Thirty-first Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Company A—Jackson County.

This company was organized at Jacksonport, Arkansas, on November 2, 1861, Captain James M. Morgan commanding.  The company marched to Pocahontas, Arkansas, where it appears to have served for a time as an unattached company in the garrison commanded by Colonel Solon Borland.  When McCray’s Battalion was organized on January 25, 1862, the Jacksonport company was assigned as Company A.  The company retained this designation when McCray’s Battalion was reorganized as the 31st Arkansas Infantry on May 27, 1862.  A total of 104 men are known to have served with Company A.  Nearly one-fourth of them died of disease during the war; and only three of them were still with the colors at the surrender in April 1865.  One member, Private Jonathan Pool, was awarded the Confederate equivalent of the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Battle of Chickamauga.
 

Akins, Sidney
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 30; left the company on the march from Corinth to Baldwin, Mississippi, June 21, 1862; reported absent without leave, August 31, 1862.

Allison, Thomas J
Ensign—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 23; discharged for disability, June 28, 1862.

Anders, Samuel
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 15, 1861; age 24; died of disease, May 9, 1862.

Atkinson, William H
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, March 13, 1862; age 24; died of disease, May 10, 1862.

Atterberry, Thomas J
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, January 21, 1862; age 20; absent without leave since September 14, 1862.

Ballew, David
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 17; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Ballew, John
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 18; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Blackburn, Phillip
Corporal—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 28; died at home, November 22, 1861.

Bradley, William
Corporal—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 9, 1861; age 29; promoted fourth sergeant, November 22, 1861; promoted first sergeant, May 26, 1862; appointed second lieutenant, July 24, 1862; absent on detached duty since November 17, 1862; reported absent without leave, February 28, 1863.

Briggs, John Henry
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 13, 1861; age 17; present through August 31, 1864.

Britian, Thomas Sidney
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 27; absent sick since March 3, 1862; died at home, September 20, 1862.

Brock, Jesse W
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 15, 1861; age 18; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Burgin, Allen A
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 9, 1861; age 21; discharged for disability, June 26, 1862.

Burgin, Allen C
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 35; not reelected and relieved at the reorganization, May 26, 1862.

Burgin, Calvin R
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 9, 1861; age 42; deserted, March 15, 1862.

Burgin, Isaac
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 9, 1861; age 18; absent sick in hospital since August 26, 1863; returned to duty, September 22 1863; present through February 29, 1864.

Burgin, Lemuel T
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 9, 1861; age 21; deserted, April 23, 1862.

Burgin, Pleasant R
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 25; present through February 29, 1864; absent on detached duty at division hospital, August 31, 1864.

Burkett, Stephen
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 21; died of disease in 1862.

Burks, J H
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, March 4, 1862; age 21; absent sick in hospital, April 30, 1863; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Carpenter, William
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 6, 1861; age 17; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Cavanaugh, Terry
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 15, 1861; age 30; present through August 31, 1864.

Cheshier, John S
Sergeant—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 32; reduced to private, May 26, 1862; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Childres, Francis M
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 3, 1861; age 35; died of disease, May 8, 1862.

Childres, Reuben
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 31; died of disease, April 22, 1862.

Childress, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 44; reportedly died of disease in November 1861.

Clark, Anthony Wayne
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 27, 1861; age 30; discharged for disability, December 15, 1862.

Clark, James W
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; promoted to captain, April 16, 1862; promoted to major, July 12, 1862; absent on detached duty since February 27, 1863.

Colvin, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, January 16, 1862; died of disease, March 30, 1862.

Davis, David
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 15, 1861; captured as a deserter near Chickamauga, Georgia, September 17, 1863; took oath of allegiance at Louisville, Kentucky, October 7, 1863; sent to Fort Delaware, March 19, 1864; released on oath of allegiance, June 9, 1865.

Draffin, William F
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 18, 1861; age 20; appointed sergeant; present through August 31, 1864.

Eddings, James H
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 15, 1861; age 23; absent without leave, October 31, 1862; absent sick, February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Edelmon, Jesse
Private.  Enlsited at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 9, 1861; age 24; deserted, April 23, 1862.

Erwin, Joseph A
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, January 24, 1862; age 20; appointed first sergeant, January 1863; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863; captured at Clinton, Mississippi, July 6, 1863; sent to Camp Morton, Indiana; enlisted in 7th U.S. Cavalry, August 1863.

