21st Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

May 14, 1862 - Organized by consolidation of (McCarver's) 14th Arkansas Infantry and (Lemoyne's) 17th Arkansas Infantry
May-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
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 later that month
  - September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
January 1864 - Consolidated with the following units:
- (Mitchell's/Powers') 14th Arkansas Infantry
- (Hobb's/Boone's) 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry
- 16th Arkansas Infantry
- Consolidation re-designated as the 1st (Trans-Mississippi) Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)

DESIGNATIONS

Department #2 / Army of the West / Jones' Division / Rust's Brigade (May 1862)
Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Dockery's/Cabell's Brigade (June-September 1862)
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of the West / 1st Corps / Maury's Division / Cabell's Brigade (September-October 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 / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Division / Green's Brigade (January 1863)
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Price's/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)

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Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 106-107)