2D ARKANSAS  INFANTRY REGIMENT
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
COMPANY A

AIRS, WILLIAM Pvt  - Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Left sick at Chickamauga Station, TN 31 Aug 1862.

ALLEN, BETHEL Pvt  - Age 35. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Killed 20 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.

AMES, WILLIAM Pvt  - Captured 8 Oct 1862 at Chaplin Hill, KY and died 15 Oct 1862 in hospital at Danville, KY.

ANDERSON, T.C. Cpt - Age 28. Enl 20 Jun 1861 at Memphis, TN. On duty as Provost Marshall of Madison Co, GA 31 Aug 1864.

ASKEW, ABE Pvt  - Enl 5 Jul 1861 at Memphis, TN. Captured 10 Jul 1864 at Chattahoochie, GA and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL 26 Jul 1864. Discharged 17 Jun 1865.

AYERS, WILLIAM Pvt  - Age 28. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Left sick at Bardston, KY 1 Oct1 862. Supposed to be dead.

BALDWIN, GEORGE T. Cpl  - Age 25. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Promoted to Cpl 28 Feb 1863. Captured 24 Jun 1863 at lIberty Gap, TN and sent toMP at Camp Chase, OH then transferred to Ft Delaware, DE 14 Jul 1863. Exchanged 7 Mar 1865.

BAYLESS, JOHN Cpl  - Age 19. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Aptd  Cpl 1 May 1862. Wounded 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN and left in the hands of the federals. Died 24 Jan 1863.]

BOOTHE, JOHN Pvt  - Enl 20 Jul 1861 at Jacksonport, AR. Killed 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN.

BOURN, W.B. Pvt  -  See William Bowen.

BOWEN, WILLIAM Pvt  - Age 25. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN. In hospital at Dalton, GA 14 Feb 1863. Captured 24 Jun 1863 at Liberty Gap, TN and sent to MP at Camp Chase, OH 6 Jul 1863. Exchanged at Ft Delaware, DE 7 Mar 1865. Paroled 25 May 1865 at Wittsburg, AR. Ht 5’ 8”, eyes gray, hair lt, complx fair, age 29, born in Canada.

BRIDEWELL, LEMUEL O. Cpt -  Age 30. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Detailed as AQM  31 Aug 1861

BRIGHAM, JAMES H. Pvt -  Age 18. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted 5 Jul 1861 at Ft Pillow, TN.

BROWN, F.W. Pvt  - Age 31. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted 24 Dec 1863 and took oath 6 Jan 1864. Ht 6’, eyes blue, hair brn, complx fair.

BUCK, J.H. Pvt  - Captured 4 Jul 1863 and paroled 10 Jul 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.

BUTTON, H.M. Pvt  - Age 50. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Commissary Clerk. Disch about 30 Dec 1861.

CAMERON, ALLEN, Sgt  - Age 26. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Aptd Sgt 27 Aug 1862. Reported killed 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA. Was actually captured and sent to MP at Chicago, IL 4 Oct 1863. Sent to New Orleans, LA for exchange 4 May 1865. Exchanged 23 May 1865.

CANNON, GEORGE Pvt  - Enl 8 May 1862 at Jeffersonville. Died 11 Nov 1862 at Chattanooga, TN.

CHIPMAN, DRAPER K. Sgt -  Age 19. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Promoted to Sgt 30 Jun 1863. Killed 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.

CLEAVELAND, BENJAMIN F. Pvt  - Age 26. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted 24 Dec 1863. Took oath 6 Jan 1864.

CLEMENTS, DAVID C. Pvt  - Age 22. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR.  Present 31 Aug 1861.

CODDINGTON, JAMES Pvt -  Age 41. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR.  Present 31 Aug 1861.

COLLINS, D.F. Pvt  - Age 32. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Absent on furlough 31 Aug 1861.

COLLUSKEY, WILLIAM M. Pvt  - Age 30, Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Killed on the line at Kennesaw Mountain 24 Jun 1864.

