Researching War Records

Montgomery Co. War Memorial 
Civil War  |  WWI  | WW2 enlistment  | Uniforms

War of 1812. Pvt William Pettijohn, 1789 - 1865. CO SPIES Ohio Trps. Old Mount Tabor Cemetery, Welsh, Montgomery County, AR

"A history of America might be characterized as a history of its military experiences"

After the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), discharge certificates were given. Copies of these records, especially for the Civil War and World Wars I and II veterans, were often recorded in the local county records.

   Twentieth Century Military Records

• WW2 Memorial, Washington, D.C. Search the registry paperwork
• United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949
• WWII Casualties Arkansas
• VA Nationwide Grave Locator
   
• Military records are found at the Family History Library, National Archives and Arkansas History Commission, county courthouse and secondary sources at the library.  At Family History Centers in the FamilySearch Catalog search under Arkansas Military records - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Indexes. and order film.

• The Southwest Regional Depository, 501 West Felix Street, Building 1, Fort Worth, TX 76115-3405 has Selective Service Registration Cards for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.  (Microfilm Series Number M1509).
  
• Search ARC for World War II Casualties  
  State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel, 1946. e.g. 
  Powell, Luther Keneth, Seaman 2c,  USN. Wife, Mrs. Francis Powell, Norman. Dead in combat.
  West, Wilburn, Seaman 1c, USRN, Mother, Mrs Ada West, Mt. Ida. Wounded
  West, Curtis Wayne, Pvt., USMC, Parents. Mr & Mrs Gover B. West. Caddo Gap. Wounded.
   

• At Gaston Cemetery I noticed two servicemen who died during WWII. United States exhumed many American servicemen in Europe and the Pacific and repatriated them with military funerals.

  AV C Eugene J. Black
  ID: 20757039
  Branch of Service: U.S. Army
  Hometown: Montgomery County, AR
  Status: DNB

  PFC Melvin J. Rowton
  ID: 39597702
  Branch of Service: U.S. Army
  Hometown: San Diego, CA
  Status: DNB
  
  World War II Registry of Americans Other examples: -
  
  Elwood Green M/Sgt Oct. 28 1918 - Feb. 18 1951. Died in capacity during the Korean War and his remains were returned to the US in 2012 and was buried at Mount Gilead Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR on Saturday 12 May 2012. news
  
  C.A Adcock . Jr Aug. 22 1925 - Dec. 16 1944
  PFC 78th Div. Co. G. 309 Inf.
  Killed in action in Germany
  
  PFC C. A. Adcock
  ID: 38663322
  Branch of Service: U.S. Army
  Hometown: Pike County, AR
  Aug. 22 1925 - Dec. 16 1944
  Status: KIA
  Buried at County Line Methodist Cemetery
  
  PFC William C. Berry
  Feb 22 1925 - Dec 16 1944
  ID: 38665226
  Branch of Service: U.S. Army
  Hometown: Montgomery County, AR
  AR PFC 310 Inf 78 Inf Div. W.W.II AS No. 38665226
  Status: KIA
  Buried at Oden Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR
  
  After landing in France, 78th Infantry Division (United States) moved Belgium on November 27, 1944, and to Germany on December 7, 1944, to prepare for combat. The 309th and 310th Infantry Regiments relieved elements of the 1st Division in the line in the vicinity of Entenpfuhl, 1-12 December. On the 13th these regiments smashed into Simmerath, Witzerath, and Bickerath and were fighting for Kesternich when Gerd von Rundstedt launched his counteroffensive in the Monschau area, on 18 December.
  
  - Drayton Raines was killed in France in 1918 during WWI is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery near Caddo Gap.
  - My brother-in-law s father, was in the US Army, was killed south of Rome, Italy in 1944 and was brought back in 1947 and buried Gurdon, Clark Co. AR.
  - Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand has the MEMORIAL TO AMERICAN SERVICEMEN (Memorial situated on Left of Main Entrance)
  This area was the Temporary Resting Place of 113 Servicemen from the United States who gave their lives in the Allied Cause during World War II 1939 - 1945 

• The American Battle Monuments Commission

• National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), Military Personnel Records (MPR) in St. Louis.  A 1973 fire destroyed U.S. Army personnel records created from 1912 to 1963, but it did not damage U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel files. While the fire left a tremendous gap in locating personnel information, the gap may be partially filled in through other extant records.  Standard Form 180, which explains where records in the National Archives or other agencies may be located. Form 180 may be obtained from local Veterans Administration offices, the National Personnel Records Center (Military Personnel Records), 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63132 . Also be downloaded directly from the internet location. Ordering pension records.

