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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