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2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Confederate)
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Active1861 to 1865
CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceCSA Dixie
BranchInfantry

The 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (1861-1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.

Organization

The 2nd Arkansas Mounted Riflemen was organized in the summer of 1861, with James McIntosh, colonel; Ben T. Embry, lieutenant-colonel;—Brown, major; W. D. DeBerry, surgeon; W. A. C. Sayle, assistant surgeon. The captains were Gibson, Parker, King, Arrington, Harris Flanagin, Witherspoon, Brown and Gamble. General McIntosh was killed at the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, or Pea Ridge. The regiment was ordered to Mississippi and was reorganized at Corinth, when Capt. Harris Flanagin was elected colonel; Maj. J. A. Williamson, lieutenant-colonel; Capt. James P. Eagle, major. Colonel Flanagin being elected governor of the State, Williamson became colonel and Eagle, lieutenant-colonel. Colonel Williamson lost a leg at the battle of Resaca, May, 1864, and J. T. Smith, appointed colonel, was killed in battle July 28th, James P. Eagle then succeeding him as colonel of the regiment.

The unit was enrolled in State service on __________ at ________. The unit was inducted into Confederate Service on ______ at ________. The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the follwing counties:[1]

Company A, the "Booneville Rifles", Commanded by Captain , organized in Scott County, Arkansas on .
Company B, the "Galla Rangers", Commanded by Captain , organized in Pope County , Arkansas on .
Company C, Commanded by Captain , organized in Prairie County, Arkansas on .
Company D, Commanded by Captain , organized in Benton County, Arkansas on .
Company E, Commanded by Captain , organized in Clark County, Arkansas on .
Company F, Commanded by Captain , organized in Clark County, Arkansas on .
Company G, The "Sevier Rifles", Commanded by Captain , organized in Sevier County, Arkansas on .
Company H, the "Hempstead Cavalry", Commanded by Captain , organized in Hempstead County, Arkansas on .
Company I, Commanded by Captain , organized in Scott County, Arkansas on .
Company K, Commanded by Captain , organized in Madison County, Arkansas on .

Battles

Colonel McIntosh was educated at the United States military academy. He was impetuous to a degree that scorned all caution. Being ordered by General McCulloch into the Indian Territory against the Creek chief, Hopoeithleyohola, he dispersed the Indian Federal organization. It is said his regiment was deployed in groups of two for five miles, when he at its head began the attack upon the Indian camp. He was speedily promoted to brigadier-general, and Embry became colonel. The regiment took part in the battles of Oak Hills and Elkhorn, and in the Kentucky campaign under E. Kirby Smith. Among its battles were Richmond, Ky., Murfreesboro, Jackson, Miss., Chickamauga, Resaca, Atlanta, Ezra Church, Lovejoy's Station, Jonesboro, Moore's Station, Franklin, Tenn., Nashville, Sugar Creek, and Bentonville, N. C.

They would go on to take part in the following battles:[2]

[3]

Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August 10, 1861
Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 6–8, 1862.
Siege of Corinth, April to June 1862.
Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 29-30 1862.
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862.
Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 to January 3, 1863.
Tullahoma Campaign, June 24 - July 3, 1863.
Battle of Liberty Gap, Tennessee, June 24-26, 1863.
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19-20, 1863.
Siege of Chattanooga, September to November 1863.
Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863.
Battle of Ringgold Gap, Georgia, November 27, 1863.
Atlanta Campaign, May to September 1864.
Battle of Dalton, Georgia, May 5-11, 1864.
Battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 14-15, 1864.
Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia, May 25 - June 4, 1864.
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864.
Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia, July 20, 1864.
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864.
Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, August 31 to September 1, 1864.
Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee, November 29, 1864.
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864.
Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15-16, 1864.
Carolinas Campaign, February to April 1865.
Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19-21, 1865.

Consolidation and Surrender

On April 9, 1865, the depleted Arkansas regiments of D. H. Reynolds' Brigade, Walthall's Division, Confederate Army of Tennessee, were consolidated into a single regiment the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles, at Smithfield, North Carolina. The companies of the consolidated regiment were consolidated from the following Arkansas regiments:[4]

Company A—1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Company B—1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Company C—2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Company D—2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
Company E—4th Arkansas Infantry.
Company F—4th Arkansas Infantry.
Company G—31st Arkansas Infantry.
Company H—9th Arkansas Infantry.
Company I—9th Arkansas Infantry.
Company K—25th Arkansas Infantry.

The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles was paroled on May 1, 1865, at Jamestown, North Carolina.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "2D ARKANSAS MOUNTED RIFLES", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2ndmtf&s.html
  2. ^ Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas, Facts on File, Inc., 1992, ISBN 0-8160-2288-7, page 118.
  3. ^ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 January 2011
  4. ^ Bryan Howerton, "1st Consolidated Mounted Rifles", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 5 January 2009, 8:58 am" Accessed 6 August 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=19347
  5. ^ Bryan Howerton, "1st Consolidated Mounted Rifles", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted, 5 January 2009, 8:58 am" Accessed 6 August 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=19347

Bibliography

Allen, Desmond Walls. First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles. Conway, AR: D. W. Allen, 1988.

Christ, Mark K., ed. Getting Used to Being Shot At: The Spence Family Civil War Letters. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2002.

“Field Officers and Staff, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, Confederate States of America.” Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Homepage. http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2ndmtf&s.html (accessed October 21, 2008).

Leeper, Wesley Thurman. Rebels Valiant: Second Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Dismounted). Little Rock, AR: Pioneer Press, 1964.

Piston, William Garrett. “‘When the Arks. Boys goes by they take the rags off the bush’: Arkansans in the Wilson’s Creek Campaign of 1861.” In The Die is Cast: Arkansas Goes to War, 1861, edited by Mark K. Christ. Little Rock: Butler Center Books, 2010.

See also

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

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