5th Arkansas Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* June 28, 1861 - Organized in State Service for one year at Gainesville
* July 27, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate States Service
* April 1862-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
** May 12, 1862 - Reorganized for 2 years' service at Tupelo, Mississippi
* October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
* December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
** June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
*** June 24-25, 1863 - Liberty Gap
* August 1863-April 9, 1865 - Field Consolidation with the 13th Arkansas Infantry
* September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
* September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
* November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
* November 27, 1863 - Ringgold Gap
* January 1864 - Re-enlisted for the war
* 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
** 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 1864-April 9, 1865 - Additional Field Consolidation with the following units:
** 1st Arkansas Infantry
** 2nd Arkansas Infantry
** 15th Arkansas Infantry
** 24th Arkansas Infantry
** 3rd Confederate States Infantry
* December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
* Early 1865 - The following units were detached from this Field Consolidation:
** 13th Arkansas InfantrySifakis lists 14th Arkansas Infantry but there is no other mention of this unit in this entry 
** 15th Arkansas Infantry 
** 3rd Confederate States Infantry
* February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
* April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with the following units:This consolidation lists unit not listed on other pages (6th and 7th)
** 1st Arkansas Infantry
** 2nd Arkansas Infantry
** 6th Arkansas Infantry
** 7th Arkansas Infantry
** 8th 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 3rd Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)No unit listed in Sifakis - supposed to be the 1st Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)
DESIGNATIONS
* Upper District of Arkansas (June-October 1861)
* Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (October 1861)
* Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Wood's Brigade (January-February 1862)
* Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Hindman's Brigade (February-March 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Hindman's Brigade (March-July 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Buckner's Division / Hindman's/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: David C. Cross (Colonel)
* T.W. Ellsberry (Major)
* Lucius Featherston (Colonel)
* Peter V. Green (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* E.A. Howell (Lieutenant Colonel)
* John E. Murray (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* Riddick Pope (Major)
* Benjamin F. Sweeney (Lieutenant Colonel)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 79-80)
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