25th Arkansas Infantry Regiment The 25th Arkansas Infantry ( 1862 – 1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The unit was originally organized as Turnbull ' s 11th Arkansas Infantry Battalion . Upon being increased by the required number of companies the battalion was organized as the 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment but was later redesignated as the 25th Arkansas Infantry . There were two regiments officially designated as the 30th Arkansas Infantry . The other " 30th Arkansas " served west of the Mississippi River , in the Department of the Trans - Mississippi and was also known as 5th Trans - Mississippi Regiment or the 39th Arkansas or Rogan ' s Arkansas Cavalry during Price ' s 1864 Missouri Expedition . Organization . The 25th Arkansas Infantry was organized as the 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment on June 18 , 1862 , when the 11th Battalion Arkansas Infantry was increased to a regiment . Turnbull ' s battalion is mentioned as a part of a group of units belonging to the " White River forces " under the command of Colonel James H . McCarver of the 14th Arkansas at Pocahontas , Arkansas on March 31 , 1862 . The unit is described in a " morning report " of that date as a temporary battalion under the command of Captain Charles J . Turnbull with 484 present for duty . Special Order Number 47 , Army of the West , dated 10 April 1862 at Des Arc , Arkansas signed by General Earl Van Dorn ordered the infantry companies of Captains Reinhard , Byers , Sloan , Hufstedler , Morgan and Oates to move to Memphis via steamer , under the command of Captain Turnbull and there to report to Brigadier General Albert Rust who was to organize them into a regiment with the companies of Adams , Rodgers , McCray , and Adair , but the election of officers was to be deferred until all the companies were present . Special Order Number 67 , Army of the West , dated 27 April 1862 at Memphis , Tennessee directed that Turnbull ’ s Arkansas Regiment be organized and an election of officers be held at once . By Special Order Number 80 , Army of the West , dated 27 April 1862 , Lieutenant Colonel Turnbull ' s Battalion was temporarily detached from Churchill ' s Brigade and assigned to duty with Colonel M . L . Clark ' s Artillery Brigade . Also Captain Franklin ’ s Company , the Peyton Rifles of Pulaski County , which had been assigned as Company C of Jones ' 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion was transferred to Turnbull ' s 11th Arkansas Infantry Battalion in order to increase 11th Battalion to a full regiment which would be designated the 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment . The regiment was composed of the following companies : Turnbull , of Little Rock , was elected colonel of the regiment . Henry Remington was elected lieutenant colonel , but resigned and was replaced by Eli Hufstedler . James J . Franklin was elected major . After the Battle of Murfreesboro , the regiment was renamed as the 25th Arkansas Infantry . The field officers were Colonel Charles J . Turnbull , Lieutenant Colonels Eli Hufstedler and Thomas S . Simington , and Majors James J . Franklin and L . L . Noles . Major Franklin was wounded at Murfreesboro , and Captain Noles , of Company E became major . He was killed at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain , and was succeeded by Captain Cotter , of Company H . Captain S . T . Black , of Company D , was killed at Murfreesboro . Battles . The new regiment was assigned to Thomas James Churchill ' s brigade of General Van Dorn ' s Army of the West by Special Order Number 64 , dated April 24 , 1862 , from Memphis . After the Battle of Farmington , Mississippi on May 9 , 1862 as part of the general reorganization of Confederate forces for the upcoming Kentucky Campaign , the 30th Arkansas was assigned to Colonel Evander McNair ' s 2nd Brigade of Brigadier General Thomas James Churchill ' s 3rd Division of Major General Edmund Kirby Smith ' s Army of Central Kentucky and participated in the Battle of Richmond Kentucky . The unit reported 10 casualties at Richmond . After the Kentucky Campaign , General Bragg consolidated the Army of Kentucky and the Army of Mississippi into one force known as the Confederate Army of Tennessee . During the Stone ' s River Campaign , the 30th Arkansas was assigned to Brigadier General Evander McNair ' s 3rd Brigade of Major General John P . McCown ' s 3rd Division of William J . Hardee ' s Corps of the new Army of Tennessee . The regiment lost 7 killed , 51 wounded , and 3 missing during the Battle of Murfreesboro . In accordance with Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General ' s Office Order Number 131 , ten soldiers of the regiment were recognized for courage and good conduct on the field for the Battle of Murfreesboro Following the Battle of Murfreesboro , the unit was officially redesignated as the 25th Arkansas Infantry . Heavy casualties suffered at Murfreesboro in McNair ’ s Brigade caused several field ( temporary ) consolidations among its regiments . On February 9 , 1863 , the 25th Arkansas was temporarily consolidated with the 31st Arkansas . Colonel McCray , of the 31st Arkansas was placed in command of the consolidated 25th / 31st Arkansas . In June , 1863 , McNair ’ s Brigade was reassigned to William H . T . Walker ' s ( later French ' s ) Division of the Army of the Department of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana , under the overall command of General Joseph E . Johnston who was assigned the mission of organizing a force to attempt to relieve Lieutenant General John C . Pemberton ' s besieged army at Vicksburg . Johnston had been gathering troops at Jackson , intending to relieve pressure on Pemberton ' s beleaguered garrison . Johnston cautiously advanced his 30 , 000 soldiers toward the rear of Grant ' s army surrounding Vicksburg . In response , Grant ordered Sherman to deal with Johnston ' s threat . By July 1 , 1863 , Johnston ' s force was in position along the Big Black River . Sherman used the newly arrived IX Corps to counter