Thirty-first Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Field and Staff.

Berry, Decatur F
Assistant Commissary—Enlisted in Co. H, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, June 9, 1861; transferred to Co. K, 31st Arkansas Infantry, May 1, 1862; elected second lieutenant, May 8, 1862; appointed assistant commissary, July 17, 1862; absent on detached duty since January 15, 1863; promoted captain; resigned, February 4, 1864.

Britton, A B
Assistant Quartermaster—Enlisted in Co. G at Point Remove, Arkansas, March 5, 1862; elected first lieutenant, May 26, 1862; appointed captain and assistant quartermaster; resigned, February 10, 1863.

Bunn, Henry Gaston
Colonel, commanding consolidated 4th & 31st Arkansas Regiments—Enlisted in Co. A, 4th Arkansas Infantry, at Mount Vernon, Missouri, August 17, 1861; elected second lieutenant; promoted lieutenant-colonel, May 8, 1862; promoted colonel, November 4, 1862; wounded at Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Cameron, Andrew S
Assistant Surgeon—No information.

Clark, James W
Major—Enlisted in Co. A at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; elected second lieutenant, November 2, 1861; promoted captain, May 26, 1862; promoted major, July 12, 1862; relieved by consolidation, September 1, 1863; appointed lieutenant-colonel, 45th Arkansas Mounted Infantry; promoted colonel; paroled at Jacksonport, Arkansas, June 5, 1865.

Cross, Edward
Assistant Surgeon—Court-martialed for absence without leave from February 1-26, 1863; recommended he be released from service on May 2, 1863; relieved at consolidation and sent to Arkansas, September 1, 1863.

Cullum, William
Assistant Commissary—Enlisted in Co. D at Clinton, Arkansas, January 22, 1862; appointed captain and assistant commissary; died in hospital, June 4, 1862.

Daugherty, Davis G
Major—Enlisted in Co. B at Quitman, Arkansas, December 21, 1861; appointed sergeant-major; elected captain, May 27, 1862; elected major, February 10, 1863; the election was declared illegal and he was reduced to captain; resigned, August 31, 1863.

Dungan, George W
Adjutant—Enlisted in Co. B at Quitman, Arkansas, October 30, 1861; elected first lieutenant, October 30, 1861; appointed adjutant; discharged at the reorganization, May 27, 1862.

Etheridge, Benjamin E
Assistant Quartermaster—No information.

Hall, Thomas H
Surgeon—Relieved by consolidation and sent to Arkansas, September 1, 1863.

Hamby, Joel J
Chaplain—Enlisted in Co. B at Quitman, Arkansas, February 16, 1862; resigned, May 5, 1862.

Hayes, J L
Lieutenant-Colonel—Enlisted in Co. D at Clinton, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; elected third lieutenant, February; transferred to Co. G as captain, May 26, 1862; promoted lieutenant-colonel, February 10, 1863; relieved by consolidation, September 1, 1863.

Jacoway, John A
Lieutenant-Colonel—Enlisted in Co. K at Dardanelle, Arkansas, February 28, 1862; appointed captain, April 16, 1862; relieved by consolidation, February 28, 1863; promoted lieutenant-colonel, March 8, 1863; absent on detached duty, April 30, 1863; absent at Little Rock, Arkansas, May 27, 1863; relieved by consolidation, September 1, 1863.

Johnson, James F
Lieutenant-Colonel—Enlisted in Co. B at Quitman, Arkansas, December 25, 1861; elected captain; elected lieutenant-colonel, April 16, 1862; illegally elected; reelected lieutenant-colonel, May 27, 1862; absent on furlough for sixty days since November 17, 1862; absent without leave for twenty-four days since February 1, 1863; relieved by consolidation, September 1, 1863.

Jones, M L
Assistant Quartermaster—No information.

Jordan, James B W
Assistant Quartermaster—Enlisted in Co. A at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; elected first lieutenant, November 2, 1861; appointed quartermaster-sergeant, January 25, 1862; appointed second lieutenant, April 7, 1862; resigned as captain and assistant quartermaster, November 13, 1862; reenlisted at Shelbyville, Tennessee, March 1, 1863; appointed quartermaster-sergeant; present through August 31, 1864.

Lay, David Hardin
Adjutant—Enlisted in Co. B at Quitman, Arkansas, October 30, 1861; elected second lieutenant, October 30, 1861; promoted first lieutenant, May 27, 1862; appointed adjutant; promoted captain, February 19, 1863; relieved at consolidation and sent on detached service to Arkansas, August 26, 1863; paroled at Jacksonport, Arkansas, June 5, 1865.

McCray, Thomas Hamilton
Major—Elected major, January 25, 1862; elected lieutenant-colonel, April 27, 1862; promoted colonel, May 27, 1862; relieved by consolidation, September 1, 1863.

McCroskey, R C
Ordnance Sergeant—Enlisted at Shelbyville, Tennessee, February 1, 1863; present through February 28, 1863; deserted, March 10, 1863; returned from desertion; transferred to Co. G, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, April 9, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.

Morgan, James M
Major—Enlisted in Co. A at Jacksonport, Arkansas, November 2, 1861; elected captain, November 2, 1861; elected major, April 16, 1862; election was declated illegal and he was reduced to captain, May 27, 1862; relieved by consolidation, September 1, 1863.

Nichols, Alexander P
Commissary Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. C at Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 13, 1862; age 20; detailed as acting commissary sergeant, July 8, 1862; absent without leave, October 31, 1863.

Rittenberry, J W
Major—Enlisted in Co. E in Pope county, Arkansas, February 1, 1862; elected captain, February 1, 1862; promoted major, May 1, 1862; relieved at reorganization, May 27, 1862.

Stone, Thomas R
Quartermaster-Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. G, 1st Arkansas Infantry, at Jacksonport, Arkansas, May 1, 1861; transferred to Co. A, 31st Arkansas Infantry, June 30, 1862; appointed quartermaster-sergeant and transferred to field and staff; discharged, November 15, 1862

Thornburgh, Samuel B
Hospital Steward—Enlisted in Co. D at Clinton, Arkansas, January 22, 1862; appointed hospital steward, April 14, 1862, and transferred to field and staff; absent on furlough for thirty days since January 9, 1864; absent without leave, February 29, 1864; captured in Searcy county, Arkansas, March 3, 1864; sent to Rock Island, Illinois, July 6, 1864; exchanged at Red River Landing, Louisiana, March 4, 1865.

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