Thirty-first Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Company F—Van Buren County.

This company was organized at Clinton, Arkansas, on March 3, 1862, Captain P. H. Britton commanding. The company was assigned to McCray’s Battalion as Company F.  The company retained this designation when McCray’s Battalion was reorganized as the 31st Arkansas Infantry on May 27, 1862.  A total of 43 men are known to have served with Company F.  Nearly a fifth of them died of disease during the war; only three of them were left at the surrender in April 1865.  One member, Sergeant John N. Cannon, was awarded the Confederate equivalent of the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Battle of Chickamauga.
 

Barber, J H
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 32; died of disease, May 17, 1862.

Bell, Robert
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 30; appointed fourth corporal, July 6, 1862; absent sick in hospital since April 10, 1863; present, June 30, 1863; absent sick in hospital at Macon, Georgia, June 23-28, 1864; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Bottoms, A J
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, April 4, 1862; age 28; absent sick in hospital since May 10, 1862; presumed dead, dropped from the rolls, June 30, 1863.

Britton, P H
Captain—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 32; discharged for disability, December 23, 1862.

Britton, Peyton S
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 28; rejected by officers’ examination board, May 24, 1862; not reelected and relieved at the reorganization, May 27, 1862.

Brown, John W
First Corporal—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 7, 1862; age 18; absent sick in hospital since May 27, 1862; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863; captured as a deserter in Madison county, Arkansas, August 1864; sent to Louisville, Kentucky; released on oath of allegiance, August 21, 1864.

Burns, Henry C
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, March 27, 1862; age 23; absent sick since May 14, 1862; presumed dead, dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863; enlisted in Co. G, 38th Arkansas Infantry, at Powhatan, Arkansas, July 15, 1862; dropped from the rolls for absence without leave, April 30, 1863.

Burrow, Will J
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 28; elected third lieutenant, July 10, 1862; absent on detached service in Arkansas since September 1, 1863; dropped from the rolls, July 11, 1864.

Cannon, John N Medal of Honor
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, March 29, 1862; age 21; appointed fifth sergeant, November 6, 1862; present through August 31, 1864; Roll of Honor for Battle of Chickamauga; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; appears on list of men paroled at Memphis, Tennessee, May 15-20, 1865.

Cavin, John
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 30; died of disease, June 27, 1862.

Chastain, John B
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, March 29, 1862; appointed third corporal, June 1, 1862; promoted fourth sergeant, November 6, 1862; absent sick since May 1863; dropped from the rolls, February 29, 1864.

Clark, J F
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, April 4, 1862; age 35; appointed second corporal, June 1, 1862; absent sick, October 31, 1862; absent without leave since November 15, 1862.

Fuller, Virgil A
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 29, 1862; age 28; died of disease, May 27, 1862.

Graddy, John F
Corporal—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 10, 1862; age 30; promoted second sergeant, May 26, 1862; promoted first sergeant, November 2, 1862; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Hinkle, John A
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 6, 1862; age 16; present through April 30, 1863; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863; captured as a deserter near Jackson, Mississippi, July 16, 1863; sent to Camp Morton, Indiana, August 7, 1863; released on oath of allegiance, May 22, 1865.

Holland, Jesse G
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 20, 1862; age 30; absent sick in hospital since May 2, 1862; absent sick through February 29, 1864.

Hunsucker, George W
Second Sergeant—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 10, 1862; age 35; promoted first sergeant, July 10, 1862; discharged for disability, November 6, 1862.

Irvin, W A
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 8, 1862; age 29; promoted first lieutenant, May 26, 1862; absent on detached service in Arkansas since November 13, 1862; absent without leave since January 13, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 6, 1863.

Jones, W J
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 8, 1862; age 35; absent sick since April 27, 1862; presumed dead, dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Lay, Allen S
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 35; not reelected and relieved at the reorganization, May 26, 1862; enlisted in Co. E, 8th Arkansas Cavalry, in Conway county, Arkansas, December 24, 1862; appointed first sergeant, December 24, 1862; appointed second lieutenant; captured in Van Buren county, Arkansas, February 16, 1865; confined at Little Rock, Arkansas; released on oath of allegiance, May 3, 1865.

Ligon, Albert H
Corporal—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 26; promoted first sergeant, February 1, 1864; absent sick in hospital at La Grange, Georgia, since May 23, 1864; returned to duty, September 19, 1864; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

McClure, Valentine
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 30; died of disease, August 28, 1862.

Magness, J A
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, March 10, 1862; age 22; appointed third sergeant, May 27, 1862; absent sick, August 31, 1862.

Magness, J T
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 6, 1862; age 16; absent sick since April 27, 1862.

Magness, M C
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 6, 1862; age 16; absent sick since April 27, 1862; presumed dead, dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Marshall, William M
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, April 3, 1862; age 30; absent without leave since November 15, 1862.

Morgan, G W
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 6, 1862; age 16; died of disease, May 10, 1862.

Morgan, J C
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, April 10, 1862; age 17; died of disease, October 17, 1862.

New, J H
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 9, 1862; age 16; present through August 31, 1863; killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

New, John Newton
Third Sergeant—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 33; reduced to private, May 27, 1862; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Payne, John
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, March 27, 1862; age 30; absent sick in hospital since May 2, 1862; presumed dead, dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Prior, James K
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 6, 1862; age 16; present through August 31, 1864.

Redman, Hugh
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 18, 1862; age 30; discharged for disability, October 1, 1862.

Reed, J M
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, March 6, 1862; age 16; died of disease in August 1862.

Richards, J N
Fifth Sergeant—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 24; promoted fourth sergeant; promoted third sergeant, May 26, 1862; promoted second sergeant, November 6, 1862; present through April 30, 1863; absent on furlough, June 30, 1863; absent on furlough, August 31, 1863; absent without leave, October 31, 1863.

Scarlett, Nathan
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 23; absent sick since July 3, 1862; presumed dead, dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Stark, Charles J
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, March 29, 1862; age 25; appointed corporal, May 26, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant, June 25, 1862; promoted fourth sergeant; promoted third sergeant, November 6, 1862; present through April 30, 1863; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Stubbs, J W
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, April 4, 1862; age 35; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Vest, John V
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 12, 1862; age 18; absent sick since April 27, 1862; presumed dead, dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Williams, T L
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 7, 1862; age 16; appointed corporal; captured near Florence, Kentucky, September 16, 1862; sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, September 24, 1862; exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 1, 1862; present through February 29, 1864; absent sick in hospital since June 25 1864.

Wilson, James Herbert
Fifth Sergeant—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; age 25; reduced to private, May 26, 1862; absent sick since April 10, 1863; present, June 30, 1863; wounded in the right thigh at Cassville, Georgia, May 19-22, 1864; admitted to hospital, May 22, 1864; absent on wound furlough since August 2, 1864.

Womble, Holly J
Corporal—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 12, 1862; age 36; elected third lieutenant, May 26, 1862; resigned for disability, June 11, 1863.

Yates, N W
Private—Enlisted at Clinton, Arkansas, March 7, 1862; age 15; died of disease, April 16, 1862.

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