Ezell, Stephen W
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 21; appointed corporal; killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Ferguson, Toliver
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 24, 1861; age 38; appointed sergeant; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

George, Augustus O
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, January 29, 1862; age 23; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Gleghorn, John M
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 18; discharged for disability, December 15, 1862.

Gleghorn, Stephen C
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 20, 1861; age 24; appointed sergeant; appointed second lieutenant, July 24, 1862; absent without leave since February 1, 1864; dropped from the rolls, May 25, 1864.

Glenn, William
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; died at home in 1862.

Gregory, John
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 30; absent sick, April 30, 1863; present through August 31, 1864; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Hale, John
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 38; appointed sergeant; absent without leave, October 31, 1862; “supposed to be deserted”, December 31, 1862; captured as a deserter near Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 10, 1863; sent to Louisville, Kentucky; released on oath of allegiance, September 15, 1863.

Hanlon, Patrick
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 23; present through February 28, 1864; dropped from the rolls, “supposed dead”, August 31, 1864.

Hartwick, William
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 17; absent sick through December 31, 1862; dropped from the rolls, February 28, 1863.

Holden, Isaac C
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, March 4, 1862; age 25; appointed sergeant, May 26, 1862; appointed third lieutenant, July 24, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant; absent on detached duty since February 27, 1863; dropped from the rolls, June 11, 1864.

Hollowell, Reuben
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 24, 1861; age 32; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Holt, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, January 15, 1862; died at home in 1862.

Horton, Daniel L
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 7, 1861; age 21; died of disease, November 23, 1861.

Hubbs, George W
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, January 29, 1862; age 28; deserted, March 2, 1862.

Hughey, J Franklin
Corporal—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 21; reduced to private; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Hutchins, Wallace H
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 7, 1861; age 23; died of disease, April 2, 1863.

Jones, James A
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 18; present through August 31, 1864; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Jordan, James B W
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 31; appointed assistant quartermaster, January 25, 1862; resigned as captain and assistant quartermaster, November 13, 1862; reenlisted at Shelbyville, Tennessee, March 1, 1863; appointed quartermaster-sergeant; present through August 31, 1864.

Keyton, Mark
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 27; reported as a deserter, August 31, 1862.

Lane, John L
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 5, 1861; age 29; absent sick, October 31, 1863; captured at Jonesboro, Georgia, September 4, 1864; sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, November 1, 1864; released on oath of allegiance, May 12, 1865.

Liner, John
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 12, 1861; age 25; died of disease in March 1863.

McCoy, A P
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 25, 1861; age 23; discharged before August 31, 1862.

McCrory, Frank
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, November 9, 1861; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

McDowell, John
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 1, 1861; age 22; dropped from the rolls, “absent sick and supposed to be dead”, April 30, 1863; “rejoined by reenlistement on account of being dropped from roll while absent sick at hospital”; absent without leave since December 23, 1863; sent to hospital, May 10, 1864.

McGuire, James J
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 5, 1861; appointed ordnance sergeant, May 10, 1862; elected third lieutenant, December 14, 1862; killed in action at Atlanta, Georgia, July 28, 1864.

Mann, William J G
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 5, 1861; reported as a deserter, August 31, 1862.

Moore, J T
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, February 12, 1862; age 31; absent without leave, “supposed to be deserted”, October 31, 1862.

Morgan, James M
Captain—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 43; elected major, April 16, 1862; reduced to captain at reorganization, May 26, 1862; relieved by consolidation, October 25, 1863.

Morgan, Joseph C
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 35; elected third lieutenant, May 26, 1862; resigned for disability, July 19, 1862; resignation approved, August 22, 1862.

Mullins, David
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 1, 1861; age 24; appointed captain, July 24, 1862; resigned for disability, November 14, 1862; resignation approved, December 10, 1862.

Nesbitt, Allen
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 21; elected second lieutenant, May 26, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant; resigned for disability, October 7, 1862; resignation approved, November 6, 1862.

Norman, Abner
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 31, 1861; age 24; absent sick through December 31, 1862; present through August 31, 1863; absent on detached duty since September 1, 1863; deserted, February 2, 1864.

Pendley, Reuben
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; appointed corporal; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Pendley, Thomas
Sergeant—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; died at home, March 26, 1862.

