Thirty-first Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Company G—Conway county.

This company was organized at Point Remove, Arkansas, on March 5, 1862, Captain T. J. Nunnelly commanding. The company was assigned to McCray’s Battalion as Company G.  The company retained this designation when McCray’s Battalion was reorganized as the 31st Arkansas Infantry on May 27, 1862.  A total of 50 men are known to have served with Company G.  Over a fourth of them died of disease during the war; only two of them were left at the surrender in April 1865.  One member, Sergeant James W. Carter, was awarded the Confederate equivalent of the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Battle of Chickamauga.
 

Allen, Richard L
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 29; absent without leave; captured and confined in guard quarters, October 3, 1863.

Babb, W C
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 30; absent sick since April 20, 1862.

Babb, W W
Fourth Sergeant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 36; reduced to private, January 1, 1863; killed in action at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864.

Bass, S J
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 18; present through February 29, 1864; absent sick in hospital, August 31, 1864; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Britton, A B
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 29; appointed first lieutenant, May 26, 1862, and assigned to 24th Tennessee Regiment; appointed captain and quartermaster; resigned for disability, February 10, 1863.

Britton, John W
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 23; absent sick in Arkansas through April 30, 1863; dropped from the rolls; enlisted in Co. E, 8th Arkansas Cavalry, in Conway county, Arkansas, January 22, 1863; detailed as regimental teamster.

Brown, Robert W
First Corporal—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 26; promoted fifth sergeant, June 1, 1863; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Bynum, W W
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 18; died of disease, September 16, 1862.

Carter, James W MEDAL OF HONOR
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 22; appointed sergeant; present through February 28, 1864; Medal of Honor for Battle of Chickamauga; killed in action at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864.

Chandler, J G
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 28; elected second lieutenant, May 26, 1862; died of disease, February 28, 1863.

Clayton, Philo Glen
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 16; appointed corporal; present through August 31, 1864; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Cooper, John W
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 20; present through August 31, 1863.

Cooper, Joseph
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 23; appointed fourth sergeant; reduced to third corporal; present through February 29, 1864; paroled at Thomasville, North Carolina, May 1, 1865.

Cossey, William Calvin
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 21; wounded (right thumb shot off) at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 18, 1863; absent sick, October 31, 1863; discharged for disability, November 15, 1864.

Cummins, Jefferson
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 20; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Forester, Maston
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 26; died of disease, April 12, 1862.

Forester, R H
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 22; absent sick in Arkansas since June 1, 1862; dropped from the rolls, supposed dead.

Harton, J N
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 19; died of disease, July 25, 1862.

Hartwick, Jacob
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 41; discharged at Loudon, Tennessee, November 10, 1862.

Hartwick, Leonard
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 39; present through April 30, 1863; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Hayes, J L
Captain—Enlisted in Co. D at Clinton, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; age 30; appointed junior lieutenant; promoted captain, May 26, 1862, and transferred to Co. G; promoted lieutenant-colonel, February 10, 1863; transferred to field and staff, February 19, 1863; relieved of duty by consolidation, September 1, 1863; absent on detached duty since February 28, 1863; captured and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio; admitted to prison hospital, March 5, 1864.

Hendrickson, Samuel
First Corporal—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 34; reportedly died of disease in 1862.

Holland, A H
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 35; died of disease, August 1, 1862.

Hunt, John B
Sergeant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 25; appointed first lieutenant, June 24, 1862, “to replace A. B. Brittin who is absent west of the Mississippi River without leave”; reduced to private, December 13, 1862; elected third lieutenant, February 23, 1863; killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Hutson, William B
Second Sergeant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 22; died of disease, May 3, 1862.

Jackson, Luther
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; absent sick since April 20, 1862; dropped from the rolls, August 31, 1862.

Kirkland, T B
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 19; present through August 31, 1864.

Kirkland, W J
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 20; died of disease, August 1, 1862.

Lloyd, E H
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 19; absent sick since July 29, 1862.

Luther, Calvin
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 19; died of disease, April 30, 1862.

Luther, Jackson
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 21; absent sick since April 20, 1862.

McClure, John
Fifth Sergeant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 43; died of disease, April 21, 1863.

Martin, J E
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 24; absent sick in Arkansas without leave, never paid; no further record.

Meneece, J J
Fourth Sergeant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 22; absent sick since April 20, 1862; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Morgan, Thomas H
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 35; present through April 30, 1863; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Nunnelly, T J
Captain—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 38; absent sick since April 21, 1862; discharged at the reorganization, May 26, 1862.

Patty, James J
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 28; absent on detached duty since November 17, 1862; dropped from the rolls for absence without leave, February 28, 1863.

Plant, W C
Second Corporal—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 28, born in Alabama; reduced to private; absent sick in Arkansas since April 20, 1862; enlisted in Co. E, 8th Arkansas Cavalry, in Conway county, Arkansas, February 1, 1863; discharged, July 20, 1863.

Ross, William B
Third Corporal—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 25; promoted second corporal; promoted first corporal; present through April 30, 1863; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Sessums, R T
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 18; detailed as surgeon’s orderly, April 30, 1863; wounded in the right shoulder in Georgia, July 29, 1864; absent wounded in hospital since July 30, 1864; returned to duty, November 19, 1864.

Simmons, Charles D
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, April 4, 1862; age 38; absent on detached duty through October 31, 1863.

Spradlin, John M
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 22; appointed corporal; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863; captured in Conway county, Arkansas, June 27, 1864; sent to Little Rock, Arkansas, July 1, 1864; deserted from hospital, August 15, 1864.

Summers, Robert
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 28; absent on sick furlough for thirty days since May 4, 1862; absent without leave since June 21, 1862.

Tarkington, J A
Third Sergeant—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 35; present through April 30, 1863; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Tipton, Joseph
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 39; died of disease, June 22, 1862.

Troxell, J W
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 20; died of disease in August 1862.

Wilcox, James W
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 38; dropped from the rolls for desertion, June 30, 1863.

Wood, Thomas Bailey
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 35; absent sick since April 20, 1862; dropped from the rolls; enlisted in Co. E, 8th Arkansas Cavalry, in Conway county, Arkansas, January 2, 1863; deserted on the retreat from Little Rock, Arkansas, September 10, 1863; paroled at Jacksonport, Arkansas, June 5, 1865.

Woody, William J
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 20; present through August 31, 1864.

Wright, Roberson A
Private—Enlisted at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; age 37; died of disease, April 11, 1862.

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