The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry (1865) was a Confederate Army infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 regiment

Regiment

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Organization

The remnants of ten depleted Arkansas regiments, along with one mostly-Arkansas regiment, in the Army of Tennessee were consolidated into a single regiment at Smithfield, North Carolina, on April 9, 1865. The new regiment was commanded by Col. Edward Alexander Howell, formerly of the 5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. The following list indicates how the former regiments were consolidated in to the new unit.

• Co. A--1st Arkansas Infantry
  1st Arkansas Infantry
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• Co. B-2nd Arkansas Infantry.
• Co. C--5th Arkansas Infantry
  5th Arkansas Infantry
  The 5th Arkansas Infantry, also called the Fighting Fifth was a Confederate Army infantry regiment organized in Arkansas to serve for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.-Organization:...
  
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• Co. D--6th
  6th Arkansas Infantry
  6th Arkansas Infantry was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. Organized mainly from Volunteer Companies raised in the southern half of Arkansas, the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate Service, and virtually the entire war serving in Confederate...
  
   and 7th Arkansas Infantry
  7th Arkansas Infantry
  The 7th Arkansas Infantry, nicknamed The Fighting 7th was a regiment of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.The 7th Arkansas Infantry was formed by newly appointed Confederate Colonel...
  
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• Co. E-- 8th Arkansas Infantry.
• Co. F--24th Arkansas Infantry.
• Co. G--13th Arkansas Infantry.
• Co. H--15th (Josey's) Arkansas Infantry.
• Co. I--19th (Dawsons's) Arkansas Infantry.
• Co. K--3rd Confederate Infantry.

These regiments were so depleted that many of them had been in various field consolidations prior to this reorganization, but this represented the official end of their existence..

Surrender

This regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865 and the men were paroled at Jamestown, North Carolina, on May 1, 1865.

External links

• Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
• The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
• The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas

See also

• List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• Confederate Units by State
• Arkansas in the American Civil War
  Arkansas in the American Civil War
  The state of Arkansas was a part of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, and provided a source of troops, supplies, and military and political leaders for the fledgling country. Arkansas had become the 25th state of the United States, on June 15, 1836, entering as a...
  
  
• Arkansas Militia in the Civil War
  Arkansas Militia in the Civil War
  The units of the Arkansas Militia in the Civil War included militia organizations to which the current Arkansas National Guard has a connection: the militia, Home Guard, and State Troop regiments raised by the State of Arkansas. Like most of the United States, Arkansas had an organized militia...