. At this time Colonel Logan served as the commander of a brigade which included 11th/17th so Col Griffin was often if field command of the consolidated regiment. The unit operated outside the fortifications of Port Hudson during the siege in March 1863. This detachment operated against the army under General Banks in Louisiana, and took a number of prisoners, among them Gen. Neal Dow. After the fall of Port Hudson the greater part of the regiment remained in Mississippi, where they fought in several small engagements. A squad of the Seventeenth, under Maj. B. B. Chisom, captured a Federal gunboat on the Yazoo river. They had a encounter with Federal cavalry at Keller's Lane, June 23, 1863, in which Lieutenant DeVaughn was wounded.<ref name="Harrell 309"/>
The regiment was ordered to lower Mississippi. In March 1863, the 11th and the [[17th (Griffith's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment]] were consolidated and Colonel John L. Logan was placed in command, since he was the senior Colonel superseding Col. John Griffith of the 17th Arkansas Infantry. The new consolidated regiment was mounted and placed under command of Col. John Griffith of the 17th.<ref name="Gerdes 11th index"/> The consolidated regiment was dispatched to [[Clinton, Mississippi]], to head off the raid of the Federal General Grierson, but failed to meet him. At this time Colonel Logan served as the commander of a brigade which included 11th/17th so Col Griffin was often if field command of the consolidated regiment. The unit operated outside the fortifications of Port Hudson during the siege in March 1863. This detachment operated against the army under General Banks in Louisiana, and took a number of prisoners, among them Gen. Neal Dow. After the fall of Port Hudson the greater part of the regiment remained in Mississippi, where they fought in several small engagements. A squad of the Seventeenth, under Maj. B. B. Chisom, captured a Federal gunboat on the Yazoo river. They had a encounter with Federal cavalry at Keller's Lane, June 23, 1863, in which Lieutenant DeVaughn was wounded.<ref name="Harrell 309"/>


===Unofficial reorganization west of the Mississippi River==
In November 1863, Colonel Logan was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department. Colonel Griffith of the 17th Arkansas assumed command of the regiment and led the unit until the end of the war.
In November 1863, Colonel Logan made a trip to Richmond Virgina and made an impassioned request for the transfer of his regiment back to Arkansas. Colonl Logan's request fell on deaf ears, but he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department. Colonel Griffith of the 17th Arkansas assumed command of the regiment and led the unit until the end of the war.<ref name="Harrell 309"/>

Col Logan eventually achived his purposed to a degree. When members of the 11/17th Consolidated Arkansas Mounted Infantry were released on furlough to return to Arkansas for recrutiting duty in early 1864, many elected to remain in Arkansas rather than return to their command in southern Mississippi. Instead of returning to Colonel Griffin's command, many of these soldiers reported to Colonel Logan in the Trans Mississippi and by late 1864, Colonel Logan's unit, now recognized as the 11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment was back on the roster of units for the Department of the Trans-Mississippi.<ref>National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 11th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm</ref>


==Biblography==
==Biblography==

Revision as of 19:08, 13 February 2012

11th Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)
Arkansas state flag
Active1861 to 1865
CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceCSA Dixie
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Island No. 10

Template:Infobox Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiments

The 11th Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.

Organization

The 11th Arkansas was organized in Saline County, Arkansas in July 1861. The Mustering Officer for the regiment was George M. Holt, a Brigadier General of the Arkansas State Militia. The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the following counties:[1]

  • Company A, the "Saline Tornadoes", Commanded by Captain M. Vance, Saline County, Arkansas.[2]
  • Company B, the "Rough and Ready Riflemen", Commanded by Captain J. Douglas, organized in Saline County, Arkansas.[3]
  • Company C, Commanded by Captain J. Sanders, organized in Saline County, Arkansas.[4]
  • Company D, the "Fairplay Riflemen" Commanded by Captain Z. Philips, organized in Saline County, Arkansas.[5]
  • Company E, the "Falcon Guards", Commanded by Captain J. Moss, organized in Columbia County, Arkansas.[6]
  • Company F, the "Saline Avengers", Commanded by Captain L. Mauney, organized in Saline County, Arkansas.[7]
  • Company G, the "Camden Knights No. 2", Commanded by Captain J. Logan, organized in Ouachita County, Arkansas.[8]
  • Company H, Commanded by Captain J. Matthews, organized in Columbia County, Arkansas.[9]
  • Company I, Commanded by Captain Anderson Cunningham, organized in Saline County, Arkansas.[10]
  • Company K, Commanded by Captain J. G. Johnson, organized in Saline County, Arkansas.[11]

The regimental officers at the time of formation were:

  • Smith, Jabez M., Colonel
  • Vance, M.D., Lieutenant Colonel
  • Poe, James T., Major
  • Burke, J.D., Drum Major
  • Gessweller, Joseph, Asst Surgeon
  • Green, Goodwin, Drum Major
  • Hogue, Ezekiel Chaplain

Battles

The 11th Arkansas was ordered to Fort Pillow, Tennessee in November, 1861, and was brigaded with the 12th Arkansas, commanded by Col. E. W. Gantt; was stationed at Island No.10 on the Mississippi river, and transferred back and forth to New Madrid at the will of Gen. Gid. J. Pillow.[12] Island No. 10 was surrendered April 15, 1862, after a terrific bombardment by the enemy's mortar-boats and gunboats, aided by an overflow which nearly submerged the island. The Confederate defenses consisted of dissolving earthworks and twenty guns. Maj. W. J. Hoadley, of Little Rock, spiked his battery of guns and made his escape with one section of the his battalion. The others were included in the surrender documents, and were transported to Camp Butler near Springfield, Ill., then to Camp Chase (Chicago), the officers to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie.[13] Lieutenant Gibson, of Company H, was shot dead on Johnson's island by a Federal sentinel because he crossed the ‘dead line.’

