26th Arkansas Infantry.
Company E.

Organized in Drew County and enrolled in Confederate service at Selma on May 12, 1862, for three years or the duration of the war.
 

Adams, D G
Private—Enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, June 11, 1862, “a member of 14th Ark. Regt. Vols & joined to fill out time of 35 days;” discharged at Camp Rust, Arkansas, August 1, 1862.

Austin, J D
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged at Camp Rust, Arkansas, July 28, 1862.

Aycock, Samuel E
Private—Pension record only, citing service in 1864-1865.

Beamus, F
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas, June 22, 1862.

Beckworth, F
Second Corporal—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; reduced to ranks; present through June 30, 1863.

Blackburn, E
Private—Enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, June 11, 1862, “a member of 14th Ark. Regt. Vols & joined to fill out time of 35 days;” discharged at Camp Rust, Arkansas, July 29, 1862.

Bloomer, B
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through August 31, 1862.

Boatwright, J L
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave since January 27, 1864.

Boitle, W H
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged at Camp Rust, Arkansas, July 29, 1862.

Bolin, R
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, July 11, 1863; transferred to Hughey’s Arkansas Battery, September 1, 1863.

Boswell, John
Private—Transferred from Co. B, June 3, 1862; died at Camp Hope, Arkansas, September 15, 1862.

Boswell, Miles
Private—Transferred from Co. B, June 3, 1862; died of measles at Camp Rust, Arkansas, July 19, 1862.

Boyd, W A
Private—Enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, September 1, 1863; present through February 29, 1864.

Brazil, R J
Private—Enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, February 6, 1863; discharged, March 2, 1863.

Buckler, C
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through June 30, 1863.

Campbell, John
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, August 29, 1863; present through February 29, 1864.

Campbell, William J
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 18, 1862.

Childery, J W
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 5, 1862.

Cook, W W
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave in Ouachita county, Arkansas, October 31, 1862.

Cooper, William
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died of pneumonia in hospital at Shreveport, Louisiana, April 9, 1864.

Costillo, M L
Private—Enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, February 21, 1863; present through June 30, 1863.

Cromwell, J A
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through June 30, 1863.

Davis, Samuel H
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed second sergeant, July 12, 1862; died at home in Drew county, Arkansas, October 10, 1862.

Day, B F
Fourth Corporal—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in St. John’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 18, 1862.

Delong, C W
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through June 30, 1863.

Donaldson, John L
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Donaldson, N H
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; resigned commission and returned to the ranks, August 13, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Dowdy, L F
First Corporal—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through October 31, 1862.

Eaton, William
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged for disability at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 23, 1862.

Ellis, Ise E
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent on sick furlough since November 27, 1863.

Furgeson, Elijah H
Private—Transferred from Co. A and appointed second lieutenant, August 15, 1862; promoted first lieutenant; died, date and place unknown.

Gray, Eli
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Gray, Isaac J
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 17, 1862.

Green, L S
Private—Enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, September 1, 1863; absent on detached duty as division teamster through February 29, 1864.

Guest, G B
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed fourth corporal; elected second lieutenant in Co. D, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, December 1, 1863.

Guest, John W
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Mulberry, Arkansas, November 3, 1862.

Hampton, R B
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed drummer, September 15, 1863.

Harrell, Jesse
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed fifth sergeant, September 1, 1862; promoted fourth sergeant; promoted third sergeant; present through February 29, 1864.

Harris, J M
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent on detached duty at Shreveport, Louisiana, since January 28, 1864.

Heald, A J
Private—Enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, February 6, 1863; absent on sick furlough since April 13, 1863.

Hopkins, J
Fourth Sergeant—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; promoted third sergeant; wounded at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 7, 1862; discharged for wounds at Little Rock, Arkansas, April 23, 1863.

Hoskins, James
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged for disability at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 9, 1862; died at Camp Hope, Arkansas, September 2, 1862.

Hoskins, Jeremiah
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Camp Hope, Arkansas, September 26, 1862.

Hudspeth, A J
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, June 23, 1862.

Hunt, John S
Third Sergeant—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; reduced to fifth sergeant, August 12, 1862; reduced to ranks; absent on detached duty as teamster since February 10, 1864.

Huskey, J C
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Camp Rust, Arkansas, July 29, 1862.

Ingraham, H W
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged at Camp Rust, Arkansas, July 23, 1862.

Jackson, J R
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Cadron Mills, Arkansas, June 17, 1862.

James, B F
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Jeans, B F
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed third sergeant, September 1862; reduced to ranks, January 1863; present through June 30, 1863.

Kilkeny, Martin
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; admitted to hospital at Shreveport, Louisiana, April 1, 1864; returned to duty, April 3, 1864.

Landfair, W H
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died, November 26, 1862, place not stated.

Lanfair, R J
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Lay, Green M
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; wounded, date and place not stated; died of wounds in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 6, 1862.

