1st Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 1861 - Organized at Little Rock, Arkansas
• May 9-21, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service for 12 months by company at Lynchburg, Virginia
• July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (1)
• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• October 12, 1861 - Fagan Rifles assigned as an unlettered company
  • Later became 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion / Company C
• Spring 1862 - Reorganized for the war
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• Spring 1864-Early 1865 - Field Consolidation with the 15th Arkansas Infantry
  • May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
    • 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 1864-March 1865 - Additional Field Consolidation with the:
    • 2nd Arkansas Infantry
    • 5th Arkansas Infantry
    • 13th Arkansas Infantry
    • 24th Arkansas Infantry
    • 3rd Confederate States Infantry
  • December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
  • Early 1865 - 15th Arkansas Infantry, 24th Arkansas Infantry, and 3rd Confederate States Infantry detached from this Field Consolidation
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
  • April 9, 1865 - Unit re-designated as the 1st Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated) and consolidated with the following units:
    • 2nd Arkansas Infantry
    • 5th Arkansas Infantry
    • 8th Arkansas Infantry
    • 13th Arkansas Infantry
    • 15th Arkansas Infantry
    • (Dawson's) 19th Arkansas Infantry
    • 24th Arkansas Infantry
    • 3rd Confederate States Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• Upper District of Fredericksburg (July-September 1861)
• Upper District of Fredericksburg / Walker's Brigade (September-October 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Aquia District / Walker's Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
• Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Gibson's Brigade (March-April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Moore's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Anderson's Division / L.M. Walker's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Jones' Division / L.M. Walker's Brigade (July-August 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Anderson's Division / Powel's Brigade (August-November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Anderson's Division / Powel's Brigade (November-December 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Polk's Brigade (December 1862-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Govan's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: James F. Fagan (Colonel)
• John W. Colquitt (Major, Colonel)
• William A. Crawford (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Atkinson Little (Major)
• William H. Martin (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Donelson McGregor (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James C. Monroe (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John B. Thompson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Bevens, W.E., of a Private, Company G, First Arkansas Regiment Infantry
• Hammock, John C., Honor Untarnished, the Story of the First Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 67-69)