4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• November 30, 1861 - Organized with 5 companies
• ? - Company H became 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery / Battery H
• April 6-7, 1862 - Island #10
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• August 29-30, 1862 - Richmond, Kentucky
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• Summer 1863-1864 - Field Consolidation with the following regiments:
  • 4th Arkansas Infantry
  • 31st Arkansas Infantry
• 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
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • 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
• 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 - Apparently consolidated with the following regiments:
  • 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles
  • 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles
  • 4th Arkansas Infantry
  • 9th Arkansas Infantry
  • 25th Arkansas Infantry
  • Unit re-designated the 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated)

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / Stewart's Brigade (January-February 1862)
• Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / McCown's Command / Stewart's Brigade (February-April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the West / McCown's Division / Churchill's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Department of East Tennessee / McCown's Division / McNair's Brigade (July-August 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of Kentucky / McCown's Division / McNair's Brigade (August-October 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / Smith's Corps / McCown's Division / McNair's Brigade (November 1862-March 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Stewart'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-August 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: Francis A. Terry (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John McKay (Major)
• Jesse A. Ross (Major)

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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. (Page 75-77)