List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
Confederate Forces raised in Arkansas -- Infantry
Table:
Regiment
Muster Date
Commanders
Alternate Designations

1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment
May 6, 1861

Colonel James F. Fagan

Colonel John W. Colquitt[20]

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry

1st Arkansas 30 Day Volunteer Regiment
November 23, 1861
Colonel James Haywood McCaleb
None

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry[21]

April 9, 1865
Colonel Edward Alexander Howell [22]

1st Arkansas Infantry.

2nd Arkansas Infantry.

5th Arkansas Infantry.

6th and 7th Arkansas Infantry.

8th Arkansas Infantry.

24th Arkansas Infantry.

13th Arkansas Infantry.

15th (Josey's) Arkansas Infantry.

19th (Dawsons's) Arkansas Infantry.

3rd Confederate Infantry.

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry (Trans-Mississippi)[23]

May 17, 1864[24]

Colonel Jordan E. Cravens

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment

14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Powers'),

15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment,

16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment,

21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Craven's)

2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
June 26, 1861[25]

Colonel Thomas C. Hindman

Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Bacoge

Lieutenant Colonel Elbridge Brasher

Colonel Daniel C. Govan[26]

Lieutenant Colonel E. Warfield[27]

Hindman's Legion

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry

2nd Arkansas 30 Day Volunteer Regiment
November 18, 1861
Major Allen
None

2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry
May 17, 1864[24]

Colonel T.J. Reid[23]

12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment

8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion

12th Arkansas Infantry Battalion

3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment

July 5, 1861

Colonel Albert Rust

Colonel Van. H. Manning[28]

Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Taylor (acting)[29]

None

3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry[23]

May 17, 1864[24]

Colonel H. G. P. Williams

15th (Gee/Johnson) Arkansas Infantry Regiment.

19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, (Dockery's)

20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.

4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

August 17, 1861

Colonel Evander McNair,

Colonel H. G. Bunn[30]

Southwestern Arkansas Regiment

1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated)

5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

June 28, 1861 (State Service)

July 27, 1861 (Confederate Service)

Colonel David C. Cross,

Colonel Lucius Featherston,

Colonel Peter V. Green,

Colonel John E. Murray[26]

Fighting Fifth[31]

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry

6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

June 10, 1861 (State Service)

July 26, 1861, (Confederate Service)

Colonel Richard Lyon

Colonel Alexander Travis Hawthorn

Colonel G. S. Smith[20]

Major William F. Douglas [26]

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Snyder [27]

6th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops

6th & 7th Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry

7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

June 16, 1861 (State Service)

July 26, 1861 (Confederate Service)

Colonel Robert G. Shaver

Colonel D. A. Gillespie

"Bloody Seventh"

6th & 7th Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry

8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

July 13, 1861 (State Service)[32]

September 10, 1861 (Confederate Service)

Colonel William K. Patterson

Colonel George F. Baucum,[26]

Colonel John H. Kelly

8th/19th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiments

1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry

9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

July 20, 1861[32]

Colonel John M. Bradley,

Colonel Isaac L. Dunlop

"Parson's Regiment"

1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated)

10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
July 27, 1861
Colonel T. D. Merrick

Colonel A. R. Witt

Witt's 10th Arkansas Cavalry

11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

July 28, 1861 first election

August 8, 1861, second election

Colonel Jabez M. Smith

Colonel John L. Logan

Colonel John Griffith

11th and 17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment

11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment

11th and 17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment

March 1863

Colonel John L. Logan

Colonel John Griffith[33]

11th / 17th Arkansas Mounted Infantry[34]

12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
July 27, 1861[35]
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

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The 1st Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment was raised in April 1861 by Colonel Thompson B. Flournoy . It moved first to Virginia , but transferred back to Tennessee and served the rest of the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers , the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment . There were three regiments known as 1st Arkansas during the war . The second unit with the designation of 1st Arkansas was the 1st Infantry , Arkansas State Troops , which was mustered into Confederate service at Pitman 's Ferry , Arkansas , on 23 July 1861 , under the command of Colonel Patrick Cleburne ; this unit was eventually redesignated as the 15th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry . The third unit bearing the title 1st Arkansas was the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry , which served with the Union Army .
James Fleming Fagan ( March 1 , 1828 - September 1 , 1893 ) was a planter , public official , and a Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . His Arkansas brigade distinguished itself in the Red River Campaign of 1864 , helping to drive the Union army from southern Arkansas .
The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry ( 1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . This unit was created in April 1865 from the remnants of Arkansas regiments assigned in the Confederate Army of Tennessee . Another 1st Arkansas Consolidated Regiment had been formed the previous year in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi from the remnants of several Arkansas units which had been captured the at the Siege of Vicksburg and Port Hudson during the summer of 1863 .
The 1st Arkansas Infantry ( 30 Day Volunteers ) ( 1861 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit was composed mainly of militia units called to service by Colonel Solon F. Borland in response to an anticipated invasion of Northeast Arkansas in the fall of 1861 .
The 1st Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment was raised in April 1861 by Colonel Thompson B. Flournoy . It moved first to Virginia , but transferred back to Tennessee and served the rest of the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers , the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment . There were three regiments known as 1st Arkansas during the war . The second unit with the designation of 1st Arkansas was the 1st Infantry , Arkansas State Troops , which was mustered into Confederate service at Pitman 's Ferry , Arkansas , on 23 July 1861 , under the command of Colonel Patrick Cleburne ; this unit was eventually redesignated as the 15th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry . The third unit bearing the title 1st Arkansas was the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry , which served with the Union Army .
The 2nd Arkansas Infantry ( June 1 , 1861 - May 26 , 1865 ) was an army regiment of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . The regiment was raised in May 1861 under Colonel Thomas C. Hindman . It served throughout the war in the western theater , in the Confederate Army of Tennessee , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers , the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment . The regiment has no connection with the 2nd Regiment , Arkansas State Troops , which participated in the Battle of Wilson 's Creek , and is also separate from the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment , which was formed in 1864 from remnants of regiments surrendered at Vicksburg and Port Hudson .
The 5th Arkansas Infantry , also called the Fighting Fifth ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment organized in Arkansas to serve for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War . It served throughout the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment . Another Arkansas unit also had the designation 5th Arkansas , the 5th Regiment , Arkansas State Troops which participated in the Battle of Wilson 's Creek , but was never transferred to Confederate Service . There is no connection between the two units .
The 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment ( also known as the Sixth Arkansas ; June 10 , 1861 - May 1 , 1865 ) was a regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . Organized mainly from volunteer companies , including several prewar volunteer militia units , raised in the southern half of Arkansas , the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate Service . It served virtually the entire war in Confederate forces east of the Mississippi River . After the unit sustained heavy casualties during the Battle of Shiloh and Bragg 's Kentucky Campaign , the unit spent most of the rest of the war field consolidated with the 7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment , to form the 6th/7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment .
The 7th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry ( 1861−1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . Organized mainly from companies , including several prewar volunteer militia companies , raised in northeastern Arkansas , the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate service , and spent virtually the entire war serving east of the Mississippi River . After the unit sustained heavy casualties in the Battle of Shiloh and the Kentucky Campaign , the unit spent most of the rest of the war field consolidated with the 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment to form the 6th/7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment .
The 8th Arkansas Infantry ( July 13 , 1861 - April 26 , 1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War from the state of Arkansas . It served throughout the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment .
The 24th Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit began its service in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi , but the bulk of the unit was captured at the Battle of Arkansas Post and shipped to Northern prison camps . The unit was exchanged in Virginia and shipped to Tennessee and joined the Army of Tennessee in time for the Chattanooga Campaign and remained with the army through the Atlanta Campaign , the Franklin-Nashville Campaign and ended the war in North Carolina .
The 13th Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . Organized mainly from companies , including several prewar volunteer militia companies , raised in northeastern Arkansas , the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate Service , and spent virtually the entire war serving in Confederate forces east of the Mississippi River . After the unit sustained heavy casualties during the Battle of Murfreesboro , the unit spent most of the rest of the war field consolidated with the 13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment , to form the 5th/13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment .
The 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment ( Josey 's ) ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment that served during the American Civil War . The regiment was organized in May 1861 under the command of Colonel Patrick Cleburne . It served throughout the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee , and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment . There were two other regiments which also received the designation of 15th Arkansas . The 21st ( McRae 's ) Arkansas Infantry was redesignated 15th Arkansas in February 1863 , but to avoid confusion , was normally referred to as the 15th ( Northwest ) Arkansas Infantry Regiment . This second 15th Arkansas was surrendered at Vicksburg in July 1863 . A third regiment , under command of Colonels Gee and later Johnson , also received the designation 15th Arkansas Infantry . This last regiment surrendered at Port Hudson , Louisiana , in July 1863 .
The 19th ( Dawson 's ) Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment was present for but not engaged during the Battle of Pea Ridge . At the Battle of Arkansas Post , the regiment became split , with part of the regiment surrendering with the garrison when the post capitulated . The captured portion of the regiment was eventually exchanged and released on the east side of the Mississippi and served the remainder of the war with the Confederate Army of Tennessee . The un-captured portion of the regiment was consolidated with the remnants of the 24th Arkansas and served the remainder of the war in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi .
The 18th Arkansas Infantry ( Marmaduke 's ) ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit was also briefly identified as the 1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion . The unit was most often referred to as the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment . The designation Confederate Infantry Regiment was intended to convey the difference between Provisional Confederate Army units and Regular Confederate Army Units , with Provisional units being those regiments who received a state designation such as XX Arkansas Infantry Regiment . In practice , the designation was most often utilized when Regiments were assembled utilizing companies from more than one confederate state . The 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment is occasionally misidentified as the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment commanded by Colonel Van H. Manning .
The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry ( Trans-Mississippi ) ( 1864-1865 ) was a Confederate States Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment is separate from and has no connection with the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment which was formed in the Confederate Army of Tennessee in April 1865 and is also separate from the 1st Regiment , Arkansas State Troops , which became the 15th ( Josey 's ) Arkansas Infantry Regiment and Fagan 's 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment , which was formed in 1861 and served in the Army of Tennessee .
Jordan Edgar Cravens ( November 7 , 1830 - April 8 , 1914 ) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas , cousin of William Ben Cravens .
The 14th ( Power 's ) Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . Two Arkansas units received the designation 14th . The other 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was commanded by Colonel James H. McCarver . The unit participated in the Pea Ridge Campaign in Arkansas and then moved east of the Mississippi River , with General Earl Van Dorn 's Army of the West . After participating in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign , the unit became part of the garrison of Port Hudson , Louisiana . Following the surrender of Port Hudson , the unit returned to Arkansas and was consolidated with other units that had been released following their capture to form the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment ( Trans-Mississippi ) .
The 15th ( Northwest ) Arkansas Infantry Regiment ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit was originally formed as the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion . After receiving the required 10 companies , the unit was redesignated as the 21st ( McRae 's ) Arkansas Infantry Regiment . Upon recognition that there was already a 21st Arkansas , the unit was again redesignated as the 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment . This was the third Arkansas unit to bear the designation 15th Arkansas . The others are the 15th ( Josey 's ) Arkansas Infantry Regiment and the 15th ( Gee/Johnson ) Arkansas Infantry Regiment . The unit saw action both west and east of the Mississippi , before serving in the Vicksburg campaign . The regiment was surrendered at Vicksburg in July 1863 . After being paroled and exchanged , the regiment was consolidated with other depleted Arkansas regiments to form the 1st ( Trans-Mississippi ) Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment .
The 16th Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . Organized from volunteer companies from northwest Arkansas , the unit participated in the Pea Ridge Campaign before crossing the Mississippi river and becoming involved in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign and the Siege of Port Hudson . After being surrendered with the garrison of Port Hudson the unit was reorganized in Arkansas and consolidated with the remnants of several other Arkansas Regiments to become the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment ( Trans-Mississippi ) .
The 21st Arkansas Infantry ( 1862-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit was organized from the consolidation of two understrength Arkansas units in May 1862 . The unit participated in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign before becoming part of the garrison of Vicksburg Mississippi . After the capitulation of Confederate forces at Vicksburg , the 21st was paroled and exchanged back to Arkansas where it was combined with the remnants of several there Arkansas regiments to become the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment ( Trans-Mississippi ) . Another Arkansas Confederate infantry regiment , commanded by Colonel Dandridge McRae was also labeled the 21st Arkansas . To avoid confusion between two 21st Arkansas Regiments , McRae 's regiment was later redesignated as the 15th ( Northwest ) Arkansas Infantry Regiment ( making a total of three 15th Arkansas Regiments ) .
The 2nd Arkansas Infantry ( June 1 , 1861 - May 26 , 1865 ) was an army regiment of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . The regiment was raised in May 1861 under Colonel Thomas C. Hindman . It served throughout the war in the western theater , in the Confederate Army of Tennessee , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers , the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment . The regiment has no connection with the 2nd Regiment , Arkansas State Troops , which participated in the Battle of Wilson 's Creek , and is also separate from the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment , which was formed in 1864 from remnants of regiments surrendered at Vicksburg and Port Hudson .
Thomas C. Hindman ( born Thomas Carmichael Hindman , Jr. ; January 28 , 1828 - September 27 , 1868 ) was a lawyer , United States House of Representative from the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas , and Major-General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . Shortly after he was born in Knoxville , Tennessee , Hindman moved with his family to Jacksonville , Alabama , and later Ripley , Mississippi . After receiving his primary education in Ripley , he attended the Lawrenceville Classical Institute ( now known as the Lawrenceville School ) and graduated with honors . Afterwards , he raised a company in Tippah County for the 2nd Mississippi regiment in the Mexican-American War . Hindman served during the war as a lieutenant and later as a captain of his company . After the war , he returned to Ripley . He studied law , and was admitted to the state bar in 1851 . He started a law practice in Ripley , and served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1854 to 1856 . Hindman moved his law practice to Helena , Arkansas , after his term in the Mississippi House ended . He was elected as the Democratic Representative from Arkansas 's 1st congressional district in the Thirty-sixth Congress from March 4 , 1859 , to March 4 , 1861 . He was re-elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress , but declined to serve after the onset of the Civil War and Arkansas ' secession from the Union . Instead , Hindman joined the armed forces of the Confederacy .
Daniel Chevilette Govan ( July 4 , 1829 - March 12 , 1911 ) was an American miner , planter , and soldier . He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War , prominent in campaigns and battles in the Western Theater .
The 2nd Arkansas Infantry ( 30 Day Volunteers ) ( 1861 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War .
The 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry ( 1864-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment is separate from and has no connection with the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment which served in the Confederate Army of Tennessee and is also separate from the 2nd Regiment , Arkansas State Troops , which participated in the Battle of Wilson 's Creek .
The 12th Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment spent much of its service defending Confederate strong points along the Mississippi River . The unit participated in the defense of Island No . 10 in early 1862 and later became part of the garrison of Port Hudson in 1863 . Following the capitulation of the garrison of Port Hudson , the survivors of the 12th were eventually paroled and exchanged back to Arkansas where the regiment was consolidated with the remnants of several other Arkansas regiments to become the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment .
The 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment ( Carroll 's ) ( 1862-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment was raised in April 1862 under the command of Col. D Carroll . It served east of the Mississippi in several actions before being surrendered at Port Hudson in July 1863 . Re-organized , the regiment was finally merged with several other Arkansas units to form the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment . This unit was known as 18th ( Carroll 's ) Arkansas Infantry . There was another regiment designated as the 18th Arkansas . When Lieutenant-Colonel John Sappington Marmaduke 's 1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion was increased to a regiment , it was briefly designated as the 18th ( Marmaduke 's ) Arkansas Infantry Regiment . Marmaduke 's regiment was subsequently redesignated as the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment .
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 .
The 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion ( 1862-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit was sometimes referred to in contemporary sources as ( Jones ) First Arkansas Battalion and ( Millers ) 2nd Arkansas Battalion .
The 12th Arkansas Infantry Battalion ( 1862-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry battalion during the American Civil War . The unit was most often known as Rapley 's Sharpshooters .
The 3d Arkansas Infantry Regiment ( also known as the Third Arkansas ; May , 1861 - April 12 , 1865 ) was a regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War , and the most celebrated unit from the state . Formed and initially commanded by Colonel Albert Rust , and later falling under the command of Colonel Van . H. Manning , the regiment was part of the Army of Northern Virginia , serving under General Robert E. Lee . The 3d Arkansas Infantry Regiment served for the duration of the war , from the late months of 1861 , through to its surrender at Appomattox Court House in 1865 . It was the only regiment from the state of Arkansas to serve the entire war in the Eastern Theater , where most of the major Civil War battles were fought . It was also the only Arkansas regiment to initially sign up for the duration of the Civil War , with all other regiments from the state signing on for a one-year enlistment .
Albert Rust ( c. 1818 - April 4 , 1870 ) was an American politician who served as a delegate from Arkansas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862 . A member of the Democratic Party , Rust was the U.S. Representative from Arkansas 's 2nd congressional district , serving from 1859 to 1861 . Rust also served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War .
Van . H. Manning ( born Vannoy Hartrog Manning ; July 26 , 1839 - November 3 , 1892 ) served as the U.S. Representative from Mississippi 's 2nd Congressional District ( 1877-1883 ) . Prior to this he was Colonel of the 3d Arkansas Infantry Regiment , serving from 1862 until wounded and captured by U.S. forces in 1864 .
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The 3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry ( 1864-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment is separate from and has no connection with the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment which served in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and is also separate from the 3rd Regiment , Arkansas State Troops , which participated in the Battle of Wilson 's Creek .
The 15th ( Gee's/Johnson 's ) Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1864 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment was raised in January 1862 under Colonel James M. Gee . It served in Kentucky and was surrendered at Fort Donelson in February 1862 . Reorganized following its parole and exchange under Colonel Benjamin W. Johnson , the regiment served in Louisiana and was again surrendered at Port Hudson in July 1863 . Reorganized again following its second parole and exchange , the regiment was finally merged in September 1864 with several other Arkansas regiments into the 3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment .
The 19th ( Dockery 's ) Arkansas Infantry ( 1862-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . There were two other Arkansas units which were designated as the 19th Arkansas . Dawson 's 19th Arkansas Infantry was organized at Nashville , Arkansas , on November 21 , 1861 . Hardy 's Arkansas Infantry Regiment , which is also occasionally referred to as the 19th Arkansas was organized in 1863 from those parts of Dawson 's 19th Infantry Regiment , the 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and Crawford 's Arkansas Infantry Battalion , which escaped capture at the Battle of Arkansas Post .
The 20th Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit was also known as the 22nd Arkansas Infantry . When the unit was reorganized following its capture at the Siege of Vicksburg , it was officially redesignated as the 41st Arkansas Infantry ( Mounted ) , by the Arkansas State Military Board , but this redesignation was completely ignored by the unit and Confederate authorities . The unit participated in the Camden Expedition and Price 's Missouri Expedition as a mounted infantry unit .
The 4th Arkansas Infantry ( August 17 , 1861 - April 26 , 1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment from the state of Arkansas during the American Civil War . The 4th Arkansas served throughout the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles . Another Arkansas unit also had the designation 4th Arkansas , the 4th Regiment , Arkansas State Troops which participated in the Battle of Wilson 's Creek , but was never transferred to Confederate Service . There is no connection between the two units .
Evander McNair ( April 15 , 1820 - November 13 , 1902 ) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War .
The 1st Arkansas Consolidate Mounted Rifles ( 1865 ) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War .
The 5th Arkansas Infantry , also called the Fighting Fifth ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment organized in Arkansas to serve for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War . It served throughout the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment . Another Arkansas unit also had the designation 5th Arkansas , the 5th Regiment , Arkansas State Troops which participated in the Battle of Wilson 's Creek , but was never transferred to Confederate Service . There is no connection between the two units .