• The Vietnam Memorial -  The Virtual Wall - You can search the list of names on the memorial by name, date of death, province, home of record, etc.
  The Vietnam War started in 1954, but the first United States troops did not arrive until 1965. The war ended in 1975.
  
  Veteran Population by Period of Service, by County August 1990 or later (including Persian Gulf War)
  Montgomery County 1,204 Total population
  Vietnam Era 23
  No Vietnam Era service 38
  Total serving August 1990 or later 61

• State Level Lists of Casualties for Korea and Vietnam Wars AR
  Name                    Rank Pay Scale  	Branch 	Sex 	DOB 	DOD - declared	Race 	Casualty Gp
  GREEN, Elwood 		MSGT E8 		Army 	M 	1918 	11/28/1950 	Cau 	DWC
  JOHNSON, Raymond R 	MSGT E8 		Army 	M 	1917 	09/04/1950 	Cau 	KIA
  
  GREEN, Elwood
  Service No. RA06284577
  Grade (pay scale) E8 
  Rank MSG 
  Unit E CO 5th Cav
  Status  POW 
  ID Date 11/28/50  
  DOD 2/18/51 while in captivity
  
  GUY, Virgil
  Service No. RA17013145
  Grade: E7 Rank: SFC K Co. 3/8 Regt. 1 Cav. 
  KIA 1950/11/02 Home of Record Marion, AR
  He and his family lived in Caddo Gap.

  It is important we remember all of those that lived and died.

Civil War  April 12, 1861 - May 26, 1865  

FamilySearch Online Records
1861-1865 Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers
1890-1963 Arkansas Confederate Soldier Home
1891-1939 Arkansas Ex-Confederate Pension Records
1901-1929 Arkansas Confederate Pensions

Arkansas joined the Confederacy in May 1861. The first major engagement on Arkansas soil was the Battle of Pea Ridge in (7th) March 1862.  When the Federals began to approach Little Rock in May 1862, the State Capitol was temporarily moved to Hot Springs, but came back to Little Rock in a few weeks. The Federals did take Little Rock in September 1863 and the capital was moved to Washington, in Hempstead County. December 7, 1862 the battle of Prairie Grove, Washington County, was fought. January 11 1863 Arkansas Post was captured by the Federal forces. David O. Dodd was executed as a Confederate spy in Little Rock January 8 1864. Under Federal supervision a 'loyal' state government was formed in January 1864, with Isaac Murphy, the only member of the legislature who had voted against secession, as governor. For more than a year Arkansas had two state governments. The War in Arkansas was practically over by the close of 1864. The Confederate government in Arkansas came to an end. The scalawags and carpetbaggers, with Congressional blessing, took control of the State in 1868. Thousands of ex-Confederate were disfranchised. A new constitution was drafted. Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union as a State in June, 1868. The next six years corruption was the rule, rather than the exception. In this period over $20,000,000 of tax funds were unaccounted for. The carpet baggers were thrown out of the office in the election of 1874. December 1 1890 the Confederate Soldiers' Home, six miles east of Little Rock, was opened.  Reference: Historical Report of the Secretary of State 1958 , C.G. "Crisp" Hall, Secretary of State. Printed and bound in Arkansas.

"The records of the 4th Arkansas Infantry are among the most complete of any Arkansas regiment, but even they aren't much good after about mid-1864."

During the Civil War companies were reported based on county of origin that existed at that time.

I hope Montgomery County genealogy buffs will consider contributing pen portraits of any Montgomery County veteran's, pension and /or service record data, photographs, snippets of history involving Montgomery Co. and the 'War between the States'.

Company C, 4th Arkansas Infantry CSA Caddo Rifles
Company F, 4th Arkansas Infantry CSA  Montgomery County Hunters
Company I, 33rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment CSA, majority enlisted at Caddo Gap, June 1862
Fourth Arkansas Infantry CSA
Civil War veterans buried in Montgomery County
Union Reports - Caddo Gap and Mount Ida skirmishes
Co. D. 4th AR Cavalry Union
Union Sympathizers   Men of Montgomery County (wayback)
Company L, Arkansas Seventh Cavalry, Col. John F. Hill's Regiment, mustered at Mt Ida,  October 1, 1863. CSA
Hill was authorized to recruit a sort of partisan-ranger battalion from among the local population to scout and harass the enemy, operating more or less independently. Eventually, several independent mounted companies were attached to Hill's Battalion, and it was assigned to Cabell's brigade as a standard-issue cavalry regiment. Cavalry regiments were different than that for infantry... allowing for twelve companies rather than ten. Maybe allowed the regiment to operate in three squadrons of four companies each, maybe a little more flexible operation for service on the frontier vs. the Indians. Hindman had spent the last 6 months ruthlessly dismounting numerous mounted regiments, battalions and companies and converting them to the desperately needed infantry. Additionally, the multitude of cavalry horses represented a very real threat of eating up the countryside to the determent of the rest of the army, and the civilian populace. And, there never seemed to be enough horses for supply wagons, ambulances, etc. The losses to the infantry at Prairie Grove in December only served to accentuate the need for more infantry, not more cavalry. I would imagine that the formation of this and other new cavalry regiments was not too popular with the several pre-existing cavalry regiments who had been forced to serve dismounted.

