Confederate Regiment

3rd Arkansas Infantry

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. John W. Reedy

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Walker's Division
  Brigade - Walker's (Manning's) Brigade

Unit history

"Two organizational changes took place during 1862 that effected the makeup of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry. During January of 1862, five new companies of the Arkansas troops arrived in Virginia. These troops, known as the 2nd Battalion, Arkansas Infantry, were commanded by major Wm. N. Bronaugh. This Battalion saw much fighting during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862 and suffered very heavy casualties at the battles of Seven Pines (May 31-June 1), Beaver Dam Creek or Mechanicsville (June 26) and at Gaines' Mill on June 27. On July 18, 1862, the 133 survivors of the 2nd Battalion, Arkansas Infantry , were assigned to and amalgamated with the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment.

The second organizational change took place in late September. At the battle of Sharpsburg Companies A and L of the 3rd Arkansas were decimated. On Septembers 25 the few survivors of Company L were transferred into Company A and Company L ceased to exist. Thus the regiment was reduced to ten companies, the normal complement for an infantry regiment."
"The Army of Northern Virginia was reorganized during November 1862. Among other organization changes, the reorganization involved both the promotion and reassignment of senior officers and the regiments of regiments within brigade. The goal of the War Department was to have regiments from the same states brigaded together. This was not possible in all cases, for instance the 3rd Arkansas Infantry was the only "Razorback" Regiment in Virginia. Fortunately, however, there were only three Texas Regiments under Lee's command as a perfect combination was worked out involving the two contiguous frontier states. During the organizational shuffle, Hood's Texas Brigade lost the infantry companies of Hampton's Legion to General Micah Jenkins' South Carolina Brigade, and the 18th Georgia Infantry regiment was reassigned to General T.R.R. Cobbs Georgia Brigade. The 3rd Arkansas was transferred into Hood's Texas Brigade, thus bringing the famous Brigade up to its full strength of four regiments. The Texans and Arkansans remained brigaded together until the final curtain at Appomattox. The Texans in Hood's Brigade generally referred to their Arkansas 'cousins' as 'the 3rd Texas'."

source : Hood's Texas Brigade: A Compendium, pages 251 and 252. (from The Texas Brigade site)

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #360: Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 6 PM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #367: Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division - 16 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #388: Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 11 AM
Tablet #374: Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

We have 123 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Cammack, Michael D.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Carter, Reuben A.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Daniel, William Waller	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Fisher, Ira W.	WIA/POW 09/17
A	Capt	Harris, Sampson L.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hogue, John Wesley	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Kelly, Joseph D.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McKoin, Andrew J.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Ramsaur, William P.
A	Pvt	Ramsour, Francis E.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Randle, John D.	WIA/POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Venters, Augustus	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Worthington, Frederick J.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Adams, Elihu	MWIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Bailey, William Julian	POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Goldsmith, Daniel R.	POW 09/17
B	Sgt	Keesee, Benton	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Martin, John H.	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Radcliff, John C.	POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Rayburn, William J.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Sawyer, William E.	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Sherrer, John A.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Stover, Elijah	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Walker, John H.	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Wallace, Stephen A.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Williams, Robert	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Chambers, Ransom L.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Ferguson, Marmaduke Edwards	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Fry, Joseph	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Gibson, William	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hemingway, Sullivan Sheffield	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Hudspeth, Henry S.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hyatt, Elijah Lycineus	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hyatt, Robert Fee	WIA/POW 09/17
C	Pvt	Ivey, Henry Curtis	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Palmer, Daniel L.	POW 09/18
C	Pvt	Rasberry, John L.	WIA/POW 09/17
C	Pvt	Rhodes, Adam Clark	WIA/POW 09/17
C	Pvt	Robertson, Aaron T.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Veasey, Leonidas S.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Vick, Thaddeus Warsaw	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wade, William Washington	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wooten, Bailey L.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Arrington, Jr., West A.	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Barrett, Thomas L.	POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Beshires, William	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Peacock, Lovett M.	KIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Pruitt, Cass	POW 09/17
D	Lt	Walker, John A.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hetherman, Thomas	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Ingram, Richard P.	KIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Pumphrey, Lewis	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Statham, John	POW 09/17
E	Sgt	Stevenson, Jesse A.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Basey, Granville	WIA/POW 09/17
F	Pvt	Beason, Jesse	WIA/POW 09/17
F	Sgt	Chamberlain, Ewell	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Dewberry, William H.	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	Farris, Thomas D.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Geurin, James C.	WIA/POW 09/17
F	Pvt	Rowland, George Washington	POW 09/17
F	Lt	Thrasher, Thomas Jefferson	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Williams, Russell W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Courtney, Junius	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Crumpler, James Albert	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Ferguson, Henry J. P.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Gammel, Marcelus Augustus	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Horn, Jesse M.	POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Lowry, Leander S.	POW 09/17
G	Pvt	McDonald, Nathaniel Bailie	WIA/POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Meek, Isaac Curtis	WIA 09/17
G	Capt	Reedy, John W.
H	Pvt	Applegate, Joseph M.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Ball, John K.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Byrd, Lemuel P.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Dodd, George B.	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Head, Jesse S.	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Howell, William B.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Humphries, Franklin W.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	King, George F.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McDaniel, Samuel	POW 09/17
H	Sgt	Miles, Wyatt S.	MWIA 09/17
H	Corp	Olive, James H.	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Pence, George Washington	WIA/POW 09/17
H	Pvt	Stughleman, Andrew J.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Throneberry, Thomas Jefferson	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Wilkes, James D.	WIA/POW 09/17
H	Pvt	Williams, Benjamin Franklin	MIA (n) 09/17
I	Pvt	Bryan, William Larkin	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Cleveland, Wyley Bryant	POW 09/17
I	Pvt	Dutherage, William C.	POW 09/17
I	Pvt	Hall, James	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Montgomery, James W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Paisley, William McLean	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Pryor, Samuel W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ross, David C.	WIA/POW 09/17
I	Pvt	Sims, James F.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Somervell, John Martin	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Somervell, Jr., Willis Lewis	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Woodell, James M.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Denson, Isaac Newton	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Erwin, William B.	WIA 09/17
K	Mus	Files, James Samuel	POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Fleming, Jr., Mark Monroe	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Hadley, Thomas James
K	Pvt	Hammock, Lewis T.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Harmon, Milford L.	WIA/POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Holcomb, A. W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Morgan, James H.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Stinson, William M.	WIA/POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Wood, Augustus Baldwin	POW 09/17
L	Pvt	Aiken, Samuel T.	WIA/POW 09/17
L	Pvt	Banks, John S.	WIA 09/17
L	Lt	Barnes, James	KIA 09/17
L	Pvt	Hughes, James W.	KIA 09/17
L	Pvt	Johnson, Silas G.	MWIA 09/17
L	Pvt	Mock, George Y.	WIA 09/17
L	Pvt	Scarborough, James Sylvanus	KIA 09/17
F&S	Mus	Clyde, Robert B.	POW 09/17
F&S	Mus	Delaney, George Washington	POW 09/17
F&S	Mus	Jackson, Joshua Blake	POW 09/17
F&S	Mus	McKinney, Lee B.	POW 09/17
F&S	Mus	White, Demarcus R.	POW 09/17

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