1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 9-15, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service by companies
• June 16, 1861 - Organized
• July 5, 1861 - Neosho, Missouri
• August 10, 1861 - Wilson's Creek
• March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
• April 1862 - Dismounted
• May 1, 1862 - Re-organized
• August 29-30, 1862 - Richmond, Kentucky
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesborough
• July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8, 1864 - Dug Gap
  • May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
  • July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
  • July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
    • August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
    • September 2-5, 1864 - Lovejoy's Station
• October 4, 1864 - Moon's Station
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• December 26, 1864 - Sugar Creek
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
  • April 9, 1865 - Regiment consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina and re-designated the 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated) with the following units:
  • 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles
  • 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion
  • 4th Arkansas Infantry
  • 9th Arkansas Infantry
  • 25th Arkansas Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• McCulloch's Brigade (August 1861)
• Indian Territory (September-October 1861)
• Department #2 / McCulloch's Division (October-December 1861)
• Department #2 / McCulloch's Division / McIntosh's Brigade (December 1861-January 1862)
• Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / McCulloch's Division / McIntosh's Brigade (January-March 1862)
• Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Price's Division / Churchill's Cavalry Brigade (March-April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the West / McCown's Division / Churchill's Brigade (April-July 1862)
• Department of East Tennessee / McCown's Division / McNair's Brigade (July-December 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / E.K. Smith's Corps / McCown's Division / McNair's Brigade (December 1862-March 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / McCown's Division / McNair's Brigade (March-April 1863)
• Department of the West / Walker's Division / McNair's Brigade (June 1863)
• Department of the West / French's Division / McNair's Brigade (June-July 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / French's Division / McNair's Brigade (July-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Johnson's Provisional Division / McNair's Brigade (September 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / French's Division / McNair's Brigade (September 1863-January 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / McNair's Brigade (January-February 1864)
• Department of the Gulf / McNair's/D.H. Reynolds' Brigade (February-April 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / D.H. Reynolds' Brigade (April-May 1864)
• Army of Mississippi / Cantey's/Walthall's Division / D.H. Reynolds' Brigade (May-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / Walthall's Division / D.H. Reynolds' Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Thomas J. Churchill (Colonel)
• William P. Campbell (Major)
• Morton G. Galloway (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert W. Harper (Major, Colonel)
• George S. Laswell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles H. Matlock (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Leander M. Ramsaur (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Daniel H. Reynolds (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• George W. Wells (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Dacus, Robert H. [of Company H, First Arkansas Mounted Rifles]
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 46-48)