Co. I. 33rd Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A.

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33rd Arkansas Regiment was commanded by Colonel Grinstead and Brigadier Commander Tapin of Churchill's Division of the Southern armies

Captain Francis Erwin, was injured at the Battle of Elkhorn, 7 March 1862 while in command of the Co. C. the "Caddo Rifles", so resigned his commission. He went back to Montgomery County, Arkansas and raised Company I. the majority enlisting at Caddo Gap June 24, 1862. They were mustered into the 33rd Arkansas Infantry at Arkansas Post July 3, 1862. Another list  a better list

Note: Rank private on enrollment and discharge unless noted.
*Died in the war.

Co. I. 33rd Arkansas Infantry Grinstead's Regiment, Tappan's Brigade, Churchill's Division formed at Camden  July 3 1862 and their route took them to Prairie Grove  Dec 7 1862- retreated south to Little Rock, Monroe, LA Aug. 1863; and to Delhi, back to Arkansas then to Shreveport, LA; Manfield and Pleasant Hill and they participated in the battles of:
Prairie Grove, Helena, Prairie DeAnn April 1864, Poison Spring, Marks Mill and Jenkins Ferry April 30, 1864 where the Colonel died (Grinstead).

Co. I. 33rd Arkansas Infantry
Discharged by furnishing a substitute before 31 Oct 1862.
Colwell, William G. Pvt  - age 28.
Maberry, James W. Pvt  - age 26. 
McKinney, George P. Pvt  - age 30.
Smith, Sammuel M. Sgt  - age 30.

Many avoided military service by taking advantage of the section of the Enrollment Act of 1863 allowing draftees to pay $300 to a substitute who served for them. By 1864 the fee had climbed to over $1000.

The Enrollment Act, enacted to the need to swell the ranks of the Union army, subjected all males between the ages of twenty and forty-five to the draft. Men who were mentally or physically impaired, the only son of a widow, the son of infirm parents, or a widower with dependent children were exempt. The act divided the United States into enrollment districts along the lines of congressional districts.

All eligible males were enrolled and grouped into one of two classes. Class one grouped men between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years and unmarried men between thirty-five and forty-five. Class two included all other persons subject to do military duty. Enrollees had their names placed on consolidated lists where their name, place of residence, age as of July 1, 1863, race, occupation, marital status, place of birth, and, perhaps, remarks were recorded. A draft enrollment is one of the few places an individual may be located if he does not have a service record. The consolidated lists show these men as having been enrolled but give no clue as to why they did not serve. The answer should lie with records in the congressional district in which the individual lived.

Reference: Index to Compiled Service Record of Confederate Soldiers who served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas. National Archives Mirco-copy #376. These are index cards  contain only the soldiers name, company, unit and rank on enrollment and rank on discharge.

Montgomery Country: Our Heritage Vol. 1 Pages 340-352 Civil war Section
Montgomery Country: Our Heritage Vol. 2 Page 1115 A list of veterans, 33rd AR, appeared in The Review-Democrat Womble, Arkansas, Dec. 4, 1924.

Ruben L. DeVer - Private 33rd Arkansas Infantry Company I
Enlisted June 24, 1862, aged 24 years, at Montgomery Co. Ark.
Born 1838 near Bradley Co. Tennessee
Absent sick Oct 1862

George Washington Hughen - Private
George Washington Hughen was born March 1837 probably in Coweta County, Georgia, the son of James Hughen and Elizabeth Anthony. About 1860, he married Mary Elizabeth (called Martha) Meeks, the daughter of Britton Meeks and Mary Ann Couy. They had the two boys—William Washington, born in January 1861, and George Britton (aka Bud), born 27 October 1862. Apparently, Martha apparently died at the time Bud was born or shortly after. George was not at home at the time, for he had enlisted in the Army on 24 June 1862 in Montgomery County, Arkansas. He came home, where he arranged for his in-laws to care for his 2 small children. When he started back to his unit, George agreed to escort a young woman there also. Harriet Catherine (the daughter of Fielding Strawn and Nancy Ann Thomas) had married James H. Stovall less than a year earlier. James had been wounded and word was that there was no nursing care, so Harriet was going to him. James died from his wounds. When George got home from the War, Harriet and he were married on 12 July 1864 in Clark County, Arkansas. They had George’s two little boys for a while but the children spent most of their time down the road at their Meeks grandparents. Harriet and George had 6 children— Richard Taylor, Laura Florence, Wallace G. {aka Frank), John Wesley, Julia Easter, Charles Dickens Hicks--all born in Black Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas. The family moved to Texas in the late 1890s or early 1900s. George died about 1907. On his way home one winter night, he fell into a ditch and passed out. They found him dead the next morning. Harriet died about 1913 in Frost, Navarro County, Texas. She was living with her daughter Laura Florence (Mrs. James Luther) Stockard at the time. As she lighted an oil lamp one evening, it exploded, and Harriet was severely burned. In the Frost Cemetery [Frost, Navarro County, Texas) in the Stockard Plot, there are stones for Laura and James, for one of their daughters, and for Harriet. There is also an unmarked mound, so old, you probably wouldn't notice if you weren't looking for it. It is believed to be the grave of George Washington Hughen.
Info from Jim Taylor: George Washington Hughen was Jim Taaylor 2nd great grand uncle.)


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