26th Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 3rd (Trans-Mississippi) Arkansas Infantry

• July 23, 1862 - Organized by the increase of the (Morgan's) Arkansas Infantry Battalion to a regiment
• September 1, 1863 - Devil's Backbone
• September 10, 1863 - Little Rock
• March-May 1864 - The Red River Campaign
  • April 30, 1864 - Jenkin's Ferry
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• Trans-Mississippi Department / Hindman's Division / McRae's Brigade (January-February 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Price's Division / McRae's/Churchill's Brigade (April 1863-March 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Arkansas Division / Churchill's/Gause's Brigade (March-April 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Detachment from the District of Arkansas / Arkansas Division / Gause's Brigade (April 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Arkansas Division / Gause's Brigade (April-September 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / 2nd Corps / (Churchill's) 1st Arkansas Division / (Roane's) 1st Arkansas Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Asa S. Morgan (Colonel)
• Iverson L. Brooks (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Samuel Gibson (Major)
• James P. Stanley (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John C. Wright (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Fountain P. Yell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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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 75, 112-113, 125)