4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion

The 4th Battalion, Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry Battalion during the American Civil War.

Organization

4th Infantry Battalion was organized near Little Rock, Arkansas, in November 1861, with four companies. Ordered east of the Mississippi River, the unit served in the Confederate Army of the Mississippi before being assigned to McNair's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The unit fought in the Kentucky Campaign, then was active at Murfreesboro. Later it merged into the 4th (McNair's) Arkansas Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Francis A. Terry, and Majors John McKay and Jesse A. Ross were in command.^[1]

Battles

The 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion took part in the following battles:

• Battle of Rowlett’s Station, Kentucky, December 17, 1861
• Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6–7, 1862
• Siege of Corinth, April to June 1862
• Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 29–30, 1862
• Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862
• Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 to January 3, 1863

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".