Second Arkansas Infantry Battalion, CSA
Company B—“Fagan Guards”
Organized at Pine Bluff, Jefferson county, Arkansas, September 3, 1861, by Captain Henry H. Beavers. Company composed mainly of men from Jefferson, Cleveland, Grant and Saline counties.
The following roster is compiled from the two surviving company muster rolls: November 1 to December 31, at Camp Holmes; and January 1 to February 28, 1862, at Evansport. Additional military and biographical information has been included to aid researchers. Most of the soldiers marked, “no further record,” are presumed to have been killed at the Battle of Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862.
BARKER, STEPHEN
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; absent on detached service as guard on steamer “Richmond,” February
28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged,
November 1862; later enlisted in Co. D, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry; captured
near Pine Bluff, July 2, 1864; died of chronic diarrhea in U.S. military
prison at Little Rock, December 1864.
BARKER, WILLIAM T
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; absent on detached service as guard on steamer “Richmond,” February
28, 1862; wounded at Mechanicsville, Virginia, June 26, 1862; transferred
to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; wounded in the thigh and
captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined at Davids
Island, New York, until exchanged, October 22, 1863; paroled at Burkeville
Junction, Virginia, April 14, 1865; born in Alabama, August 31, 1828; wife
Lucinda; listed in Dallas county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
BEAVERS, BENTON B
Private. Enlisted in Co. E, 1st Arkansas
Infantry, at Benton, Arkansas, May 1861; transferred to Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, September 23, 1861; promoted sergeant; present, December 31,
1861; present, sick in camp; February 28, 1862; discharged, June 9, 1862;
later enlisted in Co. L, 10th Arkansas Cavalry; captured in Saline county,
Arkansas, May 4, 1864; confined at Rock Island, Illinois; exchanged at
Red River Landing, Louisiana, March 4, 1865; born in Tennessee, c1842;
married Frances A. Moore in Saline county, September 29, 1869; filed Arkansas
pension application #10239 from Pulaski county, August 27, 1901; listed
in Saline county 1860 census; occupation farmer; listed in 1911 Arkansas
Confederate census, at Benton, Arkansas.
BEAVERS, HENRY H
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; promoted captain,
October 3, 1861; absent with leave, December 31, 1861; present, February
28, 1862; no further record; born in Mississippi, c1839; married Ann Eliza
Coleman in Saline county, December 24, 1861; filed Arkansas pension application
#10224 from Pulaski county, August 27, 1901; listed in Saline county 1860
census; occupation farmer; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate census,
at Benton, Arkansas.
BERDEN, OWEN K
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; died of disease
at Dumfries, Virginia, November 14, 1861.
BRADFORD, ROBERT H
Third Corporal. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd
Arkansas Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; appointed
third corporal, September 3, 1861; elected third lieutenant, November 16,
1861; absent with leave, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862;
no further record.
BROWN, HENRY M
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; died of disease
at Dumfries, Virginia, November 13, 1861; bought land in Saline county
in 1860.
BUTLER, THEODORE W
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent sick in private
house at Fredericksburg, Virginia, February 28, 1862; discharged at Fredericksburg,
Virginia, March 22, 1862; born in Mecklenburg county, Virginia, c1813;
occupation hotel keeper.
CAUDLE, JOSEPH A
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd
Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia, August
3, 1862; died of typhoid fever at Richmond, September 8, 1862; bought land
in Grant county in 1860 and 1861.
CHADICK, ALBERT C
Third Lieutenant. Enlisted in Co. B,
2nd Arkansas Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; elected
third lieutenant, September 3, 1861; discharged, November 16, 1861.
CLARK, JAMES J
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co.
A, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; no further record until listed
as discharged from Co. E, 1st Arkansas Infantry, at Rome, Georgia, September
26, 1863; born in Tennessee, c1837; married Priscilla E. Cameron in Saline
county, Arkansas, July 24, 1859; listed in Saline county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
CLEMENT, JAMES W
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, February 28, 1862; discharged at Camp Lee,
Virginia, June 20, 1862; born in Anderson district, South Carolina, c1824;
occupation farmer.
COBB, HOSEA
Corporal. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; appointed corporal,
September 3, 1861; absent with leave, December 31, 1861; present, February
28, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged
for chronic diarrhea and bronchitis at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 20, 1862;
born in Alabama, c1829; filed Arkansas pension application #4913 from Union
county, August 12, 1905; bought land in Grant county in 1860; bought land
in Union county in 1882.
COCKMAN, JOHN W
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent sick in hospital at Dumfries,
Virginia, February 28, 1862; wounded in arm at Mechanicsville, Virginia,
June 26, 1862; transferred to Co. H, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862;
discharged for wound (arm amputated) at Richmond, Virginia, August 10,
1862; born in North Carolina, c1840; occupation farmer.
