23rd Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• April 25, 1862 - Organized by consolidation of the following units:
  • (Adams') Arkansas Infantry Battalion
  • (Hughes') Arkansas Infantry Battalion
  • (Adair's) Arkansas Infantry Company
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• May 27, 1862 - Companies reorganized
• September 10, 1862 - Regiment reorganized
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• Early 1863 - Field consolidation with the:
• (Mitchell's/Powers') 14th Arkansas Infantry
• (Carroll's/Daly's/Crockett's) 18th Arkansas Infantry
• May-July 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson
  • July 8, 1863 - Surrendered
  • Paroled later that month
• Mid-1864 - Unit mounted
• September-October 1864 - Price's Missouri Raid
• May 11, 1865 - Surrendered by Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas and West Louisiana / Northern Sub-District of Arkansas

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Army of the West / Jones'/Maury's Division / Maury's/Moore's Brigade (April-September 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade (September-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 / Beall's Brigade (January-July 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Fagan's Cavalry Division / Unattached (August-September 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / Army of Missouri / Fagan's Cavalry Division / Unattached (September-December 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Army of the Northern Sub-District of Arkansas (April 1865)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas and West Louisiana / Army of the Northern Sub-District of Arkansas (April-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles W. Adams (Colonel)
• Erastus L. Black (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Simon P. Hughes (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Oliver P. Lyles (Colonel)
• A.A. Pennington (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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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 109, 122, 124)