Organized on June 18, 1862, Assigned to McRae's Brigade, Hindman's Division, January through February of 1863. Reassigned to Tappan's Brigade under MG Sterling Price in April, 1863 where the regiment fought in the Battle of Helena and in the defense of Little Rock on September 10, 1863. Retreated with Price into southwestern Arkansas, where the regiment was consolidated with the 32nd Arkansas Infantry in December, 1863. Fought throughout the Camden Campaign and at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Consolidated again with Dawson's Infantry Regiment in April, 1864. Remained in service in southwestern Arkansas until surrendered with MG Kirby Smith's army on May 26, 1865.
Officers: Col. Archibald J. McNeill. Field Officers: Lt. Col. Casten W. Baldwin; Maj. (later Lt. Col.) Paul M. Cobbs; Maj. Martin Dawson; Lt. Col (later Col.) Robert A. Hart; Maj. Joseph C. Martin; Maj. (later Lt. Col and Col.) James W. Rogan.
Also Known As: 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 5th Trans-Mississippi Infantry Regiment
The 31st Arkansas Infantry was organized near Corinth, Mississippi on May 27, 1862 by consolidating Company G of Williamson's Infantry battalion to the nine companies of McCray's Infantry Battalion and renaming the consolidated unit as the 31st Arkansas. Commanded by Colonel Thomas H. McCray, the field officers included Lt. Cols. Jesse L. Hays, John A. Jacoway, and James F. Johnson, and Majors J.W. Clark, Davis G. Daugherty, and James M. Morgan.
Initially assigned to NcNair's Brigade, McCown's Division in the Army of Kentucky, the regiment served with Edmund Kirby Smith's corps during Bragg's 1862 Kentucky campaign in August through November 1862, then joined what became Bragg's Army of Tennessee and fought in the battle of Murfreesboro on December 31, 1862 -January 2, 1863. Heavy casualties suffered at Murfreesboro caused the regiment to be temporarily consolidated with the 25th Arkansas Infantry in March, 1863. Following this, McNair's Brigade was reassigned to Walker's (later French's) Division where it served under Joe Johnston defending Jackson, MS from Grant and Shermans' approaches during the Vicksburg Campaign. The Brigade rejoined the Army of Tennessee near Tullahoma, TN in September, 1863, where it fought at the battle of Chickamauga on September 19-20, 1863, and in the siege of Chattanooga in October and November, 1863. Heavy casualties again led to the regiment being consolidated with the 4th Arkansas Infantry and the 4th Arkanas Infantry Battalion after Chickamauga. The regiment was again consolidated with the 25th Arkansas during the retreat from Chattanooga into northern Georgia in January, 1864, and the 31st Arkansas disappeared from the records after January 20, 1864.
Organized on August 6, 1862 by augmenting LTC Charles Matlock's Cavalry Battalion to form a full-sized regiment, enlisted for three years or the duration of the war. Assigned to Col. Dandridge McRae's brigade in January, 1863. Participated in the Battle of Helena on July 4, 1863, and in the defense of Little Rock in September, 1863. Consolidated with the 30th (McNeill's) Arkansas Infantry from December, 1863 until summer of 1864. Reassigned to Tappan's Brigade, Arkansas Division, where the regiment fought through the Red River Campaign of March and April, 1864, and at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Continued service in southwestern Arkansas for the remainder of the war, until surrendered with MG Kirby Smith's army on May 26, 1865.
Officers: Col. Charles H. Matlock Field Officers: Maj (later Col.) Lucian C. Gause, Lt. Col. William Hicks, Maj. Arthur F. Stephenson, Maj. (later Lt. Col.) Charles L. Young.
Also Known As: 4th Trans-Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Organized on July 11, 1862, Assigned to Shaver's Brigade, Hindman's Division, January through February of 1863. Reassigned to Tappan's Brigade, in Gen'l Sterling Price's Division, from April to November of 1863. They remained with Tappan's Brigade through the remainder of the war.