COCKMAN, WILLIAM S
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent, detailed as nurse in
hospital at Dumfries, Virginia, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. H,
3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; dropped from the rolls for prolonged
absence without leave, August 31, 1864.
COLEMAN, JAMES HENRY
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; promoted corporal;
present, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; reportedly died
in Virginia in 1862, date and cause not stated; born c1839; married Mary
Ann Brown in Saline county, Arkansas, May 2, 1861; bought land in Grant
county in 1861.
CROSSETT, ROBERT
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co.
I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged for chronic diarrhea
at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 22, 1862; born in York district, South Carolina,
c1839; occupation farmer.
CUMMINS, LEWIS
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; died of disease
at Dumfries, Virginia, November 2, 1861.
DAVIS, DAVID A
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd
Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; left as a nurse on the battlefield at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and captured, July 4, 1863; confined at Point
Lookout, Maryland; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, October 11, 1864;
died of chronic dysentery at Richmond, Virginia, October 21, 1864.
DERNBERRY, JESSE T
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; died in hospital at Fredericksburg,
Virginia, January 1, 1862.
EZELL, WILLIAM F
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, sick in camp, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co.
I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; no further record.
GARNER, ABNER A
Private. Enlisted in Co. K, 2nd Arkansas
Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, June 1861; discharged, 1861; enlisted
in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3,
1861; discharged, December 28, 1861; born c1837; buried in Davis Cemetery,
Grant county, Arkansas; wife Rebecca L.; attended Confederate reunion at
Princeton, Arkansas, in 1899, listing residence as Grapevine, Arkansas;
bought land in Grant county in 1860.
GARNER, MOSES
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; absent on detached service as guard on steamer “Richmond,” February
28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; paroled
at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865; buried in Springhill Cemetery,
Grant county, Arkansas.
GLASCOE, VINCENT L
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; absent on detached duty as teamster, February
28, 1862; died of gastritis at Lynchburg, Virginia, July 6, 1862.
HARRIS, SOLOMON
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, July 18, 1862; no further record; bought land in Jefferson county
in 1860.
HUETT, JOHN
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, July 18, 1862; no further record.
HUETT, MILLAGE W
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; died at Dumfries,
Virginia, November 15, 1861.
HUETT, WILLIAM
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, July 18, 1862; no further record; bought land in Jefferson county
in 1855 and 1860.
JONES, JOHN C
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; appointed third
corporal, November 16, 1861; absent with leave, December 31, 1861; present,
sick in camp, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
July 18, 1862; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865; bought
land in Grant county in 1860.
LASTER, JOHN F
Sergeant. Enlisted in Co. E, 1st Arkansas
Infantry, at Benton, Arkansas, May 1861; transferred to Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, September 23, 1861; appointed sergeant, September 23, 1861;
absent with leave, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; no further
record until enlisted in Co. B, 10th Arkansas Cavalry at Benton, Arkansas,
March 26, 1863; appointed second sergeant, March 26, 1863; promoted third
lieutenant, March 11, 1864; absent without leave, 1864; born in Alabama,
c1840; married Queen Tatum in Saline county, October 16, 1862; listed in
Saline county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
LEE, DOCTOR T
First Corporal. Enlisted in Pine Bluff
Artillery at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, April 27, 1861; discharged, July 1861;
enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September
3, 1861; appointed first corporal, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; no further record.
LITES, CALEB
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, sick in camp, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co.
I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged, December 23, 1862;
born in South Carolina; died in Arkansas, December 24, 1876; married Nancy
Huett; bought land in Grant county in 1861.
LOCKHART, LEMUEL KIRBY
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; discharged by order of General
French, February 20, 1862; born in Anson county, North Carolina, c1823;
filed Arkansas pension application #5994 from Jefferson county, August
22, 1901.
LOCKHART, WILLIAM G
Private. Enlisted in Pine Bluff Artillery
at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, April 27, 1861; appointed corporal, April 27,
1861; discharged, July 1861; enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas Battalion,
at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December 31, 1861;
absent on detached service as guard on steamer “Richmond,” February 28,
1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; promoted
corporal, July 1, 1863; promoted fifth sergeant, August 1864; promoted
fourth sergeant, late 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12,
1865.
LYBRAND, GODFREY N
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862;
transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; wounded in
the leg at Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; leg amputated; paroled at
Augusta, Georgia, May 14, 1865; born c1842; died in Arkansas, October 8,
1912; filed Arkansas pension application #4726 from Grant county, August
20, 1901; attended Confederate reunion at Princeton, Arkansas, in 1899,
listing address as Ain, Arkansas.
LYBRAND, JAMES N
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; died of disease at Evansport, Virginia, January
29, 1862; bought land in Grant county in 1860.
LYBRAND, JESSE J
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; died of disease at Evansport, Virginia, January
25, 1862.
McGEHEE, SAMUEL M
First Lieutenant. Enlisted in Co. B,
2nd Arkansas Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; elected
first lieutenant, September 3, 1861; present, sick in camp, December 31,
1861; present, February 28, 1862; appointed assistant quartermaster; no
further record; bought land in Grant county in 1860.
MAYBERRY, THOMAS J
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; discharged by order of
General French, February 21, 1862; born in Henderson county, Tennessee,
c1827; died in Arkansas, November 1886; widow Julia Ann filed Arkansas
pension application #18033 from Garland county, August 9, 1911.
MEAD, STEPHEN B
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; absent on detached service as guard on steamer “Richmond,” February
28, 1862; discharged, May 1, 1862; born in Georgia.
MELTON, THOMAS R
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. H, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged for disability at Camp Lee, Virginia,
August 6, 1862; born in Wayne county, Tennessee, c1844; occupation farmer.
MERRILL, PATRICK HENRY
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; present, sick in camp, February
28, 1862; died of disease at Richmond, Virginia, March 28, 1862.
MORGAN, WILLIAM
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; died, cause not stated, June 12,
1862.
MORRIS, PERRY H
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; absent sick in hospital at Dumfries, Virginia,
February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18,
1862; discharged.
MORRIS, WILLIAM B
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd
Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September
19, 1863; retired to Invalid Corps, December 14, 1864; born c1836; filed
Arkansas pension application #2350 from Grant county, August 21, 1896;
attended Confederate reunion at Princeton, Arkansas, in 1899, listing residence
as Grapevine, Arkansas; bought land in Grant county in 1860 and 1882.
MURRAY, RANSOM S
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; discharged by order of
General French at Evansport, Virginia, February 18, 1862; born in Walton
county, Georgia, c1841; listed in Saline county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
NEWBERN, BRADFORD B
Sergeant. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; appointed sergeant,
September 3, 1861; present, sick in camp, December 31, 1861; present, sick
in camp, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
July 18, 1862; promoted third corporal, March 10, 1863; severely wounded
in the leg at Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Appomattox,
Virginia, April 12, 1865.
NORRIS, FRANCIS MARION
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; absent on detached service as guard on steamer “Richmond,” February
28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; died
of pneumonia at Richmond, Virginia, January 7, 1863.
PURNELL, JOHN J
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent, detailed
as nurse at Hospital No. 2 at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent,
detailed as nurse at Hospital No. 2 at Dumfries, Virginia, February 28,
1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; died
at Winchester, Virginia, cause not stated, October 20, 1862; buried in
Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia; bought land in Grant and Jefferson
counties in 1860.
RAINS, WILLIAM D
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; died of disease
at Dumfries, Virginia, November 18, 1861.
RATTERREE, ROBERT
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; present, sick in camp, February 28, 1862; transferred
to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; detailed to provost guard,
June 15, 1863; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865.
REED, JOHN P
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; discharged for spinal disease
by order of General French at Camp Holmes, Virginia, January 18, 1862;
born in Chattooga county, Georgia, c1842; occupation farmer; bought land
in Grant county in 1860.
REEVES, MICAJAH
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; died of disease
at Dumfries, Virginia, November 7, 1861.
REEVES, WILLIAM
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; died of disease
at Dumfries, Virginia, November 24, 1861.
SHACKLEFORD, ABSALOM
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; died in hospital at Dumfries,
Virginia, January 8, 1862.
SMITH, JERARD KINGSBERRY
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Little Rock, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; absent on detached service as guard on steamer “Richmond,” February
28, 1862; transferred to Co. H, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; retired
to Invalid Corps, July 6, 1864; paroled at Salisbury, North Carolina, May
22, 1865.
STANFIELD, JOHN J
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; discharged by order of General
French at Camp Holmes, Virginia, January 6, 1862; born in Caswell county,
North Carolina, c1837.
STANFIELD, WILLIAM T
Second Lieutenant. Enlisted in Co. B,
2nd Arkansas Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; elected
second lieutenant, September 3, 1861; present, December 31, 1861; present,
February 28, 1862; no further record; bought land in Grant county in 1860.
TATUM, HARDY L
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co.
I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; absent without leave in Arkansas,
May 12, 1864; dropped from the rolls, August 31, 1864.