Reorganization and Consolidation

The 11th and 12th Arkansas were exchanged September 16, 1862at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[1] With their one year enlistment expiring, there was a reorganization, which resulted as follows:[14]

Colonel John L. Logan, Commander 11th/17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Mounted)
  • Col. John L. Logan,
  • Lieut.Col. M. D. Vance,
  • Maj. James T. Poe,
  • Adjt. Edward A. Warren,
  • Quartermaster E. Whitfield,
  • Commissary Clerk,
  • Surgeon James Whitfield.
  • Company A, Capt. Jasper Shepherd;
  • Company B, Capt. Claiborne Watkins;
  • Company C, Capt. James D. Burke;
  • Company D, Capt. A. A. Crawford;
  • Company E, Capt. W. R. Selridge;
  • Company F, Capt. L. H. Kemp;
  • Company G, Capt. Frank Scott;
  • Company H, Captain Matthews;
  • Company I, Capt. W. F. Morton;
  • Company K, Anderson Cunningham.

The regiment was ordered to lower Mississippi. In March 1863, the 11th and the 17th (Griffith's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment were consolidated and Colonel John L. Logan was placed in command, since he was the senior Colonel superseding Col. John Griffith of the 17th Arkansas Infantry. The new consolidated regiment was mounted and placed under command of Col. John Griffith of the 17th.[1] The consolidated regiment was dispatched to Clinton, Mississippi, to head off the raid of the Federal General Grierson, but failed to meet him. At this time Colonel Logan served as the commander of a brigade which included 11th/17th so Col Griffin was often if field command of the consolidated regiment. The unit operated outside the fortifications of Port Hudson during the siege in March 1863. This detachment operated against the army under General Banks in Louisiana, and took a number of prisoners, among them Gen. Neal Dow. After the fall of Port Hudson the greater part of the regiment remained in Mississippi, where they fought in several small engagements. A squad of the Seventeenth, under Maj. B. B. Chisom, captured a Federal gunboat on the Yazoo river. They had a encounter with Federal cavalry at Keller's Lane, June 23, 1863, in which Lieutenant DeVaughn was wounded.[14]

=Unofficial reorganization west of the Mississippi River

In November 1863, Colonel Logan made a trip to Richmond Virgina and made an impassioned request for the transfer of his regiment back to Arkansas. Colonl Logan's request fell on deaf ears, but he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department. Colonel Griffith of the 17th Arkansas assumed command of the regiment and led the unit until the end of the war.[14]

Col Logan eventually achived his purposed to a degree. When members of the 11/17th Consolidated Arkansas Mounted Infantry were released on furlough to return to Arkansas for recrutiting duty in early 1864, many elected to remain in Arkansas rather than return to their command in southern Mississippi. Instead of returning to Colonel Griffin's command, many of these soldiers reported to Colonel Logan in the Trans Mississippi and by late 1864, Colonel Logan's unit, now recognized as the 11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment was back on the roster of units for the Department of the Trans-Mississippi.[15]

Biblography

Poe, J.C., comp. and ed. The Raving Foe: the Civil War Diary of Major James T. Poe, C.S.A., and the 11th Arkansas Volunteers, and a Complete List of Prisoners. (Eastland, TX: Longhorn Press, 1967).

Rushing, Anthony C., Ranks of Honor: A Regimental History of the Eleventh Arkansas lnfantry Regiment and Poe's Cavalry Battalion, C.S.A., 1861- 1865. (Little Rock, AR: Eagle Press, 1990).

Lide, J. E. "The Eleventh Arkansas Regiment." Ouachita County Historical Quarterly, 9, No. 4 (June 1978): 10-12.

References

  1. ^ a b c Gerdes, Edward G., "11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thindx.html
  2. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY A, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcoa.html
  3. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY A, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcob.html
  4. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY B, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcoc.html
  5. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY D, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcod.html
  6. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY E, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcoe.html
  7. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY F, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcof.html
  8. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY G, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcog.html
  9. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY H, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcoh.html
  10. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY I, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcoi.html
  11. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "COMPANY K, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/11thcok.html
  12. ^ Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas, Facts on File, Inc., 1992, ISBN 0-8160-2288-7, page 91.
  13. ^ Hardy, Gary "11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment", Accessed 21 July 2011, http://thehardyparty.com/civil_war/11th_regiment_ark.htm
  14. ^ a b c Col. John M. Harrell, "Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States", Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas Clement Anselm Evans, Ed., Page 309, Accessed 21 July 2011, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0254%3Achapter%3D11%3Apage%3D308
  15. ^ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 11th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

See also

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