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The unit fought in the conflicts at [[Second Battle of Corinth|Corinth]] and [[Battle of Hatchie's Bridge|Hatchie's Bridge]] and reported 5 killed, 23 wounded, and 116 missing. Later it was assigned to General Beall's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and assigned to the garrison of [[Siege of Port Hudson|Port Hudson]].
During the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, the 21st Arkansas was assigned to Brigadier General [[John C. Moore]]'s brigade of Brigadier General [[Dabney H. Maury]]'s Division, of Major General [[Sterling Price]]'s 1st Corps the Confederate ([[Army of the West (1862)|Army of the West]]). The unit fought in the battles at [[Second Battle of Corinth|Corinth]] and [[Battle of Hatchie's Bridge|Hatchie's Bridge]] and reported 5 killed, 23 wounded, and 116 missing.


Due to the unit's losses, it became involved in underwent several field consolidations with other units while assiged to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Field consolidations were considered to be temporary, and the component regiments continued to maintain separate muster rolls.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> On January 7, 1863 Major General [[Franklin Gardner]] issued General Order No. 5 which temporarily consolidated several under strength Arkansas units: {{quotation|
Following the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, the regiment was assigned to Brigadier General William Beall's brigade, of Major General [[Franklin Gardner]]'s Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and assigned to the garrison of [[Siege of Port Hudson|Port Hudson]]. Due to the unit's losses, it became involved in underwent several field consolidations with other units while assiged to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Field consolidations were considered to be temporary, and the component regiments continued to maintain separate muster rolls.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> On January 7, 1863 Major General [[Franklin Gardner]] issued General Order No. 5 which temporarily consolidated several under strength Arkansas units: {{quotation|
:The troops of this post will be organized into brigades, arranged at the breastworks as follows....
:The troops of this post will be organized into brigades, arranged at the breastworks as follows....


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23rd Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)
Arkansas state flag
Active1862 to 1865
CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceCSA Dixie
BranchInfantry
EngagementsCorinth Campaign,
Second Battle of Corinth,

Siege of Port Hudson,

Price's Missouri Raid,

Battle of Fort Davidson,
Fourth Battle of Boonville,
Battle of Glasgow,
Battle of Sedalia,
Second Battle of Lexington,
Battle of Little Blue River,
Second Battle of Independence,
Battle of Byram's Ford,
Battle of Westport,
Battle of Marais des Cygnes,
Battle of Mine Creek,
Battle of Marmiton River,
Second Battle of Newtonia,

Template:Infobox Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiments

The 23rd Arkansas Infantry (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. In the summer of 1864, the unit was reorganized as a mounted infantry regiment in preparation for Price's Missouri Expedition and officially redesignated as the 42nd Arkansas Infantry (Mounted). The unit was often referred to as Lyle's Arkansas Cavalry in report from Price's Missouri Expedition. Due to its mounted status, the unit is also occasionally referred to as the 23rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment.[1]

Organization

The 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment was organized at Memphis, Tennessee, on April 25, 1862, when Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Adams’ infantry battalion of five companies was reinforced by the addition of the two companies of Major Simon P. Hughes’ infantry battalion, and Captain Mitchell A. Adair’s independent company.[2] All companies were enlisted for twelve months’ service.[3] The original field officers were:[4][5]

  • Colonel Charles W. Adams, of Helena
  • Lieutenant-Col. Simon P. Hughes, of Clarendon
  • Major J. S. Robinson, of Chicot County

The commanders of companies were:[4]

  • Company A, commanded by Captain Brown Dolson, of Poinset County
  • Company B, commanded by Captain John Clendenin, of Phillips County
  • Company C, commanded by Captain Seward, of St. Francis County
  • Company D, commanded by Captain E. McAllister, of Crittenden County
  • Company E, commanded by Company A, commanded by Captain W. W. Smith, of Phillips County
  • Company F, commanded by Captain Simon P. Hughes, of Monroe, and after his election as lieutenant-colonel, Capt. John B. Baxter, of Monroe
  • Company G, commanded by Captain J. H. Robinson, of Chicot county, and after his election as major, Captain Craycraft, of Chicot
  • Company H, commanded by Captain Quency H. Lewis, of Clark County
  • Company I, commanded by Captain A. A. Adair, of Craighead County
  • Company K, commanded by Captain Thomas Westmoreland, of Poinsett County
    Colonel Charles W. Adams would later command Adams' Arkansas Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Prairie Grove.

The strength of the regiment, at organization, was about 900 men.[6]

In May 1862 the Confederate Army underwent an army-wide reorganization due to the passage of the Conscription Act by the Confederate Congress in April 1962.[7] All twelve-month regiments had to re-muster and enlist for three years or the duration of the war; a new election of officers was ordered; and men who were exempted from service by age or other reasons under the Conscription Act were allowed to take a discharge and go home. Officers who did not choose to stand for re-election were also offered a discharge. The 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment was reorganized “for 3 years or the war” on May 27, 1862, at Camp Priceville, near Tupelo, Mississippi at which time Capt Thomas L. Westmoreland’s independent company was added, bringing the Regiment up to full strength.[8][9]

The regiment reorganized again, pursuant to orders from General Maury, at Saltillo, Mississippi, on September 10, 1862, when the understrength 12th and 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiments were field-consolidated with the 23rd Arkansas Regiment. When the regiment was reorganized the following field officers were elected:[4][10]

  • Colonel. Oliver P. Lyles, of Crittenden County
  • Lieutenant Colonel A. H. Pennington, of Clark County
  • Major Erastus L. Black, of Monroe County
  • Adjutant C. W. Lewis, of Crittenden
  • Quartermaster McMurray, of Chicot
  • Commissary Norton, of Phillips County

When the unit was paroled and exchanged back to Arkansas following its surrender at Port Hudson, a new Company H, from Craighead County, was added to replace the Clark County company, which did not rejoin the regiment after being exchanged.[5]

Battles

During the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, the 21st Arkansas was assigned to Brigadier General John C. Moore's brigade of Brigadier General Dabney H. Maury's Division, of Major General Sterling Price's 1st Corps the Confederate (Army of the West). The unit fought in the battles at Corinth and Hatchie's Bridge and reported 5 killed, 23 wounded, and 116 missing.