In the first weeks of September, 1863, the 33rd served in the Little Rock defenses at present-day North Little Rock. After General Price abandoned Little Rock, the 33rd joined the retreat down the Southwest Trail to Benton and on to the vicinity of Arkadelphia, while they spent the winter of 1863.
General Kirby Smith ordered Churchill's Arkansas Division which had most of his infantry (including Tappan's and Gause's brigades) to Shreveport, Louisiana in late March, 1864 to counter the advance of Union General Nathaniel Banks up the Red River.
The 33rd Arkansas served through most of the Red River Campaign during March-May 1864, including the final battle in the southern phase of this campaign at Pleasant Hill. They then slung their knapsacks and went back north into Arkansas in time to fight at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Colonel Grinstead was killed at Jenkins' Ferry leading the regiment's charge, and Lt. Col Thomson succeeded to command. The 33rd suffered a total of 21 killed and 71 wounded in this battle. The regiment saw little additional combat during the rest of the war, and remained in service in southwestern Arkansas until surrendered with MG Kirby Smith's army on May 26, 1865.
Officers: Col. H.L. Grinstead. Field Officers: Maj. W.L. Crenshaw, Lt. Col. H.W. McMillan, Maj. William T. Steele, Lt. Col. Thomas D. Thomson.
Organized in September, 1862 at Prairie Grove Washington county, Arkansas under the command of Colonel William H. Brooks. Field officers were Lt. Col. Thomas M. Gunter, Major Fountaine R. Earle, Adjutant M.C. Duke, Quartermaster James Trott, surgeon, Dr. W.B. Welch, assistant surgeon. Company commanders were Co. A, Cpt. T.M. Gunter (succeeded by Cpt. J.W. Walker); Co. B, Cpt. Fountaine R. Earle (succeeded by Cpt. James Mitchell); Co. C, Cpt Samuel A. Smithson; Co. D, Cpt. William Owsley; Co. E, Cpt. James M. Wright; Co. F, Cpt. C.L. Pickens; Co. G, Cpt. James Owsley; Co. H, Cpt. Wallace; Co. I, Cpt. A.V. Edmondson; Co K, Cpt. J.R. Pettigrew; (succeeded by Cpt. A. Wilson). Companies A, B, C, H, and K recruited most of the able-bodied men from Washington County; Companies D, E, G, and K contained many from Franklin and Crawford counties. Company F was from Newton County.
After organization and muster, the regiment went into camp at Mount Comfort for drill and training, then at Elm Springs, then to Elkhorn Tavern, then to Camp Reagan, and then to Spadra, on the Arkansas River where the regiment was armed with M1853 Enfield rifles. From Spadra, the regiment marched to Mazzard Prairie, near Fort Smith, where they were assigned to Fagan's Brigade. From there, the brigade crossed the Arkansas River, leaving Van Buren on December 3, halting at Lee's Creek for a formal, mass presentation of battle flags to each regiment. The march was resumed, and on December 7, 1862, the brigade reached Prairie Grove, AR, where it met its first combat action. Fagan's Brigade held off the attack of Herron's division, taking substantial losses, but still held their ground at nightfall when the battle faded to a close. Despite their tactical victory, lack of supplies and reinforcements caused Hindman to retreat, and the army returned to the vicinity of Van Buren.
The regiment and Fagan's Brigade served after this at the battle of Helena on July 4, 1863, and in the defenses of Little Rock on September 10-11. General A.T. Hawthorn took command of the brigade in the fall of 1863, where it in turn was assigned to Churchill's Arkansas Division during the Red River Campaign. The Division fought against the advance of Union General Nathaniel Bank's army in north-central Louisiana in March and early April of 1864, defeating and repelling him in a series of battles at Mansfield (or Sabine Crossroads), Pleasant Grove, and Pleasant Hill, LA between March 30 and April 10, 1864. On April 22, Churchill's Division then slung their knapsacks for the long march north back into Arkansas to deal with the other part of the Federal advance, General Frederick Steele's advance simultaneous advance from Little Rock toward Camden. The divison arrived after a long forced march at Woodlawn, AR on April 26, where they rested overnight, then joined the pursuit of Steele's retreating army, catching it trying to cross the Saline River near Jenkins' Ferry. At Jenkins' Ferry, the 34th Arkansas probably suffered more losses than during the rest of the war, with its colonel falling wounded, and many of the officers as well.
Following Jenkins' Ferry, the 34th Arkansas returned to camp near Camden, and reorganized to account for its casualties. Companies C, H, and A were consolidated into Company A, Company G was merged into Company D, and Company I merged with Company K. The regiment saw no further combat action during the war, and laid down its arms on April 23, 1865, at Sulphur, Bowie County, Texas.
Officers: Col William H. Brooks. Field Officers: Major Fountaine R. Earle; Lt. Col. Thomas M. Gunter; Maj (later Lt. Col.) James R. Pettigrew.
Also Known As: Brook's 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
References: Washington County Historical Society, The Battle of Prairie Grove.
Organized by individual companies throughout June of 1862, and organized as the 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment on July 11, 1862 under the command of Colonel Frank A. Rector. Field Officers were Lt. Col. (later Colonel) Harry J. McCord, Major John J. Dillard, and later Colonel James P. King, Lt. Col. John W. Wallace, and Major Mark T. Tatum. Initially assigned (along with the 34th, 37th, and 39th Arkansas) to Fagan's Brigade in Shoup's Division in MG Thomas Hindman's 1st Corps of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, where it fought in the battle of Prairie Grove on December 7-8, 1862. After the retreat from Prairie Grove to Van Buren, Fagan's Brigade was ultimately reassigned to General Sterling Price's division. On July 4, 1863, the brigade and the 35th Arkansas served in the attack on the federal post at Helena, Arkansas, and subsequently in the defense of Little Rock in September, 1863. The brigade, now under the command of Brig. Gen. A.T. Hawthorn and composed of the 29th, 34th, and 35th Arkansas regiments, spent the winter of 1863 in the vicinity of Arkadelphia, and then was sent south with Churchill's Arkansas Infantry Division to Shreveport, Louisiana in the early spring of 1864 to assist General Kirby Smith's army in countering Union General Nathaniel Banks' advance along the Red River. After fighting in the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, Churchill's Division and Kirby Smith then marched back to Arkansas to assist General Price in dealing with the other half of the Red River campaign, Union Gen'l Frederick Steele's Camden Expedition moving southwest from Little Rock. The Division and Hawthorn's Brigade arrived in time to join the pursuit of Steele's army as it retreated from Camden, and join in the attack on Steele as he tried to cross the Saline River at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Hawthorn's regiment returned to the vicinity of Camden following Jenkins' Ferry, and saw no substantial combat for the remainder of the war. The regiment ultimately surrendered with Kirby Smith's army on May 26, 1865.
Also Known As: 22nd Arkansas (Rector's-King's-McCord's) Infantry Regiment
Organized by individual companies throughout June of 1862, and organized originally as the 28th Arkansas Infantry Regiment on July 11, 1862 under the command of Colonel Danridge McRae. Field Officers were Lt. Col. Walter C. Robinson and Major John E. Glenn. Initially assigned (along with the 26th, 30th, and 32nd Arkansas) to form a brigade in Shoup's Division in MG Thomas Hindman's 1st Corps of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi. Colonel McRae was given command of the brigade, and Major Glenn was elected colonel in his stead. The brigade fought in the battle of Prairie Grove on December 7-8, 1862. After the retreat from Prairie Grove to Van Buren, McRae's Brigade was ultimately reassigned to General Sterling Price's division, and command passed to Brig. Gen. T.J. Churchill. During this time, the regiment was reorganized and renamed as the 36th Arkansas Infantry. On July 4, 1863, the brigade and the 36th Arkansas served in the attack on the federal post at Helena, Arkansas, and subsequently in the defense of Little Rock in September, 1863. On September 30, the 36th Arkansas was consolidated into five companies. The brigade, now under the command of Lucian Gause and composed of the 26th, 32nd, and 36th Arkansas regiments, spent the winter of 1863 southwest of Little Rock, and then was sent south with General Churchill's Arkansas Infantry Division to Shreveport, Louisiana in the early spring of 1864 to assist General Kirby Smith's army in countering Union General Nathaniel Banks' advance along the Red River. After fighting in the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, Churchill's Division and Kirby Smith then marched back to Arkansas to assist General Price in dealing with the other half of the Red River campaign, Union Gen'l Frederick Steele's Camden Expedition moving southwest from Little Rock. The Division and Hawthorn's Brigade arrived in time to join the pursuit of Steele's army as it retreated from Camden, and join in the attack on Steele as he tried to cross the Saline River at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Gause's Brigade returned to the vicinity of Camden following Jenkins' Ferry, and saw no substantial combat for the remainder of the war. In September, 1864, the 36th was reassigned to General Roane's 1st Arkansas Brigade. The regiment ultimately surrendered with Kirby Smith's army on May 26, 1865
Organized in Pope County by individual companies throughout March through June of 1862 as the 1st Trans-Mississippi Infantry; and organized as the 29th Arkansas Infantry Regiment upon its acceptance into Confederate service on June 6, 1862 under the command of Colonel Joseph C. Pleasants. Field Officers were Lt. Col. Jeptha C. Johnson and Major John A. Geoghegan. Renamed as the 37th Arkansas Infantry regiment in the summer of 1862. Initially assigned (along with the 34th, 35th, and 39th Arkansas and Chew's Arkansas Sharpshooter Battalion) to form BG James F. Fagan's brigade in Shoup's Division in MG Thomas Hindman's 1st Corps of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi.. The brigade fought in the battle of Prairie Grove on December 7-8, 1862. After the retreat from Prairie Grove to Van Buren, On July 4, 1863, the brigade and the 37th Arkansas served in the attack on the federal post at Helena, Arkansas, and subsequently in the defense of Little Rock in September, 1863. The brigade, now under the command of BG A.T. Hawthorn, and composed of the 37th, 34th, and 35th Arkansas regiments, spent the winter of 1863 southwest of Little Rock, and then was sent south with General Churchill's Arkansas Infantry Division to Shreveport, Louisiana in the early spring of 1864 to assist General Kirby Smith's army in countering Union General Nathaniel Banks' advance along the Red River. After fighting in the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, Churchill's Division and Kirby Smith then marched back to Arkansas to assist General Price in dealing with the other half of the Red River campaign, Union Gen'l Frederick Steele's Camden Expedition moving southwest from Little Rock. The Division and Hawthorn's Brigade arrived in time to join the pursuit of Steele's army as it retreated from Camden, and join in the attack on Steele as he tried to cross the Saline River at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Gause's Brigade returned to the vicinity of Camden following Jenkins' Ferry, and saw no substantial combat for the remainder of the war. The regiment ultimately surrendered with Kirby Smith's army on May 26, 1865.
Also Known As: 29th Arkansas Infantry Regiment; 1st Trans-Mississippi Infantry Regiment.
Organized by companies in July and August, 1862, combined to organize as the 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment on September 21, 1862. Assigned to Shaver's Brigade, Hindman's Division, January through February of 1863. Reassigned to Tappan's Brigade under MG Sterling Price in April, 1863 where the regiment fought in the defense of Little Rock on September 10, 1863. Retreated with Price into southwestern Arkansas, where the regiment fought throughout the Camden Campaign and at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Remained in service in southwestern Arkansas until surrendered with MG Kirby Smith's army on May 26, 1865.
Officers: Col. Robert G. Shaver. Field Officers: Lt. Col. William C. Adams; Maj. (later Lt. Col.) Milton D. Baber; Maj. R.R. Henry.
See entry for Johnson's-Hawthorn's-Cocke's Arkansas Infantry below.
Also Known As: 6th Trans-Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment; Johnson's/Hawthorn's/Cocke's Infantry Regiment
Organized as a mounted rifles unit in the late summer of 1864 under the command of Colonel Milton D. Baber and Lt. Col. J.W. Clark. Assigned to McCray's Brigade, Fagan's Arkansas Cavalry Division, where they participated in Price's Missouri Raid in September and October of 1864, and at the battle of Mine Creek on October 25, 1864. Returned to service in northeastern Arkansas after the Raid. Surrendered with BG M. Jeff Thompson near Chalk Bluff on May 11, 1865.
