(Gee's/Johnson's) 15th Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• January 2, 1862 - Organized at Camden, Arkansas
• February 6, 1862 - Fort Henry
• February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
  • February 16, 1862 - Surrendered
  • Fall 1862 - Declared exchanged
• October 16, 1862 - Reorganized at Jackson, Mississippi
• February 1863-July 1863 - Field Consolidation with the 16th Arkansas Infantry
• May-July 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson
  • July 8, 1863 - Surrendered
  • Paroled later this month
  • Fall 1863 - Declared exchanged then reorganized
• November 1863 - Field Consolidation with the 19th Arkansas Infantry
• November 29, 1864 - Consolidated with the following units:
  • (Dawson's/Hardy's) Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)
  • 20th Arkansas Infantry
  • Consolidation re-designated as the 3rd (Trans-Mississippi) Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Fort Henry (January-February 1862)
• Department #2 / Fort Henry / Drake's Brigade (February 1862)
• Department #2 / Fort Donelson / Johnson's Division / Drake's Brigade (February 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District (November 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Beall's Brigade (January-July 1863)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: James M. Gee (Colonel)
• Benjamin W. Johnson (Colonel)
• P. Lynch Lee (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Willim E. Stewart (Major)
• John C. Wright (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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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 98-99, 123)