20th Arkansas Infantry
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- May 13, 1862 - Organized by the change of designation of the 22nd Arkansas Infantry
- May-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 1862 - Farmington
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- December 15, 1862 - Coffeeville
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- April 29, 1863 - Grand Gulf
- May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- May 17, 1863 - Big Black River Bridge
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Surrendered
- Paroled there later that month
- Declared exchanged late 1863
- March-May 1864 - Camden Expedition
- April 20, 1864 - Mounted at some point prior to this date
- April 25, 1864 - Marks' Mill
- November 29, 1864 - Consolidated with the following units:[1]
- (Dawson's/Hardy's) Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)
- (Gee's/Johnson's) 15th Arkansas Infantry
- Consolidation re-designated as the 3rd (Trans-Mississippi) Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / Army of the West / Jones'/Maury's Division / Rust's/Dockery's Brigade (April-September 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Cabell's Brigade (September-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / 2nd 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-January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Corps / Green's Brigade (January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Forney's/Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade (April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Fagan's Cavalry Division / Dockery's Brigade (April 1864)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Henry P. Johnson (Colonel)
- James H. Fletcher (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William S. Haven (Major)
- Daniel W. Jones (Major, Colonel)
- W.R. Kelley (Lieutenant Colonel)
- J.W. Long (Major)
- H.G. Robertson (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
- ↑ There is some evidence that this consolidation had occurred prior to September 30, 1864
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 105-106, 123)
