2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment

The regiment was organized at Helena, Arkansas, in the spring of 1861 at the expense of Thomas Carmichael Hindman, who had only recently resigned from the United States Congress with Arkansas's secession and the formation of the Confederate States of America. By June 1, 1861, Hindman had raised ten companies from eastern and central Arkansas which would eventually become known as the 2nd Arkansas Infantry.{{cite book | last=Moodey | first=John Sheldon |author2=George Breckenridge Davis |author3=Leslie J. Perry |author4=Joseph William Kirkley |author5=Henry Martyn Lazelle |author6=Robert Nicholson Scott |author7=Fred Crayton Ainsworth| title=The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies| url=https://archive.org/details/warrebellion04unkngoog | publisher= United States Government Printing Office| location=Washington, D.C. | year = 1881| pages=1st series, Vol. 3, p588–590}} The regiment was composed primarily of men from the following counties:

• Company A – of Phillips County commanded by Captain T.C. Anderson:,Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY A", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoa.html
• Company B – of Phillips County, commanded by Captain John Kane.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY B", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcob.html
• Company C (old) – of Phillips County.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY C (OLD)", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoc_old.html
• Company C – of Phillips County commanded by Captain John J. Foreman.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY C", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoc.html
• Company C (new) – of Phillips County.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY C(new)", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoc_new.html
• Company D – of Phillips County, commanded by James E. Richards.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY D", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcod.html
• Company E – of Phillips County.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY E", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoe.html
• Company E (old) – of Phillips County, commanded by Barton Y. Truner.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY E(old)", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoe_old.html
• Company E (new) – of Transfers from 11th Arkansas Infantry.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY E(new)", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoe_new.html
• Company F – of Phillips County, originally commanded by Daniel C. Govan,Col. John M. Harrell, "Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States", Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas Clement Anselm Evans, Ed., Page 309, Accessed 21 July 2011, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0254%3Achapter%3D11%3Apage%3D292 later commanded by Captain Richard S. Boyd.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY F", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcof.html
• Company G – of Bradley County, commanded by Captain William D. Mackey.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY G", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcog.html
• Company H – the "Southern Guards", of Jefferson County, commanded by Captain Joseph W. Bocage.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY H", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoh.htmlArkansas Military Department Records, Spanish American War, List of Commissioned Officers of the Militia 1827–1862, Arkansas History Commission, Microfilm Roll 38-8 This company was originally organized on December 18, 1860, as a volunteer company in the 24th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia.
• Company I – of Bradley County, commanded by W.J. McKinney.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY I", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcoi.html
• Company K – of Saline County, commanded by Captain M.D Brown.Howerton, Bryan R. "2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY K", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinfcok.html

Colonel Hindman asked the state to provide muskets, clothing and ten days rations so his men could "fight for our country."Arkansas State Gazette, June 1, 1861. Hindman also asked to be ordered to march to Virginia. His requests were not complied with, so he stopped steamers loaded with sugar for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, and sold their cargo. He then purchased all the arms available and took his command to Memphis. Other organizations joined him: Lieutenant Colonel John S. Marmaduke's battalion of eight companies, which would eventually become 3rd Confederate Infantry; 6th (Phifer's) Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, under Major Charles W. Phifer, and Captain Swett's Mississippi battery of four guns. This combined force, known temporarily as "Hindman's Legion", was ultimately ordered to assemble with the other Arkansas troops assembling at Pocahontas, where they were mustered into Confederate service by companies between May 26 and June 26, 1861, and assigned to Hardee's Division.Howerton, Bryan R. "THE HISTORY OF THE 2D ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 5 November 2011, {{cite web|url=http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinf__hist.html |title=Civil War 2dinf hist.html |access-date=2011-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729123400/http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2dinf__hist.html |archive-date=2009-07-29 }}

The regiment was commanded by Colonels Thomas C. Hindman, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Bocage, Colonel Daniel C. Govan, Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Scaife, and E. Warfield; Lieutenant Colonels Jos. W. Bocage, E. G. Brasher, R. F. Harvey, and Charles Patterson; and Major A. T. Meek.File:Hindman, Thomas Carmichael, 1828-1868-full.jpgFile:D C Govan CSA ACW.jpg, he would eventually command a brigade under General Patrick Cleburne, Army of Tennessee]] Two of the regiment's officers, Thomas C. Hindman and Daniel C. Govan,Wright, Marcus J., General Officers of the Confederate Army, J. M. Carroll & Co., 1983, {{ISBN|0-8488-0009-5}}., Page 117 were promoted to general. Hindman would later be wounded in action{{cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1672|title=Thomas Carmichael Hindman (1828–1868)|access-date=2007-05-31|last=Moneyhon|first=Carl H|publisher=The Central Arkansas Library System}} and receive a promotion to major general, ending the war as Arkansas' highest-ranking officer.Little Rock Arkansas State Gazette, September 29, 1868.

The unit moved from Pittman's Ferry in northeast Arkansas to Kentucky. In October 1861, General Albert Sidney Johnston assumed command of Army of Central Kentucky, and Brigadier General Hardee was promoted to major general and given command of a division, which included the 2nd Arkansas.Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas

Clement Anselm Evans, Ed., page Colonel Hindman was reassigned to brigade command.United States. War Dept. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 7., Book, 1882; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154610/m1/858/?q=Army of Mississippi : accessed June 27, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas. When Hindman was promoted to brigadier general on September 28, 1861, and the command of the regiment fell to Lieutenant Colonel Bocage.United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 4., book, 1893; Washington D.C.. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154607/m1/497/?q=second%20arkansas%20infantry: accessed October 27, 2016), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department. Lieutenant Colonel Bocage resigned on November 23, 1861. The unit was involved in an engaged at Rowlett's Station, Kentucky, on December 17, 1861.{{cite book|url=http://maxkade.iupui.edu/peake/|title=Indiana's German Sons: A History of the 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Baptism of Fire: Rowlett's Station, 1861|last=Peake|first=Michael A.|date=1999|publisher=Max Kade German-American Center, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Indiana German Heritage Society, Inc.|isbn=1880788136|volume=13|location=Indianapolis|page=11|access-date=2015-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104444/http://maxkade.iupui.edu/peake/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}

After the losses of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in February 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston withdrew his forces into western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and Alabama to reorganize. On March 29, 1862, the Army of Central Kentucky was merged into the Army of Mississippi in preparation for the Battle of Shiloh.Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: McKay, 1959; revised 1988. {{ISBN|0-8129-1726-X}}, Page 445.

Assigned to Hindman's (later Liddell's) brigade, Army of Mississippi in March, 1862 where it participated in the Battle of Shiloh on April 6–7, 1862 and in the Corinth Campaign from April through June of that year. As a result of losses in the Battle of Shiloh, Companies C and E were disbanded and consolidated with other companies. A new Company C was recruited from Marianna, Arkansas and a new Company E was formed from members of the 11th Arkansas Infantry Regiment who had escaped capture at the fall of Island Number Ten.

In early May 1862 the Confederate forces underwent an army-wide reorganization due to the passage of the Conscription Act by the Confederate Congress in April 1862.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-tGAQAAIAAJ&dq=Confederate+conscription+law+reorganization+regiment&pg=PA471 |title=Congressional Serial Set |date=1912 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}} All twelve-month regiments had to re-muster and enlist for two additional years or the duration of the war; a new election of officers was ordered; and men who were exempted from service by age or other reasons under the Conscription Act were allowed to take a discharge and go home.United States. War Dept. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., Book, 1884; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154614/m1/500/?q=Army of Mississippi : accessed June 17, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas. Officers who did not choose to stand for re-election were also offered a discharge. The reorganization was accomplished among all the Arkansas regiments in and around Corinth, Mississippi, following the Battle of Shiloh.

In the reorganization of Confederate forces before the start of the Kentucky Campaign, the 2nd Arkansas, now under the command of Colonel Daniel C. Govan was assigned to Brigadier General St. John Richardson Liddell's 1st Brigade of Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner's 3rd Division of Major General William Joseph Hardee's Corps of the Army of Mississippi. The regiment participated in Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, in October 1862.

In November 1862, following the Kentucky Campaign, General Bragg united his Army of Mississippi and General Kirby Smith'sArmy of Kentucky to create the Army of Tennessee. In the reorganization, Liddell's brigade of Arkansas troops was assigned to Cleburne's Division and fought in the Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862 – January 3, 1863. The regiment lost 15 killed, 94 wounded, and 9 missing at Murfreesboro.

The regiment took part in the Tullahoma Campaign in June, 1863; and the Battle of Liberty Gap, June 24–26, 1863. According to the report Brigadier General St. John R. Liddell, the regiment lost its colors during the fighting at Liberty Gap.

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. . . I had previously ordered up the Sixth and Seventh Arkansas Regiments (which were held in reserve) to the support of the Second, where Colonel Govan informed me that his ammunition was nearly exhausted. I instructed him to try to hold his place until I could get the reserve into position and the ammunition of this regiment could be brought up. There was some difficulty, however, in getting the ammunition, on account of the boggy nature of the ground, caused by so much rain.

Meanwhile the Sixth and Seventh had become hotly engaged. Two color-bearers of the Second [Arkansas] were killed, and the third, standing on the declivity of the hill, was fatally struck, and falling forward headlong, cast his colors toward the base, in close proximity to the line of the enemy. The colors were not missed until the regiment had retired over the crest of the hill, and having now no ammunition, it was useless to renew the attack for their recovery. This is a source of great mortification to the regiment as well as the brigade. . . .OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 1, vol 23, Part 1 (Tullahoma Campaign) Page 590 KY., MID. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND SW. VA. Chapter XXXV. }}

The Thirty-eighth Illinois captured the colors of the Second Arkansas Infantry, and were given credit for breaking the Confederate line and forcing their retreat.OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 1, vol 23, Part 1 (Tullahoma Campaign) Page 590 KY., MID. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND SW. VA. Chapter XXXV. p. 479-480

