Thirty-first Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Company E—Pope County.

This company was organized at Dover, Arkansas, on February 1, 1862, Captain J. W. Rittenberry commanding. The Dover company was assigned to McCray’s Battalion as Company E.  The company retained this designation when McCray’s Battalion was reorganized as the 31st Arkansas Infantry on May 27, 1862.  A total of 69 men are known to have served with Company E.  Nearly a fourth of them died of disease during the war; none of them were left at the surrender in April 1865.
 

Bailey, Richard
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 17; died of disease, June 20, 1862.

Bartlett, John W
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 28; deserted, March 10, 1863.

Briscoe, Jesse
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 28; reported “died, May 20, 1862” on roll for August 31, 1862; reported “sick in hospital” on roll for October 31, 1862.

Brock, John
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 24; deserted, February 25, 1863.

Bruton, James G
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 48; not reelected and relieved at the reorganization, May 27, 1862.

Burnett, John N
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 26; appointed third sergeant, November 15, 1862; transferred to 1st Arkansas Infantry; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Burns, James L
Fourth Sergeant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 22; deserted, March 10, 1862.

Cagle, John
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 25; discharged in May 1862.

Carey, Moses
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 28; deserted, February 25, 1863.

Clark, Henry
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 25; deserted, March 10, 1862.

Clark, Jesse
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 23; deserted, March 2, 1863.

Clark, John C
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 20; deserted, March 2, 1863.

Cosbey, William
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 17; died of disease, May 5, 1862.

Cotton, Hiram C
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 23; left sick in Arkansas, April 15, 1862; dropped from the rolls for desertion; enlisted in Co. B, 39th Arkansas Infantry, at Dardanelle, Arkansas, July 4, 1862; detailed as teamster since September 2, 1862; paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 8, 1865.

Dollar, James
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 25; absent sick, August 31, 1862; absent sick, December 31, 1862; dropped from the rolls for desertion.

Enons, John N
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 25; deserted, March 18, 1862.

Enos, William
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 40; left sick at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, October 25, 1862; left sick in hospital at Manchester, Tennessee, December 20, 1862, where he reportedly died.

Garrigus, William H
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 18; died of disease, June 25, 1862.

Gillum, William P
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 18; absent, detailed to drive ordnance wagon, February 28, 1863; wounded at Jackson, Mississippi, May 1863; absent wounded in hospital at Lauderdale, Mississippi, June 30, 1863; absent without leave, August 31, 1864; captured with guerrillas in Polk county, Arkansas, November 25, 1864; sent to Little Rock, Arkansas; released on oath of allegiance, May 7, 1865.

Greer, Newton
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 26; died of disease, May 12, 1862.

Gunter, John A
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 17; died of disease, May 3, 1862.

Hale, John B
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 48; absent sick in hospital at Memphis, October 31, 1862; absent sick, “supposed to be dead”, June 30, 1863.

Howard, John W
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 23; left sick at Jackson, Mississippi, May 25, 1862; absent sick, “supposed to be dead”, April 30, 1863.

Huggins, James H
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 26; appointed assistant surgeon; appointed captain, May 1, 1862; resigned for disability, November 15, 1862.

Jones, Iredell H
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 21; present, sick, August 31, 1862; no further record.

Kelly, Richard F
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 20; deserted, January 31, 1863.

Kendrick, Francis M
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 23; died of disease, May 15, 1862.

Kendrick, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 23; absent sick with leave to May 12, 1862; absent sick in Arkansas without leave, February 28, 1863; absent sick, April 30, 1863; no further record.

Lemley, Andrew J
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 18; died of disease, May 18, 1862.

Lemley, Ephraim
First Corporal—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 21; absent on furlough, August 31, 1863; absent without leave, October 31, 1863.

Lemley, William D
Third Sergeant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 35; promoted second sergeant, November 15, 1862; absent sick and returned, August 31, 1863; present through August 31, 1864.

Marrs, James Buchanan
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 22; elected first lieutenant, May 26, 1862; promoted captain, November 15, 1862; resigned, April 23, 1863.

