2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment 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 is separate from and 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 . Organization . The regiment was organized at Helena , Arkansas in the spring of 1861 at the expense of Thomas Carmichael Hindman , who had only recently resigned from the United States Congress because of the Arkansas secession and the formation of the Confederate States of America . By June 1 , 1861 , Hindman had raised ten companies from eastern and central Arkansas which would eventually become known as the 2nd Arkansas Infantry . The regiment was composed primarily of men from the following counties : Colonel Hindman asked the state to provide muskets , clothing and ten days rations so his men could " fight for our country . " Hindman also asked to be ordered to march to Virginia . His requests were not complied with , so he stopped steamers loaded with sugar for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh , and sold their cargo . He then purchased such arms all the arms available took his command to Memphis . Other organizations joined him : Lieutenant Colonel John S . Marmaduke ' s battalion of eight companies , which would eventually become 3rd Confederate Infantry ; 6th ( Phifer ’ s ) Arkansas Cavalry Battalion , under Major C . W . Phifer , and Captain Swett ' s Mississippi battery of four guns . This combined force , known temporarily as " Hindman ' s Legion " , was ultimately ordered to assemble with the other Arkansas troops assembling at Pocahontas , where they were mustered into Confederate service by companies between May 26 and June 26 , 1861 and assigned to Hardee ' s Division . The regiment was commanded by Colonels Daniel C . Govan , T . C . Hindman , J . W . Scaife , and E . Warfield ; Lieutenant Colonels Jos . W . Bocage , E . G . Brasher , R . F . Harvey , and Charles Patterson ; and Major A . T . Meek . Two of the regiment ' s officers , Thomas C . Hindman and Daniel C . Govan , were promoted to general . Hindman would later be wounded in action and receive a promotion to major general , ending the war as Arkansas ' highest - ranking officer . Battles . The unit first moved from Pittman ' s Ferry to Kentucky where Hardee ' s Division became the Army of Central Kentucky , and Colonel Hindman was reassigned to brigade command . The unit was involved in an engaged at Rowlett ' s Station , Kentucky on December 17 , 1861 . After the losses of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in February 1862 , Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston withdrew his forces into western Tennessee , northern Mississippi , and Alabama to reorganize . and then retreated through western Tennessee to northern Mississippi . On March 29 , 1862 , the Army of Central Kentucky was merged into the Army of Mississippi in preparation for the Battle of Shiloh . Assigned to Hindman ' s ( later Liddell ' s ) brigade , Army of Mississippi in March , 1862 where it participated in the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 – 7 , 1862 and in the Corinth Campaign from April through June of that year . As a result of losses in the Battle of Shiloh , Companies C and E were disbanded and consolidated with other companies . A new Company C was recruited from Marianna , Arkansas and a new Company E was formed from members of the 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment who had escaped capture at the fall of Island Number Ten . In early May 1862 the Confederate forces underwent an army - wide reorganization due to the passage of the Conscription Act by the Confederate Congress in April 1862 . All twelve - month regiments had to re - muster and enlist for two additional 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 reorganization was accomplished among all the Arkansas regiments in and around Corinth , Mississippi , following the Battle of Shiloh . In the reorganization of Confederate forces before the start of the Kentucky Campaign , the 2nd Arkansas , now under the command of Colonel Daniel C . Govan was assigned to Brigadier General St . John Richardson Liddell ' s 1st Brigade of Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner ' s 3rd Division of Major General William Joseph Hardee ' s Corps of the Army of Mississippi . The regiment participated in Battle of Perryville , Kentucky in October 1862 . In November 1862 , following the Kentucky Campaign , General Bragg united his Army of Mississippi and the General Kirby Smith ' s Army of Kentucky to create the Army of Tennessee . In the reorganization , Liddell ' s brigade , of Arkansas troops was assigned to Cleburne ' s Division and fought in the Battle of Stones River , December 31 , 1862 - Jan 3 , 1863 . The regiment lost 15 killed , 94 wounded , and 9 missing at Murfreesboro . The regiment took part in the Tullahoma Campaign in June , 1863 ; and the Battle of Liberty Gap , June 24 – 26 , 1863 . In September , 1863 , the 2nd was consolidated with the 15th Arkansas , and the consolidated regiment participated in the Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 20 , 1863 . In December 1863 the 24th Arkansas Infantry was added to the consolidated 2nd / 15th Arkansas and the 2nd / 15th / 24th totaled 295 men and 202 arms in December 1863 . On December 29 , 1863 , Colonel Daniel Govan of the 2nd Arkansas was promoted to the rank of brigadier general . The consolidated unit participated in all the battles of the Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign including the Siege of Chattanooga September to November 1863 ; Battle of Chattanooga , the Battle of Ringgold Gap . When General Joseph E . Johnston assumed command of the Army of Tennessee to oppose General Sherman ' s Atlanta Campaign , Govan ' s Brigade was reorganized and only the 2nd and 24th were united . The 2nd / 24th Arkansas participated in the battles of Dalton , Resaca , New Hope Church , Kennesaw Mountain , Atlanta , and the Siege of Atlanta . The consolidated 2nd / 24th Arkansas reported 130 casualties during the campaign . The regiment and it colors were captured , along with much of Govan ' s Brigade at the Battle of Jonesboro , Georgia on Sept . 1 , 1864 . Due to a special cartel between Union General Sherman and Confederate General John B . Hood , the unit was quickly paroled and exchanged for Union prisoner held at Andersonville Prison . The regiment re - entered service approximately a month later . The 2nd Arkansas and the rest of Govan ' s Brigade were released and exchanged just in time to participated in General John B . Hood ' s disastrous Franklin - Nashville Campaign . Due to the appalling losses suffered by Govan ' s Brigade during the Atlanta Campaign , the 1st / 15th , 5th / 13th and 2nd / 24th Arkansas Regiments were consolidated into one regiment , which was commanded by Colonel Peter Green of the 5th / 13th ( specifically of the 5th ) . The other officers of the consolidated regiment were Major Alexander T . Meek , of the 2nd / 24th Arkansas , Captain Mordecai P . Garrett and Sergeant Major Thomas Benton Moncrief of the 15th Arkansas . The consolidated regiment fought under the colors of the consolidated 5th / 13th Arkansas Regiment , because this was one of the only colors not captured when Govan ' s Brigade was overrun at the Battle of Jonesboro . The flag of the combined 5th / 13th Arkansas was issued in March 1864 and was captured by Benjamin Newman of the 88th Illinois Infantry at the battle of Franklin . The consolidated regiment numbered just 300 rifles and sustained 66 % casualties during the Battle of Franklin . The remnants of Govan ' s Brigade that survived the Tennessee Campaign remained with the Army of Tennessee through its final engagements in the 1865 Carolinas Campaign . The 2nd Arkansas Infantry took part in the following engagements : Consolidation and Surrender . The remnants of ten depleted Arkansas regiments , along with one mostly - Arkansas regiment , in the Army of Tennessee were consolidated into a single regiment at Smithfield , North Carolina , on April 9 , 1865 . The 1st Arkansas , was lumped together with the 2nd , 5th , 6th , 7th , 8th , 15th , 19th and 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment s and the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment as the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry on April 9 , 1865 . On April 26 , 1865 the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment was present with the Army of Tennessee when it surrendered in Greensboro , North Carolina .