Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA
Regimental Band
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Bailey, George A
Musician. Enlisted in 44th Alabama Infantry
at Selma, Alabama, May 20, 1862; transferred to 3rd Arkansas regimental
band; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865.
Bailey, James Augustus
Bandmaster. Enlisted in 44th Alabama
Infantry at Selma, Alabama, May 20, 1862; transferred to 3rd Arkansas regimental
band as bandmaster; furloughed to Wilmington, North Caroline, January 28,
1865; born at Nashville, Tennessee.
Bailey, Richard Jesse
Musician. Enlisted in Co. H, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Richmond, Virginia, April 8, 1862; transferred to regimental
band, November 1862; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865; applied
to the Tennessee Confederate Home in 1918; applied to the Arkansas Confederate
Home in 1923, giving his residence as Garland county; filed Arkansas pension
application #21190 from Pulaski county, date not stated.
Bateman, Peter F
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; promoted fourth corporal,
August 9, 1861; appointed musician and transferred to regimental band in
1862; reduced to ranks and returned to Co. K, January 11, 1863; killed
in action at Gettysburg, Virginia, July 2, 1863; born in Georgia, c1832;
listed in Ashley county 1860 census with wife M.E.; occupation carpenter.
Clyde, Robert B
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; promoted second corporal;
appointed musician and transferred to regimental band, February 28, 1862;
captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; confined at Fort
McHenry, Maryland; exchanged at Aikens Landing, Virginia, November 2, 1862;
later served as first sergeant in Co. G, 4th Louisiana Cavalry; born in
Chickasaw county, Mississippi, c1841; married Susan Elizabeth Wood in Ashley
county, Arkansas, April 3, 1864; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation
post-office clerk.
Delaney, George Washington
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Ashley county, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; appointed
musician and transferred to regimental band, February 28, 1862; captured
at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; confined at Fort McHenry,
Maryland, until exchanged, October 27, 1862; deserted in east Tennessee,
February 1864; took oath of allegiance at Knoxville, Tennessee, February
29, 1864; born in St Francis county, Missouri, c1838; married Cynthia Peniston
in Ashley county, Arkansas, March 27, 1865; occupation painter; bought
land in Ashley county in 1860.
Files, James Samuel
Musician. Enlisted as musician in Co.
K, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; captured
at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; confined at Fort McHenry,
Maryland, until exchanged, October 20, 1862; transferred to regimental
band, January 1863; later served as sergeant in Co. G, 4th Louisiana Cavalry;
born in Alabama, c1843; listed in Ashley county 1860 census.
Jackson, Joshua Blake
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; appointed musician and transferred
to regimental band, July 28, 1862; captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September
17, 1862; exchanged at Aikens Landing, Virginia, November 10, 1862; paroled
at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865; born in Chesterfield county, South
Carolina, August 25, 1840; died in Arkansas, April 18, 1913; married Mary
E. Porter in South Carolina, February 4, 1869; widow filed Arkansas pension
application #9008 from Phillips county, August 10, 1914; occupation carpenter;
served as Ashley county surveyor, 1888-1892.
Lowry, Robert James
Musician. Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; appointed musician
and transferred to regimental band, September 1863; paroled at Appomattox,
Virginia, April 12, 1865; born in Mississippi, c1836; listed in Union county
1860 census with wife Olivia E.; occupation farmer; bought land in Union
county in 1860.
McKinney, Henry Harrison
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; appointed musician and transferred
to regimental band, January 1, 1863; reduced to ranks and returned to Co.
K, February 28, 1863; under arrest, January 1864; sentenced to three months
hard labor with ball and chain on the fortifications at Richmond; slightly
wounded in the head at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; captured
at Amelia Springs, Virginia, April 7, 1865; paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland,
June 27, 1865; born in Tennessee, c1840; listed in Ashley county 1860 census;
occupation saddlier; brother of Private Lee B. McKinney.
McKinney, Lee B
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; appointed musician and transferred
to regimental band; captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862;
exchanged at Aikens Landing, Virginia, November 10, 1862; no further record;
born in Tennessee, c1834; married Mary Jane Wood in Ashley county, Arkansas,
December 11, 1859; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer;
brother of Private Henry H. McKinney.
Melton, George F
Musician. Enlisted as musician in Co.
K, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Madison Court House, Virginia, March 1, 1862;
transferred to regimental band; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April
12, 1865; paroled at Selma, Alabama, May 29, 1865; previously served in
Co. K, 14th Virginia Cavalry.