Phemister, Charles
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; reported as a deserter, August 31, 1862.

Phillip, William G
Corporal—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; reduced to private; dropped from the rolls, “absent sick west of the Mississippi River”, April 30, 1863.

Pool, Jasper
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 22; reported as a deserter, August 31, 1862.

Pool, Jonathan Medal of Honor
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 22; present through August 31, 1864; Medal of Honor for the Battle of Chickamauga; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Pool, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 24; died of disease, January 15, 1862.

Robinson, Samuel H
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, March 4, 1862; age 20; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863; captured at Jackson, Mississippi, July 17, 1863; sent to Camp Morton, Indiana; released on oath of allegiance, May 22, 1865.

Roney, Ed
Private—Enlisted at Brandon, Mississippi, December 21, 1863; deserted, February 7, 1864.

Rumley, Benjamin W
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 4, 1861; age 17; reportedly died at home in September 1862.

Rumley, William F
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; appointed first sergeant, November 6, 1862; killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Saunders, Kemp H
Sergeant—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 32; absent sick in Arkansas through October 31, 1862; reduced to private; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Shannon, John
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 20, 1861; died of disease, May 12, 1862.

Skinner, Albert
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; absent sick in Arkansas through October 31, 1862; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Stedman, Martin Luther
Sergeant—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 23; transferred to 1st Arkansas Infantry in exchange for Thomas R. Stone, June 30, 1862.

Stephens, Virgil H
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 15, 1861; age 21; appointed first corporal, May 26, 1862; reported as a prisoner since the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Stewart, A L
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; absent without leave, August 31, 1862; reported as a deserter, October 31, 1862.

Stone, Thomas R
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 1st Arkansas Infantry, at Jacksonport, Arkansas, May 1, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 31st Arkansas Infantry, in exchange for Martin L. Stedman, June 30, 1862; appointed quartermaster-sergeant and transferred to field and staff; discharged, November 15, 1862.

Stuart, William W
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 21, 1861; age 17; transferred to Co. A, 2nd Confederate Engineer Troops; surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama, May 1865.

Talley, Irvin
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, March 4, 1862; age 27; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863; captured near Jackson, Mississippi, July 17, 1863; sent to Camp Morton, Indiana, August 7, 1863; died in prison, September 19, 1863.

Talley, Leroy
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, March 4, 1862; age 18; discharged for disability, July 20, 1862.

Taylor, Samuel
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 18, 1861; age 45; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Taylor, William
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 1, 1861; age 30; reported as a deserter, August 31, 1862; captured at Patriot, Indiana, September 26, 1862; sent to Third Street Military Prison, Cincinnati, Ohio; released on oath of allegiance, September 27, 1862.

Terry, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, March 4, 1862; age 20; absent sick, February 28, 1863; absent sick, April 30, 1863; captured as a deserter near Marietta, Georgia, July 3, 1864; sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, July 17, 1864; enlisted in Co. I, 5th U.S. Volunteers, March 29, 1865.

Thomas, Franklin C
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 21, 1861; age 27; appointed second sergeant, May 26, 1862; promoted to first sergeant, July 24, 1862; absent sick, December 31, 1862; discharged before February 28, 1863.

Turpin, Pleasant L
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas; December 15, 1861; died of disease, March 28, 1862.

Vanderver, Gilbert L
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, February 13, 1862; age 34; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Vermillion, Benjamin
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, February 21, 1862; age 29; present through August 31, 1863; absent sick, October 31, 1863; deserted, February 2, 1864.

Walker, J T
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, February 23, 1862; age 18; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Walsh, John S
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, January 24, 1862; age 25; absent on furlough since October 24, 1863; deserted, December 25, 1863.

Warren, J M
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, January 30, 1862; age 30; deserted, March 8, 1862.

Welch, William B
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, December 31, 1862; age 19; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

White, John
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 25; deserted, July 5, 1864.

Willard, John R
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, January 1, 1862; age 23; died of disease, May 14, 1862.

Williams, H C
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 9, 1861; reportedly died of disease in May 1862.

Wilson, Mathew
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 9, 1861; died of disease, April 22, 1862.

Woolley, William
Private—Enlisted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; age 16; discharged for being under age, February 9, 1863.

Yarber, Jasper
Private—Enlisted at Pocahontas, Arkansas, November 10, 1861; age 23; reportedly died of disease in April 1863.

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