8th Arkansas Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* June 13, 1861 - Organized at Jacksonport, Arkansas
* September 10, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate States Service for 12 months
* April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
* April 1862-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
* May 7, 1862 - Reduced to 5 companies and reorganized by the assignment of the:
** 7th Arkansas Infantry Battalion
** 9th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (Companies (II) F/G)
* October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
* December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
* June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
** June 24-26, 1863 - Liberty Gap (not engaged)
* September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
* September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
* November 15, 1863-April 9, 1865 - Field consolidation with the (Dawson's) 19th Arkansas Infantry
* November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
* November 27, 1863 - Ringgold Gap
* May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 5-11, 1864 - Dalton
** May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
** May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
** June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
** May 27, 1864 - Pickett's Mill
** July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
** July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
** July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
** August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
* November 30, 1864 - Franklin
* December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
* February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
* April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with the following units:
** 1st Arkansas Infantry
** 2nd Arkansas Infantry
** 5th Arkansas Infantry
** 6th Arkansas Infantry
** 7th Arkansas Infantry
** 13th Arkansas Infantry
** 15th Arkansas Infantry
** (Dawson's) 19th Arkansas Infantry
** 24th Arkansas Infantry
** 3rd Confederate States Infantry
** Consolidation re-designated as the 1st Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)
DESIGNATIONS
* Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Shaver's/Wood's Brigade (October 1861-February 1862)
* Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Pillow's Division / Hindman's Brigade (February-March 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Wood's Brigade (March-May 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Liddell's Brigade (June-July 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Buckner's Division / Liddell's Brigade (July-August 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Buckner's Division / Liddell's Brigade (August-November 1862)
* Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Buckner's/Cleburne's Division / Liddell's Brigade (November 1862-September 1863)
* Army of Tennessee / Reserve Corps / Liddell's Division / Liddell's Brigade (September 1863)
* Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Cleburne's Division / Liddell's Brigade (October-November 1863)
* Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's/Brown's Division / Liddell's/Govan's Brigade (November 1863-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: William K. Patterson (Colonel)
* George F. Baucum (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* H.M. Couch (Lieutenant Colonel)
* John H. Kelly (Colonel)
* John A. Price (Major)
* Anderson Watkins (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* James H. Wilson (Lieutenant Colonel)
* W.P. Witt (Major)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 85-86)
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