16th Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• October-November 1861 - Individual companies mustered into Confederate States Service
• December 4, 1861 - Unit organized in Benton County, Arkansas
• May 8, 1862 - Reorganized at Corinth, Mississippi
• March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• Winter 1862-1863 - Field consolidation with the following units:
  • (Mitchell's/Powers') 14th Arkansas Infantry
  • 17th Arkansas Infantry
  • 18th Arkansas Infantry
  • 23rd Arkansas Infantry
• Spring 1863 - Field consolidation with (Gee's/Johnson's) 15th Arkansas Infantry
• May-July 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson
  • July 8, 1863 - Surrendered at Port Hudson, Louisiana
  • Paroled later that month
• September 30, 1864 - Consolidated into 2 companies prior to this date
• January 1864 - Consolidated with the following units:
  • (Mitchell's/Powers') 14th Arkansas Infantry
  • (Hobb's/Boone's) 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry
  • 21st Arkansas Infantry
  • Consolidation re-designated as the 1st (Trans-Mississippi) Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / McCulloch's Division (October-December 1861)
• Department #2 / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1861-February 1862)
• Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (January-March 1862)
• Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Price's Division / Hébert'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 / Little's/Hébert's Division / Hébert's Brigade (September-October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Hébert's Brigade (October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's 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: John F. Hill (Colonel)
• Samuel Farmer (Major)
• William T. Neal (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James M. Pittman (Major)
• Benjamin T. Pixlee (Lieutenant Colonel)
• David Provence (Colonel)
• L.N.C. Swagerty (Major)

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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, 100-101)