8th Arkansas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 13, 1861 - Organized at Jacksonport, Arkansas
• September 10, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate States Service for 12 months
• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
• April 1862-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• May 7, 1862 - Reduced to 5 companies and reorganized by the assignment of the:
  • 7th Arkansas Infantry Battalion
  • 9th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (Companies (II) F/G)
• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
  • June 24-26, 1863 - Liberty Gap (not engaged)
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 15, 1863-April 9, 1865 - Field consolidation with the (Dawson's) 19th Arkansas Infantry
• 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
  • May 27, 1864 - Pickett's Mill
  • 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:
  • 1st Arkansas Infantry
  • 2nd Arkansas Infantry
  • 5th Arkansas Infantry
  • 6th Arkansas Infantry
  • 7th 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 1st Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated)

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Shaver's/Wood's Brigade (October 1861-February 1862)
• Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Pillow's Division / Hindman's Brigade (February-March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Wood's Brigade (March-May 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Liddell's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Buckner's Division / 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: William K. Patterson (Colonel)
• George F. Baucum (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• H.M. Couch (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John H. Kelly (Colonel)
• John A. Price (Major)
• Anderson Watkins (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• James H. Wilson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• W.P. Witt (Major)

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 85-86)