COLLUSKY, JOSEPH Pvt  - Age 26. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Captured 20 Sep 1862 at Chickamauga, GA and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL 2 Oct 1863. Enlisted in 6th US Vols 6 Apr 1865.

CONLEY, RICHARD Pvt  - Captured 4 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR and sent to MP at Alton, IL. Died of pneumonia 17 Jan 1864.

COSBY, JAMES Pvt  - See 34th AR Inf.

CRAIG, A. Pvt   - Enl 31 May 1861 at Fair Oaks, AR. Exchanged 5 Aug 1862 at Aikens Landing, VA.

CROOK, JAMES Pvt  - Age 26. Enl 10 Jun 1861 at Helena, AR. Disch 2 Jul 1862.

DAVIS, J.A. Pvt  - Age 19. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Present 31 Aug 1864.

DE PREAST, AMOS  Pvt  - Age 24. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Captured 27 Jun 1863 at Hoovers Gap, TN. Sent to Camp Chase, OH 6 Jul 1863. Sent to Ft Delaware, DE 1 Jul 1863. Died 19 Jan 1864.

DIBDEN, CHARLES Pvt  - Enl 20 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. Deserted 4 Jun 1863 at liberty Gap, TN.  Captured 8 Jun 1863 and sent to MP at Louisville, KY. Released 12 Sep 1863 and sent north .

DOTY, EDWARD Pvt   - Enl 20 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted 20 Jul 1861 at Camp Pillow, TN.

DUNN, J.B. Pvt  - Enl 5 Jul 1861 at Memphis, TN. Deserted 22 Aug 1863 at Chickamauga Station, TN.

ELLIS, CHARLES Cpl  - Enl 18 Nov 1861 at Memphis, TN. Aptd Cpl 27 Aug 1862. Left sick at Roseville, KY 13 Sep 1862. Occupation:  tailor.

EMERSON, CHARLES S. 1Lt  - Age 21. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Promoted to 1Lt 15 Feb 1863. Killed 22 Jul 1864 near Atlanta, GA.

ENNIS, JAMES Pvt  - Age 22. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted 1 May 1863 at Bell Buckle, TN.

FARMER, RUBEN Pvt  - Enl 5 Jul 1861 at Memphis, TN. Deserted enroute from Corinth, MS 1 Jun 1862.

FARRAR, HENRY Pvt  - Age 23.  Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Died 25 May 1863 at Wartrace, TN.

GARDNER, NEEDHAM Pvt  - Captured 15 Dec 1864 at Nashville, TN and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL and discharged 19 Jun 1865.

GATES, BENJAMIN F. Pvt  - Age 21. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Captured 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA and sent to MO at Camp Douglas, IL 4 Oct 1863. Discharged 14 Jun 1865.

GILLESPIE, W.C. Pvt  - Enl 26 Apr 1862 at Jeffersonville. Captured 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL 4 Oct 1863. Died 22 Oct 1864. Grave 94, Block 2, Chicago City Cemetery.

GIVENS, BURNSIDE Musician   - Age 23. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Took oath 6 Jan 1864. Ht 5’ 8”, eyes blue, hair lt, complx fair, residence: Clinton Co, KY.

GOIN, WILLIAM Pvt  - Age 27. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Disch 25 Aug 1861.

GOODWIN, JOHN Pvt  - Age 26. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN and furloughed. Present 31 Dec 1862. Deserted 30 Dec 1863.

GREGERY, H.J. Pvt   - Enl 28 Apr 1861 at Jeffersonville. Deserted 1 Jun 1862 enroute from Corinth, MS.

HACKLEY, J.M. Pvt  - Gave himself up 3 Oct 1863 at Salisbury, TN. Took oath.

HANCOCK, JOHN Pvt  - Age 21. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Present 31 Aug 1862.

HARLOW, CHARLES Pvt  - Enl 16 Jul 1861 at Jacksonport, AR. In hospital 31 Aug 1864 from wounds received 22 Jul 1864 near Atlanta, GA.

