Third Arkansas Regiment Infantry, CSA
Company G—“Three Creeks Rifles”
This company of volunteers, calling themselves the “Three Creeks Rifles,” was organized at Three Creeks, Union county, Arkansas, June 20, 1861, by Captain John W. Reedy. The company was composed of men from Union county and neighboring Columbia county, Arkansas. It traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia, where it was assigned to the Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, as Company G, July 1861. On July 18, 1862, eighteen members of disbanded Company C, Second Arkansas Infantry Battalion—also from Union county—were assigned to this company. During its four years of service, 127 men served in Company G. Only 23 of them remained when the company was surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Their paroles were signed on April 12, 1865, and they were released to go home.
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Alderson, William J
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; slightly wounded in the chest
on Darbytown Road, Virginia, October 7, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Mississippi, c1845; listed in Union county 1860
census; occupation farmer.
Avery, Benjamin Franklin
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability, January
20, 1862; born in South Carolina, c1831; listed in Union county 1860 census
with wife Mary A.; occupation farmer; bought land in Columbia county in
1857; bought land in Union county in 1860.
Barker, William M
Third Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed third sergeant,
June 19, 1861; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863; furloughed
to Griffin, Georgia, to recover from wounds; dropped from the rolls for
absence without leave, August 31, 1864; paroled at Montgomery, Alabama,
June 14, 1865; born in Georgia, c1836; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation schoolteacher; bought land in Union county in 1860.
Beeman, Christopher Columbus
Private—Enlisted in the “Invincible Guards,”
5th Arkansas Regiment State Troops, at Magnolia, Arkansas, May 1861; mustered
out, September 1861; enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion,
at Memphis, Tennessee, March 28, 1862; promoted third sergeant, May 5,
1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862;
discharged for disabililty, June 15, 1862; enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at El Dorado, Arkansas, March 9, 1863; wounded in the thigh and
captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; leg amputated; died
of wounds at Gettysburg, July 10, 1863; born in South Carolina, c1840;
listed in Columbia county 1860 census; occupation clerk; brother of Private
Philip A. Beeman.
Beeman, Phillip A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
July 2, 1863; exchanged, September 20, 1863; wounded in the foot on Darbytown
Road, Virginia, October 7, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April
12, 1865; born in Alabama, May 10, 1843; died in Arkansas, November 14,
1877; buried in Old Presbyterian Cemetery, El Dorado, Arkansas; listed
in Columbia county 1860 census; occupation clerk; brother of Private Christopher
C. Beeman.
Beeson, Jonathan E
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; wounded in the right arm on Darbytown
Road, Virginia, October 7, 1864; permanently disabled; born in Mississippi,
c1839; died in Arkansas, January 11, 1900; married Sarah B.; filed Arkansas
pension application #1186 from Columbia county, August 5, 1893; listed
in Columbia county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Black, John A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted second corporal, July
5, 1861; promoted fifth sergeant; promoted second sergeant, April 4, 1862;
killed in action at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; born c1839.
Booth, Derensellear R
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the right arm at Chickamauga,
Georgia, September 20, 1863; retired to Invalid Corps, August 12, 1864;
paroled at Montgomery, Alabama, May 23, 1865; born in Alabama, c1843; died
in Arkansas in 1883; widow A. L. filed Arkansas pension application #15979
from Columbia county, August 7, 1901; listed in Columbia county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Brooks, John F
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the leg at the Wilderness,
Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865;
born in Georgia, c1835; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
laborer.
Brown, John R
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; elected second lieutenant,
June 19, 1861; assigned as acting assistant surgeon, August 11, 1861; appointed
assistant surgeon, November 15, 1861; appointed surgeon, July 20, 1864;
paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April12, 1865; born in North Carolina,
c1835; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation physician.
Cameron, John Y
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, March 20, 1862; transferred to
Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged for disabililty
at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 27, 1862; enlisted in Co. F, 10th Arkansas
Cavalry, at El Dorado, Arkansas, October 6, 1863; appointed first sergeant,
October 6, 1863; no record after February 29, 1864; born in Georgia, November
8, 1837; died in Union county, Arkansas, August 2, 1915; buried in Scotland
Presbyterian Cemetery in Union county; married Sarah Elizabeth Murphy in
Union county, November 1861; filed Arkansas pension application #13019
from Union county, August 7, 1909; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation farmer; bought land in Union county in 1861 and 1885.
