COMPANY F
17TH (GRIFFITH'S) ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

Allison, Alexander
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 26; discharged at Priceville, Mississippi, June 23, 1862.

Arbuckle, David
Captain—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 26; absent on furlough to Little Rock, Arkansas, for sixty days since April 23, 1862.

Barkley, Benjamin F
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 28; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; absent west of the Mississippi River, October 31, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862; residence Van Buren, Arkansas.

Bateman, Elisha Summerfield
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 23; present, October 31, 1862.

Baucum, William
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Bird, Robert W
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 33; absent sick, February 28, 1862.

Boles, John C
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 16; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Boles, Thomas A
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 18; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Boles, William
Private—Enlisted at Bentonville, Arkansas, February 22, 1862; present, October 31, 1862.

Brooks, A J
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 44; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Brooks, John
Sergeant—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 42; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Brooks, Wilson
Private—Enlisted at Camp Boston Mountain, Arkansas, February 26, 1862; absent west of the Mississippi River, August 31, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Carruth, Joseph P
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas, April 20, 1862.

Carter, Jasper
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 12, 1861; age 25; captured at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8, 1862; sent to Alton, Illinois; died in prison, April 7, 1862.

Chism, Benjamin B
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 18, born in Arkansas; elected second lieutenant, May 16, 1862; received clothing issue, April 27, 1864; residence Roseville, Arkansas; served in Arkansas under Gen. McCulloch.

Clark, Newton
Corporal—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; present, October 31, 1862.

Collins, William G
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 16; wounded at Corinth, Mississippi, October 5, 1862.

Cooper, William J
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 22; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862; residence Ozark, Arkansas.

Deshazo, John H
Lieutenant—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 27; not reelected, June 11, 1862.

Donalson, Robert
Private; killed at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8, 1862.

Dunn, James
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862; residence Franklin county, Arkansas.

Elkins, Absalom
Private—Enlisted at Camp Boston Mountain, Arkansas, February 26, 1862; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Elkins, John
Private—Enlisted at Camp Boston Mountain, Arkansas, February 26, 1862; left; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Falkner, John E C
Private—Enlisted at Camp Boston, Mountain, Arkansas, February 24, 1862; absent west of the Mississippi River since March 8, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Gallant, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Gilmer [Gillmore], Francis M
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 16; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Gunter, William
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; left west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Hampton, William
Private—Enlisted at Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 29, 1861; age 17.

Holderby, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 20; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Honn, Peter
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; died of pneumonia at Bentonville, Arkansas, February 1, 1862.

Hunter, Francis Marion
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 20, 1861; age 18; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Hunter, James
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 20, 1861; age 20; absent west of the Mississipi River, June 30, 1862.

Johns, Benjamin
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 18; died at Corinth, Mississippi, May 9, 1862.

Johns, Israel J
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 16; paroled at Jackson, Mississippi, May 13, 1865.

Kinsworthy, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 25; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Lafferty, Dallas
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; absent sick at Corinth, Mississippi, June 30, 1862; discharged, November 28, 1862.

Larrimore, Obediah
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 44.

Larrimore, Wiley
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; residence Sebastian county, Arkansas.

Laughlin, John J
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; present, October 31, 1862.

Lewis, D J
Private—Enlisted at Bentonville, Arkansas, January 24, 1862; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

McAnally, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862; residence Scott county, Arkansas.

McCartney, George W
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 18; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

McClatchey, Samuel B
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 22; deserted at Clarksville, Arkansas, in February 1862; residence Johnson county, Arkansas.

McClatchey, William H
Lieutenant—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; not reelected, June 11, 1862; enlisted in Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

McDonald, John
Private—Enlisted at Camp Boston Mountain, Arkansas, February 26, 1862; killed at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8, 1862.

McHerd, Richard
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 18; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Matlock, James
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 19; present, August 31, 1862.

Milam, John K
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 28; elected first lieutenant; admitted to hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia, September 25, 1864; released on furlough, November 8, 1864; residence Charleston, Arkansas; served in Arkansas under Gen. McCulloch.

Milam, Lucas C
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 24; captured at Corinth, Mississippi, October 5, 1862; also shown in Co. B.

Milam, Stephen H
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 16; discharged at Saltillo, Mississippi, August 19, 1862.

Milam, Thomas F, Sr
Sergeant—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 45; died in hospital at Van Buren, Arkansas, March 14, 1862.

Milam, Thomas F, Jr
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Morris, Levi M
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 27; paid, October 9, 1862.

Orrick, James
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 28; left sick in hospital at Van Buren, Arkansas; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; died in hospital at Van Buren, Arkansas, date not stated; claim for effects filed by widow Margaret Orick, May 27, 1864.

Page, William M
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 19; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Peck, George B
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 21; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Poor, William
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Proctor, John B
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 38, born in Tennessee; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; residence Clarksville, Arkansas.

Putman, Adolphus
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; discharged, May 11, 1863.

Putman, Berry
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 40.

Robinson, George W
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 25; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Rogers, Bettis
Corporal—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 21; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Simpson, Henry H
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 23; promoted first sergeant, June 27, 1862; paroled at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 25, 1865.

Smith, Henry H
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 27; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Sours, John
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 19; prisoner, January 26, 1864.

Speaks, Allen M
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Speaks, Robert S
Corporal—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 19; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Speaks, Wesley
Private—Enlisted at Bentonville, Arkansas, February 10, 1862; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Thomas, Guilford
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; appointed sergeant; captured at Corinth, Mississippi, October 5, 1862.

Thomas, Henry
Private—Enlisted at Camp Boston Mountain, Arkansas, February 26, 1862; missing at Iuka, Mississippi, September 19, 1862.

Thompson, George
Private—Enlisted at Bentonville, Arkansas, January 30, 1862; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Thompson, Newton
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 22; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

Tipton, George W
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 16; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Tipton, James M
Corporal—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 22; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862.

Tipton, William
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 17; accidently killed by gunshot near Van Buren, Arkansas, November 27, 1861.

Tull, John
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862; residence Scott county, Arkansas.

Tull, William
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862; residence Scott county, Arkansas.

Wade, John
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 15; appointed musician; discharged, March 11, 1863.

Ward, John E
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 36; absent west of the Mississippi River, June 30, 1862; claim for effects filed by widow Marinda Ward, May 27, 1864.

Wisdom, Stanford H
Sergeant—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 26; wounded at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 35th Arkansas Infantry, June 12, 1862.

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