HARLOW, GEORGE W. Pvt  - Enl 22 Jul 1861 at Jacksonport, AR. Present 31 Aug 1861.

HARMBECK, HENRY R. Cpl  - Captured 27 Jul 1863 at Hoover’s Gap, TN.

HAYES, HOSEA B. Pvt   - Age 21. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Hospital steward at Memphis, TN 31 Aug 1861. Dropped 30 Jun 1863.

HENSLEY, DAVID Pvt  - Enl 8 May 1862 at Jeffersonville. Captured 2 Sep 1864 near Jonesboro, GA and paroled 19-22 Sep 1864 at Rough and Ready, GA.

HIGGS, E. Pvt -  Age 20. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Killed 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN.

HOAK, JACOB Pvt  -  Age 31. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN and in the hands of the federals. Absent sick in hospital at Dalton, GA since 6 Jun 1863. Detailed as a guard on railroad 29 Feb 1864.

HOBBS, JOHN P. Pvt  - Age 29. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, TN 24 Nov 1863 and sent to hospital. Paroled 28 Apr 1865 at Greensboro, NC.

HODGES, JOSEPH Pvt  - Age 23. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN and furloughed . Died 20 Aug 1862 in AR.

HOLLIS, J.W. Pvt  - Age 36. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR.Present 31 Aug 1861.

HOWE, JOHN Pvt  - Age 24. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Slightly wounded 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN. Deserted 1 May 1963 at Bell Buckle, TN while on Pickett.

HUGHES, H.C. 1Sgt  -  Age 23. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded 25 Jun 1863 at liberty Gap, TN and sent to hospital. Captured 20 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL 4 Oct 1863. Released 5 Jun 1865.

JENKINS, W.B. Pvt -  Age 28. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Detailed as teamster Dec 1862-Mar 1864. In hospital at Macon, GA 19-24 Jun 1864.

JONES, E. Pvt -  Age 27. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Left sick at Nashville, TN 30 Jun 1862.

JONES, L.D. Pvt -  Age 24. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Disch 26 Aug 1861.

LARKINS, JOHN Pvt  - Age 24. Enl 26 May 1961 at Helena, AR. Absent on furlough 31 Aug 1861.

LOOMIS, WILLIAM Pvt   - Age 25. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted 20 Jul 1861 at Ft Pillow, TN.

MACKEY, A.H. Pvt  - Enl 6 May 1862 at Jeffersonville. Deserted enroute from Corinth, MS 1 Jun 1862.

MACKEY, THOMAS Pvt  - Enl 6 May 1862 at Jeffersonville. Died 17 Mar 1863 at Wartrace, TN.

McBROOM, ROBERT Sgt  - Age 42. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Killed 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN.

McCONAUGHEY, W.S. Cpl  - Enl 20 Apr 1862 at Jeffersonville. Captured 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL 2 Oct 1863. Enlisted in Co I, 5th US Vols 2 Apr 1865.

McCOOL, WILLIAM Cpl  - Age 23. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Disch 26 Aug 1861.

McIVER, WILLIAM Pvt  - Enl 9 May 1862 at Jeffersonville. Captured 24 Jun 1863 at Liberty Gap, TN and sent to MP at Camp Chase, OH 6 Jul 1863 then to Ft Delaware, DE  14 Jul 1863. Took oath 6 Apr 1865/

MERCER, J.R. Pvt  - Enl 28 Apr 1862 at Jeffersonville. Captured 10 Jul 1864 at Chattahoochie and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL 28 Jul 1864. Enl in 6th US Vols 6 Apr 1865.

MILLER, CHARLES H. Sgt  - Enl 11 Mar 1862 at Cortland. Aptd  Sgt 20 Apr 1862. Missing in action 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN.

MONTGOMERY, HUGH Pvt  - Reference: Gordon’s Regt AR Cav.

MORRIS, PATRICK, Sgt  - Age 23. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Present 31 Aug 1861.

MURPHY, JOHN R. Pvt  - Captured 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA. Took oath at Camp Douglas, IL 15 Feb 1865.

