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The 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (1862–1865) was a
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Organization

The unit was initially composed of volunteer companies from the following counties: *Company A—"Clark Rifles," from Clark county, Capt. Newton S. Love. *Company B—"Chicot Rebels," from Chicot county, Capt. James D. Imboden. *Company C—"Peyton Rifles," from Pulaski county, Capt. James J. Franklin. This company was originally organized on April 20, 1860, as a volunteer company in the 13th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia, under the command of Captain Daniel W. Ringo. The company was assigned to Borland's Arkansas Militia Battalion and participated in the seizure of the Fort Smith Arsenal in April 1861, before the state seceded.Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, The Peyton Rifles, Accessed February 4, 2011, The company was enrolled in Confederate service at Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 15, 1862, under the command of Captain J. J. Franklin of Little Rock. Captain Franklin was elected major at the regimental organization and subsequently lieutenant colonel. He was succeeded by Captain L. L. Noles, who was eventually promoted to major, and was succeeded by
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John O'Brien. This company was eventually transferred to the 25th Arkansas. *Company D—"Black River Rifles," from Lawrence county, Capt. Robert C. Jones. *Company E—"Greene County Roughs," from Greene county, Capt. Guy S. Murray. *Company F—"Wood's Rifles," from Craighead county, Capt. Joel G. Wood. *Company G—"Ashley Light Infantry," from Ashley county, Capt. Micajah R. Wilson. *Company H—"Lawrence Dead-Shots," from Lawrence county, Capt. Joseph C. Holmes. With the loss of the Peyton Rifles the companies were re-lettered as follows: *Company A—"Clark Rifles," from Clark county, Capt. Newton S. Love. *Company B—"Chicot Rebels," from Chicot county, Capt. James D. Imboden. *Company C—"Black River Rifles," from Lawrence county, Capt. Robert C. Jones. *Company D—"Greene County Roughs," from Greene county, Capt. Guy S. Murray. *Company E—"Wood's Rifles," from Craighead county, Capt. Joel G. Wood. *Company F—"Ashley Light Infantry," from Ashley county, Capt. Micajah R. Wilson. *Company G—"Lawrence Dead-Shots," from Lawrence county, Capt. Joseph C. Holmes.


Battles

During the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, September - October 1862, the 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion was assigned to Brigadier General William L. Cabell's brigade of Brigadier General
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, September 19, 1862 :
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, May to July, 1863Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas, Facts on File, Inc., 1992, , page 84.


Surrender

The portion of the 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion that became consolidated with 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment and the 12th Arkansas Infantry Battalion to form the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment which was surrendered along with the rest of the Department of the Trans Mississippi by General Kirby Smith on May 26, 1865, at Marshall, Texas. Other former members appear on parole lists of the unit surrendered at Wittsburg and Jacksonport, Arkansas, in May and June 1865.


See also

* List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units *
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* Confederate Units by State *
Arkansas in the American Civil War During the American Civil War, Arkansas was a Confederate state, though it had initially voted to remain in the Union. Following the capture of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Abraham Lincoln called for troops from every Union state to put dow ...
* Arkansas Militia in the Civil War


References


External links


Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home PageThe Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110718122909/http://arkansascivilwar.com/ The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas* {{American Civil War , expanded=CTCBS Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Arkansas 1865 disestablishments in Arkansas Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Military units and formations in Arkansas Military in Arkansas 1862 establishments in Arkansas Military units and formations established in 1862