Thirty-first Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Company H—Jackson county.

This company was organized at Bayou de View, Arkansas, on March 1, 1862, Captain John N. Barnes commanding. The company was assigned to McCray’s Battalion as Company H.  The company retained this designation when McCray’s Battalion was reorganized as the 31st Arkansas Infantry on May 27, 1862.  A total of 53 men are known to have served with Company H.  Nearly a third of them died of disease during the war; only two of them were left at the surrender in April 1865.  One member, Private Francis M. Arnold, was awarded the Confederate equivalent of the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Battle of Chickamauga.
 

Albright, J H
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 17; died of disease, June 20, 1862.

Alexander, Robert A
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 22; detailed as teamster, April 9 to May 27, 1862; appointed fourth corporal, July 22, 1862; detailed as nurse since September 5, 1862; captured near Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, July 3, 1864; sent to Camp Morton, Indiana; released on oath of allegiance, June 12, 1865.

Anderson, James
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, April 27, 1862; age 21; killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Andrews, William L
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, April 11, 1862; age 16; captured and paroled at Barboursville, Kentucky, September 4, 1862; absent at home on furlough, October 31, 1862; absent without leave since December 15, 1862.

Arnold, Francis M  Medal of Honor
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 17; present through August 31, 1864; Medal of Honor for Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Barnes, John N
Captain—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 31; died of disease, May 25, 1862.

Barnes, R E
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 33; died of disease, May 18, 1862.

Bateman, W B
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 27, 1862; age 34; sent to hospital at Corinth, Mississippi, May 12, 1862; no further record.

Boon, John D
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 18; discharged for disability, June 20, 1862.

Caldwell, L F
Fourth Corporal—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 24; reduced to private, July 22, 1862; absent sick; dropped from the rolls.

Cariker, G M
Third Corporal—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 34; promoted third sergeant, May 27, 1862; reduced to corporal, July 22, 1862; in arrest, August 31, 1863; wounded at Atlanta, Georgia, July 28, 1864, and sent to hospital.

Cariker, P J
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 23; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 18, 1863, and sent to hospital.

Dennis, L S
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 24; elected captain, May 27, 1862; absent sick since May 24, 1863; wounded at Atlanta, Georgia, July 28, 1864, and sent to hospital.

English, W R
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 30; died of disease, June 24, 1862.

Goldston, Samuel
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 22; appointed second corporal, May 27, 1862; promoted fourth sergeant, July 22, 1862; captured as a deserter near Jackson, Mississippi, July 17, 1863.

Guest, Russell
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 37; died of disease, May 18, 1862.

Haries, Daniel
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 22; detailed as teamster, March 6 to June 29, 1862; present through August 31, 1864.

Hignite, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 37; sent to hospital at Corinth, Mississippi, May 18, 1862; no further record.

Howard, Richard
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 26; present through August 31, 1864; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Huddleston, E W
First Corporal—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 22; absent sick, August 31, 1862; absent at home on furlough for ninety days since November 8, 1862; absent without leave since February 10, 1863; reported as a deserter.

Jerrald, J W
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 20; absent sick at Memphis, Tennessee, since April 20, 1862; died of disease in May 1862.

Jones, J B
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 18; deserted, March 18, 1862.

Jones, L C
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 24; died of disease, May 19, 1862.

Kimbrell, Franklin
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 15; sent to hospital, April 13, 1862; absent sick in Arkansas since April 27, 1862; dropped from the rolls.

Kimbrell, Wiley
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 17; died of disease, May 17, 1862.

Lanham, G F
Fifth Sergeant—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 46; reduced to private, June 25, 1862; absent sick, October 31, 1862; died of disease, November 3, 1862.

Lewis, B M
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 40; deserted, May 12, 1862.

Little, A
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 32; died of disease, April 20, 1862.

Lovett, J A
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 44; relieved at the reorganization and discharged on May 26, 1862.

McAfee, J C
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 37; elected second lieutenant; absent on detached duty since August 20, 1863; dropped from the rolls, June 11, 1864.

Miller, Richard
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 26; died of disease, May 25, 1862.

Neighbors, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 20, died of disease, May 10, 1862.

Persell, C D
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 33; died of disease, May 6, 1862.

Phillips, G R
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 32; died of disease, May 8, 1862.

Phillips, John A
Corporal—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 29; elected first lieutenant, May 26, 1862; wounded in the left arm on a scout, August 20, 1862; left at Barboursville, Kentucky, August 29, 1862, and captured; sent to Cincinnati, Ohio; exchanged, October 20, 1862; absent wounded in Arkansas, February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Powell, J G
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 24; deserted, March 12, 1862.

Prewet, G W
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 39; absent sick since December 28, 1862; present, April 30, 1863; killed in action at Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864.

Raney, Stephen H
Third Sergeant—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 36; deserted, July 17, 1863; captured at Clinton, Mississippi, July 19, 1863; sent to Camp Morton, Indiana, August 7, 1863; released on oath of allegiance, May 16, 1865.

Sharp, E H
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 49; sent to hospital at Corinth, Mississippi, May 8, 1862; no further record.

Simmons, F
Second Sergeant—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 37; promoted first sergeant, July 22, 1862; absent on furlough for forty days since August 5, 1863; absent without leave, October 31, 1863.

Spiva, James
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 49; died of disease, October 8, 1862.

Stell, J D
Second Corporal—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 25; elected third lieutenant, May 26, 1862; absent on detached service, October 31, 1862; absent without leave since January 15, 1863.

Stutts, Right
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 16; sent to hospital at Canton, Mississippi, June 1, 1863; no further record.

Taylor, G K
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 14; detailed as colonel’s orderly since June 8, 1862; detailed to Douglas’ Texas Battery; deserted, January 17, 1863.

Taylor, R N
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 27, 1862; age 36; detailed on special service, May 13 to July 7, 1862; appointed second sergeant, July 22, 1863; absent on furlough for forty days since August 5, 1863; absent without leave, October 31, 1863;.

Thetford, D C
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 27, 1862; age 26; appointed first sergeant, May 27, 1862; failed to pass non-commissioned officers’ examining board and reduced to private, July 22, 1862; absent sick since August 12, 1862.

Thetford, J W
Private—Enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, April 14, 1862; age 22; died of disease, July 29, 1862.

Thomas, E E
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 27, born in Georgia; absent, detailed as nurse since May 8, 1862; present, December 31, 1863; present, February 29, 1864.

Thomas, Iven
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; killed in action at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 20, 1864.

Thompson, L B
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 27; appointed fifth sergeant, May 27, 1862; reduced to corporal, July 22, 1862; absent without leave since November 17, 1862; dropped from the rolls.

Tombs, Nathan
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 23; sent to hospital on the retreat from Corinth, Mississippi, June 4, 1862; no further record.

Tyer, R G
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; age 21; appointed fifth sergeant, July 22, 1862; captured at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863.

Weeden, Benjamin
Private—Enlisted at Bayou de View, Arkansas, March 27, 1862; age 17; absent sick, August 31, 1862.

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