Following the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, the regiment was assigned to Brigadier General William Beall's brigade, of Major General Franklin Gardner's Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and assigned to the garrison of Port Hudson. Due to the unit's losses, it became involved in underwent several field consolidations with other units while assiged to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Field consolidations were considered to be temporary, and the component regiments continued to maintain separate muster rolls.[11] On January 7, 1863 Major General Franklin Gardner issued General Order No. 5 which temporarily consolidated several under strength Arkansas units:

The troops of this post will be organized into brigades, arranged at the breastworks as follows....
III. Brigadier-General Beall’s brigade will consist of the consolidated regiment consisting of the Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-third Arkansas Regiments, and First Arkansas Battalion, commanded by Col. R. H. Crockett; the consolidated regiment consisting of the Eleventh and Fifteenth Arkansas Regiments, commanded by Col. John L. Logan[11]

The order was modified in February 1863 and the 23rd Arkansas was placed in a consolidated regiment with the 14th and 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiments.[12] Logan's consolidated regiment consisted of the 11th and the Griffith's 17th Arkansas. The Johnson's 15th Arkansas was assigned to Crockett's consolidated regiment in stead of the 17th.[11]

The regiment endured forty-eight day siege, and was surrendered to General Nathaniel P. Banks on July 9, 1863. Following the surrender the officers were sent as prisoners to Johnson's Island Military Prison. The enlisted personnel of the 23rd Arkansas were paroled and returned to Arkansas. After being officially exchanged in the spring of 1864 the unit was converted to mounted infantry and took an active part in Price's Missouri Expedition.[10][13]

Iuka-Corinth Campaign, April - June 1862

Battle of Corinth, October 3–4, 1862.

Siege of Port Hudson, May–July 1863

Price's Missouri Raid, Arkansas-Missouri-Kansas, September–October, 1864

Battle of Fort Davidson, Missouri, September 27, 1864
Fourth Battle of Boonville, Missouri, October 11, 1864
Battle of Glasgow, Missouri, October 15, 1864
Battle of Sedalia, Missouri, October 15, 1864
Second Battle of Lexington, Missouri, October 19, 1864
Battle of Little Blue River, Missouri, October 21, 1864
Second Battle of Independence, Missouri, October 21–22, 1864
Battle of Byram's Ford, Missouri, October 22–23, 1864
Battle of Westport, Missouri, October 23, 1864
Battle of Marais des Cygnes, Linn County, Kansas, October 25, 1864
Battle of Mine Creek, Missouri, October 25, 1864
Battle of Marmiton River, Missouri, October 25, 1864
Second Battle of Newtonia, Missouri, October 28, 1864

Surrender

Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson, Commander of the Military Sub-District of Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri, to which the surrendered his command at Chalk Bluff, Arkansas on May 11, 1865, and agreed to have his men assemble at Wittsburg and Jacksonport, Arkansas to lay down their arms and receive their paroles. Thompson's command was widely dispersed throughout northeast Arkansas, more for reasons of available forage than anything else. Most members of the 23rd Arkansas seem to have surrendered and were paroled at Wittsburg on May 25, 1865.[14]

References

  1. ^ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 23rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011
  2. ^ Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: Camp Price, MS", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Boar, Posted 15 December 2004, Accessed http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=9195
  3. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "23RD ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 1 August 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/23rdf&s.html
  4. ^ a b c Harrell, John M., "Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History", Volume 10.2, Arkansas, Page 321, Accessed 1 August 2011, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0254%3Achapter%3D11%3Apage%3D321
  5. ^ a b Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: 23rd Arkansas Infantry", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 22 May 2012, Accessed 23 May 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=26345
  6. ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/pictorialhistory00hemp#page/406/mode/2up Hempstead, Fay, "A Pictorial History of Arkansas" St. Louis and New York, N. D. Thompson publishing company, 1890, Call number: 9197481, Page 422
  7. ^ UPTON, EMORY, Bvt. Maj. Gen., United States Army; "THE MILITARY POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES" WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1912, Page 471, Congressional edition, Volume 6164, Google Books, Accessed 4 November 2011, http://books.google.com/books?id=2-tGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA471&lpg=PA471&dq=Confederate+conscription+law+reorganization+regiment&source=bl&ots=7ptDBF0n2D&sig=-K_6PQoHglmh_SOzuobv_JyNWUw&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Confederate%20conscription%20law%20reorganization%20regiment&f=false
  8. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "14th Arkansas Regiment, No. 1", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Accessed 29 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14705
  9. ^ Odom, Danny, "Re: 23rd Arkansas Infantry" Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 21 May 2012, Accessed 23 May 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=26334
  10. ^ a b National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 23rd Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  11. ^ a b c Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: Port Hudson / Vicksburg Exchanges", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 2 April 2012, Accessed 2 April 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=26043
  12. ^ Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: Camp Price, MS", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 16 December 2004, Accessed 22 May 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=9205
  13. ^ Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas, Facts on File, Inc., 1992, ISBN 978-0-8160-2288-5, page 109.
  14. ^ Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: Jacksonport 1865 surrender list?", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 1 January 2004, Accessed 1 January 2012, http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=6006

See also

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