6th Arkansas Infantry
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- June 1861 - Organized at Little Rock, Arkansas
- June 7, 1861 - Mustered into Arkansas State Service
- July 26, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate States Service
- December 17, 1861 - Woodsonville, Kentucky
- April 6-7, 1862 -
Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
- April 1862-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- June 5, 1862 - Reorganized
- June 16, 1862-September ?, 1862 - Portion of the 12th Arkansas Infantry not captured at Island #10 served as (II) Company D and (II) Company F until regiment re-constituted
- October 8, 1862 -
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
- December 22, 1862-April 9, 1862 - Field consolidation with the 7th Arkansas Infantry
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- June 24-25, 1863 - Liberty Gap
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- November 27, 1863 - Ringgold Gap
- 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 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with the following units:
DESIGNATIONS
- Upper District of Arkansas (June-October 1861)
- Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Hindman's Brigade (October 1861-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: Richard Lyon (Colonel)
- F.J. Cameron (Major)
- William F. Douglas (Major)
- J.B. Gordan (Major)
- Alexander T. Hawthorne (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Dawson L. Kilgore (Major)
- Gordon N. Peay (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Samuel G. Smith (Major, Colonel)
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Notes
Sources
- Collier, Calvin L., In-Last Out: The Capitol Guards, Arkansas Brigade
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 81-82)