COMPANY B
16TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

ANDERSON, THOMAS Pvt -  Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 18, born in Hamilton Co, TN. Discharged 6 Feb 1863, age 16.

ARMSTRONG, ALEXANDER H. Pvt  - Enl  4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 20. Wounded 5 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.

ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM Sgt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 24. Teamster 10 Dec 1861. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

BENNETT, JOHN Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 38. Discharged 29 Jan 1863.

BIRCHFIELD, DAVID L. Sgt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 17. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

BRANDON, HIRAM B. Pvt   - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 25. Present through 31 Aug 1862,

BRANDON,  HUGH L. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 26. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

BRINEY,  WILLIAM  Sgt   - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 28. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

BROWN, MATTHEW T. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 25. Captured 5 Oct 1862 at Corinth,  MS and forwarded to Columbus, KY. Exchanged 8 Nov 1862.

BROWN, WILLIAM Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Sugar Creek, MO.

CALDWELL, MOSES G. Cpl  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR.  Age 20. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA in hospital and sent to New Orleans, LA to be exchanged..

CARTER, JAMES Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 20. Deserted. Left in AR with 3 days leave 25 Mar 1862, Struck from rolls 11 Aug 1862.

CARTER, JOEL Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 21. Sent to Van Buren, AR hospital 13 Mar 1862

CHITWOOD, ANDREW Sgt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 19. Present through 31 Aug 1862

CHITWOOD, ARELUS  M. Cpl  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 17. Present 31 Aug 1862.

CHITWOOD, DRURY L. 1 Lt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age17. Left sick in AR 28 Mar 1862 having 30 days leave.

CHIWOOD, EDMOND P. Cpl  - Enl 20 Mar 1862 at Frog Bayou, AR. Sent to home 26 Jun 1862.

CHITWOOD, JOHN Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 33. Present through 31 Aug 1862.

COUNCIL, JAMES  H. Sgt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 37.  Wounded at Corinth, MS 26 May 1862 and discharged 13 Jul 1862. Born in Knox Co, TN.

CRAVENS, JESSE L. 1Lt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 19, born in AR. Arrested at the Ram Fleet, MS and sent to MP at Johnson;s Island, OH  22 Feb 1863 then to Ft Monroe 6 Apr 1863. Resigned 22 Sep 1864. Captured 29 Oct 1864 east of Baton Rouge, LA and sent to NY 6 Nov 1864, Released 12 Jun 1865. Residence: Clinton, LA.

CRAVENS, WILLIAM  L. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 39. Discharged 6 Feb 1863.

DAVIS, FRANCIS M. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 26. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

EASTERWOOD, WILLIAM W. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 40. Died 24 Mar 1862 at Johnson Creek, AR. Claim file by Susan Easterwood, widow. Gives name as Washington W. Easterwood.

FOSTER, JOHN Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 17. Left sick in AR 30 Mar 1862.

FRAZIER, WILLIAM J. Sr 2Lt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 31.   Struck from rolls due to AWOL 2 May 1862.

FRIAR, JOHN Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 19. Left sick at Memphis, TN 10 Apr 1862.

FRIAR, JOSEPH Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 35. Present 31 Aug 1862.

FUGATE, JOHN J. Pvt  - Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

HAMILTON, GEORGE W. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Died 2 Jun 1862.

HAMPTON,  JAMES M. Jr 2Lt.  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 29. Captured 7 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA and sent to MP at Johnson's Island, OH 28 Jul 1863, to Point Lookout, MD 21 Mar 1865 then to Ft Delaware, DE 28 Apr 1865. Released 12 Jun 1865.

HANSBROUGH,  AUGUSTUS Pvt  - Enl 28 Jan 1862 at Elm Springs, AR. Deserted 31 May 1862.

HIBBS, NEWTON J. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Left sick in AR 17 May 1862.

HIXSON, EPHRIAM Pvt -  Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 15. Discharged 6 Feb 1863.

HIXSON, JOHN  Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 26. Captured 5 Oct 1862 and paroled 13 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.

HIXSON, MADISON  2Lt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR.  Age 17. Captured 7 Jul 1863  at Port Hudson, LA    and sent to MP at Johnson's Island, OH 28 Jul 1863, to Point Lookout, MD 21 Mar 1865 then to Ft Delaware, DE 28 Apr 1865. Released 12 Jun 1865.

