Twenty-seventh Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Field and Staff.

AUSTIN, T F (Thomas Fletcher Austin)
Assistant Quartermaster—Enlisted in Co. K at Yellville, Arkansas, June 28, 1862; appointed captain and assistant quartermaster and transferred to field and staff, July 14, 1862; dropped from the rolls, April 11, 1864; subsequently served in Schnabel’s Battalion Missouri Cavalry.

BRIGGS, ELISH W (Elisha W. Briggs)
Assistant Quartermaster—Enlisted in Co. K at Yellville, Arkansas, June 28, 1862; age 28, born in North Carolina; appointed acting assistant quartermaster and transferred to field and staff; bonded.

DAILEY, THOMAS J
Sergeant-Major—Enlisted in (new) Co. B in Madison county, Arkansas, August 11, 1862; age 25; transferred from Adams’ Arkansas Regiment, December 18, 1862; appointed sergeant-major and transferred to field and staff, April 1, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

DUNCAN, ROBERT (Robert W. Duncan)
Assistant Surgeon—Commissioned at camp near Little Rock, Arkansas, September 12, 1862; age 34, born in Pennsylvania; promoted to surgeon, January 25, 1864; present, February 29, 1864.

GAITHER, BEAL (Beal Gaither, Jr.)
Colonel—Enlisted in Co. D at Washington Barracks, Arkansas, February 15, 1862; age 28, born in Tennessee; elected colonel, November 28, 1863; captured in Carroll county, Arkansas, April 4, 1863; sent to military prison at St. Louis, Missouri; discharged, July 24, 1863.

HAMILTON, A
Hospital Steward—Paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 8, 1865.

HAMILTON, FRANCIS J
Assistant Quartermaster—Commissioned at Delhi, Louisiana, July 14, 1862; age 30, born in Tennessee.

HAYS, WILLIAM M
Quartermaster-Sergeant—Paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 8, 1865; previously served in 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia.

JACK, T J (Thomas J. Jack)
Quartermaster-Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. G, Adams’ Arkansas Regiment, at Huntsville, Arkansas, August 12, 1862; transferred to (new) Co. C, 27th Arkansas Infantry, December 17, 1862; appointed quartermaster-sergeant and transferred to field and staff, January 15, 1864.

LEE, BERREL
Chaplain—Appointed, September 1, 1862; age 59, born in North Carolina; absent without leave since August 16, 1863.

MAGENIS, ARTHUR J
Lieutenant-Colonel—Enlisted at a camp near Little Rock, Arkansas, October 1, 1862; age 28; relieved by election, November 28, 1863.

MAXWELL, P S (Paul S. Maxwell)
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. A, Adams’ Arkansas Regiment, at Jasper, Arkansas, June 14, 1862; age 25; transferred to Co. F, 27th Arkansas Infantry, December 17, 1862; appointed second lieutenant and transferred to field and staff; paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 8, 1865.

PAYNE, WILLIAM H
Ordnance Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. H in Izard county, Arkansas, June 14, 1862; age 29; appointed ordnance sergeant and transferred to field and staff; present, June 30, 1863.

POYNDEXTER, THOMAS W P (Thomas W. P. Poindexter)
Hospital Steward—Enlisted in Co. E in Marion county, Arkansas, March 11, 1862; age 30; appointed hospital steward and transferred to field and staff; present, February 29, 1864.

RIGGS, JAMES M
Lieutenant-Colonel—Enlisted in Co. I at Richwoods, Arkansas, July 6, 1862; age 27, born in Mississippi; elected captain, July 6, 1862; promoted lieutenant-colonel and transferred to field and staff; resigned, November 26, 1864; previously served in 7th Arkansas Infantry.

SAUGRAIN, A P
Adjutant—Commissioned at Delhi, Louisiana, March 15, 1863; age 23, born in Missouri; detailed on staff of the District of Arkansas, March 9, 1865; paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 7, 1865.

SHALER, JAMES R
Colonel—Appointed by Gen. Hindman; commissioned at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 2, 1862; age 30, born in Pennsylvania (also shows born in Tennessee); relieved by election, November 28, 1863; previously served in Missouri State Guard.

SMALL, A V (Andrew V. Small)
Surgeon—Commissioned at camp near Little Rock, Arkansas, June 14, 1862; age 43, born in Missouri; resignation forwarded, September 20, 1863; previously served in Missouri State Guard.

TINNIN, J W (Jacob W. Tinnin)
Quartermaster-Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. I, 14th (Powers’) Arkansas Infantry, at Yellville, Arkansas, July 29, 1861; age 21; transferred to Co. H, 27th Arkansas Infantry, July 6, 1862; appointed quartermaster-sergeant and transferred to field and staff, April 1, 1863; detailed as clerk in quartermaster department, February 29, 1864; paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 7, 1865.

WRIGHT, J M (James M. Wright)
Sergeant-Major—Enlisted in Co. C, Adams’ Arkansas Regiment, in Carroll county, Arkansas, June 29, 1862; age 22; transferred to Co. A, 27th Arkansas Infantry, December 17, 1862; appointed sergeant-major and transferred to field and staff; paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 8, 1865.
 

Unidentified Units.

BAKER, C W
Private—Attached, June 19, 1862.

BAKER, J F
Private, Anderson’s Co.—Captured in Jackson county, Arkansas, January 21, 1864; sent to military prison at Little Rock, Arkansas, February 10, 1864.

CLARK, H C
Private—Paroled at Evening Shade, Arkansas, February 6, 1863.

JOHNSON, B S
Lieutenant-Colonel—paroled at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, June 7, 1865.

McFLACHY, ISAAC
Private—Deserted, June 11, 1864, and took oath of allegiance at Little Rock, Arkansas, June 23-25, 1864; eyes blue, hair light, complexion fair, height 5’8”, residence Independence county, Arkansas.

ROBERTSON, JOSEPH
Private—Detailed as teamster, January 1, 1863; signed as Joseph Roberson.

SLACK, IRA
Private—Captured and paroled at Evening Shade, Arkansas, February 6, 1863.

SOPHA, W D
Private—Court-martialed, October 20, 1864; reported as a deserter who took oath of allegiance at Memphis, Tennessee, March 17, 1865; age 17, eyes gray, hair brown, complexion fair, height 5’9”.

WALKER, ADAMS (see Adam Waller, Co. D)
Private—Captured in Carroll county, Arkansas, April 15, 1863; sent to military prison at St. Louis, Missouri; forwarded to City Point, Virginia, for exchange, July 23, 1863; received clothing issue, February 29, 1864; signed receipt with an X.

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