Gammage. W.P. The Camp, the Bivouac, and the BATTLEFIELD: being the history of the Fourth Arkansas Regiment, from its first organization down to the present date; its campaigns and its battles... / Little Rock : Arkansas Southern Press, 1958 Muster Rolls: Co. C     Co. F   

ARGenWeb Archives under Simms Gibbs Washita
Civil War Div. of US petition, 1915 from Simms / Gibbs / Washita, Ark

NPS Civil War Soldiers Includes the history of the units, rosters and battles. The project includes the compiled service records of Union and the Confederacy combatants for Arkansas. (Don't miss)
Confederate Parole Records - Index
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion images online
1883 Pensioners

Nov. 1863
10-18 - Expedition from Benton to Mount Ida
11 - Skirmish, Caddo Gap  CSA AR. 38th Inf.
13 - Skirmish, Mount Ida

Dec. 1863
02-07 - Scout from Waldron to Mount Ida, Caddo Gap, and Dallas CSA AR. 38th Inf.
04 - Skirmish, Caddo Gap CSA AR. 38th Inf.

Jan. 1864
24 - Skirmish, Baker's Spring, Caddo Gap, CSA AR. 38th Inf.
26 - Skirmish, Caddo Gap

Feb. 1864
12-14 - Skirmishes, Scott's Farm, Caddo Gap, Caddo Mountains
16 - Skirmish, Caddo Gap

March 1864
01 - Skirmish, Cedar Glade

July 1864
10 - Skirmish, Montgomery County  CSA AR. 38th Inf.
11 - Skirmish, Caddo Gap  CSA AR. 38th Inf.

*The Original Arkansas Genealogy Project, Civil War (couchgenweb.com)

The late E. G. Gerdes Civil War site for Arkansas. wayback  A wonderful site. Searchable.  

1st Arkansas Infantry Reg. USA Co. K
HALL, HARVEY Cpl
Enl 15 Mar 1863 at Fayetteville, AR. Age 23, farmer, ht 5' 11", eyes blue, hair lt, complx fair, born in Montgomery Co, AR. On duty as company cook Mar 1865.

1st Arkansas Infantry Reg. USA Co. I
HALL, JAMES C. Pvt Enl 2 April 1865 at Ft Smith, AR. Age 18, farmer, ht 5' 7", eyes blue, hair lt, complx fair, born in Montgomery Co, AR.

1st Arkansas Infantry Reg. USA Co. I
PRIDDY, JOHN C. Pvt Enl 1 July 1863 at Cassville, MO. Age 37, farmer, ht 5' 9", eyes drk, hair drk, complx drk, born in Montgomery Co, AR. Absent attending legislature of Ark from 19 Jan-22May 1865. Absent sick in gen hospital 25 Jun 1865.

Rapley's Sharpshooters, CSA
Garner, Stephen Riley Co. D Private. Enlisted in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry at Little Rock, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; transferred to Co. D, 12th Arkansas Battalion, June 30, 1862; wounded at Corinth, Mississippi, October 4, 1862; present, February 28, 1863; captured on Big Black river, Mississippi, May 17, 1863; confined at Fort Delaware; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, August 1, 1863; born in McNairy county, Tennessee, April 7, 1843; died in Garland county, Arkansas, March 18, 1929; buried in Mountain Valley Cemetery, Garland county, Arkansas; married Georgia Ann Hilton in Montgomery county, Arkansas, October 1, 1867; filed Arkansas pension application #22949 from Garland county, 1916; listed in Hot Spring county 1860 census.

Surname: Garner
Given Name: Stephen R.
Application Number: 22949
Widow Surname: Garner
Widow Given Name: Georgie Ann
Company: E
Regiment: 19
State Served From: Arkansas
Division: Infantry
Pension County: Garland
Death Date: 3/17/1929
Comments: widow applied 1929 / questionnaire

8th Arkansas Infantry Reg. CSA Co. A
Small, Elias, Pvt Age 20. Enl 6 July 1861 at Jacksonport, AR. Wounded 6 Apr1862 at Shiloh, TN. Disch 25 Oct 1862. Ht 6' 1", eyes blk, hair drk, complx drk, born Montgomery Co, AR, age 19.

