4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion The 4th Battalion , Arkansas Infantry ( 1861 – 1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry Battalion during the American Civil War . The battalion served in the same brigade and was later consolidated with the 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment , but units began as completely separate and unrelated organizations . Organization . 4th Infantry Battalion was organized at Little Rock , Arkansas , on November 10 , 1861 , with five companies , from Clark , Prairie , Pulaski and White counties . The battalion was composed of the following companies : . Lieutenant Colonel Francis A . Terry , and Majors John McKay and Jesse A . Ross were in command . Battles . The battalion was assigned to the defenses of Columbus , Kentucky , then to Island No . 10 . Captain Frederick William Hoadley ' s Company D was detached at Island No . 10 , given charge of a battery of heavy guns and reorganized as Company H , 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery . Company D was captured at the fall of Island No . 10 on Apr . 6 - 7 , 1862 , and exchanged later that summer , where they manned the water batteries at Vicksburg with the rest of the 10th Tennessee Artillery , and were surrendered again with the Vicksburg garrison after the siege of that place . The remainder of the battalion was stationed at Tiptonville at the time of the surrender of Island No . 10 and managed to escape by wading through the river ' s overflow to the transport Jeff Davis , on which they floated in the dark down to Fort Pillow , TN . Writing from the units station at Corinth Mississippi , on May 11 , 1862 , Captain T . J . Payne , of Company B , wrote home describing the units condition : The battalion was then sent to Fort Pillow , Tennessee , until after the battle of Shiloh , when it was sent to Corinth , Mississippi , and became part Brigadier General Evander McNair ' s brigade of the Confederate Army of Tennessee . At Corinth , the battalion was reorganized under Maj . T . F . Murff , and participated in the Corinth Campaign from April through June of that year . McNair ' s brigade included the following Arkansas units , the 1st and 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles ( dismounted ) , 4th and 13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment s , 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion , and Humphreys ' battery of artillery . The battalion ' s stations as reported on the muster rolls were as follows : During the Kentucky Campaign , McNair ' s brigade was assigned to Churchill ' s division , under the overall command of General Kirby Smith . General Smith pushed rapidly into the bluegrass region of Kentucky , and defeated the Union army at the Battle of Richmond . In the desperate battle that occurred there , McNair ' s brigade turned the enemy ' s right and contributed to the rout that followed . The 4th Arkansas Battalion and 4th Arkansas Regiment operated together until after the Battle of Murfreesboro , Tennessee , on December 21 , 1862 , when the battalion , severely understrength because of battle losses , was consolidated into the 4th Arkansas Regiment . During the Battle of Murfreesboro , McNair ' s brigade took part in the brilliant charge of McCown ' s division , which , aided by the Divisions of Withers and Cheatham , drove the Federal right a distance of between three and four miles , bending it back upon the center , until the line was at right angles to its original position . In accordance with Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General ' s Office Order Number 131 , four soldiers of the battalion were recognized for courage and good conduct on the field for the Battle of Murfreesboro Consolidation . By late August 1863 , losses had forced the consolidation of the 4th Arkansas with other depleted Arkansas regiments . The 4th was consolidated with the remnants of the 31st Arkansas Infantry Regiment and the 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion . The survivors of the battalion served in the 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment to the end of the war . Companies C and D of the 4th Arkansas formed one company , under the company of Captain Coatney . Companies F ; G ; H ; and I of the same regiment into one company , under the command of Captain Lavender . All companies of the 31st were consolidated into two companies . Colonel H . G . Bunn , of the 4th Arkansas commanded the consolidated regiment . The 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion took part in the following battles as a separate command prior to its formal consolidation with the 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment :