The 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (1862–1865) was a
Confederate Army infantry
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regiment
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during the
American Civil War
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[Howerton, Bryan, "8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 15 September 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/8bathis.html]
Organization
The unit was initially composed of volunteer companies from the following counties:
*Company A—"Clark Rifles," from Clark county, Capt. Newton S. Love.
*Company B—"Chicot Rebels," from Chicot county, Capt. James D. Imboden.
*Company C—"Peyton Rifles," from Pulaski county, Capt. James J. Franklin. This company was originally organized on April 20, 1860, as a volunteer company in the 13th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia, under the command of Captain Daniel W. Ringo. The company was assigned to Borland's Arkansas Militia Battalion and participated in the seizure of the Fort Smith Arsenal in April 1861, before the state seceded.
[Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, The Peyton Rifles, Accessed February 4, 2011, ] The company was enrolled in Confederate service at Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 15, 1862, under the command of Captain J. J. Franklin of Little Rock. Captain Franklin was elected major at the regimental organization and subsequently lieutenant colonel. He was succeeded by Captain L. L. Noles, who was eventually promoted to major, and was succeeded by
First Lieutenant
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John O'Brien. This company was eventually transferred to the
25th Arkansas.
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*Company D—"Black River Rifles," from Lawrence county, Capt. Robert C. Jones.
*Company E—"Greene County Roughs," from Greene county, Capt. Guy S. Murray.
*Company F—"Wood's Rifles," from Craighead county, Capt. Joel G. Wood.
*Company G—"Ashley Light Infantry," from Ashley county, Capt. Micajah R. Wilson.
*Company H—"Lawrence Dead-Shots," from Lawrence county, Capt. Joseph C. Holmes.
With the loss of the Peyton Rifles the companies were re-lettered as follows:]
Battles
During the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, September - October 1862, the 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion was assigned to Brigadier General William L. Cabell's brigade of Brigadier General Dabney H. Maury
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E ...
's Division of Major General Sterling Price
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's 1st Corps the Confederate ( Army of the West).
: Battle of Farmington, May 9, 1862.
:Battle of Iuka
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, September 19, 1862
:Siege of Corinth
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, April to June 1862.
: Battle of Corinth, October 3–4, 1862
:Siege of Port Hudson
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, May to July, 1863[Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas, Facts on File, Inc., 1992, , page 84.]
Surrender
The portion of the 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion that became consolidated with 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
The 12th Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. The regiment spent much of its service defending Confederate strong points along the Mississippi River. The unit participated in the d ...
, 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
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and the 12th Arkansas Infantry Battalion to form the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment which was surrendered along with the rest of the Department of the Trans Mississippi by General Kirby Smith on May 26, 1865, at Marshall, Texas. Other former members appear on parole lists of the unit surrendered at Wittsburg and Jacksonport, Arkansas, in May and June 1865.
See also
*List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
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*Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
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* Confederate Units by State
*Arkansas in the American Civil War
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*Arkansas Militia in the Civil War
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References
External links
Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home PageThe Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110718122909/http://arkansascivilwar.com/ The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas*
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