23rd Arkansas 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 . Organization . The 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment was organized at Memphis , Tennessee , on April 25 , 1862 , when Lieutenant - Colonel Charles W . Adams ’ s infantry battalion of five companies was reinforced by the addition of the two companies of Major Simon P . Hughes ’ infantry battalion , and Captain Mitchell A . Adair ’ s independent company . All companies were enlisted for twelve months ’ service . The original field officers were : The commanders of companies were : The strength of the regiment , at organization , was about 900 men . Battles . The 23rd , which was initially identified in Confederate reports as Adams Arkansas Battalion , was initially assigned to Brigadier General Darney H . Maury ' s Brigade of Major General Samuel Jones ' Division of the Army of the West , Major General Earl Van Dorn commanding . Late April and early May 1862 the Confederate Army underwent an army - wide reorganization due to the passage of the Conscription Act by the Confederate Congress in April 1962 . All twelve - month regiments had to re - muster and enlist for three 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 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment was reorganized “ for 3 years or the war ” on May 27 , 1862 , at Camp Priceville , near Tupelo , Mississippi at which time Capt Thomas L . Westmoreland ’ s independent company was added , bringing the regiment up to full strength . The regiment reorganized again , pursuant to orders from General Maury , at Saltillo , Mississippi , on September 10 , 1862 , when the understrength 12th and 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment s were field - consolidated with the 23rd Arkansas Regiment . When the regiment was reorganized the following field officers were elected : During the Iuka - Corinth Campaign , the 23rd Arkansas was assigned to Brigadier General John C . Moore ' s brigade of Brigadier General Dabney H . Maury ' s Division , of Major General Sterling Price ' s 1st Corps the Confederate ( Army of the West ) . The unit fought in the battles at Corinth and Hatchie ' s Bridge and reported 5 killed , 23 wounded , and 116 missing . Following the Iuka - Corinth Campaign , the regiment was assigned to Brigadier General William Beall ' s brigade , of Major General Franklin Gardner ' s Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and assigned to the garrison of Port Hudson . Due to the unit ' s losses , it became involved in underwent several field consolidations with other units while assigned to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana . Field consolidations were considered to be temporary , and the component regiments continued to maintain separate muster rolls . On January 7 , 1863 Major General Franklin Gardner issued General Order No . 5 which temporarily consolidated several under strength Arkansas units : The order was modified in February 1863 and the 23rd Arkansas was placed in a consolidated regiment with the 14th and 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment s . Logan ' s consolidated regiment consisted of the 11th and the Griffith ' s 17th Arkansas . The Johnson ' s 15th Arkansas was assigned to Crockett ' s consolidated regiment instead of the 17th . The regiment endured the forty - eight day siege , and was surrendered to General Nathaniel P . Banks on July 9 , 1863 . Following the surrender the officers were sent as prisoners to Johnson ' s Island Military Prison . The enlisted personnel of the 23rd Arkansas were paroled and returned to Arkansas . After being officially exchanged in the spring of 1864 the unit was converted to mounted infantry and took an active part in Price ' s Missouri Expedition . When the unit was paroled and exchanged back to Arkansas following its surrender at Port Hudson , a new Company H , from Craighead County , was added to replace the Clark County company , which did not rejoin the regiment after being exchanged . The unit is credited with participation in the following campaigns and battles : Surrender . Brigadier General M . Jeff Thompson , Commander of the Military Sub - District of Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri , to which the surrendered his command at Chalk Bluff , Arkansas on May 11 , 1865 , and agreed to have his men assemble at Wittsburg and Jacksonport , Arkansas to lay down their arms and receive their paroles . Thompson ' s command was widely dispersed throughout northeast Arkansas , more for reasons of available forage than anything else . Most members of the 23rd Arkansas seem to have surrendered and were paroled at Wittsburg on May 25 , 1865 .