MYERS, CHARLES Pvt  - Age 20. Enl 20 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted 20 Jul 1861 at Ft Pillow, TN.

NALLY, ROBERT  Pvt -  Age 25. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Disch 27 Jun 1862 from wound received at Shiloh, TN 6 Apr 1862.

NEAL, A.P. Pvt  -  Age 26. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Nurse in general hospital 31 Aug 1861.  Dropped from roll 30 Aug 1863 – detailed permanently to hospital as nurse.

NEWELL, BENJAMIN P. Pvt  - Captured 10 Jul 1864 at Chattahoochie, GA and sent to MP at Louisville, KY.

NICHOLS, W.H. Pvt  - Enl 1 May 1862 in Jefferson Co, AR. Present 30 Jun 1862.

PADGETT, DANIEL M. Pvt  - Captured 6 Jul 1863 at Tullahoma, TN and sent to MP at Camp Chase, OH and trfd to Rock Island, IL 22 Jan 1864.

PAGAN, J. Mc. Sgt  - Age 17. Enl 20 Jun 1861 at Memphis, TN. Paroled 28 Apr 1865 at Greensboro, NC as a member of the 1st AR Regt.

PATE, HENDERSON Pvt  - Enl 11 Jul 1862 at Tupelo, MS. Killed 22 Jul 1864 near Atlanta, GA.

PATTERSON, J.S. Pvt  - Age 30. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Absent on furlough 31 Aug 1861.

PHILLIPS, MITCHELL Cpl  - Age 49. Enl 20 Jun 1861 at Helena, AR. Promoted to Cpl 28 Oct 1862. In the hospital 31 Aug 1864 from wounds received 22  Jul 1864 near Atlanta, GA.

PORTER, COLUMBUS 1Lt  - Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Signed roll as commanding the company 30 Jun 1862. Sentenced to be shot by a general court martial 27 Feb 1862. Escaped.

PREWETT, J. Pvt  - Paroled 8 Jun 1865 at Shreveport, LA.

RACKLEY, F.M. Pvt -  Enl 5 Jun 1861 at Memphis, TN. Captured 20 May 1863 in McNairy Co, TN. Exchanged 12 Jun 1863 from Alton, IL.

RANKIN, F.M. Pvt  - Deserter at Memphis, TN 23 Oct 1863..

RASOR, JOHN Pvt  - Age 35. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN and furloughed. Last heard from at Memphis, TN.

REED, JOHN W. Pvt   - Ref: 11th & 17th AR Inf.

SAMUEL, JOHN Pvt  - Enl 28 Apr 1862 at Helena, AR. Deserted 16 May 1863 at Bell Buckle, TN.

SANDERS, A.W. Pvt  - Age 23. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR.

SCOTT, B.S. Pvt  - Captured 29 May 1862 near Corinth, MS and sent to MP at Alton, IL 23 Jun 1862.

SHEPPARD, JAMES F. Pvt  - Age 20. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Sent sick from Corinth, MS 2 Apr 1862.

SHOOMAKER, G. Pvt  - Captured 14 Jul 1864 at Tupelo, MS and sent to MP at Alton, IL, Transferred to Point Lookout, MD 17 Feb 1865.

SISK, J.G. 2Lt  - Age 27. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Captured 12 Apr 1865 at Salisbury, NC and sent to MP at Louisville, KY. Transferred to Camp Chase, OH 2 May 1865. Took oath 11 Jun 1865.

SKIDMORE, JOHN T. Pvt  - Enl 1 Aug 1861 at Pitman’s Ferry, AR. Captured 18 Dec 1864 at Franklin, TN and sent to MP at Camp Chase, OH. In hosp at Richmond, VA 6- Mar 1865.

SMITH, ALFRED Pvt   - Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Captured 19 Feb 1865 in Phillips Co, AR and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL. Transferred to the commissioner for exchange at New Orleans, LA 23 May 1865.

SMITH, CHARLES C. Pvt  - Blank cards.