In September 1863, the 2nd was consolidated with the 15th Arkansas, and the consolidated regiment participated in the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19–20, 1863.{{cite web |title=2nd Regiment, Arkansas Infantry |url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CAR0002RI02 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=20 July 2023}}

In December 1863, the 24th Arkansas Infantry was added to the consolidated 2nd/15th Arkansas and the 2nd/15th/24th totaled 295 men and 202 arms in December 1863. On December 29, 1863, Colonel Daniel Govan of the 2nd Arkansas was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.Wright, Marcus J., General Officers of the Confederate Army, J. M. Carroll & Co., 1983, {{ISBN|0-8488-0009-5}}, p. 117. The consolidated unit participated in all the battles of the Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign including the Siege of Chattanooga September to November 1863; Battle of Chattanooga, the Battle of Ringgold Gap.{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/warofrebellion312unit#page/754/mode/2up|title=The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=1880|series=Series I|volume=XXXI (Part II)|pages=755|chapter=Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, and North Georgia|access-date=5 April 2019}}

When General Joseph E. Johnston assumed command of the Army of Tennessee to oppose General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, Govan's Brigade was reorganized and only the 2nd and 24th were united. The 2nd/24th Arkansas participated in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and the Siege of Atlanta. The consolidated 2nd/24th Arkansas reported 130 casualties during the campaign.United States. War Dept. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 38, In Five Parts. Part 3, Reports., Book, 1891; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154634/ : accessed June 26, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.

The regiment and it colors were captured, along with much of Govan's Brigade at the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, on Sept. 1, 1864. Due to a special cartel between Union General Sherman and Confederate General John B. Hood, the unit was quickly paroled and exchanged for Union prisoners held at Andersonville Prison. The regiment re-entered service approximately a month later.

The 2nd Arkansas and the rest of Govan's Brigade were released and exchanged just in time to participate in General John B. Hood's disastrous Franklin-Nashville Campaign. Due to the appalling losses suffered by Govan's Brigade during the Atlanta Campaign, the 1st/15th, 5th/13th and 2nd/24th Arkansas Regiments were consolidated into one regiment, which was commanded by Colonel Peter Green of the 5th/13th (specifically of the 5th). The other officers of the consolidated regiment were Major Alexander T. Meek, of the 2nd/24th Arkansas, Captain Mordecai P. Garrett and Sergeant Major Thomas Benton Moncrief of the 15th Arkansas. The consolidated regiment fought under the colors of the consolidated 5th/13th Arkansas Regiment, because this was one of the only colors not captured when Govan's Brigade was overrun at the Battle of Jonesboro. The flag of the combined 5th/13th Arkansas was issued in March 1864 and was captured by Benjamin Newman of the 88th Illinois Infantry at the battle of Franklin.Wernick, John. "Re: 5th Arkansas Infantry", The Civil War Flags Message Board, Posted 10 January 2008, Accessed 15 February 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/cwflags/webbbs_config.pl?read=5234 The consolidated regiment numbered just 300 rifles and sustained 66% casualties during the Battle of Franklin.White, Lee "[https://archive.today/20121210190905/http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=8306 Re: Govan's Brigade at Franklin]", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 28 August 2004, Accessed 26 June 2012, Archived from [http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=8306%5B%5D the original]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on 10 December 2012.

The remnants of Govan's Brigade that survived the Tennessee Campaign remained with the Army of Tennessee through its final engagements in the 1865 Carolinas Campaign.Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas, Facts on File, Inc., 1992, {{ISBN|978-0-8160-2288-5}}, page 71 The 2nd Arkansas Infantry took part in the following engagements:

• Battle of Rowlett's Station, Kentucky, December 17, 1861.
• Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6–7, 1862.
• Siege of Corinth, April to June 1862.
• Kentucky Campaign, Kentucky, August–October, 1862.
• Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862.
• Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862, to January 3, 1863.United States. War Dept. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 20, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., Book, 1887; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154629 : accessed February 06, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.
• Tullahoma Campaign, June 1863.
• Battle of Liberty Gap, Tennessee, June 24–26, 1863.
• Chickamauga Campaign, Georgia, August–September, 1863.
• Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19–20, 1863.United States. War Dept. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., Book, 1890; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152978/ : accessed June 27, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.
• Chattanooga Campaign, 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 Rocky Face Ridge, 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.United States. War Dept. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 38, In Five Parts. Part 3, Reports., Book, 1891; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154634/ : accessed June 27, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.
• Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, August 31–September 1, 1864.
• Franklin–Nashville Campaign, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, September 18–December 27, 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–April 1865.
• Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19–21, 1865.

On April 9, 1865, the remnants of ten depleted Arkansas regiments in the Army of Tennessee, along with one mostly Arkansas regiment, were consolidated to form a single regiment at Smithfield, North Carolina. The 1st Arkansas was combined with the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 15th, 19th and 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiments and the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment as the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry on April 9, 1865. On April 26, 1865, the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment was present with the Army of Tennessee when it surrendered in Greensboro, North Carolina.[http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/civilwar/cw_cs_2nd_arkansas_infantry_battalion.cfm 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307155441/http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/civilwar/cw_cs_2nd_arkansas_infantry_battalion.cfm |date=2012-03-07 }}

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