this threat . On July 5 , the day after the surrender of Vicksburg was made official ; Sherman was free to move against Johnston . Johnston hastily withdrew his force across the Big Black River and Champion ' s Hill battlefields with Sherman in pursuit . Sherman had with him the IX Corps , XV Corps , XIII Corps , and a detachment of the XVI Corps . On July 10 the Union Army had taken up position around Jackson . The heaviest fighting in the Siege of Jackson came on July 11 during an unsuccessful Union attack , which resulted in heavy casualties . Instead of risking entrapment , Johnston chose to evacuate the state capital and withdrew on July 16 . Sherman ' s forces occupied the city the following day . In the aftermath of the Vicksburg Campaign most of Johnston ’ s army was transferred back to the Army of Tennessee . The 25th Arkansas participated in the Chickamauga Campaign under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Eli Hufstedler . Because the regiment mustered only 111 men at the beginning of the fight , the 25th Arkansas was consolidated with the 39th North Carolina Regiment under command of Col . David Coleman of the 39th North Carolina . Lieut . The 25th Arkansas sustained heavy casualties ( over 50 percent ) in proportion to its effective strength , eleven killed or mortally wounded , forty - seven wounded , and three missing for a total 61 . According to an ordnance report prepared after the battle , the soldiers of the 25th Arkansas fired an average of 80 rounds per man during the battle . Following the Battle of Chickamauga , NcNair ' s Brigade moved back to central Mississippi to oppose General Sherman ' s Meridian Campaign . Sherman organized an expedition of 20 , 000 men to move into central Mississippi to break up Confederate rail communications and other infrastructure near Meridian , Mississippi , and solidify Union control of the Mississippi River . The Meridian campaign was a " dress rehearsal " for the style of war against infrastructure that Sherman , as well as some of these very troops , would later practice in Georgia . To counter the threat , Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered troops to the area from other localities , including McNair ' s Brigade . The Confederate commander in the area , Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk , consolidated a number of commands in and around Morton , Mississippi , but failed to stop Sherman ' s moves . Meridian was essentially destroyed by Sherman and most of Polk ' s forces were transferred to the Army of Tennessee in time to oppose Sherman ' s Atlanta Campaign . When Joseph E . Johnston assumed command of the Army of Tennessee in order to resist General Sherman ' s Atlanta Campaign , Daniel H . Reynolds had replaced Evander McNair , who was wounded at Chickamauga , as brigade commander , and the brigade was assigned to Brigadier General James Cantey ' s Division of Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk ' s Corps . The unit would serve through the Atlanta Campaign and during General John B . Hood ' s Franklin - Nashville Campaign . The unit participated in the following campaigns and engagements : After the Battle of Nashville , Tennessee , the Arkansas regiments of Reynolds ' Brigade marched via Bainbridge , Alabama , Tuscumbia , Iuka and Corinth to Tupelo , Mississippi , where they went into camp on January 10 , 1865 . They departed Tupelo on January 30 and marched to West Point , Mississippi . From West Point they traveled by rail to Selma , Alabama . From Selma they traveled by steamboat to Montgomery , then by rail to Columbus , Georgia . From Columbus they marched via Macon and Milledgeville to Mayfield , Georgia . From Mayfield they traveled by rail to Augusta , Georgia . From there they marched to Newberry , South Carolina . On March 19 , 1865 , they fought their last major engagement at the Battle of Bentonville , North Carolina . They then marched to Smithfield , North Carolina , where the entire brigade was consolidated into a single understrength regiment , the 1st Consolidated Mounted Rifles on April 9 , 1865 . Captured flag . The 25th Arkansas Infantry was designated as the 30th Arkansas Infantry for a period of about six months in the winter of 1862 - 1863 , until after the battle of Murfreesboro . While serving as the 30th Arkansas Infantry its colors were captured by the 2nd Ohio Infantry at the Battle of Murfreesboro , Tennessee , on December 31 , 1862 . The flag was returned to the State of Arkansas by the U . S . War Department in 1905 . The flag measures 40 inches on the staff by 46 inches on the fly . It is composed of a blue cotton field , bordered on all sides with white cotton , 3 inches wide , with a white St . Andrew ' s cross traversing the blue field . In black painted outline figures , 2 - 1 / 2 inches high , is the designation 30TH REG , ARK INF on the upper and lower borders , respectively . Two battle honors — FARMINGTON MISS and RICHMOND KY — appear in white painted outline letters , in the upper and lower quadrants , respectively , formed by the white cross . The flag is presently housed in the collection of the Old State House Museum in Little Rock , Arkansas . Consolidation and surrender . On April 9 , 1865 , the depleted Arkansas regiments of D . H . Reynolds ' Brigade , Walthall ' s Division , Confederate Army of Tennessee , were consolidated into a single regiment the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles , at Smithfield , North Carolina . The companies of the consolidated regiment were drawn from the following Arkansas regiments : The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro , North Carolina , April 26 , 1865 . The regiment was paroled on May 1 , 1865 , at Jamestown , North Carolina . After the surrender , the men were offered free rail transportation ( where available ) in the direction of their homes , by what was left of the Southern railway companies . Most of the men traveled by rail , where they could . A large number of men were killed or seriously injured in a railroad accident at Flat Creek Bridge , Tennessee on May 25 , 1865 .