Whatever the truth behind the 17th Arkansas's retreat and break up following the Battle of Pea Ridge, by early May 1862 Colonel Rector and portions of Companies A, B, C, and G were still in Arkansas and the balance of the regiment was at Corinth, Mississippi, with the Army of the West, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Griffith. A battalion-sized 17th Arkansas fought at the Battle of Corinth, and this portion of the regiment would go on to form the &lt;a href="11th/17th%20Consolidated%20Mounted%20Infantry"&gt;11th/17th Consolidated Mounted Infantry&lt;/a&gt;.