(Rector's/Griffith's) 17th Arkansas Infantry
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- November 17, 1861 - Organized
- Early 1862 - Portions of Companies A/B/C/G left west of the Mississippi River became part of the 35th Arkansas Infantry
- March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- April 16, 1862 - Reorganized at Tupelo, Mississippi
- September 19, 1862 - Iuka
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- January 1863 - Field Consolidation with the following units:
- January 1863 - Consolidated with the 11th Arkansas Infantry and re-designated as the 11th and 17th Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)
DESIGNATIONS[1]
- Department #2 / McCulloch's Division (December 1861)
- Department #2 / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1861-January 1862)
- Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (January-March 1862)
- Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Price's Division / Little's Brigade (March-April 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's/Little's Division / Hébert's Brigade (April-September 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / 1st Corps / Little's Division / Hébert's Brigade (September-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / 1st Corps / Bowen's Division / Hébert's Brigade (October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / 1st Corps / Bowen's Division / Craven's Brigade (October-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Bowen's Division / Craven's Brigade (December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Beale's Brigade (January-July 1863)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Frank A. Rector (Colonel)
- Josephus Dotson (Lieutenant Colonel)
- John Griffith (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Benjamin J. Jett (Major)
- Walter H. Matheson (Major)
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Notes
- ↑ Note: 1st Corps is added to several entries here, but does not occur on other unit pages
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 101-102)
