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The following were the officers of the regiment :
Second Arkansas Cavalry, organized soon after the battle of Shiloh, about May Ist, 1862: W. F. Slemons, Colonel ;
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H. R. Withers, Lieutenant-Colonel; Reid, Major; Thos. Garrison, Adjutant; W. Leiper, Quartermaster; Wat Strong, Commissioner ; Chrisman, Captain Company "A;"' Joseph Earle and H. S. Hudspeth, Captains Company "B ;" Thos. Cochran, Captain Company "C;" James Portis and Watt Green, Captains Company "D;" Summerville and Wm. Cooper, Captains Company "E;" O. B. Tebbs, Cap- tain Company "F;" E. L. McMurtree and Snell, Captains Company "G ;" Phil. Echols and Oliver, Captains Company "H;" Marcus L. Hawkins, Captain Company "J."
On the retreat of General Beauregard to Corinth and Tupelo, the Second Arkansas Cavalry formed the rear and the right flank of the Confederate Army, under General John C. Breckenridge. On the 3d of July, 1862, it supported Gen- eral Joseph R. Chalmers, in his attack on Booneville, Mis- sissippi, and took part in the engagement, together with the Second Alabama Cavalry, under Col. Clanton, completely routing the Federal forces.
Shortly afterwards, under General Armstrong, they met the Federal forces at Middleburg, Tennessee, where, with the Second Missouri Cavalry, the regiment attacked the Federals in the open field, cavalry and infantry. In a gallant charge the entire Federal force, under General Hogg, was put to rout, one-half the command being killed or wounded, Gen- eral Hogg himself being among the slain. They were next engaged at Britton's Lane, Tennessee, in the latter part of July, where the First Mississippi, under Col. Wirt Adams ; the Second Tennessee, under Col. Jackson ; the Second Mis- souri, under Col. Robert McCulloch, and the Second Arkan- sas, under Col. Slemons, after a hard fight of three hours, in which the Federals were posted behind fences and thick undergrowth, captured their entire Federal train of 30 wagons and mules, two pieces of artillery, and 300 prisoners. In this engagement, the Second Arkansas lost 70 men in killed and wounded. In the campaigns of Price and Pemberton,
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in Mississippi, in 1862, they were actively engaged and partic- ipated in a number of skirmishes. In 1863, under General Chalmers, it participated in the battles of Iuka, Cold- water, Collierville and Salem. In 1864 it was with General Forrest in Tennessee, until February, when it was sent to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and took part in the battle of Poison Spring, Marks' Mills and Jenkins Ferry. In Septem- ber, 1864, it went on Price's raid into Missouri, and took part in the battles of Pilot Knob, Booneville, Independence, Westport and Marais des Cygnes. At this latter battle, Col. Slemons, with a number of officers of this brigade, and about 100 men were taken prisoners, and two pieces of artillery were taken. Col. Slemons' horse was killed, and in falling, caught the Colonel's leg under him, holding him down. Col. Slemons and the officers were sent first to Johnson's Island, and then to Rock Island, where they were kept as prisoners until after the close of the war.
The Second Arkansas Battalion-Infantry-commonly called Jones' Battalion, was organized at Little Rock, March, 1862, Major John Miller, Jr., Commander.
At Duval's Bluff two other companies were added, and Batt Jones, of Chicot county, was elected Lieutenant-Colonel, and remained in command until the capitulation of Port Hud- son. M. R. Wilson, James Imboden, James Norris, and
Wood were Captains commanding companies in it.
This battalion took part in the battles of Iuka, Rienzi, Farm- ington, Corinth, and were at Port Hudson during the siege, and surrendered there. Also at Fort Pillow, at its bombard- ment. Officers were sent from Port Hudson to Rock Island, where they remained until the close of the war. The men were paroled-and the battalion was afterwards consolidated with the Eighteenth and Twenty-Third Arkansas Regiments, at Parole Camps on Red river, and took part in the battles of Jenkins Ferry, and Marks' Mills-surrendered finaly at Mar- shall, Texas.
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Gratiot's Regiment, called Second Regiment Arkansas State Volunteers in the numbering of the Military Board, but called Third Regiment in the numbering of General N. B. Pearce's Brigade. John R. Gratiot, Colonel; - - Provence, Lieu- tenant-Colonel; E. B. Ward, Major; Granville Wilcox, Ad- jutant; Montcalm Simms, Quartermaster; Elias B. Moore, Commissary.
Company "D," Fort Smith Rifles, Captain Sparks; Com- pany "A," Hempstead Rifles, commanded originally by Captain John R. Gratiot, but upon his becoming Colonel of the regiment, was commanded by Captain Hart, Dan. W. Jones, First Lieutenant. The banner of this company bore the inscription, "Dieu defend le droit," "God defend the right." Company, Captain King; Company "B," from Washington county, Captain S. K. Bell; Company "E," from Sebastian county, Captain John Griffith; Company from Crawford county, Captain Stuart ; Company "I," from Fort Smith, Captain Corcoran; Company "C," from Van Buren, Captain Brown; Company, Captain Buchanan. The strength of the regiment was about 750 men.
Upon the transfer of troops from the State to the Confed- erate service, in September 1861, this regiment was dis- banded, as part of Pearce's Brigade, and the members gen- erally enlisted in other commands, or entered the service in other departments. They fought bravely at the battle of Oak Hill, and contributed largely to winning the victory of that day, suffering a heavy loss in killed and wounded.
The Third Arkansas Regiment was organized at Lynch- burg, in June, 1861, Albert Rust, Colonel ; Seth M. Barton, Lieutenant-Colonel; and Van H. Manning, Major. In the winter of 1861 to 1862, both Rust and Barton were made Brigadier-Generals, and Manning was made Colonel, and Henry Butler, of Tulip, Arkansas, was Adjutant. Subse- quently the Captain of Company "D," R. S. Taylor, became Lieutenant-Colonel, and Wilkins, Captain of Company
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"K," Major. Major Wilkins being killed at Gettysburg,
Rudy, of Company "G," succeeded him. Major Rudy was killed at Chickamauga; Smith, of Company "I," succeeded him. The Surgeon was Dr. Joe Brown, Union county, Arkansas, and the Assistant Surgeon was Dr. C. H. A. Kleinschmidt, now of Washington City.
Early in May, 1861, Dr. W. H. Tebbs, Captain of a company raised on Bayou Bartholomew, in Ashley county, and Captain Van H. Manning, the Captain of a company organized at Hamburg, in that county, went to Vicksburg, and there tendered the services of the two companies, Tebbs' numbering 87 and Manning's 116, to Leroy P. Walker, Con- federate Secretary of War, at Montgomery, by wire, and received his reply declining the offer. They then went to Montgomery, and by earnest begging, gained admittance into the Confederate service for the period of the war, long or · short, and received marching orders for Virginia before leav- ing there. While at Montgomery, Captain Manning saw Hon. Albert Rust, then a Member of Congress, and obtained his promise to return to Arkansas, and organize eight addi- tional companies, and join Captain Tebbs and himself in Virginia, as the pivotal companies of a regiment to be there formed and mustered in for the period of the war. Rust brought nine companies in a short while, making eleven when the regiment was organized, and it was the first regiment of regulars mustered into the service. Tebbs' Company and Captain Mannings' were perhaps the first and only companies denied admission into the Cenfederate service, even for a day, and were the first companies enlisted for the war.
When organized, the regiment was composed of II com- panies. The names of the Captains were :
W. H. Tebbs, of Ashley county, Company "A ;"' Capers, of Ashley county, Company "B;" Thomas M. Whittington, of Drew county, Company "C;" R. S. Tay- lor, of Desha county, Company "D;" (Name unknown),
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Company "E;" Thrasher, of Hot Springs county,
Company "F;" Rudy, of Union county, Company "G;" -- Reed, of Desha county, Company "H ;" -- Alexander, of Dallas county, Company "I;" Wilson Wil- kins, of Ashley county, Company "K;" (Name unknown), Company "L."
The Regiment was one of the fullest and strongest com- mands that enlisted from Arkansas.
This regiment took part in battles at White Oak Swamp, June 30th, 1862; . Malvern Hill, July Ist, 1862 ; Sharpsburg, September 17th, 1862; Fredericksburg, December 13th, 1862; Suffolk, January 30th, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2d and 3d, 1863; Chickamauga, September 19th and 20th, 1863 ; Wilderness, May 5th, 1864; Cold Harbor, June Ist, 1864; Deep Run, August 6th, 1864; at Petersburg, 1864; at High Ridge and Farmville, 1865.
It preserved its organization to the last, and was one of the few regiments to do so. On the retreat from Petersburg it was surrendered with Lee's Army, at Appomattox, number- ing 300. Its original strength had been from 1,100 to 1,200, to which Major Frank Bronaugh's Battalion was added, rais- ing the full strength to 1,500. Its entire loss in killed, wounded and missing was 1,200. It was one of the noblest and best regiments that fought on the Confederate side in all the war.
The regiment was in General J. B. Robertson's, afterwards Gregg's, Brigade, Hood's Division, and Longstreet's Corps. At Gettysburg it held the extreme right, and was one of the regiments which, with the Texas Regiments of Hood's Divi- sion, charged Round Top. It went with Longstreet to Ten- nessee ; was at the battle of Chickamauga; went with Long- street to the seige of Knoxville; returned from there with him to Virginia, in time to take part in the "Battle of the Wilderness," and in the remainder of Grant and Lee's cam- paign to the close of the war.
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One of its most notable exploits was a hand-to-hand fight with a Maine regiment, at Spotsylvania, after the First, Fourth and Fifth Texas Regiments had been driven back. After a stubborn and determined combat, the Federal Regi- ment was repulsed and driven back.
Colonel Manning, formerly of Hamburg, Arkansas, but now a prominent lawyer of Washington City, and who was Colonel of the regiment after the promotion of General Rust, gives the following additional particulars concerning its career :
"The regiment was engaged in the battles of Greenbrier and Allegheny, West Virginia, the former under Gen. H. E. Jackson, and the latter under Gen. Edward Johnson. Thence it joined Gen. Stonewall Jackson's Brigade at Win- chester, Va., and on the Ist of January, 1862, marched with him in Loring's Division to Bath and Romney, remaining a few weeks, having some unimportant skirmishes, and then resumed camp at Winchester®; thence to the vicinity of Fred- ericksburgh, Va., and assigned to General Holmes' Brigade. The regiment took part in the battle at Sharpsburg, Septem- ber 17th, 1862, as one of the regiments of J. G. Walker's Brigade, commanded by myself, as was the case at Malvern Hill. I was desperately wounded in the left arm and left side at Sharpsburg. At Fredericksburg, the regiment be- longed to Hood's old Brigade, composed of three Texan reg- iments and the Arkansas Regiment, commanded by General Robertson, of Texas, which, in the meantime, had been re- cruited to the extent of about 450, by conscripts and volun- teers from Arkansas, and also by the merging of Bronaugh's Battalion, with four Arkansas companies. It was not in the battle of Chancellorsville, as it was then at Suffolk, Virginia, with Longstreet. It was at Gettysburg, and then went to Northern Georgia with Longstreet's Corps, and fought in Hood's old Brigade, commanded by General Robertson, and Hood's Division at Chickamauga. The regiment returned
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to Virginia with Longstreet's Corps, under General Gregg, of Texas, through East Tennessee, and resumed its place in General Lee's Army, in the "Battle of the Wilderness," on the morning of the 6th of May, 1864, double-quicking for several miles on that morning to get into the battle, to take the place of that part of the line which General A. P. Hill's Corps had been driven from earlier in the day, on the left. I was in this battle shot through the upper part of the right thigh, and captured and detained as a prisoner of war until the Ist of August, 1865."
In Captain Thomas M. Whittington's Company "C," of this regiment, every man of the entire company was either killed or wounded by the time the war drew to a close.
The Third Regiment-Cavalry-Col. DeRosey Carroll, Colonel. The companies were: Company "A," Captain Carroll; Company "B," Captain Lewis; Company "C," Captain Armstrong; Company "D," Captain Perkins; Company "F," Captain McKissick; Company "G," Cap- tain Walker; Company "H," Captain Parks; Company "I," Captain Withers.
This regiment enlisted as State troops, and were mustered out in September, 1861, without transfer to the Confederate service, the members entering other organizations. They took part in the battle of Oak Hill, August 10th, 1861, where they fought bravely, and suffered considerable loss.
The Third Arkansas Cavalry, originally organized as Bor- land's Battalion, 300 strong, with Solon Borland as Major, afterwards organized as a full regiment, by the addition of other companies. It was organized with the following field officers : Solon Borland, Colonel; Benjamin F. Danley, Lieutenant-Colonel; David F. Shall, Major.
Afterwards - Gee, of Camden, became Colonel, also - Earle and Benjamin F. Danley became Colonels. Wil- -
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liam H. Blackwell, of Perryville, Major; A. W. Hobson, Lieutenant-Colonel.
The regiment was first in service in Southern Missouri, and was then moved to Des Arc, Arkansas, and from there to Memphis, Tennessee. It was then moved to Corinth, dismounted, and took part in the battle there and at Iuka Springs. It was re-mounted in December, 1862, and served for the remainder of the war strictly as cavalry. It served in the entire Mississippi campaign, and generally under General N. B. Forrest. It was in the battle of Thompson's Station in the spring of 1863, and lost heavily. Colonel Earle was killed there and also Captain Jester, of Company "F," after which John J. Sumpter, who had en- listed in the regiment as a private, became Captain of that company. Thomas C. Scott, Colonel Earle's flag-bearer, was among the wounded, losing his left arm.
The following is the company organizition of Danley's Rangers, one of the original companies of the regiment : Ben. F. Danley, Captain ; John C. Henderson, First Lieuten- ant; F. M. Conway, Second Lieutenant; S. C. W. Lewis, Third Lieutenant ; William H. Causin, First Sergeant ; James Smith, Second Sergeant; Sam. Brookin, Third Sergeant; C. E. J. White, Fourth Sergeant; John Parker, Fifth Ser- geant ; D. W. Starbuck, First Corporal; R. M. King, Second Corporal; Thomas W. DeCamp, Third Corporal ; John W. Ferguson, Fourth Corporal. 58 men; total strength of company, 71.
The Fourth Arkansas Infantry, called also the Southwest Ar- kansas Regiment, was mustered in at Miller's Springs, Law- rence county, Missouri, August 17th, 1861. At organization the following were its officers : Evander McNair, of Hemp- stead county, Colonel; A. Bryce Williams, of Hempstead county, Lieutenant-Colonel; J. H. Clay, of Montgomery county, Major,
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COMPANIES.
Company "A"-Calhoun Escopetts-a name meaning short guns, and adopted because they were at first armed with double-barrelled shot-guns. Joseph B. McCulloch, Cap- tain ; John C. Barrow, afterwards George Eberhart, First Lieutenant; Wiley C. Brown, Second Lieutenant; H. G. Bunn, Third Lieutenant; J. McGill, First Sergeant; H. P. Koonce, Second Sergeant; E. W. Black, Third Sergeant ; . G. B. Hite, Fourth Sergeant ; N. B. Eiland, Fifth Sergeant ; Thomas Malone, First Corporal; T. J. Weisenger, Second Corporal; Thomas Dickinson, Third Corporal; Jake Hill, Fourth Corporal. 88 men ; total strength of company, 101.
Company "B," from Hempstead county, called the Hemp- stead Hornets ; 91 men. Rufus K. Garland Captain; J. W. Paup, First Lieutenant ; John L. Loudermilk, Second Lieu- tenant; Henry J. Bonner, Third Lieutenant. At the re- organization at Corinth, Miss., May 8th, 1862, Henry J. Bonner, now of Clark county, was Captain.
Company "C," from Montgomery county, called first the Caddo Rifles ; 79 men. F. J. Erwin, Captain ; Nathaniel Grant, First Lieutenant; J. Scott, Second Lieutenant; J. Bates, Third Lieutenant.
Company "D," from Lafayette county, first called the Bright Star Rifles; 73 men. Joseph C. Tyson, Captain ; Charles A. Jenkins, First Lieutenant; James J. Myers, Second Lieutenant ; Chesley G. Williams, Third Lieutenant. On re-organization Samuel W. Mays, now of Miller county, became Captain.
Company "E," from Hempstead county, first called the Confederate Guards ; 96 men. John A. Rowles, Captain ; Samuel Ogden, First Lieutenant; Augustus Kyle, Second Lieutenant; Ellis G. Winstead, Third Lieutenant. On re- organization, Augustus Kyle, now of Hope, became Captain.
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Company "F," from Montgomery county-first called
the Montgomery Hunters-94 men: J. M. Simpson, Captain ; John W. Lavender, First Lieutenant ; Arthur May- berry, Second Lieutenant ; P. D. Davis, Third Lieutenant. Captain Simpson dying from wounds received at Elkhorn, Lieutenant John W. Lavender, now of Little Rock, became Captain.
Company "G," from Pike county-first known as the Pike County Blues-88 men : James F. Black, Captain ; William B. Gould, First Lieutenant ; John N. McCollum, Second Lieutenant; H. Clay Polk, Third Lieutenant. On re-organization W. B. Gould became Captain.
Company "H," from Polk county-first called the Polk · County Invincibles-64 men : William H. Earp, Captain ; James M. Helton, First Lieutenant; F. M. Bolin, Second Lieutenant ; Josiah Earp, Third Lieutenant.
Company "I," from Polk county-51 men : Joseph B. Williamson, Captain; Caleb Cox, First Lieutenant ; George W. Mason, Second Lieutenant ; George Walker, Third Lieu- tenant. On re-organization J. W. Blackburn, of War Eagle Mills, Benton county, became Captain.
Company "K," from Calhoun county-64 men : O. H. P. Black, Captain; Joseph Wilmon, First Lieutenant ; A. W. Land, Second Lieutenant; Peter Johnson, Third Lieu- tenant. On re-organization, Thomas A. Smith became Captain. Total strength of regiment, 778 men.
Companies "A" and "B" were armed with shot-guns, Companies "C," "D," "F"" and "G"' had mostly squirrel rifles ; Company "E"' had flint-lock muskets, all muzzle-load- ers, and Company "H" had Hall's rifles, a breech-loading gun, with the hammer in front of the chamber, a style of fire- arm nicknamed "the old saw mill." As for cartridge boxes, bayonets, cap boxes and belts, they were almost unknown in the command. They had good home made tents, and the
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transportation consisted of, at least, two good four or six mule wagons to the company.
They took part in the battles of Elkhorn, Arkansas, March 7th and 8th, 1862 ; Richmond, Kentucky, August 30th, 1862; Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 3Ist, 1862, and January 2d, 1863 ; Jackson, Mississippi, July 12th, 1863; Chickamauga, Tennessee, September 19th and 20th, 1863; Resaca, Georgia, May 13th, 14th and 15th, 1864; New Hope Church, May 29th to June 3d, 1864 ; Kennesaw Moun- tain, June 17th to July 3d, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 20th, 1864; Atlanta, July 22d, 1864; Ezra Church, July 28th, 1864 ; Lovejoy Station, August 20th, 1864 ; Jonesboro, August 31st, 1864; Franklin, Tennessee, November 30th, 1864 ; Nashville, December 15th and 16th, 1864 ; Sugar Creek, December 26th, 1864, and Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19th, 1865.
The Fourth Regiment was first in the brigade of General Ben. Mccullough in Arkansas, and east of the Mississippi was in General T. J. Churchill's Brigade, afterwards com- manded by General E. McNair, and called McNairs' Brigade ; afterwards commanded by General D. H. Reynolds, and known as Reynold's Brigade. After General Reynolds was wounded at the battle of Bentonville, Colonel H. G. Bunn, of the Fourth commanded the brigade. It served in Ar- kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia and North Carolina.
The regiment belonged to Cleburne's Division, one of the best divisions in the Confederate Army, and one which did as much hard fighting as any command in the whole war, and was at one time in Polk's Corps, and again in Hardee's. It bore its full share in the great conflict from first to last.
The Fourth Arkansas Battalion was organized by Francis A. Terry, under authority from the Military Board authoriz- ing him to raise a regiment at Little Rock. As soon as five companies were enrolled, without waiting for the completion
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of the regiment, they were hurried forward to re-enforce Columbus, Kentucky, shortly after the battle of Belmont.
The following was the organization at that time, the field and staff officers being: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis A. Terry, and Major - Mckay of Company "D."
COMPANIES.
Company "A," from Bayou Meto, T. F. Murff, Captain.
Company "B," from Little Rock, F. W. Hoadley, Cap- tain ; W. P. Parks, First Lieutenant ; W. C. Osborn, Second Lieutenant ; John B. Baggett, Third Lieutenant.
Company" C," from Clark county, J. W. Hanson, Cap- tain; J. A. Ross, First Lieutenant ; Dedwiley, Second Lieu- tenant.
Company "D," from Prairie county, Thomas Payne, Captain; Tarver Toone, First Lieutenant.
Company "E," John Moore, Captain; Blasingame First Lieutenant ; Bonshall, Third Lieutenant.
Company "B," Captain Hoadley, was at first called Com- pany "D," but by reason of priority of organization, it was afterwards given the designation of Company "B." At Colum- bus the company was detailed to take charge of a battery of heavy guns, and after that date was detached from the battalion. At the fall of Island No. 10, the company was divided into three squads to effect their escape. One was commanded by Hoadley, one by Lieutenant William C. Osborn, and a third by Lieutenant Baggett. Hoadley's squad, and that of Lieutenant Baggett, got safely through and reported at Memphis, but the squad commanded by Lieutenant Osborn were captured. Osborn was taken to Alton prison, and died there while a prisoner. The company was then consolidated with a Tennessee regiment, the Tenth, and was finally moved to Vicksburg, where it was again placed in charge of heavy artillery. It went through the siege of the place, and was captured at its close. During the progress
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of the siege, Hoadley was killed by a shell from the Fed- eral batteries.
On the evacuation of Columbus, the battalion was sent to Island No. 10, and was stationed at Tiptonville. At the fall of Island No. 10 it escaped by wading through the over- flow to its transports, by which it was conveyed. to Fort Pillow. After the battle of Shiloh, it was sent to Cor- inth, and there re-organized.
The following became the officers at the re-organization : J. A. Ross, First Lieutenant of Company "C;" Major T. F. Murff, Captain Company "A;" D. C. Adams, First Lieutenant ; Tarver Toone, Captain Company "D;" S. O. Cloud, Captain Company "C;" E. B. Whitley, First Lieutenant; A. M. Tennison, Second Lieutenant; George T. Williams, Third Lieutenant; John Moore, Captain Com- pany "E;" Blasingame, First Lieutenant ; Bonshall, Second Lieutenant.
The battallion took part in the battles of Farmington, Mis- sissippi, May 9th, 1862 ; Richmond, Kentucky, August 30th, 1862; Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Dec. 31st, 1862-Jan. 2d, 1863. At this battle, it was so reduced in numbers that it was consolidated with the Fourth Arkansas regiment, Col. H. G. Bunn ; and as a part of that regiment took part in the bat- tles of Jackson, Mississippi, July 10th, 1863; Chickamauga, Sept. 19th and 20th, 1863; Resaca, May 13th, 14th and 15th, 1864; New Hope Church, Georgia, May 29th to June 3d, 1864 ; Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 17th to July 3d, 1864; Moore's Mill, Georgia, July 19th, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 20th, 1864; Atlanta, July 22d, 1864; Ezra Church, July 28th; Lovejoy Station, August 20th ; Jonesboro, August 31st; Moon Station, October 3d, 1864; Franklin, November 30th, 1864; Nashville, Decem- ber 15th and 16th, 1864; Sugar Creek, December 26th, 1864; Averysborough, March 14th, 1865, and Bentonville, March 19th, 1865.
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The brigade to which the fourth battalion belonged in the Army of Tennessee, was commanded first by General J. P. McCown, then by General T. J. Churchill ; then by General E. McNair, and after March 5th, 1864, was commanded by General D. H. Reynolds.
The Fifth Regiment was commanded by Colonel T. P. Dockery ; the companies by Captain's Whallings, Dismukes, Lawrence, Dowd and Titsworth. :
When the term of enlistment expired, this regiment being State troops, was disbanded, it not having been transferred to the Confederate service. The members, however, entered the Confederate service in other organizations; a portion of them, it is believed entered a regiment composed of a portion of Colonel Dawson's Nineteenth Regiment and themselves, and commanded by Dawson as Colonel.
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