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21st Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)
Arkansas state flag
Active1862 to 1865
CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceCSA Dixie
BranchInfantry

The 21st Arkansas Infantry (1862-1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.

Organization

21st Infantry Regiment was organized in 1861-1862 by consolidating four companies of J. S. McCarver's 14th and six companies of G. W. Lomoyne's 17th Arkansas Battalions. Colonels Jordan E. Cravens and William G. Matheny, and Majors W. M. Dowdle and Harrison Moore were in command.[1]

The unit was composed of the following companies:

Company A, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company B, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company C, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company D, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company E, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company F, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company G, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company H, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company I, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .
Company K, Commanded by Captain , organized in , Arkansas on .

Battles

On May 15, 1862, McCarver's 14th and Lemoyne's 17th Arkansas Regiments, (or 17th and 18th Arkansas Battalions), were consolidated to form the 21st (McCarver's) Arkansas Regiment. This increased the confusion because the 21st Arkansas had already been assigned to the regiment of Dandridge McRae. To avoid confusion between two 21st Arkansas Regiments, McRae's regiment was later redesignated as the 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment (making a total of three 15th Arkansas Regiments). Confusion solved![2]

As the 21st Arkansas Regiment, under Col. Jordan E. Cravens, this regiment fought in the following engagements:[3]

Battle of Corinth, Battle of Grand Gulf, Battle of Port Gibson, Battle of Champion's Hill, Battle of Big Black River Bridge, and finally ended up at the Siege of Vickburg,

The regiment reported 27 killed, 41 wounded, and 58 missing following the battles of Battles of Corinth and Hatchie Bridge. It was then assigned to General M. E. Green's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The 21st sustained 37 casualties at Port Gibson and was captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. [4]


The 21st Arkansas was consolidated with the 15th Northwest Arkansas, 16th Arkansas, and Powers' 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiments to form the 1st Consolidated Arkansas Infantry, and was stationed at Marshall, Texas, when the war ended. [5] The consolidated regiment was assigned along with the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment and to the 2nd (McNair’s) Arkansas Brigade, 1st (Churchill’s) Arkansas Division, 2nd Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department, from September 1864 to May 1865.[6]

Surrender

The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment was surrendered with the Department of the Trans-Mississippi by Major General Kirby Smith on May 26th, 1865.[7]

References

  1. ^ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 21st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 July 2011
  2. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "14th Arkansas Regiment, No. 2", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 9 February 2007, 8:28 pm, Accessed 30 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14712
  3. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "14th Arkansas Regiment, No. 2", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 9 February 2007, 8:28 pm, Accessed 30 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14712
  4. ^ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 21st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 July 2011
  5. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "19th Arkansas Regiment, No. 2", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 26 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14811
  6. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "1st, 2nd & 3rd Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiments", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 26 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=24472
  7. ^ Howerton, Bryan, "14th Arkansas Regiment, No. 2", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 9 February 2007, 8:28 pm, Accessed 30 July 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=14712

See also

Category:Arkansas Civil War regiments Arkansas Category:Military units and formations in Arkansas Category:Military in Arkansas

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