33rd Arkansas Infantry Reg. CSA Co. B
White, George W., Pvt - Age 18. Enl 24 June 1862 in Montgomery Co, AR. Left on the retreat from Van Buren, AR 27 Dec 1862. Reported as deserter 2 Jan 1863. On a list of men from various regts now in the Cavalry without authority 27 Jan 1864. In Cpt Head's Co of Gipson's Bn.

 

Little Rock National Cemetery
The Walk

'Upon the approach of the Civil War of 1861-65, the people of Montgomery County, with a very few exceptions, were in favor of the Southern cause, and a liberal percentage of them joined and served in the Confederate armies. Toward the close of the war, when the Federal Army controlled the greater portion of the State, a few men, some of whom deserted from the Confederate Army, went out of the county and joined the United States forces. During the war a few raids were made into the county by small bodies from each of the contending armies, and the guerrillas prowled about to some extent, and a few individuals were killed, but little or no damage was done to property. Aside from the few individuals that were killed the county well escaped the ravages of war, and when the struggle was over the people had no more trouble such as was the case in many portions of the State following the close of the war. The people here did not suffer the privations endured in many other sections of the country, as they manufactured their own clothing, and in the main raised their own provisions.' Reference: "The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas."  Published by Southern Publishing Company 1891.

• Pensions based on military service for the Confederate States were authorized by some Southern states. The National Archives does not have copies of Confederate pension files for any state. Inquiries should be addressed to the Arkansas History Commission Little Rock for Arkansas pensioners. Eligibility for pension was based on residency between 1891-1939 in Arkansas and not unit. The pension records for Union soldiers are available at the National Archives

  Union pensions issued by the United States government were based on regiment. Confederate pensions were based on residence and issued by the state in which the veteran lived after the war.  Multiple variations of surname spelling and use of initials make it difficult in finding records, some may have served in more than one regiment or army and thus would have more than one compiled military service record.  Instead of relying only upon a man's name try to identify him by finding his neighbors in 1860 census and then find them in the appropriate index to compiled service records. Men generally enlisted in groups from geographic regions. All of the men will not appear in one military group, but  a pattern should appear. Or maybe he rode joined a company from "back home."

  For genealogical research "Pension" records are more helpful.  Might include statements by witnesses as to veteran's disability, the nature of his disability, and the widow's application might have her signature (X), and a copy of their marriage license and sometimes the names of the applicant's children.

  Did your ancestor (or his widow) obtain a pension? What is buried in the pension files? Requirements for pension?  Did the soldier give a deposition?  How much was the payment? 

  Nathan Thomas, & John C. Thomas Montgomery Co. Ark. Civil War Pension files
  Martin Stephen Bates

  In 1891 Arkansas began granting pensions to indigent Confederate veterans. In 1915 the State began granting pensions to their widows and mothers. Two published indexes are available in many libraries:
  Allen, Desmond Walls Arkansas Confederate Pension applications from Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery and Pike Counties
  Ingmire, Frances Terry. Arkansas Confederate Veterans and Widows Pensions Applications (St. Louis, MO: F.T. Ingmire, 1985).
  Allen, Desmond Walls Index to Arkansas Confederate Pension Applications Soldiers (Conway, Ark.: Arkansas Research, 1991).  ISBN 0-941 765-47 e.g.
  BATES, S.C., widow Mary A. Co. B. Ark Cav., he applied 1909, she applied 1914, he died 12/13/1913
  CHAPMAN, John P, widow, Mrs John P. Co. I., 33 ARK. She applied 1927.  He died 3/20/1927

  Index to Remarried Widows.  Try looking under "m' for Mrs. if the female you are searching cannot be located.

• Service Records: Once you know the Arkansas company and unit your ancestor served in, write to:
  Arkansas State Archives
  One Capitol Mall
  Little Rock, AR 72201
  Telephone: 501-682-6900
  Give soldiers full name, company and unit. Enclose a check for $10.00. Request a copy of the complied service record. Notification will be sent if copies exceed this amount. Much quicker than writing to the National Archives. Records might contain where the soldier mustered in and out, the color of his hair and eyes, and his height.
  Index to Arkansas Confederate Home Records
  Index to Arkansas Confederate Pension Records
  

• Arkansas Confederate Pensions (52)

  Surname: Abernathy Given Name: King D. Application Number: 7867 Company: F Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1901 Surname: Adcock Given Name: L. S. Application Number: 7670 Widow Surname: Adcock Widow Given Name: Sarah E. Company: H Regiment: 1 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 3/12/1905 Application Year: 1903 Comments: widow applied 1905 Surname: Anderson Given Name: N. J. Application Number: 7870 Widow Surname: Anderson Widow Given Name: Susan D. Company: F Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Comments: Widow applied 1901 Surname: Bates Given Name: James M. Application Number: 7854 Widow Surname: Bates Widow Given Name: Amanda Company: I Regiment: 33 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 10/22/1918 Application Year: 1902 Widow Death Date: 7/27/1930 Comments: Widow applied 1919 Surname: Bates Given Name: John C. Application Number: 7942 Widow Surname: Bates Widow Given Name: Nancy A. Company: G Regiment: 23 State Served From: Georgia Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 11/22/1904 Application Year: 1903 Comments: Widow applied 1905 Surname: Bates Given Name: Simpson D. Application Number: 7733 Widow Surname: Widow Given Name: Company: B Regiment: 34 State Served From: Georgia Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1901 Surname: Bates Given Name: Stephen C. Application Number: 7881 Widow Surname: Bates Widow Given Name: Mary A. Company: B Regiment: 10 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 12/13/1913 Application Year: 1908 Comments: Widow applied 1914 Surname: Biggs Given Name: Jerry R. Application Number: 20980 Widow Surname: Biggs Widow Given Name: Mary E. Company: D Regiment: 13 State Served From: Tennessee Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 5/16/1930 Application Year: 1918 Widow Death Date: 10/29/1932 Widow applied 1930 / questionnaire Surname: Brakefield Given Name: George W. Application Number: 2879 Company: F Regiment: 29 State Served From: Alabama Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1909 Comments: Approved Surname: Brewer Given Name: Ben F. Application Number: 29692 Widow Surname: Brewer Widow Given Name: Martha Company: H Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 10/1/1903 Widow applied 1930 / questionnaire Surname: Buttram Given Name: Robert H. Application Number: 27209 Widow Surname: Buttram Widow Given Name: Jennie Company: G Regiment: 2 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Mounted Pension County: Garland Death Date: 6/6/1918 widow applied 1926, questionnaire Surname: Bybee Given Name: C. G. Application Number: 7874 Company: F Regiment: 33 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: Application Year: 1903 Comments: approved Surname: Caldwell Given Name: Robert P. Application Number: 7899 Widow Surname: Widow Given Name: Company: F Regiment: 30 State Served From: Alabama Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1906 Comments: disallowed. State residency Surname: Campbell Given Name: John Wesley Application Number: 599 Widow Surname: Campbell Widow Given Name: Lula A. Company: B Regiment: 5 State Served From: Alabama Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 1/6/1915 Application Year: 1891 widow applied 1915 / questionnaire Surname: Chapman Given Name: John P. Application Number: 29050 Widow Surname: Chapman Widow Given Name: Ellen Julia Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 3/20/1927 widow applied 1927 / questionnaire Surname: Ellington Given Name: Nathan Application Number: 7850 Company: C Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1901 Comments: approved Evans,  David C. Application Number: 29051 Widow Surname: Evans Widow Given Name: Mary A. Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 3/7/1927 widow applied 1927 / questionnaire Surname: Ferguson Given Name: John C. Application Number: 7883 Company: H Regiment: 4 State Served From: Mississippi Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1909 Comments: approved

  Surname: Ferguson Given Name: Kimzey Application Number: 7679 Company: E Regiment: Lee's Battery State Served From: Georgia Division: Artillery Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1901 Comments: approved Surname: Garrett Given Name: James Application Number: 7895 Company: C Regiment: 6 State Served From: Alabama Division: Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1912 Comments: approved Surname: Gladden Given Name: Robert E. Application Number: 7893 Regiment: 33 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1908 Comments: approved Surname: Goodner Given Name: J. M. Application Number: 7891 Widow Surname: Goodner Widow Given Name: Susan Regiment: 10 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 11/2/1893 Comments: widow applied 1903 Surname: Goodner Given Name: John G. Application Number: 7949 Widow Surname: Goodner Widow Given Name: Ardena Company: F Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 4/16/1903 Application Year: 1901 Comments: widow applied 1903 Surname: Grant Given Name: Nathaniel Application Number: 18499 Widow Surname: Grant Widow Given Name: Elizabeth Company: C Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Hempstead Comments: widow applied 1907 Surname: Harbin Given Name: Joseph A. Application Number: 22950 Company: E Regiment: 49 State Served From: Alabama Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1915 Comments: approved Surname: Harris Given Name: Samuel J. Application Number: 17989 Widow Surname: Harris Widow Given Name: Delilah Company: A Regiment: 9 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Garland Comments: widow applied 1911 Surname: Helton Given Name: David Application Number: 2793 Company: H Regiment: 24 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1897 Surname: Hill Given Name: Charles Application Number: 7952 Company: H Regiment: 2 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1901 Comments: approved Surname: Hill Given Name: George W. Application Number: 7735 Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1902 Comments: approved Surname: Hopper Given Name: William J. Application Number: 23147 Widow Surname: Hopper Widow Given Name: Florinda J. Company: K Regiment: 8 State Served From: Missouri Division: Cavalry Pension County: Greene Death Date: 1/14/1892 Widow Death Date: 5/28/1936 widow applied 1913 / questionnaire Surname: Jackson Given Name: Robert E. Application Number: 25164 Widow Surname: Jackson Widow Given Name: Ida Bell Company: K Regiment: 5 State Served From: South Carolina Division: Infantry Pension County: Monroe Death Date: 3/21/1914 Application Year: Widow Death Date: widow applied 1920 / questionnaire Surname: Liverman Given Name: Dover D. Application Number: 7657 Widow Surname: Liverman Widow Given Name: Drewcilla Company: A Regiment: 29 State Served From: Mississippi Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 5/10/1911 Application Year: 1901 Comments: widow applied 1911 Surname: McConnell Given Name: M. C. Application Number: 7955 Widow Surname: McConnell Widow Given Name: Sarah E. Company: I Regiment: 33 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 5/1/1903 Application Year: 1901 Comments: widow applied 1903 McKay, Andrew C. Application Number: 8070 Widow Surname: McKay Widow Given Name: Delpha A. Company: K Regiment: 56 Partisan Rangers State Served From: Alabama Division: Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 6/6/1915 Application Year: 1904 Comments: widow applied 1915 Surname: Meeks Given Name: William Wesley Application Number: 8790 Widow Surname: Meeks Widow Given Name: Sarah Ann Company: E Regiment: Monroe's State Served From: Arkansas Division: Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Widow Death Date: 3/10/1935 widow applied 1903 / questionnaire

  Surname: Montgomery Given Name: James H. Application Number: 7661 Widow Surname: Montgomery Widow Given Name: Mahala C. Company: C Regiment: McIntosh's State Served From: Arkansas Division:Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 3/14/1879 Application Year: Comments: widow applied 1902 Surname: Qualls Given Name: James M. Application Number: 7665 Widow Surname: Qualls Widow Given Name: Emily Company: B Regiment: 6 State Served From: Georgia Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 8/6/1908 Application Year: 1907 Comments: widow applied 1909 Surname: Reed Given Name: Levi Application Number: 9164 Company: C Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Polk Application Year: 1901 Comments: approved Surname: Rowland Given Name: G. W. Application Number: 7041 Widow Surname: Rowland Widow Given Name: Mary C. Company: F Regiment: 3 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 3/12/1902 Comments: widow applied 1904 Surname: Ryan Given Name: John T. Application Number: 7731 Company: E Regiment: 5 State Served From: Mississippi Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1909 Comments: approved Surname: Scott Given Name: Harmon W. Application Number: 7650 Widow Surname: Scott Widow Given Name: Teletha C. Company: F Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 10/11/1911 Application Year: 1906 Comments: widow applied 1912 Surname: Scott Given Name: Thomas J. Application Number: 7032 Widow Surname: Scott Widow Given Name: Ruthy J. Company: I Regiment: 33 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 1/10/1870 Comments: widow applied 1901 Surname: Scott Given Name: William M. Application Number: 7648 Company: I Regiment: 33 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1905 Comments: approved Surname: Sheffield Given Name: Pinkney F. Application Number: 29712 Widow Surname: Sheffield Widow Given Name: Ida Company: B Regiment: 48 State Served From: Alabama Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 8/13/1899 Widow Death Date: 6/7/1933 Widow applied 1928 / questionnaire / also Misc. roll 2 Surname: Singleton Given Name: Doctor Frank Application Number: 7964 Widow Surname: Singleton Widow Given Name: Nancy J. Company: E Regiment: 32 State Served From: Mississippi Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 12/30/1905 Application Year: 1904 Comments: widow applied 1906 Surname: Sims Given Name: Jordan Application Number: 7013 Widow Surname: Sims Widow Given Name: Nancy M. Company: C Regiment: 4 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 10/19/1889 widow applied 1901 / medical discharge Surname: Stamey Given Name: James H. Application Number: 7036 Widow Surname: Stamey Widow Given Name: Elizabeth Company: C Regiment: 72 State Served From: North Carolina Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Surname: Stamey Given Name: W. A. Application Number:7017 Widow Surname: Widow Given Name: Company: K Regiment:35 State Served From: North Carolina Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1913 Comments: approved Stipe, J. I. Application Number: 24678 Company: A Regiment: 12 State Served From: Kentucky Division: Cavalry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1915 Comments: approved Arkansas History Commission Surname: Watkins Given Name: William H. Application Number: 1923 Company: C Regiment: 29 State Served From: Alabama Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Application Year: 1894 Comments: not indigent Surname: Wheeler Given Name: Riley Application Number: 7021 Widow Surname: Wheeler Widow Given Name: Rebecca Company: I Regiment: 33 State Served From: Arkansas Division: Infantry Pension County: Montgomery Death Date: 4/3/1901 Comments: widow applied 1901 Surname: Woodall Given Name: John M. Application Number: 18124 Company: F Regiment: 14 State Served From: Mississippi Division: Infantry Pension County: Garland Application Year: 1908 Comments: approved

The AHC have a considerable collection of Civil War indexes, service and pension records. No refund so check indexes first.
Form For Copies of Arkansas Confederate Pensions
Form For Copies of Arkansas Military Service Records
Civil War pension cards
List of pensioners: Index to Arkansas Confederate Pension Applications

Consolidated Index to Compiled Service Records of  Confederate Soldiers M253 535 microfilm rolls. These are index cards which contains only the soldiers name, company, unit and rank on enrollment and rank on discharge.

Index to Compiled Service Record of Confederate Soldiers who served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas National Archives Microfilm Publication. Same information as above but specific for Arkansas companies. At major genealogical libraries, AHC, National Archives and Family History Library

Index to Arkansas Confederate Soldiers by Desmond Walls Allen 3 Vols. Use this as a research tool

Arkansas 1911 Special Census of Confederate Veterans. Name index to the three volumes series of Arkansas CSA Soldiers. The original questionnaire represents 44 counties. Does not include Montgomery, Polk, Garland or Hot Spring counties.

Civil War memories - Abstract Mrs. J.A. Cubage, Caddo Gap. Publication Arkansas Gazette p.5 Mar 27, 1932
                                  - Article by Ida Sublette Cobb on Albert Pike  

Arkansas History Commission
Josiah H. Demby papers, 1865-1957, SMC.7.8
Josiah H. Demby was born in Georgia around 1840 and moved to Arkansas prior to 1860. He served in the Civil War as First Lieutenant in Company G, 4th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, United States Army. He was discharged June 13, 1865. After the war, he served in General R.F. Catterson's militia that helped maintain order against the Ku Klux Klan in southern Arkansas. He served as a State Representative in 1868 for Scott, Polk, Montgomery, and Hot Spring counties and in 1879 for Montgomery County. This collection contains historical accounts written by Josiah H. Demby about the Catterson Militia, with signed affidavits of witnesses and a letter to Powell Clayton. Also included is Demby's Civil War discharge.
[A.C. Ussery, 64 years old, present post-office address is Bear, Montgomery County]
[J. L. Wacaster. I am 64 years of age, was born in Montgomery County near Caddo Gap.]
[Thomas J. Rawles. I am 66 years old, was born in Montgomery County, Arkansas near Bear post-office.]

Arkansas History Commission
Polk Township, Montgomery County, poll book, 1864, SMC.28.36 This poll book from Polk Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas, was used for an October 3, 1864, general election, in which few men voted.

Daily Southern Cross, 6 November 1863, Page 5
The rebellion which the U. S. Government is engaged in putting down is not to be crushed like an egg nor yet like ever so tough a nut. It is rather like a nest of viper, in spongy ground - the old ones are dead, the young ones must come one at a time, under the heel. So the Confederacy may not topple to its utter ruin with a crash that will startle the world, but inch by inch settle away as pillar after pillar falls until it lies a mass of ruins long before the victors discover how successful their assaults have been. The war is in its third year. We have had alternate seasons of victory and defeat, triumph and failure, glory and shame. 

North Otago Times, 4 January 1866, Page 3
A Plain Salad. The Southerners at the commencement of the war being asked what they wanted, replied, "lettuce alone;" and the Northerners have, out of sheer perversity been trying ever since to give them a dressing.

CIVIL WAR PARTICIPANTS BORN or buried IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
William Augustus Douglas Durnett
Charles W Flowers

Links

AR Civil War info       : Fourth Arkansas Union Calvary
                                       : Third Arkansas Union Calvary 
Co. L 7th AR Cavalry Regiment CSA organized in part Oct. 1st 1863 at Mount Ida.
Earnest’s Company, Local Defense- Montgomery Co.
One documented case of a regularly-organized and officially-sanctioned Confederate home guard unit in Arkansas being accused of crimes, that being Capt. Jeremiah Earnest's Local Defense Company of Montgomery County, Arkansas. Captain Earnest was captured and executed by the Yankees for murdering Union sympathizers, but it must be said that the case against Captain Earnest was highly circumstantial. There are numerous cases of atrocities carried out by bands of men calling themselves Home Guards -- on both the Union and Confederate sides. None of these self-described Home Guards were officially mustered, sanctioned or authorized. 
Battle of Pea Ridge
Cyndi Howells How to order Civil War records page
"That Ragged Old Flag" 
Arkansas Civil War Memorial Page
Civil War Research Database Searchable. Arkansas now included
2nd AR Inf. Reg. Co. H. Union
Battle of Devil's Backbone in Sebastian County, Arkansas in the Ouachita Mountains.
Civil War Script and here. One dollar

Pension Records for Union Soldiers

The act of June, 27 1890, requires, in the case of a soldier:
(1) An honorable discharge
(2) A minimum service of ninety days
(3) A permanent physical disability not due to vicious habits. (It need not have originated in the service)
(4) The rates under the act are graded from $6 to $12, proportioned to the degree of inability to earn a support, and  not affected by rank held.
(5) A pensioner under prior laws may apply under this one, or a pensioner under this one may apply under other laws, but he cannot draw more than one pension for the same period.

Pension records may contain declaration for original invalid pension, surgeon's certificate, neighbor's affidavit, death certificate from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, declaration for widow's pension, chancery court record of a decree for a divorce, claim for allowance for burial expenses, affidavit supporting burial claim and multiple questionnaires e.g.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
_____ Division, soldier's name ______, Co____, Reg't______.
Sir: To aid this Bureau in preventing any one falsely personating you, or otherwise committing fraud in your names, or on account of your service, you are required to answer fully the questions enumerated below.
1. When were you born?
2. Where were you born?
3. Where did you enlist?
4. Where had you lived before you enlisted?
5. What was your post-office address at enlistment?
7. What was your occupation at enlistment?
8. When were you discharged?
9. Where where you discharged?
10. Where have you lived since discharge?
11. What is your present occupation?
12. What is your height?                     What is your weight?                  The color of your eyes?        The color of  your hair ?               Your complexion?               Are there any permanent marks or scars?
13. What is your full name?

Sir: Will you kindly answer, at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below? The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to your family..
1. Are you a married man? If so please state your wife's full name, and her maiden name.
2. When where, and by whom are you married?
3. Does a marriage record exist?
4. Were you previously married? If so please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce.
5. Have you any children living? If so, please state their names  and dates of their birth.
    State the names of all your children living or dead.

BTW

• Arkansas soldiers served in both the Confederate and Union armies
• Some served first for the CSA and later for the Union Army
• Some served time in more than one company
• Service records for the Union and Confederate soldiers are available at the National Archives. Obtain a faster response by writing to the Arkansas History Commission for CSA records.
• Military Bounty land was not given for war service between the States, not even Union soldiers
• These reference books, microfilm and NATF-85 form are all available at the Clayton Library, Houston , TX and probably other major genealogical institutes.
• The 1910 census (column 30) indicates "Whether a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy." The answers are "UA" for Union Army, "UN" for Union Navy, "CA" for Confederate Army, and "CN" for Confederate Navy". These clues lead to military service and pension records.
• Union soldiers pension records are obtained from the National Archives. Requests must be submitted on form NATF-80. The form can be obtained by email. inquire@nara.gov include postal address. The word FORM must be in your subject line and quantity you need.

May I please have ___ copies of NATF-85 so that I may order Civil War Military Records?
Thank you,

Write in bold in RED, "Copy All Records" on form NATF-85 to assure receipt of complete record. The archives staff will copy only selected documents unless you request copies of all documents in the file.  After 2-3 months you will receive notification record has been located, then send payment. You must use the index before requesting a search on NATF Form 85 because the records are filed numerically.

Forms available via email:
Form  85 & 86 - military service and pension records prior to World War I, including Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, and Spanish-American War.
Form 180 - Military service records, World War I and later - the form can also be downloaded directly from the internet location
Form 81 - Passenger arrival records
Form 82 - Copies of census records- requiring your knowledge of the publication, roll, and page number, as they do not conduct searches of Census Records
Form 83- Eastern Cherokee applications
Form 84 - Land Entry Papers - for Federal lands only

What does F&S stand for? Field & Staff.
What does A.C.S stand for? Assistant Commissary of Subsistence. The position of regimental A.C.S. was abolished by the Confederate Congress on May 1, 1863 with the general order being published May 29, 1863.
How did you become a Captain? During the American Civil War, one became a captain by either appointment, promotion, or election depending on the position.

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