Canterberry, James H
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; promoted second corporal, July
4, 1863; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863; no further
record; born in Alabama, c1841; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Carter, Samuel
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; on detached duty as quartermaster
clerk in brigade quartermaster’s office, June 15, 1862; absent without
leave, October 1863; dropped from the rolls, August 31, 1864; born in Alabama,
c1830; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation merchant.
Cate, Jefferson
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; died of typhoid fever at Petersburg,
Virginia, July 26, 1862; born in Tennessee, 1842; listed in Union county
1860 census; occupation farmer.
Chandler, Henry L
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability, September
25, 1862; enlisted in Co. A, 13th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion, at Berlin,
Arkansas, December 25, 1862; born in Alabama, c1845; listed in Union county
1860 census.
Cornish, Andrew J
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; no further record; born in Arkansas,
c1844; listed in Union county 1860 census.
Courson, John H
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability in
1864; born in Alabama, c1840; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
laborer.
Courtney, Eugene
Fourth Corporal—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed fourth corporal,
June 19, 1861; promoted second sergeant, November 27, 1861; promoted first
sergeant, April 4, 1862; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20,
1863; permanently disabled; reduced to ranks, August 31, 1864; paroled
at New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1865; born c1840.
Courtney, Franklin “Frank”
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865.
Courtney, Junius
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862; furloughed to recover from wounds, January 1863; dropped
from the rolls for absence without leave, August 31, 1864; returned to
the regiment and was paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, June 1865; born c1842.
Craig, Peter G
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed hospital steward, July
19, 1861; returned to ranks, August 1863; captured at Longview, Arkansas,
March 29, 1864; confined at Rock Island, Illinois; exchanged at Red River
Landing, Louisiana, March 4, 1865; born at Durrock, County Antrim, Ireland,
March 11, 1828; died in Union county, Arkansas, April 15, 1879; buried
in Old Presbyterian Cemetery, El Dorado, Arkansas; widow Martha A. filed
Arkansas pension application #23540 from Union county, August 21, 1915;
listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation druggist.
Cravy, Richard N
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; killed in action at the Wilderness,
Virginia, May 6, 1864; born in Alabama, c1839; listed in Union county 1860
census; occupation laborer; brother of Private Thomas H. Cravy.
Cravy, Thomas H
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; wounded at Seven
Pines, Virginia, June 1, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
July 18, 1862; wounded at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; died of
wounds at Richmond, Virginia, May 15, 1864; born in Alabama, c1833; widow
Mary A. filed Arkansas pension application #1545 from Union county, August
22, 1893; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother
of Private Richard N. Cravy.
Crawford, John L
Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; no further record; born c1834.
Crumpler, Henry B
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; died of pneumonia at Petersburg,
Virginia, July 5, 1862; born in Alabama, c1844; listed in Columbia county
1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Privates James A. and Marcus
L. Crumpler.
Crumpler, James A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted second corporal; wounded
at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; furloughed to recover from
wounds; dropped from the rolls, August 31, 1863; born in Alabama, c1833;
died in Arkansas, March 20, 1906; married Frances Jane; filed Arkansas
pension application #1349 from Columbia county, August 5, 1893; listed
in Columbia county 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Privates
Henry B. and Marcus L. Crumpler.
Crumpler, Marcus Lafayette
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; dropped from the rolls for absence
without leave, August 31, 1864; returned to the regiment and was paroled
at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865; born in South Carolina, c1840;
listed in Columbia county 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Privates
Henry B. and James A. Crumpler.
Cummings, Alexander P
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Tennessee, c1836; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Ferguson, Henry J P
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the knee at Sharpsburg,
Maryland, September 17, 1862; wounded in the right arm on Darbytown Road,
Virginia, October 7, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865;
born in Alabama, c1843; listed in Union county 1860 census.
Foster, George W
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for general debility,
April 29, 1862; born in Claiborne parish, Louisiana, c1839; occupation
farmer.
Foyil, Alfred J
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; deserted in East Tennessee, January
25, 1864; born in Arkansas, c1841; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Fuller, George Washington
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; severely wounded in the legs at
the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865.
Galbraith, Daniel M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for general debility,
May 27, 1862; born c1838.
Gammel, Marcellus Augustus “Gus”
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded and captured at Sharpsburg,
Maryland, September 17, 1862; died of wounds in U.S. Army General Hospital
at Fredericktown, Maryland, December 5, 1862; born in Talbot county, Georgia,
c1840.
Gibson, Charles W
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability, October
31, 1861; born c1839.
Glenn, William M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; no further record; reportedly
later served in 1st Confederate Regiment Engineers; born c1835.