TAYLOR, FREDERICK T
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Dumfries, Virginia, December 31, 1861; absent on detached service as
guard on steamer “Richmond,” February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd
Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; absent on sick furlough to Arkansas,
August 26, 1862; absent without leave, December 1, 1862; no further record.
TAYLOR, GILES
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862;
transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; no record after
June 30, 1863; born in North Carolina, c1823; bought land in Grant county
in 1860.
THURMAN, WILLIAM RILEY
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, July 18, 1862; deserted in East Tennessee, February 23, 1864;
took oath of allegiance at Knoxville, Tennessee, February 29, 1864.
TIDWELL, JOSIAH J
Private. Enlisted in Co. E, 1st Arkansas
Infantry; transferred to Co. B, 2nd Arkansas Battalion, September 23, 1861;
present, December 31, 1861; absent on detached service, February 28, 1862;
promoted first sergeant; discharged at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 17, 1862.
TINER, ENOCH
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; died of disease
at Dumfries, Virginia, November 19, 1861.
TINER, JOHN P
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, sick in camp, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co.
I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; died of chronic diarrhea at Liberty,
Virginia, February 18, 1863.
TOMME, WILLIAM W
First Sergeant. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd
Arkansas Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; appointed
first sergeant, September 3, 1861; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
July 18, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant, 1862; killed in action at Wilderness,
Virginia, May 6, 1864.
VANDIVER, JAMES E
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; died in hospital at Fredericksburg, Virginia, February 22, 1862.
WAFFORD, JAMES L
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; absent sick in hospital
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 31, 1861, injured in fall on picket
duty near Evansport, Virginia; discharged by order of General French at
Fredericksburg, Virginia, January 25, 1862; born in Montgomery county,
Tennessee, October 19, 1823; died in Grant county, Arkansas, January 26,
1881; buried in Springhill Cemetery, Grant county, Arkansas; occupation
farmer; bought land in Grant county in 1858, 1859 and 1860.
WALTON, WILLIAM
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; no further record.
WELLS, WILLIS DUNCAN
Private. Enlisted in Co. D, 1st Arkansas
Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, April 29, 1861; appointed fourth corporal,
April 29, 1861; transferred to Co. B, 2nd Arkansas Battalion, September
23, 1861; present, December 31, 1861; present, sick in camp, February 28,
1862; transferred to Co. H, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; promoted
fourth corporal, March 1863; no record after June 30, 1863.
WILKERSON, JOHN ALLEN
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; wounded at Seven Pines,
Virginia, June 1, 1862; transferred to Co. H, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July
18, 1862; wounded in the leg and face at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July
2, 1863; confined at U.S. Military Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, until
exchanged at City Point, Virginia; permanently disabled, furloughed to
De Soto county, Mississippi, to the end of the war; born in Lafayette county,
Mississippi, 1838; filed Arkansas pension application #6211 from Saline
county, August 22, 1893; attended Confederate reunion at Leola, Arkansas,
in 1908; occupation farmer.
WILSON, ANDREW
Third Sergeant. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd
Arkansas Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; appointed
third sergeant, September 3, 1861; present, December 31, 1861; present,
February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18,
1862; discharged for disability at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 23, 1862; born
in Tennessee, c1820; bought land in Grant county in 1854 and 1857; occupation
farmer.
WINCHESTER, DANIEL G
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, in Pulaski county, Arkansas, September 10, 1861; present, sick
in camp, December 31, 1861; absent on detached service as guard on steamer
“Richmond,” February 28, 1862; wounded in the foot at Seven Pines, Virginia,
June 1, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862;
discharged for disability at Camp Lee, Virginia, August 6, 1862; born in
Shelby county, Tennessee, c1830; died in Arkansas, May 3, 1895; widow Clara
A. filed Arkansas pension application #6213 from Saline county, August
28, 1901; occupation farmer.
WOODELL, JAMES M
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, July 18, 1862; killed in action at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September
17, 1862; mother Rebecca filed Arkansas pension application #6695 from
Lincoln county.
WOODS, WILLIAM W
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, sick in
camp, December 31, 1861; absent sick in hospital at Fredericksburg, Virginia,
February 28, 1862; detailed as nurse in Howard’s Grove Hospital, Richmond,
Virginia, June 9, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July
18, 1862; discharged for over age at Richmond, Virginia, March 30, 1863;
born in Tazewell county, Virginia, c1812; occupation farmer.
YATES, GEORGE
Private. Enlisted in Co. B, 2nd Arkansas
Battalion, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 3, 1861; present, December
31, 1861; absent on detached service as guard on steamer “Richmond,” February
28, 1862; transferred to Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged
for disability at Camp Lee, Virginia, August 8, 1862; born in Pike county,
Missouri, c1826; occupation farmer.
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