HOLLY, CALVIN  J. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.   Age 48. Sent to hospital in AR 29 Mar 1862.

HORN, HENRY  Cpl   - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 18. Present 31 Aug 1862. Captured 5 Oct 1862 and paroled 13 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.

HORN, JOSEPH Pvt   - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 31. Present 31 Aug 1862.

HOUSER, HENRY Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Captured 5 Oct 1862 and paroled 13 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.

HOUSER, JOHN Pvt   - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 30. Left sick in AR 24 May 1862.

HOUSER, SAMUEL A. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 21. Discharged 20 Jun 1862 for disabililty.

HOWARD, WILLIAM  B. Pvt -  Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Present 31 Aug 1862.

JOHNSON, JONATHAN Cpl  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

JOHNSON, PARKER P. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Present 31 Aug 1862.

KELLY, JOHN  Pvt  - Name cancelled on a list of prisoners sent from Corinth, MS to Columbus, KY 9 Oct 1862.

LASATER, BURRELL Sgt   - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 23. Paroled 13 Oct 1862 at Bolivar, TN.

LASATER, DAVID Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 30. Present 31Aug1862.

LASATER, FRANCIS M. Jr 2Lt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 24. Discharged 15 Jan 1862, not reelected at reorganization.

LASATER, WILLIAM  L. 1Sgt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 32. Discharged 5 Jul 1862 for disability.

LAY, JAMES Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 30. Present 31 Aug 1862.

LEWIS, WILLIAM K. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 54. Left on 30 day furlough 12 Nov 1861.

LOOMAN, JAMES H. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 16. Discharged 6 Feb 1863.

LOW, JAMES  H. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 32. Present 31 Aug 1862.

LOW, JOHN  P.  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 27. In general hospital at Lauderdale Springs, MS 19-28 Feb 1863.

LOW, NELSON G. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 21. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

McKINNEY, R.N. Pvt  - Captured 24 Oct 1864 at Mound City, KS and sent to MP at Rock Island, IL 7 Dec 1864. Signed by X.

McPHERSON, JAMES  T. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 25. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

MOORE, JOHN  A. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 27. Present 31 Aug 1862.

NEEDHAM, JOHN  M. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 24. Sent home sick in AR 29 Dec 1861.

PITTS, ISAAC D. Pvt  - Enl 26 Feb 1862 at Boston Mountain, AR. Wounded 5 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.

PITTS, WILKERSON L. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 21. Left sick in AR 26 Mar 1862.

PLUNKETT, JAMES C. Sgt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 23. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

PLUNKETT, JOHN R. 1Sgt  - Enl 26 Feb 1862 at Boston, Mountain, AR. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

PORTER, JOHN Pvt -  Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 75. Left sick in AR 2 Apr 1862.

ROLAND, JACKSON Pvt - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 17. Died 19 Apr 1862 at Rienzi, MS.

SHEARL, ISAAC G. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 31. Left sick in AR 28 Mar 1862.

SOOTER, ROBERT Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 23. Died of disease before 31 Aug 1862.

SPICER, STEPHEN D. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 30. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

SUTTON, JAMES  B. Sgt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 26. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

THOMPSON, JAMES B. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 18. Left sick in AR 26 Mar 1862.

THURMAN, J. MONROE Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 18. Died 28 Apr 1862 at Austin, AR.

TURNER, GEORGE Cpt   - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 46. Discharged 29 Jun 1862, not reelected at reorganization.

UNDERWOOD, LEONARD Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 38. Sent to hospital ar Macon, MS 23 Jun 1862, died of disease 31 Jul 1862.

UTLEY, JOHN C. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 19. Paroled at Port Hudson, LA 12-13 Jul 1863.

UTLEY, JOHN  W. Cpt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 43, born in TN. Resigned 25 Nov 1862.

WATKINS, THOMAS Cpl   - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Shoal Creek, AR. Age 31. Killed 7 Mar 1862 at Elk Horn, AR.

WEBSTER, RICHARD J. Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR.  Age 27. Sent to hospital 29 May 1862 died of disease.

WIGGINS, DAVID  Pvt  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 20. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

WRIGHT, LIMAN C. Cpl  - Enl 4 Oct 1861 at Pekin, AR. Age 18. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

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