Murphy, Harvey A
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 40; died of disease, November 13, 1862.

Nelson, John W
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 36; absent sick, August 31, 1862; reportedly died of disease in September 1862.

Oblothley, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 25; detailed as a nurse, August 31, 1862; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Orrell, Joseph
Corporal—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 27; appointed fourth sergeant, November 15, 1862; detailed as blacksmith; reduced to private; present through October 31, 1863.

Osbon, George H C
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 20; died of disease, May 20, 1862.

Petty, William G
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 22; absent sick in hospital at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, since August 12, 1863; absent sick, October 31, 1863; absent without leave, February 29, 1864.

Plummer, Joseph
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 24; discharged for disability, July 18, 1862.

Pullin, Elijah J
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 42; present through October 31, 1863.

Rackley, James M
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 18, born in Tennessee; left sick in Arkansas, April 15, 1862; dropped from the rolls.

Rackley, John T
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 20; left sick in hospital at Montgomery, Alabama, and supposed to be dead, April 30, 1863.

Rhodes, George W
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 28; deserted, January 31, 1863.

Richardson, William M
Fifth Sergeant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 41; left sick at Williamstown, Kentucky, October 1862; absent sick, reduced to private, November 15, 1862; appears on a receipt for prisoners on board steamer Maria Denning, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 15, 1862; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Rittenberry, J W
Captain—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 27; promoted major, April 24, 1862; relieved at the reorganization and discharged, May 27, 1862.

Roberts, Joel C
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 35; deserted, January 31, 1863.

Roeder, W H
Sergeant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; dropped from the rolls for desertion, April 30, 1863.

Ross, John C
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 45; absent sick, October 31, 1862; left sick in hospital at Loudon, Tennessee, April 30, 1863.

Rowland, William H
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 18; died in hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 30, 1863.

Russell, Robert B
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 50; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Russell, William J
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 27; present through October 31, 1863.

Shirley, Aaron
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 45; died of disease, May 15, 1862.

Shirley, James M
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 18; died of disease, December 29, 1862.

Simms, Charles
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 29; elected second lieutenant, May 26, 1862; promoted first lieutenant, November 15, 1862; absent on detached service in Arkansas since February 28, 1863.

Skipper, Charles S
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 21; absent sick, August 31, 1862; no further record.

Stokes, David M
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 36; left sick in hospital at Tupelo, Mississippi, September 1, 1862; deserted from hospital, June 30, 1863.

Sullivan, Daniel
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 25; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1863.

Sweeden, Henry
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 18; appointed second corporal; promoted fifth sergeant; absent without leave, February 29, 1864.

Sweeden, Patrick
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 24; reported as a deserter, June 30, 1862.

Teague, Richard A
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 24; appointed fifth sergeant, November 15, 1862; deserted, February 1, 1863.

Thomas, Levi L
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 33; deserted, March 10, 1862.

Trigg, John
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 42; not reelected and relieved at the reorganization, May 26, 1862.

Turnbow, George
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; absent sick, October 31, 1862; reportedly died in November 1862.

Voss, John W
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 24, born in Tennessee; appointed third lieutenant, May 1, 1862; relieved at the reorganization, May 26, 1862.

Walker, James H
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 30; elected third lieutenant, November 15, 1862; absent on detached service in Arkansas since September 1, 1863; captured in Bolivar county, Mississippi, September 9, 1863; sent to Camp Morton, Indiana; died in prison, February 7, 1865.

Waller, William Marion
Sergeant—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 33; reduced to private, December 1, 1862; left sick at Canton, Mississippi, June 20, 1863; no further record.

Watkins, Newton N
Fourth Corporal—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 24 Georgia; promoted third corporal, December 1, 1862; promoted third sergeant; reduced to private, July 1, 1863; present through October 31, 1863.

Watkins, William W
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 22; elected third lieutenant, May 26, 1862; promoted second lieutenant, November 15, 1862; absent on detached service; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Webb, Berton Allen
Private—Enlisted at Dover, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 26; died of disease, May 10, 1862.

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