19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Hardy's)

The Hardy's Arkansas Infantry Regiment (1863–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. The unit is often referred to as the 19th or 19th/24th Infantry Regiment. Two other units were also designated as the 19th Arkansas. Dawson's 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and Dockery's 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment were organized in 1862.

Organization

Hardy's Regiment was organized around February 1863 by consolidating the portions of the 19th (Dawson's) and 24th Arkansass and Crawford's Arkansas Infantry Battalion that were not captured at the Battle of Arkansas Post on January 11, 1863. The regimental commander was Colonel Charles L. Dawson, orgionally from the 19th Arkansas, and assisted by Lt. Col. William R. Hardy and Major Francis H. Wood of the 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.^[1]

Battles

Initially assigned in an unattached status to Frost's Division in southeastern Arkansas in May and June 1863, they were reassigned to Drayton's Brigade of Price's Division, which in turn became Tappan's Brigade upon that officer's reassignment to the Trans-Mississippi in January, 1864. Field consolidated with the 30th Arkansas in March, 1864. Then under the command of Lt. Col. Hardy, the regiment participated in the Red River Campaign with Tappan's Brigade in northwestern Louisiana in March and early April 1864, and was engaged at the battle of Pleasant Hill. They then slung their knapsacks and went back north into Arkansas in time to fight at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. The 19th/24th suffered a total of 8 killed and 18 wounded in this battle.^[2] Consolidated again with the 15th and 20th Arkansas Infantry on November 29, 1864, and the consolidated unit renamed as the 3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment.^[1] The unit participated in the following engagements.^[3]

• Red River Campaign, Arkansas March-May, 1864
• Battle of Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas April 30, 1864

Surrender

The regiment saw little additional combat during the rest of the war, and remained in service in southwestern Arkansas until surrendered with Major General Kirby Smith's army of the Trans-Mississippi on May 26, 1865.^[1]

References

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 Militia in the Civil War

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service".