SMITH, D. Pvt  - Age 23. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted 25 Jul 1861 at Camp Cherokee. Paroled 15 Nov 1862 at Vicksburg, MS on board the steamer, Maria Denning.

STANLEY, CHARLES Pvt  - Enl 5 Jul 1861 at Memphis, TN. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, TN 7 Apr 1862 and paroled. Detailed with the signal corps 20 Apr 1863. Transferred to Confederate Navy 13 Apr 1864.

STANSBERY, JOHN  Pvt  - Enl 6 Apr 1862 at Jeffersonville. Deserted enroute from Corinth, MS 1 Jun 1862.

STARLING, J.W. Pvt  - Age 20. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Died in Gordon Hospital 29 Jan 1862.

STEWART, GEORGE W. Pvt  - Enl 5 Jul 1861 at Memphis, TN. Honor Roll 1 Aug 1864. Paroled 28 Apr 1865 at Greensboro, NC as a member of the 1st AR Regt.

SWIFT, M.D. 2Lt  - Age 26. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Resigned 29 Aug 1861.

THOMPSON, C.G. Pvt   - Enl 5 Jul 1861 at Memphis, TN. Disch 28 Aug 1861.

THOMPSON, P.C. Pvt -  Age 22. Enl 26 May 1861  at Helena, AR. Sick in hospital at Nashville, TN 30 Jun 1862.

THOMPSON, WILEY Pvt  - Enl 1 Jul 1861 at Memphis, TN.

TOLTY, PATRICK Pvt  - Enl 18 Jun 1861 at Memphis, TN. AWOL 26 Jun 1861.

TOMLINSON, JOSEPH Pvt  - Age 27. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA and sent to hospital. On retired list 10 May 1864.

TRASK, WILLIAM E. Pvt  - Age 23. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Captured 24 Jun 1863 at Liberty Gap, TN and sent to MP at Camp Chase, OH 6 Jul 1863. Trfd to Ft Delaware, DE 14 Jul 1863

WADE, THOMAS F. Pvt  - Age 35. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Wounded 22 Jul 1864 near Atlanta, GA and sent to hospital. Paroled 28 Apr 1865 at Greensboro, NC as a member of the 1st AR Inf Regt.

WALKER, JAMES H. Pvt  - Age 28. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. AWOL 30 Jun 1862.

WATERS, L.D. Pvt  - Age 21. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Captured 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL 2 Oct 1863. Escaped during the night of 28 Feb 1864.

WATSON, C.R. Pvt   - Detailed as a clerk at Meridian, MS 5 Mar 1864. Paroled 11 May 1865 at Meridian, MS.

WEATHERLY, JAMES Pvt  - Age 22. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Present 31 Aug 1861.

WEBSTER, LEWIS D. Pvt  - Age 30. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Disch 26 Mar 1862 at Corinth, MS. A.WILLIAMS, S.H. Pvt Age 27. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted enroute from Corinth, MS 1 Jun 1862. Captured 26 Mar 1863 in Fayette Co, TN and sent to MNP at St Louis, MO. Took oath 4 May 1863.

WILLIAMS, S.H. Pvt  - Age 27. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Deserted enroute from Corinth, MS 1 Jun 1862. Captured 26 Mar 1863 in Fayette Co, TN and sent to MNP at St Louis, MO. Took oath 4 May 1863.

WOODS, JAMES Pvt  - Captured 4 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR and sent to MP at Alton, IL then transferred to Ft Delaware, DE and released on oath 18 Aug 1863.

WRIGHT, JOHN Pvt  - Captured and paroled 4 Sep 1862 at Barboursville, KY. Captured 5 Jan 1863 at Murfreesboro, TN and sent to MP at Camp Morton, IN. Delivered to City Point, VA.

YOUNG, A.B. Pvt  - Enl 23 Jun 1861 at Memphis, TN. Present 31 Aug 1861.

YOUNG, JAMES H. Pvt   - Age 21. Enl 26 May 1861 at Helena, AR. Killed 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN.Age 29.

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