Sparks, James E
Musician. Enlisted in Co. F, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Rockport, Arkansas, June 20, 1861; appointed musician and
transferred to regimental band, May 15, 1863; captured at Amelia Court
House, Virginia, April 7, 1865; took oath of allegiance at Point Lookout,
Maryland, June 19, 1865.
Ward, Benjamin Franklin
Musician. Enlisted as fifer in Co. F,
3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Camp Bartow, Virginia, September 25, 1861; transferred
to regimental band, May 1, 1863; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April
12, 1865; born in North Carolina, April 29, 1839; died in Arkansas, September
8, 1872; buried in Rockport Cemetery, Hot Spring county, Arkansas; listed
in Hot Spring county 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Private
William J. Ward.
Ward, Francis Marion “Frank”
Musician. Enlisted in Co. E, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Champagnolle, Arkansas, June 20, 1861; appointed musician
and transferred to regimental band, June 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Arkansas, September 19, 1843; died in Arkansas,
February 3, 1905; buried in Old Champagnolle Cemetery, Union county, Arkansas;
married Josephine Davis in Union county, January 25, 1875; widow filed
Arkansas pension application #8057 from Nevada county, August 9, 1910;
listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Ward, William J
Chief Musician. Enlisted as drummer
in Co. F, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Rockport, Arkansas, June 20, 1861;
transferred to regimental band as chief musician, June 1863; born in North
Carolina, c1843; listed in Hot Spring county 1860 census; occupation farmer;
brother of Benjamin F. Ward.
White, Demarcus R “Mark”
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; appointed musician and transferred
to regimental band, February 28, 1862; captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862; exchanged at Aikens Landing, Virginia, November 10,
1862, and returned to Co. K; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12,
1865; captured on his way home at Memphis, Tennessee, May 11, 1865; paroled
at Memphis, Tennessee, May 16, 1865; born at Jacksonville, Calhoun county,
Alabama, March 18, 1842; died in Ashley county, Arkansas, June 17, 1902;
buried in Antioch Cemetery, Ashley county, Arkansas; married Nancy Stanley
in Ashley county, November 1869; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation
farmer; attended 1889 and 1899 Confederate reunions at Hamburg, Arkansas;
brother of Sergeant Hampton C. White and Private Tyler T. White.
White, Hampton C “Hamp”
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; appointed third sergeant,
May 20, 1861; appointed musician and transferred to regimental band, May
28, 1862; detailed as hospital steward, September 17, 1863; paroled at
Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865; born at Jacksonville, Calhoun county,
Alabama, c1837; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation printer;
served as Ashley county coroner, 1860-1862; brother of Privates Demarcus
R. and Tyler T. White.
Wood, Augustus Baldwin
Chief Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd
Arkansas Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; captured at Sharpsburg,
Maryland, September 17, 1862; confined at Fort McHenry, Maryland; exchanged
at Aikenks Landing, Virginia, November 10, 1862; transferred to regimental
band as chief musician, February 1863; captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
July 2, 1863; no further record; born in Alabama, March 22, 1838; died
in Arkansas, April 12, 1916; married Sallie Lou Robinson; listed in Ashley
county 1860 census; occupation merchant; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate
census at Fountain Hill, Arkansas; brother of Private William H. Wood.
Wood, S B
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas, May 20, 1861; promoted third corporal,
July 16, 1861; appointed musician and transferred to regimental band, February
28, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; furloughed
to Arkansas to recover from wounds; no further record; died in Arkansas,
August 13, 1904; married Virginia Ann Clyde in Ashley county, December
11, 1859; widow filed Arkansas pension application #4672 from Garland county,
August 7, 1908.
Wood, William Henry
Musician. Enlisted in Co. K, 9th Arkansas
Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, August 9, 1861; no record after May
31, 1862; enlisted in Co. K, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Hamburg, Arkansas,
February 15, 1863; appointed musician and transferred to regimental band;
no record after August 31, 1863; born in Talladega county, Alabama, August
26, 1840; died in Ashley county, Arkansas, March 25, 1893; buried in Flat
Creek Cemetery, Ashley county; married Miss E. J. Woods in Ashley county,
February 28, 1864; married Mary S. Woods in Ashley county, June 10, 1869;
widow filed Arkansas pension application #14405 from Ashley county, August
4, 1902; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother
of Private Augustus B. Wood.
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