Graham, Norman A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; detailed as clerk to Army Medical
Board at Selma, Alabama, October 12, 1863; dropped from the rolls for absence
without leave, August 31, 1864; paroled at Farmville, Virginia, April 1865;
born c1836.
Gray, John F
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the neck and captured
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined at Davids Island, New
York, until exchanged; severely wounded in the left arm at the Wilderness,
Virginia, May 6, 1864; furloughed to recover from wounds, July 15, 1864;
retired to Invalid Corps, September 27, 1864; paroled at Montgomery, Alabama,
May 22, 1865; born at Wetumpka, Alabama, October 15, 1841; died in Arkansas,
July 21, 1890; buried in Three Creeks Cemetery, Union county, Arkansas;
listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Gray, John W
Private—Enlisted in Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at Hot Springs,, Arkansas, September 17, 1861; transferred to
Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged for disability
at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 1862.
Hammontree, William A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for rheumatism, June
24, 1862; enlisted in Co. I, 10th Arkansas Cavalry, in Union county, Arkansas,
December 5, 1863; no record after February 29, 1864; born in Union county,
Arkansas, January 17, 1845; died in Arkansas, March 1, 1910; buried in
Jolleys Chapel Cemetery in Union county; married Elizabeth Jane; filed
Arkansas pension application #3719 from Columbia county, August 7, 1901;
listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Hardy, Benjamin A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died of measles at Camp Bartow,
Virginia, August 17, 1861; born c1840.
Hare, Stephen
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged for disability at Camp
Lee, Virginia, July 23, 1862; born in Marion county, Georgia, c1838; occupation
farmer.
Horn, Jesse M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862; paroled at Keedysville, Maryland, September 19, 1862;
wounded in the right foot and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July
2, 1863; confined in U.S. Army Hospital at Baltimore, Maryland, until paroled
on November 12, 1863; furloughed, December 1864; born, c1838; widow Amanda
filed Arkansas pension application #29985 from Lawrence county, November
12, 1930.
Horn, Oscar S
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; no further record; born in North
Carolina, c1838; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation livery
stabler.
Jean, John J
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the face and captured
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined at Davids Island, New
York, until paroled on September 8, 1863; furloughed for fifty days, September
16, 1863; dropped from the rolls for absence without leave, August 31,
1864; born c1838.
Jean, Robert M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability, April
5, 1862; reenlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry at Three Creeks, Arkansas,
January 19, 1863; wounded in the left thigh at Petersburg, Virginia, July
7, 1864; leg amputated; retired to Invalid Corps at Camden, Arkansas, October
15, 1864; born in Heard county, Georgia, c1842; died in Arkansas, August
11, 1897; married Malissa P.; filed Arkansas pension application #584 from
Little River county, July 1, 1892; listed in Columbia county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Jeffries, Charles A “Charlie”
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, December 19, 1862; wounded in the right leg
and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined at Davids
Island, New York, until paroled on August 24, 1863; absent without leave,
October 12, 1863; dropped from the rolls, August 31, 1864; enlisted in
Co. I, 10th Arkansas Cavalry, in Union county, Arkansas, December 5, 1863;
captured at Longview, Arkansas, March 29, 1864; confined at Rock Island,
Illinois; exchanged at Red River Landing, Louisiana, March 4, 1865.
Johnston, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; died of disease at Goldsboro,
North Carolina, April 25, 1862.
Jolly, James S
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, December 19, 1862; wounded at the Wilderness,
Virginia, May 6, 1864; retired to Invalid Corps, December 1, 1864; born
in Georgia, c1842; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Jones, Alexander Campbell
First Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; elected first lieutenant,
June 19, 1861; promoted captain, January 19, 1863; seriously wounded in
the right arm at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Appomattox,
Virginia, April 12, 1865; born in Caroline county, Virginia, May 8, 1830;
died in Union county, Arkansas, February 18, 1928; buried in Three Creeks
Cemetery in Union county; filed Arkansas pension application #2884 from
Union county, August 26, 1897; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
farmer; after the war he wrote extensively about the 3rd Arkansas Infantry;
brother of Private Hill Jones.
Jones, Hill
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the left leg at Bermuda
Hundred, Virginia, June 16, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April
12, 1865; born in Caroline county, Virginia, April 20, 1842; died in Union
county, Arkansas, December 20, 1905; buried in Three Creeks Cemetery in
Union county; married Miss M.A.E. Alderson in Union county, January 26,
1870; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land
in Union county in 1901; brother of Lieutenant Alexander C. Jones.
Jones, James A
First Corporal—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed first corporal,
June 19, 1861; promoted first sergeant; promoted third lieutenant, March
6, 1863; promoted second lieutenant, January 19, 1863; promoted first lieutenant,
July 2, 1863; wounded in the right ankle at Chickamauga, Georgia, September
19, 1863; assigned to post duty, permanently disabled; born c1838; died
April 10, 1914; married Mary J.; filed Arkansas pension application #11421
from Sebastian county, August 28, 1901.
Jones, Martin M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; discharged for “camp fever” [typhus]
at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 24, 1862; born in Dallas county, Alabama, c1838;
listed in Columbia county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Jones, William K
Private—Enlisted in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry,
at El Dorado, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; transferred to Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, February 3, 1863; killed in action on Chafin’s farm near New
Market, Virginia, September 29, 1864; born in Alabama, c1830; married Sarah
Ann Harrell in Union county, Arkansas, in 1853; listed in Union county
1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land in Union county in 1859 and
1860.
Keeling, William J
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; severely wounded in the left hand
at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Arkansas, c1843; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
King, John H
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia,
September 19, 1863; furloughed for thirty days, September 28, 1863; dropped
from the rolls for absence without leave, August 31, 1864; born c1837.
Lauderdale, John F
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; seriously wounded in the shoulder
and arm at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Appomattox,
Virginia, April 12, 1865; born c1839.
Lewis, Albert Pickett
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; no record after November 1862;
born in Coosa county, Alabama, December 29, 1840; buried at Vicksburg,
Mississippi; listed in Columbia county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Lewis, Dixon Hall
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Little Rock, Arkansas, March 30, 1863; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Autauga county, Alabama, January 17, 1844; died
in Union county, Arkansas, April 7, 1913; buried in Mount Holly Cemetery
in Union county; married Nancy; filed Arkansas pension application #4841
from Union county, August 29, 1901; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation farmer; brother of Private Freeman Lewis.
Lewis, Freeman
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted first corporal, November
1862; killed in action at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; born in
Autauga county, Alabama, c1836; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
farmer; brother of Private Dixon H. Lewis.
Lewis, Perry E
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted fourth corporal; promoted
third corporal; wounded in the left leg and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
July 2, 1863; confined in U.S. Army Hospital at Baltimore, Maryland, until
exchanged; discharged for disability, November 1863; born in Autauga county,
Alabama, November 3, 1837; died in Union county, Arkansas, December 4,
1885; buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Union county; listed in Union county
1860 census; occupation miller.
Lowry, John F
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted second corporal; promoted
third sergeant, April 14, 1862; wounded in the hand at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
July 2, 1863; furloughed to Jackson, Mississippi; born in Mississippi,
c1839; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of
Private Samuel M. Lowry.
Lowry, Leander S
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Goldsboro, North Carolina, June 15, 1862; captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862; paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio, October 1862; born c1845.
Lowry, Robert James
Private—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.
Lowry, Samuel M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; died of disease at Richmond,
Virginia, April 14, 1862; born in Louisiana, c1841; listed in Union county
1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Private John F. Lowry.
McCoy, Hilliard E
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 20, 1863; died of typhoid fever at Gordonsville,
Virginia, August 11, 1863; born in Alabama, c1845; listed in Union county
1860 census; occupation farmer.
McCrory, Bowie A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died of disease at McDowell,
Virginia, July 28, 1861; born c1843.
McDonald, Morris
Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; discharged for disability, March
10, 1863.
McDonald, Nathaniel Bailie
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded and captured at Sharpsburg,
Maryland, September 17, 1862; exchanged at Aikens Landing, Virginia, November
2, 1862; absent without leave, August 1, 1863; dropped from the rolls,
August 31, 1864; took oath of allegiance at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, May 2,
1865, stating his residence as Columbia county, Arkansas; born April 7,
1832; died February 21, 1894; buried in Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Mount
Holly, Arkansas.
McDonald, Richard M “Dick”
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted fourth corporal, April
14, 1862; reduced to ranks in 1863; wounded in the hip and captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined at Davids Island, New
York; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, August 28, 1863; furloughed to
Arkansas; enlisted in Co. I, 10th Arkansas Cavalry, in Union county, Arkansas,
December 5, 1863; appointed second sergeant, December 5, 1863; returned
to Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April
12, 1865; born in Arkansas, c1843; listed in Union county 1860 census.
McGoogan, Malcolm D
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; wounded in the right arm at Chickamauga,
Georgia, September 19, 1863; discharged for disability at Strawberry Plains,
Tennessee, February 21, 1864; born in Robertson county, North Carolina,
c1843; filed Arkansas pension application #2377 from Lafayette county,
August 22, 1896; occupation farmer.
