5th Arkansas Infantry
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- June 28, 1861 - Organized in State Service for one year at Gainesville
- July 27, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate States Service
- April 1862-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 12, 1862 - Reorganized for 2 years' service at Tupelo, Mississippi
- October 8, 1862 -
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky - December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- June 24-25, 1863 - Liberty Gap
- June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- August 1863-April 9, 1865 - Field Consolidation with the 13th Arkansas Infantry
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia - September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- November 27, 1863 - Ringgold Gap
- January 1864 - Re-enlisted for the war
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- May 5-11, 1864 - Dalton
- 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-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 1864-April 9, 1865 - Additional Field Consolidation with the following units:
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- Early 1865 - The following units were detached from this Field Consolidation:
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with the following units:[2]
- 1st Arkansas Infantry
- 2nd Arkansas Infantry
- 6th Arkansas Infantry
- 7th Arkansas Infantry
- 8th Arkansas Infantry
- 13th Arkansas Infantry
- 15th Arkansas Infantry
- (Dawson's) 19th Arkansas Infantry
- 24th Arkansas Infantry
- 3rd Confederate States Infantry
- Consolidation re-designated as the 3rd Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)[3]
DESIGNATIONS
- Upper District of Arkansas (June-October 1861)
- Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (October 1861)
- Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Wood's Brigade (January-February 1862)
- Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Hindman's Brigade (February-March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Hindman's Brigade (March-July 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Buckner's Division / Hindman's/Liddell's Brigade (July-August 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Buckner's Division / Liddell's Brigade (August-November 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Buckner's/Cleburne's Division / Liddell's Brigade (November 1862-September 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Reserve Corps / Liddell's Division / Liddell's Brigade (September 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Cleburne's Division / Liddell's Brigade (October-November 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's/Brown's Division / Liddell's/Govan's Brigade (November 1863-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: David C. Cross (Colonel)
- T.W. Ellsberry (Major)
- Lucius Featherston (Colonel)
- Peter V. Green (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- E.A. Howell (Lieutenant Colonel)
- John E. Murray (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Riddick Pope (Major)
- Benjamin F. Sweeney (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
- ↑ Sifakis lists 14th Arkansas Infantry but there is no other mention of this unit in this entry
- ↑ This consolidation lists unit not listed on other pages (6th and 7th)
- ↑ No unit listed in Sifakis - supposed to be the 1st Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 79-80)
