(Dawson's) 19th Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• November 21, 1861 - Organized and mustered into Confederate States Service for 12 months at Nashville, Arkansas
• March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
• August 13, 1862 - Reorganized
• January 4-11, 1863 - Arkansas Post
  • January 11, 1863 - Much of the regiment surrendered
  • Early 1863 - Portion not captured re-designated (Dawson's/Hardy's) Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated) and consolidated with parts of the following units:
    • (Crawford's) Arkansas Infantry Battalion
    • 24th Arkansas Infantry
  • Late 1863 - Balance of regiment paroled and declared exchanged
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 15, 1863-April 9, 1865 - Field Consolidation with the 8th Arkansas Infantry
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• November 27, 1863 - Ringgold Gap
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 5-11, 1864 - Dalton
  • May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • May 27, 1864 - Pickett's Mill
  • June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
  • August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with the following units:
  • 1st Arkansas Infantry
  • 2nd Arkansas Infantry
  • 5th Arkansas Infantry
  • 6th Arkansas Infantry
  • 7th Arkansas Infantry
  • 8th Arkansas Infantry
  • 13th Arkansas Infantry
  • 15th Arkansas Infantry
  • 24th Arkansas Infantry
  • 3rd Confederate States Infantry
  • Consolidation re-designated as the 1st Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Unattached (March-May 1862)
• Department of the Indian Territory (May-June 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Churchill's Brigade / Dunnington's Brigade (August 1862-January 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Cleburne's Division / Liddell's Brigade (November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's/Brown's Division / Liddell's/Govan's Brigade (November 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles L. Dawson (Colonel)
• James Anderson (Major)
• David H. Hamiter (Major)
• Augustus S. Hutchison (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John G. McKean (Major)
• P.R. Smith (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 103-104, 123)