The 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment ( also known as the Sixth Arkansas ; June 10 , 1861 - May 1 , 1865 ) was a regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . Organized mainly from volunteer companies , including several prewar volunteer militia units , raised in the southern half of Arkansas , the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate Service . It served virtually the entire war in Confederate forces east of the Mississippi River . After the unit sustained heavy casualties during the Battle of Shiloh and Bragg 's Kentucky Campaign , the unit spent most of the rest of the war field consolidated with the 7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment , to form the 6th/7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment .
Alexander Travis Hawthorn ( January 10 , 1825 - May 31 , 1899 ) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War .
The 7th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry ( 1861−1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . Organized mainly from companies , including several prewar volunteer militia companies , raised in northeastern Arkansas , the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate service , and spent virtually the entire war serving east of the Mississippi River . After the unit sustained heavy casualties in the Battle of Shiloh and the Kentucky Campaign , the unit spent most of the rest of the war field consolidated with the 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment to form the 6th/7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment .
Robert Glenn Shaver ( April 18 , 1831 - January 13 , 1915 ) was an American lawyer , militia leader , and colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He served in several key battles in the Western Theater . After the war , he was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Arkansas . Later in life , he became a significant leader in Confederate veterans ' reunions and served for a time as the Major General in Command of the Arkansas State Guard .
The 8th Arkansas Infantry ( July 13 , 1861 - April 26 , 1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War from the state of Arkansas . It served throughout the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Kentucky , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment .
John Herbert Kelly ( March 31 , 1840 - September 4 , 1864 ) was , at the time of his promotion , the youngest brigadier general in the Confederate States Army . He became one of the youngest generals to die during the American Civil War , at the age of 24 . His death occurred during an engagement at Franklin , Tennessee on September 2 , 1864 during Major General Joseph Wheeler 's raid into Tennessee in August and early September 1864 in an attempt to destroy the railroad that Union Army Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was using to supply his force from Chattanooga , Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign .
The 9th Arkansas Infantry ( July 20 , 1861 - April 26 , 1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . It served throughout the war in the western theater , seeing action in the Vicksburg , Tennessee and Georgia campaigns . Following its depletion in numbers the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments , finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles .
The 10th Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War from the state of Arkansas . The unit is also known as A. R. Witt 's Infantry , C. M. Cargile 's Infantry , E. L. Vaughan 's Infantry , Thomas D. Merrick 's Infantry , S. S. Ford 's Infantry , Obed Patty 's Infantry , George A. Merrick 's Infantry , Zebulon Venable 's Infantry and Robert C. Bertrand 's Infantry in contemporary accounts . After being captured at the Siege of Port Hudson , the unit reorganized as a mounted infantry unit , and was known as the 10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment or Witt 's Arkansas Cavalry .
The 11th Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . Following the units surrender during the Battle of Island No . 10 , it was consolidated with Griffiths 17th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and mounted . Following the surrender of Port Hudson , some unit members returned to Arkansas and became part of Poe 's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion and Logan 's 11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment .
The 11th/17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit is also known as the 11th/17th Arkansas Mounted Infantry or the 11th/17th Arkansas Cavalry . At various times after the consolidation , members of the unit who were captured gave their unit as either the 11th Arkansas Cavalry or the 17th Arkansas Cavalry .
The 13th Arkansas Infantry ( 1861-1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . Organized mainly from companies , including several prewar volunteer militia companies , raised in northeastern Arkansas , the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate Service , and spent virtually the entire war serving in Confederate forces east of the Mississippi River . After the unit sustained heavy casualties during the Battle of Murfreesboro , the unit spent most of the rest of the war field consolidated with the 13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment , to form the 5th/13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment .
James Camp Tappan ( September 9 , 1825 - March 19 , 1906 ) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899 . A member of the Democratic Party , he was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Phillips County ( 1850-1852 and 1893-1897 ) . He also served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War .