| 18th Arkansas Infantry (Confederate) | |
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Hardee Pattern Flag of the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment |
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| Active | 1861 to 1865 |
| Country | Confederate States of America |
| Allegiance | CSA |
| Branch | Infantry |
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The 18th Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. The unit is also identified as the 1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion and the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. The unit is occasionally misidentified as the 3rd Arkansas.
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The 18th Arkansas Infantry started out as 7 of 22 companies which comprised the so-called "Hindman Legion." Col. Thomas C. Hindman had recruited ten companies at his own expense for the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, and then an additional seven companies at his own expense which, along with four cavalry companies and an artillery battery, became known as the Hindman Legion. The "Legion" was not approved as an organization, and, after being mustered into the Confederate service on July 27, 1861, reverted to a regiment (the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment), an infantry battalion (the 1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion) and a cavalry battalion (the 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion). Capt. John S. Marmaduke was assigned as commander of the 1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion and promoted to lieutenant-colonel on August 1, 1861. A company from the 15th Tennessee Infantry was transferred to the 1st Arkansas Battalion, and two additional companies were added on December 18, 1861, which brought the battalion up to ten companies. On January 1, 1862, the unit was formally designated as a regiment, the 18th Arkansas Infantry, and Marmaduke was promoted to colonel. On January 31, 1862, the regiment was redesignated as the 3rd Confederate Infantry because it contained units from multiple states. The 3rd Confederate Infantry was composed the following companies:[1]
Note: Companies I and K were composed primarily of suspected members of the so-called Arkansas Peace Society, who were arrested and sent to Little Rock by members of the 45th Arkansas Militia Regiment, where they were given the choice of Confederate service or imprisonment. Most of the men were from Searcy County. The officers were non-Peace Society men appointed by the Governor.[1]
The 3rd Confederate Infantry took part in the following battles:[2]
Toward the end of the war, ten depleted Arkansas regiments, including the 3rd Confederate Infantry, were lumped together as the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry, April 9, 1865.
This regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.
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