Thirty-first Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Company I—Independence county.

This company was organized at Batesville, Arkansas, on March 23, 1862, Captain Ebenezer H. Howser commanding. The company was assigned to McCray’s Battalion as Company I.  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 I.  Nearly forty percent of them died of disease during the war; only one of them was left at the surrender in April 1865.  One member, Sergeant George W. Williams, was awarded the Confederate equivalent of the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Battle of Chickamauga.
 

Boston, James M
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 41; appointed sergeant, May 2, 1862; died of disease, August 17, 1862.

Cash, William H
Corporal—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 25; promoted second sergeant, June 3, 1862; promoted first sergeant, July 25, 1862; absent sick, October 31, 1862; present, December 31, 1862; absent sick, February 28, 1863; deserted, February 10, 1864.

Cates, John W
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 17; died of disease, April 12, 1863.

Collins, John
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 30; appointed third sergeant, July 25, 1862; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 30, 1863; absent sick, December 31, 1863; present, August 31, 1864.

Connor, James L
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 17; died of disease, February 9, 1863.

Cook, James Andrew
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, June 9, 1861; age 28; transferred to Co. I, 31st Arkansas Infantry, June 30, 1862; appointed captain, July 24, 1862; submitted resignation, August 28, 1863; present, in arrest, October 31, 1863; resigned, January 30, 1864.

Cook, V B
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 34; reportedly died of disease in 1862.

Cornett, John A
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 41; present, detailed as teamster, through October 31, 1863; deserted, February 10, 1864; enlisted in Co. F, 8th Arkansas Cavalry; paroled at Jacksonport, Arkansas, June 5, 1865.

Douglass, Francis R
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 33; reduced to private, May 26, 1862; died of disease, June 1, 1862.

Duncan, W H W
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 23; elected captain, May 27, 1862; died of disease, May 29, 1862.

Edds, A F
Sergeant—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 26; discharged, May 26, 1862.

Evetts, Andrew J
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 18; died of disease, June 27, 1862.

Ford, Andrew Jackson
First Sergeant—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 27; appointed second lieutenant, July 24, 1862; absent on detached duty since November 16, 1862; present, October 25, 1863.

Ford, Demmon M
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 13; discharged for disability, November 10, 1862.

Ford, J T
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 21; absent without leave October 31, 1862; dropped from the rolls for desertion.

Fulks, James L
Corporal—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 26; died of disease, May 2, 1862.

Garland, Liscies
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 40; discharged for disability, February 4, 1863.

Glenn, Jesse
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 22; appointed corporal, June 3, 1862; detailed as teamster, August 1, 1862; deserted, July 17, 1863; captured near Jackson, Mississippi, July 18, 1863; sent to Camp Morton, Indiana; released on oath of allegiance, March 24, 1864.

Gray, William David
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 20; elected third lieutenant, May 26, 1862; submitted resignation, June 29, 1863; resignation approved, August 6, 1863.

Hall, William
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 37; deserted, January 25, 1864.

Halliburton, Benjamin
Fourth Sergeant—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 47; reduced to private, May 2, 1862; died before August 31, 1862.

Haney, William J
Fifth Sergeant—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 19; reduced to private, June 2, 1862; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls for absence without leave, April 30, 1863.

Haskins, Thomas H
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 25; discharged for disability, June 26, 1862.

Hatfield, Hardy
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 37; died in hospital of disease, May 18, 1862.

Hatfield, Tandy
First Lieutenant—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 34; discharged at the reorganization, May 27, 1862.

Hays, Joel
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 30; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls for absence without leave, April 30, 1863.

Howard, Mathew
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 21; detailed to 1st Arkansas Light Artillery since November 18, 1862; present, August 31, 1863; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Howard, Thomas
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 23; appointed fourth corporal, June 3, 1862; promoted second corporal; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863; absent sick through August 31, 1864.

Howser, Ebenezer H
Captain—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 43; relieved at the reorganization, May 26, 1862; reportedly died of disease in 1862.

Ivy, James Jr
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 27; died of disease, May 20, 1862.

Ivy, James
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 18; present through December 31, 1863; deserted, January 25, 1864.

Ivy, John
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 23; appointed third corporal, June 2, 1862, but died of disease on the same day.

Ivy, Thomas
Second Sergeant—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 26; reduced to private, June 2, 1862; died of disease, August 6, 1862.

Kizzia, J C
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 32; absent sick through February 28, 1863; dropped from the rolls for absence without leave, April 30, 1863.

Kizzia, James B
Corporal—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 23; promoted third sergeant, June 3, 1862; promoted second sergeant, July 25, 1862; present through August 31, 1863; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 30, 1863; absent sick, February 29, 1864.

Kizzia, Rufus L
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 17; died of disease, August 2, 1862.

Loden, W J
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 24; elected second lieutenant, May 26, 1862; absent sick at the reorganization, supposed dead; dropped from the rolls, April 30, 1863.

Newberry, James L
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 20; reported dead, date not known, August 31, 1862.

Scott, Morton C
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 34; discharged before August 31, 1862.

Simpson, Augustus
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 33; discharged before August 31, 1862.

Stewart, John
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 17; appointed second corporal, June 3, 1862; promoted first corporal before October 31, 1862; discharged for disability, April 21, 1863.

Walls, B H
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 23; appointed sergeant, May 3, 1862; died before August 31, 1862.

Williams, George W Medal of Honor
Private—Enlisted at Batesville, Arkansas, March 23, 1862; age 22; appointed fourth sergeant, January 1, 1863; returned from detached service, November 1, 1863; Medal of Honor for Battle of Chickamauga; present through December 31, 1863; deserted, February 10, 1864.

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