15th Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• July 23, 1861 - Organized by the change of designation of the 1st Arkansas Infantry (State Troops) to (Cleburne's) 1st Arkansas Infantry
• December 31, 1861 - Designation changed to the 15th Arkansas Infantry by the War Department
• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• 1863 - Field Consolidation with the 13th Arkansas Infantry
• Summer 1863-Early 1864 - Field Consolidation with the 2nd Arkansas Infantry
• June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
  • June 24-26, 1863 - Liberty Gap (not engaged)
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 16, 1863-Early 1864 - Additional Field Consolidation with the 24th Arkansas Infantry
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• Early 1864-Early 1865 - Field consolidation with the 1st Arkansas Infantry
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 5-11, 1864 - Dalton
  • May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • 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
• Early 1865 - Additional field consolidation with the following units:
  • 2nd Arkansas Infantry
  • 5th Arkansas Infantry
  • 13th Arkansas Infantry
  • 24th Arkansas Infantry
  • 3rd Confederate States Infantry
• Early 1865 - New Field Consolidation with the following units:
  • 24th Arkansas Infantry
  • 3rd Confederate States Infantry
• 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
  • (Dawson's) 19th Arkansas Infantry
  • 24th Arkansas Infantry
  • 3rd Confederate States Infantry
  • Consolidation re-designated as the 1st Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)

DESIGNATIONS

• Upper District of Arkansas (July-September 1861)
• Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (October 1861-March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Cleburne's Brigade (March-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Buckner's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (July-August 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Buckner's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (August-November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Buckner's/Cleburne's Division / Cleburne's/Polk's Brigade (November 1862-January 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Cleburne's Division / Liddell's Brigade (July-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Liddell's Division / Liddell's Brigade (September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Cleburne's Division / Liddell's Brigade (September-November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Liddell's Brigade (November 1863-January 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Polk's Brigade (April-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Govan's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Patrick E. Cleburne (Colonel)
• Samuel S. Black (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles H. Carlton (Major)
• James T. Harris (Major)
• John E. Josey (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Archibald K. Patton (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Lucius E. Polk (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 69, 70, 96-98)