Organized as a mounted rifles unit in the late summer of 1864 from some of the men who had returned to Arkansas after surrendering at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, under the command of Colonel W.O. Coleman. Durring the summer of 1864, the 46th served in eastern Arkansas with Colonel Archibald Dobbins, and participated in the attack on Lamb's Plantation near Helena in August. Susequenly served in an unattached status with Shelby's Cavalry Division, where they participated in Price's Missouri Raid in September and October of 1864, and at the battle of Mine Creek on October 25, 1864. Returned to service in northeastern Arkansas after the Raid, where they remained until the end of the war, raiding Federal supply lines and operating as guerillas. Surrendered with BG M. Jeff Thompson near Chalk Bluff on May 11, 1865.
Organized as a mounted rifles unit in the late summer of 1864 under the command of Colonel Lee Crandall. Assigned to McCray's Brigade, Fagan's Arkansas Cavalry Division, where they participated in Price's Missouri Raid in September and October of 1864, and at the battle of Mine Creek on October 25, 1864. Returned to service in northeastern Arkansas after the Raid. Surrendered with BG M. Jeff Thompson near Chalk Bluff on May 11, 1865.
Organized around February of 1863 by consolidating the portions of the 19th (Dawson's) and 24th Infantry Regiments and Crawford's Infantry Battalion that were not captured at the battle of Arkansas Post on January 11th, 1863. The regimental commander was Colonel Charles L. Dawson, assisted by Lt. Col. William R. Hardy and Major Francis H. Wood. Initially assigned in an unattached status to Frost's Division in southeastern Arkansas in May and June of 1863, they were reassigned to Drayton's Brigade of Price's Division, which in turn became Tappan's Brigade upon that officer's reassignment to the Trans-Mississippi in January, 1864. Field consolidated with the 30th Arkansas in March, 1864. Then under the command of Lt. Col. Hardy, the regiment participated in the Red River Campaign withTappan's Brigade in northwestern Louisiana in March and early April of 1864, and was engaged at the battle of Pleasant Hill. They then slung their knapsacks and went back north into Arkansas in time to fight at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. The 33rd suffered a total of 8 killed and 18 wounded in this battle. Consolidated again with the 15th and 20th Arkansas Infantry on November 29, 1864, and the consolidated unit renamed as the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Consolidated. The regiment saw little additional combat during the rest of the war, and remained in service in southwestern Arkansas until surrendered with MG Kirby Smith's army on May 26, 1865.
Mustered as individual companies in June and July of 1862. Regiment organized under the command of Colonel Alfred W. Johnson in August, 1862. Engaged at Cane Hill on November 28, 1862, and at the battle of Prairie Grove on December 7-8, 1862. Retreated to Van Buren, Ark. following Prairie Grove. Reorganized again on December 16, 1862 by consolidating some of the original companies and with the addition of three more companies of Gipson's Mounted Rifles Battalion. Initially assigned to Fagan's Arkansas Brigade, Hindman's Division, Army of the Trans-Mississippi in January 1863. Participated in the attack on Helena on July 4, 1863, and in the Little Rock Campaign from August 1 to September 14, 1863. Engaged at the battle of Reed's Bridge (Bayou Meto) on August 27, and at Bayou Fourche just outside Little Rock on September 11, 1863. Reteated with Price's army into southwest Arkansas following the fall of Little Rock. Col. Hawthorn assumed command of the brigade in early 1864, and the regiment participated in the Red River Campaign during March and April of 1864, fighting at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Remained on duty in southwest Arkansas until the end of the War in May, 1865
Commanders: Colonel Alfred W. Johnson; Colonel Alexander T. Hawthorn, Colonel John B. Cocke. Field Officers: Lt. Col. Cadwallader Polk; Lt. Col. D.W. Ringo.
Also Known as: 6th Trans-Mississippi Infantry Regiment; 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment