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The Fifth Arkansas Infantry was organized at Gainesville, in the summer of 1861. Colonel Marsh Walker of Memphis, but residing in St. Francis county, was its mustering officer. The field and staff officers were: D. C. Cross, Colonel ; Sweeney, Lieutenant-Colonel; R. Pope, Major; E. Mallory, Quartermaster; B. Crump, Commissary ; Joe Dunlap, Adju- tant.
The Captains were : Wm. H. Trader, L. R. Frisk, Bo- hannan, Peter Green, White, Grant Smith, R. S. Gantt, J. S. Kuykendall, Jingles, and L. Featherston.
The regiment was transferred to the Confederate service in September, 1861, and was made part of the First Brigade, and moved to Columbus, Kentucky; from there to Bowling Green, where it remained some time. While in Kentucky Lieutenant-Colonel Sweeney resigned, and John Edward Murray was elected in his place. On the retreat out of Ken- tucky, the regiment was moved to Corinth, and then to Farm- ington, where it took part in the battle. At the evacuation of Corinth it fell back to Tupelo. Here the regiment was re-organized, and Captain L. Featherston was elected Colo-
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nel; John Edward Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain Pe- ter Green, Major ; and J. J. Winston, Adjutant.
It went with Bragg's Army on the invasion of Ken- tucky, and was in the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Resaca, Pickett's Mill, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Ezra Church, Franklin, Nashville, and Bentonville, beside a large number of skirmishes partici- pated in by Johnston's Army, with whom it surrendered in North Carolina, April 26th, 1865.
Col. John Edward Murray was killed at Atlanta, July 22d, 1864, in the 22d year of his age. His commission as Briga- dier-General had been received by him on the day of the bat- tle, and a short time only before going into the engagement.
Lieutenant-Colonel Howell succeeded to the command of the regiment after the death of Col. Murray.
The brigade to which the Fifth Regiment belonged, was commanded first by General W. J. Hardee, then by General John S. Liddell, and lastly by General D. C. Govan. It consisted of the Fifth, Sixth; Seventh and Eighth Regiments, and was in Cleburne's Division.
Lyon's Regiment-Sixth Arkansas Volunteers-had the following Field and Staff Officers: Richard Lyons, Colonel; A. T. Hawthorn, Lieutenant-Colonel; D. L. Kilgore, Ma- jor ; C. A. Bridewell, Adjutant; J. F. Ritchie, Quartermas- ter-Sergeant.
COMPANIES :
Company "A"-The Capital Guards-of Little Rock :- Gordon N. Peay, Captain ; John E. Reardon, First Lieuten- ant ; D. C. Fulton, Second Lieutenant ; John B. Lockman, Third Lieutenant.
Company "B,"-The Yellow Jackets-from Calhoun county, Philip H. Echols, Captain ; C. A. Bridewell, First Lieutenant.
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Company "C," from Dallas county, F. J. Cameron, Cap- tain, subsequently becoming Lieutenant-Colonel of the regi- ment; M. M. Duffie, First Lieutenant.
Company "D," from Ouachita county, Captain Hodnet.
Company "E," from Arkansas county, Samuel G. Smith, Captain, subsequently becoming Colonel of the regiment.
Company "F," from Lafayette county, Samuel H. Dill, Captain.
Company "G," from Columbia county, D. L. Kilgore, Captain ; J. W. Austen, First Lieutenant; N. J. Gantt, Sec- ond Lieutenant; Thomas Seay, Third Lieutenant ; - Na- tions, First Sergeant ; James H. Paschal, First Corporal, af- terwards Orderly Sergeant on re-organization; - Crown, Second Corporal. On Captain Kilgore becoming Major of the regiment, J. W. Austen became Captain.
Company "H," from Camden, Captain Richard Lyons, but on his being elected Colonel of the regiment, Sam. H. Southerland became Captain ; E. W. Elliott, First Lieuten- ant; A. J. Griggs, Second Lieutenant; G. A. Proctor, Or- derly-Sergeant ; 7 other officers and 57 men, total of com- pany 69.
Company "I," from Ouachita county, J. W. Kingwell, Captain; J. H. Scroggins, First Lieutenant; E. N. Hill, Second Lieutenant; J. C. Croxton, Third Lieutenant ; H. T. Jones, First Sergeant ; H. L. Grayson, Second Sergeant ; C. C. Arnold, Third Sergeant ; J. A. Thompson, Fourth Sergeant ; 4 other officers, 58 men, total strength of com- pany 70.
Company "K," Captain Barnes. Judge Joseph W. Mar- tin became Captain on the re-organization.
The strength of the regiment on organization was over 1,000 men.
Colonel Richard Lyons was killed at the Tennessee river, October 10th, 1861, and Lieutenant-Colonel A. T. Hawthorn became Colonel of the regiment. Gordon N. Peay, Captain
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of Company "A," was made Lieutenant-Colonel ; First Lieu- tenant John E. Reardon became Captain of Company "A," and John G. Fletcher was elected from the ranks First Lieutenant of the company.
After the battle of Shiloh the regiment was re-organized, and Lieutenant Fletcher became Captain of Company "A," and served as such to the conclusion of the war. He was wounded and made prisoner at Murfreesboro, and remained in prison four months, when he was exchanged.
Major Kilgore served with the regiment until the summer of 1862, when he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department, under General Albert Rust. On reaching the Department, he assisted in organizing the Nineteenth Arkan- sas Infantry, Col. Smead, and was made Major of it.
The Sixth Regiment went first to Pocahontas, Arkansas ; from there to Southeast Missouri; then to Columbus, Ken- tucky; then to Bowling Green, where it was placed in Hindman's Brigade. When Johnston retreated after the fall of Forts Henry and Donaldson, the Sixth Regiment was one of those which covered the retreat to Corinth, Mississippi. It took part in the battle of Shiloh, and lost many men. From Shiloh it went to Corinth and Tupelo, Mississippi, where the regiment was re-organized. From there it was placed in Braggs' Army, and went to Chattanooga; then into Kentucky, where it took part in the battle of Perryville, October 8th, 1862, and Murfreesboro, December 3Ist, 1862 ; January 2d, 1865, at Liberty Gap; at Chickamauga, Sep- tember 19th and 20th, 1863 ; Missionary Ridge, November 25th, 1863, and Franklin, November 30th, 1864. It was in General Joseph E. Johnston's Army, and took part in all the battles in his campaign opposing Sherman, and finally-what was left of it-surrendered with Johnston at the end of the struggle.
In all these battles it lost heavily, and particularly at Shiloh, Murfreesboro and Franklin. The Seventh Regiment,
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Colonel Shaver, had become so decimated from its losses, that it was consolidated with the Sixth. After the battle of Frank- lin, at the roll-call 45 men answered to their names out of the two regiments combined. The Sixth Regiment belonged . to Hardee's Brigade, afterwards Liddel's, and then Govan's, and was in Cleburne's Division.
The Seventh Arkansas Infantry had the following field and staff officers : Robert G. Shaver, Colonel ; William R. Cain, Lieutenant-Colonel at organization, but afterwards John M. Dean became Lieutenant-Colonel ; James J. Martin, Major ; Jack Horn, Adjutant ; H. C. Tunsell, Sergeant-Major ; Wil- liam Patillo, Quartermaster ; John D. Spriggs, Commissary ; Ben. Adler, Wagonmaster ; Jenifer T. Spriggs, Ordinance- Sergeant. The different companies of the regiment were com- manded by John C. McCauley, of White county, Senior Captain ; George B. Orme, of Jackson county, Second Senior Captain ; Joseph H. Martin, of Randolph county, Third Senior Captain ; and Captains - Deason, of Izard county; M. Van Shaver, of Fulton county ; John H. Dye, of the "Pike Guards ;"' - Warner, of Lawrence county ; Wm. Black- burn, of Marion county ; - Mellon, of Randolph county ; and - Brightwell, of Independence county. The regiment was organized at Smithville, Lawrence county, June 16th, 1861; went into camp at Camp Shaver, near Pocahontas, Randolph county, with 1, 250 men on the muster rolls. It was the first regiment drilled and disciplined by General Hardee, after its transfer to the Confederate service, and was the nu- cleus on which he formed his First Brigade, which consisted of the Second and Third Confederate; the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Arkansas Regiments, and McCarver's Regiment, with Mccown's Battery.
They were in the battles of Shiloh, April 6th and 7th, 1862 ; Perryville, Kentucky, October 8th, 1862 ; Murfreesboro, De- cember 31st, 1862 and January 2d, 1863 ; Chickamauga, Sep- tember 19th and 20th, 1863; Missionary Ridge, November
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23d, 24th and 25th, 1863 ; Ringgold Gap, November 27th, 1863 ; Resaca, May 13th and 14th, 1864, Pickett's Mill, May 26th, 1864; New Hope Church, May 29th, 1864 ; Kennesaw Mountain, June 17th to July 3d, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 20th, 1864 ; Atlanta, July 22d and 28th, 1864; Ezra Church, July 28th, 1864; Jonesboro, August 31st, 1864 ; Franklin, November 30th, 1864 ; Nashville, December 15th, 1864, and Bentonville, the last battle of the war, March 19th, 1865. At Shiloh, the regiment earned the sobriquet of "The Bloody Seventh," bestowed upon them by General Hardee, in person on the battle-field, for their gallant storming of Prentiss' lines, causing him to surrender, and by this name they were ever afterwards known. There was not a battle nor a skirmish by the Army of Tennessee, but that they bore in it their full share. At Peach Tree Creek, the Regiment was nearly wiped out, and at Bentonville, the Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Regiments had become so depleted that they were all consolidated into one regiment, and barely made a good-sized regiment then. The Seventh went into the war with 1,250 men on its muster rolls, and came out with 150, of whom probably not more than 100 are now living.
After the evacuation of Corinth, while at Tupelo, Missis- sippi, Colonel Shaver was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and in that department raised another regi- ment, which he commanded to the close of the war.
The Eighth Arkansas Regiment was raised by William K. Patterson, who was made its Colonel, and who commanded it from its organization, at Jacksonport, in the summer of 1861, to the time of its re-organization at Corinth, Mississippi, late in the spring or early in the summer of 1862.
At the re-organization, John H. Kelley became Colonel ; Wilson, of Jacksonport, Lieutenant-Colonel, and G. F. Bau- cum, Major. During the Kentucky campaign, Lieutenant- Colonel Wilson resigned; Major G. F. Baucum became Lieutenant-Colonel, and Anderson Watkins, son of Judge
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George C. Watkins, Major. Afterwards, Colonel Kelley was promoted to Brigadier-General; G. F. Baucum became Colonel, and Anderson Watkins, Lieutenant-Colonel. The regiment was in the battle of Shiloh; then went with Braggs' Army on his campaign in Kentucky; was in the battles of Perryville and Murfreesboro; from there went to Chatta- nooga ; was in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Ezra Church and Atlanta. In this battle Colonel Baucum was wounded, Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson Watkins was killed, and the regiment suffered greatly in killed and wounded. Colonel Baucum was never able to rejoin the reg- iment after being wounded.
This regiment was one of Cleburne's Division, and par- ticipated in all the marches and battles of that command, and surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston's troops, April 26th, 1865.
As originally organized, the regiment had the following field officers : Wm. K. Patterson, Colonel; - Crouch Lieutenant-Colonel; John Price, Major ; Dr. L. H. Dickson, Surgeon ; Dr. Gee, Assistant Surgeon, and Tom Watson, Quartermaster.
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ORGANIZATION OF TROOPS .- HISTORY OF REGIMENTS, CONTINUED.
THE Ninth Regiment, familiarly known as "The Parson's Regiment," from the circumstance that at its organization there were 42 Methodist preachers numbered among its officers, was organized and sworn in at Pine Bluff, July 20th, 1861.
The field and staff officers at its organization were John M. Bradley, Colonel; W. Y. McCammon, Lieutenant-Colonel ; W. H. Wallace, Sr., Major; R. W. Millsaps, Adjutant.
The Captains of the different companies were: Company "A," from Jefferson county, Captain James H. Hurley ; Company "B," from Union county, Captain W. H. Wal- lace, Jr .; Company "C," from Jefferson county, Captain Armstrong; Company "D," from Drew county, W. C. Haislip; Company "E," from Bradley county, Captain Isaac N. Dunlop; Company "F," from Drew county, Cap- tain W. H. Isom; Company "G," from Bradley county, Captain J. W. Blankenship; Company "H," from Jefferson county, Captain Philip Henry; Company "I," from Jeffer- son county, Captain George W. Bayne; Company "K," from Ashley county, Captain John F. Carr. The last named is now a prominent minister at Pine Bluff.
The regiment was at the battle of Belmont, Kentucky, November 8th, 1861, but were held in reserve. It held Bowling Green in the winter of 1861 and 1862. On the re-
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treat out of Kentucky it helped to cover the rear and was marched to Corinth, Mississippi.
At its organization it numbered 1,000 men, and was from time to time heavily recruited. Yet at the close of the strug- gle there were not exceeding 200 men surviving. There are possibly living, at this date, 15 or 20 out of each company, including the recruits which were added. It fought gallantly at Shiloh, losing 132 men, and was in both battles of Corinth, the battles of Baker's Creek and Coffeeville ; was 20 days in the breastworks at Jackson, Mississippi, was in most of the bat- tles from Georgia to Mississippi; including the battles.of Re- saca, Georgia, May 13th, 14th and 15th, 1864; Franklin, Tennessee, November 30th, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 20th, 1864 ; Atlanta, July 22d and 24th, 1864, and Nashville, December 15th and 16th, 1864, and was at the siege of Port Hudson, May 2 Ist to July 9th, 1863. On the 25th of March, 1864, it was attached to Reynold's Brigade in exchange for the 39th North Carolina, and thereafter took part in all the battles fought by that brigade.
The Tenth Arkansas Infantry Regiment had the following field and staff officers : T. D. Merrick, Colonel ; S. S. Ford, Lieutenant-Colonel; Obed Patty, Major ; Robert C. Bertrand, Adjutant, to February, 1862 ; after that date George A. Mer- rick, was Adjutant.
COMPANIES :
Quitman Rifles-Company "A:"-A. R. Witt, Captain ; W. W. Martin, First Lieutenant; C. M. Cargile, Second Lieutenant; Israel Davis, Third Lieutenant ; W. R. Corbin, First Sergeant. Eight non-commissioned officers, 81 men ; total strength of company, 94 men.
Ready Rifles-Company "B :"-James P. Venable, Cap- tain; John K. Griffith, First Lieutenant; Benjamin F. Jones, Second Lieutenant ; John F. Kirk, Third Lieutenant ; J. A. Sturdivant, First Sergeant. Nine non-commissioned officers and 50 men ; total strength of company, 64 men.
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Chocktaw Riflemen-Company "C:"-L. B. Jennings, Captain; W. W. Bridges, First Lieutenant ; F. M. Jackson, Second Lieutenant; C. Watkins, Third Lieutenant; G. M. Hines, First Sergeant. Eight other officers, 65 men ; total strength of company, 78 men.
Pemberton's Company-Company "D:"-John A. Pem- berton, Captain; J. F. Foster, First Lieutenant; W. C. Rainey, Second Lieutenant; W. P. Harris, Third Lieuten- ant ; William Guinn, First Sergeant. Eight non-commis- sioned officers, 55 men ; total strength of company, 68 men.
Conway Invincibles-Company "E:"-E. L. Vaughan, Captain ; J. H. Culpepper, First Lieutenant ; W. J. Hardin, Second Lieutenant ; A. K. Livingston, Third Lieutenant ; J. A. Donnell, First Sergeant. Eight non-commissioned officers, 72 men; total strength of company, 85 men.
Muddy Bayou Heroes-Company "F:"-R. S. Fears, Captain ; James A. Henry, First Lieutenant ; Q. T. Stokely, Second Lieutenant ; Terrill Bryant, Third Lieutenant ; W. M. Camble, First Sergeant. Eight non-commissioned offi- cers, 51 men ; total strength of company, 64 men.
Red River Riflemen-Company "G:"-John B. Miller, Captain ; James E. Lockard, First Lieutenant ; Henry J. Gatton, Second Lieutenant ; Edwin Ellis, Third Lieutenant ; Daniel L. Johnson, First Sergeant. Ten non-commissioned officers, 76 privates ; total strength of company, 91 men. After the battle of Shiloh, George A. Merrick became Cap- tain.
Perry County Mountaineers-Company "H :"-William Wilson, Captain; Robert F. James, First Lieutenant ; Jesse W. Holmes, Second Lieutenant; Morgan G. Smyers, Third Lieutenant; William D. Hickman, First Sergeant. Eight non-commissioned officers, 54 men; total strength of com- pany, 67 men.
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Conway Tigers-Company "I:"-J. W. Duncan, Cap- tain ; Z. A. P. Venable, First Lieutenant ; Jefferson Mallett, Second Lieutenant; E. H. Russell, Third Lieutenant ; G. W. Olinger, First Sergeant. Eight non-commissioned offi- cers, 60 men; total strength of company, 73 men.
Springfield Sharpshooters-Company "K:"-W. S. Hanna, Captain ; L. F. Ragsdale, First Lieutenant ; J. C. Barnes, Second Lieutenant; S. M. Shelton, Third Lieuten- ant ; W. B. Hawkins, First Sergeant. Eight other officers, 61 men; total strength of company, 74 men. The total strength of the regiment was 758, and afterwards recruited to 1,061 men.
The regiment was organized at Springfield, in July, 1861, and left Arkansas in the summer of that year, going first to Memphis, then to Union City, at which place great sickness and mortality among the men prevailed, owing to the preva- lence of measles, fully 150 dying from the disease. They were then assigned to General Bowen's Brigade, consisting of the Ninth and Tenth Arkansas, Fifth Missouri and Tenth Mississippi Regiments, and moved to Columbus, Kentucky, where they encamped, about 15 miles back of that place. At the battle of Belmont they were placed to guard the rear of the Army in its operations there. They went to Bowling Green, Kentucky, in January, 1862, where they remained until the evacuation of that place, when they were again placed to guard the rear on the retreat. They were then placed in Hardee's Corps, and marched to Corinth. Here the Ninth Arkansas was put in Breckenridge's Reserve Corps, and marched to Shiloh. They were held as reserves near the battle ground until eleven o'clock of Sunday, the 6th, when they were ordered into action, and were put out to charge a hill, held by the enemy, and from which two brigades had previously been repulsed. Their brigade made a rush for the hill, and captured it in handsome and gallant style.
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In this battle they lost about 160 men. After Shiloh they came back to Corinth, where they were re-organized. Cap- tain A. R. Witt, of Company "A," became Colonel of the regiment. Here their brigade was broken up. They were moved first back of Vicksburg, where they stayed some time on the Yazoo river, at Camp Price; then they were moved to Vicksburg, where they stayed a short while. They were then, with the Ninth Arkansas, placed in a brigade commanded. by General Jeff. Thompson, and moved to Tangipahoa, Louisiana, 30 or 40 miles above New Orleans, where they spent the winter of 1862 and 1863, guarding the New Or- leans, Jackson and Great Northern Railway. In the spring of 1863 they were moved first to Baton Rouge and then to Port Hudson, and went through the siege of that place, lost many men, and were made prisoners at the capitulation of the place, July 9th, 1863. The men were paroled until exchanged, the officers being imprisoned in Johnson's Island. In addition to these actions, the regiment took part in the bat- tles of Baton Rogue and Ponchatoula, and in fifteen fights and skirmishes during Price's Missouri raid. It entered the war with a muster roll of 1,061 men, and returned with only 154.
The Eleventh Arkansas Infantry was organized at Camp Hardee, near Benton, Saline county, in July, 1861, and elected the following field officers : Jabez M. Smith, Colonel ; F. W. Hoadley, Lieutenant-Colonel; James T. Poe, Major ; Wm. R. Selridge, Staff-Adjutant-for a part of the time Harry Wingar, of the Regular United States Army, held the position-Captain Nolan, of Camden, Quartermaster ; Dr. Isaacs, of Saline county, Surgeon; Dr. J. N. Bragg, of Camden, Assistant Surgeon; Rev. M. Hoague, of Saline county, Chaplain.
By reason of some informality, the election of officers was declared void, and a second election was held some weeks later, at which all the above field officers were re-elected, except
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that Lieutenant-Colonel, Mark Miller, was substituted for F. W. Hoadley, who was a man of great courage and gallantry, entered the Fourth Arkansas Battalion, under Col- onel Terry, was assigned to artillery service, became a Major of Artillery, and was killed during the siege of Vicksburg.
The following Captains were in command during the first year : Company "A," Captain M. D. Vance. Company "B," Captain W. T. Douglas; First Lieutenant, Claiborne Watkins; Second Lieutenant, M. E. Wills. On the death of Captain Douglas, Lieutenant Claiborne Watkins, now a prominent physician of Little Rock, became Captain of the company. Company "C," Captain J. M. Sanders ; First Lieutenant, J. C. Hall. A. Curl, now of Malvern, was Sergeant in this company the first year, and afterwards be- came First Lieutenant. Company "D," Captain Phillips, afterwards Captain A. A. Crawford, who continued as such to the close of the war.
Company "E"-The Falcon Guards :- J. C. C. Moss, Captain ; Wm. R. Selridge, First Lieutenant ; P. S. Lively, Second Lieutenant; William Martin, Third Lieutenant; F. J. Eddy, First Sergeant; Thomas Boyse, Second Sergeant ; Thomas J. Milwe, Third Sergeant; John Carson, Fourth Sergeant; Larkin Nix, Ensign; W. A. J. Cooper, First Corporal; B. W. Borland, Second Corporal; W. S. Kent, Third Corporal; J. H. Meador, Fourth Corporal. Total strength of company, 80 men.
Company "F," Captain Mooney. Company "G," Cap- tain John A. Logan, afterwards Colonel, and Lieutenant Thomas. Company "H," Captain Matthews. Company "I,"" Captain Waters." Company "K," Captain Anderson Cunningham.
During the first year the regiment was stationed at Mem- phis, Fort Pillow and Island No 10, which latter place it reached in November, 1861, and constituted a part of the army defending that point, sometimes on the Island, some-
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times at New Madrid, sometimes in the Madrid bend, on the east bank of the river, until the fall of that place, 8th of April, 1862. During this siege, James C. Hall, First Lieutenant of Company "C," died. Lieutenant Thomas, of Company "G," had his thigh broken in a scuffle, and resigned. Colonel E. W. Gantt, of the Twelfth Regi- ment, commanded the brigade on the night of the 8th of April, 1862 ; the Eleventh Regiment lay in line of battle back of Tiptonville, five miles from the Island, and next morning were notified that they were prisoners. The capitulation had been made during the night. Most of the Eleventh Regi- ment were carried to Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois, the officers being carried to Johnson's Island. All of the Twelfth Regiment (except a few who escaped) and the re- mainder of the Eleventh Regiment, were carried to Camp Douglas, near Chicago. In September, 1862, they were re- leased and exchanged, while the officers were confined at Johnson's Island. Lieutenant Gibson, of Company "H," walked beyond what was termed the "dead line" (marked off by stakes, some 20 feet inside the prison wall), and was shot dead by a Federal soldier on guard, without a word of warning.
After the exchange, about October Ist, 1862, the regiment re-organized at Jackson, Mississippi, with the following field and staff officers : John A. Logan, Colonel. (After the war he died at New Orleans of yellow fever.) M. D. Vance, Lieutenant-Colonel; Jas. T. Poe, Major; E. A. Warren, Adjutant (now of the "Independent," at Texarkana) ; Ed. Whitfield, Quartermaster ; - - Clark, Commissary ; Dr. James Whitfield, Surgeon. (Dr. Cooper acted as Surgeon subsequently.) The Captains of the different companies were : Company "A," Jasper Shepherd ; Company "B," C. Watkins ; Company "C," James D. Burke ; Company "D," A. A. Crawford ; Company "E," W. R. Selvage ; Company "F," L. H. Kemp; Company "G," Frank Scott ; Company
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"H," (name unknown) ; Company "I," W. F. Morton ; Company "K," (name unknown).
After the re-organization, the regiment was moved to Port Hudson, and placed in the brigade of General W. N. R. Beall. Here it spent the winter.
On the 30th of April, 1863, the Eleventh and Seventeenth Regiments were ordered to Clinton, Mississippi, to intercept the Federal General, Grierson, with a cavalry force on his raid from Memphis to Baton Rouge, but did not succeed in ar- resting his march.
They were at Port Hudson when Admiral Farragut made his naval attack on the place, March 14th and 15th, 1863, when the "Richmond" was disabled, and the "Mississippi" was burned. During the siege of Port Hudson, the Eleventh and Seventeenth Regiments were left out-side, consolidated and mounted. Colonel John Griffith, of the Seventeenth, was put in charge of the consolidated regiment, and Colonel Logan was put in charge of a brigade of cavalry, mounted infantry and field artillery, of which the consolidated regiment then constituted a part.
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