1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated)

1st Arkansas Consolidate Mounted Rifles (Confederate)
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Active	1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	CSA
Branch	Cavalry

The 1st Arkansas Consolidate Mounted Rifles (1865) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Organization 2 Surrender 3 References 4 External links 5 See also

Organization

On April 9, 1865, the depleted Arkansas regiments of D. H. Reynolds' Brigade, Walthall's Division, Confederate Army of Tennessee, were consolidated into a single regiment the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles, at Smithfield, North Carolina. The companies of the consolidated regiment were consolidated from the following Arkansas regiments:

Company A—1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Company B—1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Company C—2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Company D—2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Company E—4th Arkansas Infantry.

Company F—4th Arkansas Infantry.

Company G—31st Arkansas Infantry.

Company H—9th Arkansas Infantry.

Company I—9th Arkansas Infantry.

Company K—25th Arkansas Infantry.

The regimental field officers were:

Col. Henry G. Bunn.

Lt. Col. James P. Eagle.

Maj. George W. Wells.

Surrender

This regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles was paroled on May 1, 1865, at Jamestown, North Carolina.

References

External links

• Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
• 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".