Lee, John H
Private—Transferred from Co. B, June 3, 1862; died in hospital at Camp Hope, Arkansas, October 8, 1862.

Leek, Joseph G
Fifth Sergeant—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged for disability at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 29, 1862.

Leek, Samuel
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas, September 2, 1862.

McClure, Felix M
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, October 17, 1862.

McGaughy, John M
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed commissary sergeant, May 12, 1862; appointed first sergeant, August 12, 1862; appointed third lieutenant, February 1, 1863; promoted second lieutenant; promoted first lieutenant; promoted captain, December 5, 1863; detailed on recruiting service since February 4, 1864.

McLun, P
Private—No record of enlistment; absent sick in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, September 1862.

McReynolds, Thomas D
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, September 17, 1862.

Mallett, F
Private—Enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, March 11, 1863; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, April 15, 1863.

Mathews, J T
Private—Enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, June 8, 1862; appointed first corporal; deserted, April 11, 1864; took oath of allegiance at Little Rock, Arkansas, May 12, 1864.

Meeks, William F
Second Sergeant—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; reduced to third sergeant, July 12, 1862; appointed third lieutenant, December 18, 1863; promoted second lieutenant.

Moore, F M
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, August 20, 1863; transferred to Hughey’s Arkansas Battery, September 1, 1863.

Moore, J S
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through June 30, 1863.

Moore, John
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; rejoined from desertion, January 5, 1864; present under arrest, February 29, 1864.

Moore, M L
Private—Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas, August 20, 1863; transferred to Hughey’s Arkansas Battery, September 1, 1863.

Nichols, T J
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave since January 28, 1864.

Oglesby, J T
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, March 11, 1863; present through February 29, 1864.

Oswald, J W
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent on detached duty as hospital steward at Mulberry, Arkansas, since November 10, 1862.

Paine, T J
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through June 30, 1863.

Pate, Hardy
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 3, 1862.

Perry, Green A
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Posey, A J
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas, June 16, 1862.

Pounders, A
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in St. John’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 20, 1863.

Pounders, W T
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent on detached duty as nurse in St. John’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, since August 15, 1862.

Preston, William
Fourth Corporal—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; promoted third corporal; absent on sick furlough since May 18, 1863.

Reed, Galveston M
Private—Transferred from Co. A, October 18, 1862; appointed first lieutenant, November 17, 1862; absent on recruiting duty since June 17, 1863.

Richardson, M W
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Camp Rust, Arkansas, July 25, 1862.

Richardson, W C
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died, February 6, 1863, place not stated.

Ringo, Micajah
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; resigned, August 15, 1862.

Robbins, J L
Private—Enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, February 6, 1863; discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas, April 4, 1863.

Rusco, Charles G
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in camp on Mulberry River, November 7, 1862.

Shettlesworth, John
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave since January 27, 1864.

Shettlesworth, W H
Private—Enlisted at Clarksville, Arkansas, June 15, 1863; present through June 30, 1863.

Smith, Robert C
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Stafford, A
Third Corporal—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died in hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 30, 1862.

Stanley, James Philip
Captain—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; elected captain, May 12, 1862; promoted major, December 6, 1863; wounded at Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas, April 30, 1864; promoted lieutenant-colonel, May 26, 1864.

Stewart, H C
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; captured and paroled at Van Buren, Arkansas, January 25, 1863; absent at home on parole, June 30, 1863.

Summers, William
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick in hospital at Mulberry, Arkansas, October 31, 1862.

Tate, John M
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed third lieutenant, December 5, 1863; present through February 29, 1864.

Varden, James H
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent sick in hospital at Fort Smith, Arkansas, since December 26, 1862; reportedly died in hospital.

Varden, William
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; did not muster in.

Wallace, J T
Private—Enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, September 9, 1863; present through February 29, 1864.

Waugh, Samuel C
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed second sergeant, September 1, 1862; promoted first sergeant; absent on furlough since February 23, 1864.

Wellburn, Samuel
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent without leave since May 12, 1862.

Westerman, L
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Wilkerson, A
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; appointed third corporal, August 1, 1862; promoted second corporal; absent on furlough since February 11, 1864.

Wilkerson, E
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through June 30, 1863.

Wilkerson, Joseph
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; died at Fort Hindman, Arkansas, July 4, 1862.

Wilkerson, W W
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; present through February 29, 1864.

Williams, Arthur
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; reduced to third sergeant, August 12, 1862; promoted second sergeant; present through February 29, 1864.

Wright, W C
Private—Enlisted at Selma, Arkansas, May 12, 1862; absent on sick furlough since August 20, 1862.

Wylie, John E
Third Lieutenant—Transferred from Co. F and appointed third lieutenant, April 17, 1863; promoted second lieutenant, December 5, 1863; promoted first lieutenant; absent on furlough since January 28, 1864.

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