This record was begun for the purpose of compiling various public records into
one source. The primary objective was to collect as much information on Civil War 
soldiers who were either mustered into service from Bradley County, or living there 
when they applied for a pension. 

	The majority of sources were found at the History Commission in Little Rock 
and the Library at Warren. Newspaper articles and obituaries were extracted from old 
issues of the Eagle Democrat published at Warren, and the Arkansas Gazette published 
at Little rock.

	Soldiers, obituaries and articles are listed in alphabetical order. Dates, 
family information, etc., may contain errors, but my intent was merely to compile as 
much data on the Soldiers and their families as I could locate. 

	Information on several units in which these Soldiers served is included, along
with many of the battles, skirmishes and campaign.

	The most unique information is the list of Indigent Soldiers, which is found 
in the last section. One must remember during the war and the years following, the 
south had been left without men to care for families or till the soil. Some were able 
to hide the family silver and other assets, others moved to western territory until 
the close of the war, still with confederate money having no value, all families were 
considered indigent. This list was instituted by the Confederacy. 

	I hope this record will be beneficial to others and especially helpful for 
people researching their family lines. 

Jann Woodard





			BRADLEY COUNTY, ARKANSAS
			    CIVIL WAR PERIOD

	The men of Bradley County, as elsewhere in the state, answered promptly when 
the call to arms came in 1861.  B. F. Sweeney raised a company of men, which was 
embodied in the 5th Arkansas. Young McTammon and J. W. Blankenship each raised a 
company in the same year. Wheeler raised a company in the latter part of 1861, and in 
1862 Captain Edwards formed another company.

	No battles were fought within the present limits of Bradley County, although 
Federal Troops made a number of raids into the county and carried off some horses and 
Negroes. In 1868 Cattison's Militia was there for a time. Warren received such a set 
back during the Civil War Period to require it's re-incorporation on April 8, 1880.





Warren, Ark December 11th 1861

His Excellency, Henry M. Rector

Dear Sir

	Some time since I wrote to the Military Board concerning a supply of clothing 
that had been purchased here for our Soldiers by myself, our County Judge and Sheriff, 
and sent invoice of the same with the understanding that we would be furnished with 
bonds to pay for the same.  

	We have never received any reply to said letter and we are individually 
responsible for said goods, the winter is smartly advanced and if they are needed at 
all now is the time and they are ready for shipment, to your order, and we are 
impatient, therefore hoping to hear from you soon I remain My Dear Sir Yours 

		Most Respectfully. 

		E. F. McCammon





SOURCES OF INFORMATION

1. Index To Arkansas Confederate Service Records (books) *AHC

2. Confederate Service Records, Arkansas AHC

3. Confederate Pension Applications, Arkansas AHC

4. Resident Records, Arkansas Confederate Home AHC

5. Confederate Veterans Census, 1911-12, Arkansas AHC

6. Capsule Histories of Arkansas Civil War Military Units AHC

7. Confederate Service records, Units Raised Directly By The CSA government AHC

8. Unfiled Papers Of Confederate Soldiers AHC

9. Freedman's Bureau Records (Field Office Records, Monticello, Arkansas). List Of
   Indigent Families Of Confederate Soldiers (Listed By Bradley County Townships). AHC

10. Goodspeed Histories Of Arkansas Counties (Bradley County).

11. Centennial History Of Arkansas

12. Arkansas Baptist Newspaper, Little Rock, Arkansas AHC

13. Arkansas Methodist Newspaper, Little Rock, Arkansas AHC

14. Kie Oldham Papers Guide AHC

15. Bradley County Cemetery Records

16. 1850 - 60 Census, Bradley County

17. 1842 - 52 Tax Records, Bradley County AHC

18. Family Histories, Bradley County

19. The Eagle Democrat Newspaper, Bradley County

20. The Eagle Democrat Centennial Edition, October 29, 1936

*AHC - Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas




TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Soldiers....................................Pages 1 - 71

		Southern Cross Awards......................Pages 72 - 73

		Obituaries (Soldiers and Spouses)..........Pages 74 - 97

		Newspapers Articles.......................Pages 98 - 112

		Parker's Cavalry................................Page 113

		24th Arkansas Company "D"................Pages 114 - 118

		9th Arkansas Company "E","F"and"G".......Pages 119 - 132

		Hart's Battery..................................Page 133

		Gaines/McNally's Battery.................Pages 134 - 135

		Crawford's Cavalry.......................Pages 136 - 137

		1st Arkansas Trans-Mississippi Cavalry...Pages 138 - 139

		Sweeney Riflemen................................Page 140

		5th Arkansas Company "C"........................Page 141

		Camp Denson..............................Pages 142 - 146

		Indigent Listing (by Township)...........Pages 147 - 159

		Pensions For The Blind..........................Page 160