11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 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 Cavarly Regiment . 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 : The regimental officers at the time of formation were : The exact date of the units ' muster into confederate service is unclear . The unit was included in the list of regiments transferred to Confederate Service by the Arkansas State Military Board July 28 , 1861 , but the unit was not fully organized at that time . An election for Field Grade Officers was conducted on July 28 , but the results were contested by Captain John Logan of Company G because only eight companies were present , instead of the required ten . A new election was ordered by the State Military Board and it was held on August 8 , 1861 . The results were the same as the first election with the execption that Mark S . Miller was elected Lieutenant Colonel in the place of Hordley . The field grade officers received their commissions in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States on August 8 , 1861 . Battles . The regiment was ordred to Little Rock on August 9 , 1861 , and remained there until August 20 , when the unit was ordered to Pine Bluff . The unit boarded boats on August 27 for the five day trip by river to Memphis Tennessee where the unit arrive on 1 September 1861 . The unit remined in the Memphis area until September 26 when the unit was ordred to Fort Pillow , Tennessee . The unit was eventually brigaded with the 12th Arkansas , commanded by Col . E . W . Gantt ; was stationed at Island Number Ten on the Mississippi River , and transferred back and forth to New Madrid at the will of General Gideon J . Pillow . Island Number Ten 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 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 . 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 Infantry Regiment s were exchanged September 16 , 1862 at Vicksburg , Mississippi . Because their original one - year enlistment was expiring , the regiment was required to be reorganized for two additional years . This reorganization resulted in the election of the following officers : The reorganized regiment was ordered to lower Mississippi . In March 1863 , the 11th and ( Griffith ' s ) 17th Arkansas Infantry Regiment were consolidated and mounted . Colonel John L . Logan was placed in command . 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 , originally of the 17th Arkansas , was often in 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 . Some members of the 11 / 17th Consolidated Arkansas Mounted Infantry were captured at the Siege of Port Hudson on July 9 , 1863 . These men were later released and exchanged in Arkansas and many would later join Poe ' s Arkansas Cavalry Battalion . Unofficial reorganization west of the Mississippi River . In November 1863 Colonel Logan made a trip to Richmond Virginia and made an impassioned request for the transfer of his regiment back to Arkansas . Colonel Logan ' s request for the transfer of his battalion fell on deaf ears , but he was personally transferred to the Trans - Mississippi Department . Colonel Griffith of the 17th Arkansas assumed command of the 11 / 17th Consolidated Regiment and led the unit until the end of the war . Colonel Logan eventually achieved his purpose to a degree . When members of the 11 / 17th Consolidated Arkansas Mounted Infantry were released on furlough to return to Arkansas for recruiting 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 or Logan ' s Arkansas Cavalry Regiment , was back on the roster of units for the Department of the Trans - Mississippi . Battle Flag . A variation of the first national flag with twelve stars , nine describing a circle and three within it was previously attributed to the 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment , but more recent research now indicates that this flag actually belong to the 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and was found , along with the regiment ' s baggage in Fort Thompson after the unit evacuated Island No . 10 . The flag was returned to Arkansas by the State of Michigan in 1941 . The flag is a First Confederate National Flag pattern variation made of cotton and cotton damask , measuring 46 " x 69 " and it is currently in the collection of the Old State House Museum , Little Rock , Arkansas . Surrender . The portion of the regiment that remained as part of the 11th and 17th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment were surrendered at Surrendered at Citronelle , Alabama on May 4 , 1865 . The portion of the regiment that had rejoined Colonel Logan in Arkansas were surrendered with the Department of the Trans - Mississippi on May 26 , 1865 .