McKinnon, Angus W
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; wounded in June
1862; transferred to Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged
for disability; later served in Co. G, 8th Louisiana Cavalry; born in Alabama,
December 11, 1840; died in Arkansas, October 9, 1899; buried in Scotland
Presbyterian Cemetery, Union county, Arkansas; widow E. J. filed Arkansas
pension application #12283 from Union county, August 29, 1901; listed in
Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Massey, Henry Alexander “Alex”
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant in 1864;
paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865.
Massey, Jabez C
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; seriously wounded in the right
thigh on Darbytown Road, Virginia, October 7, 1864; captured at Richmond,
Virginia, April 3, 1865; paroled at Richmond, Virginia, July 31, 1865,
stating his residence as Claiborne parish, Louisiana; born c1842; married
Miss M. A. Perry in Union county, Arkansas, December 13, 1869; filed Arkansas
pension application #910 from Union county, August 15, 1892; occupation
farmer.
Medlock, Thomas L
Fourth Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed fourth sergeant,
June 19, 1861; promoted third sergeant; promoted first sergeant; died of
disease at Goldsboro, North Carolina, April 14, 1862; born in Georgia,
c1839; listed in Columbia county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Meek, Basil Manly
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for chronic hepatitis
at Goldsboro, North Carolina, April 20, 1862; returned to Arkansas and
enlisted in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; appointed color-sergeant; killed
in action at Franklin, Tennessee, while carrying the regiment’s colors
forward, November 30, 1864; born in Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, August
19, 1843; married Helen H. McClendon in Union county, Arkansas, December
23, 1860; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Meek, Isaac C
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862; no record after October 1862; returned to Arkansas
and enlisted in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; born in 1845.
Meek, James S
First Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed first sergeant,
June 19, 1861; promoted third lieutenant, July 6, 1863; promoted second
lieutenant, September 19, 1863; severely wounded in the face and neck at
the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Alabama in 1836; listed in Union county 1860 census
with wife Mary J.; occupation farmer; bought land in Union county in 1859
and 1860.
Meek, John T
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability, February
1, 1862; born in Alabama in 1841; died about 1878/80; married Margaret
Lucky; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Meek, William Spraggins Jr
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; killed in action on Greenbrier
river, Virginia, October 3, 1861; buried at Monterey, Virginia; born in
Alabama, August 2, 1838; married Mrs Nancy Sheppard; listed in Union county
1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land in Union county in 1859.
Mitchell, Elias M Sr
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died of disease at Goldsboro,
North Carolina, April 6, 1862; born in South Carolina, c1812; listed in
Union county 1860 census; occupation laborer.
Mitchell, Elias M Jr
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Georgia, c1839; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation laborer.
Mitchell, William
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; wounded and captured at the Wilderness,
Virginia, May 6, 1864; confined at Elmira, New York, until paroled on February
25, 1865.
Moore, George W
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted third corporal, April
14, 1862; promoted second sergeant, August 31, 1864; absent sick at Richmond,
Virginia, January 1865; born in Perry county, Alabama, January 22, 1842;
died in Clark county, Arkansas, December 25, 1928; widow I. K. filed Arkansas
pension application #29376 from Clark county, January 3, 1929; listed in
Union county 1860 census; occupation clerk; bought land in Clark county
in 1890; brother of Private James A. Moore.
Moore, James A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Alabama, c1841; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation farmer; brother of Private George W. Moore.
Mooty, Anderson
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; died of pneumonia at Richmond,
Virginia, January 15, 1863.
New, Robert E
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died on Greenbrier river, Virginia,
October 1861, cause not stated; born in Tennessee, c1837; listed in Union
county 1860 census; occupation carpenter.
Norman, John P
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; paroled at Montgomery, Alabama,
May 13, 1865; born c1839; filed Arkansas pension application #16112 from
Columbia county, August 9, 1907; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate census
at Magnolia, Arkansas.
Norman, Yewen A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died of disease at Goldsboro,
North Carolina, March 31, 1862; born c1833; bought land in Union county
in 1857, 1858 and 1859.
Parker, William M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability, June
20, 1862; born in Chambers county, Alabama, c1842; occupation farmer.
Peavy, John Allen
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the chest on Darbytown
Road, Virginia, October 7, 1864; furloughed to recover from wounds; paroled
at Montgomery, Alabama, May 9, 1865; born c1839.
Pharr, Samuel Jesse
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; no record after August 31, 1863;
born in Georgia, c1840; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Phillips, William L
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; no further record; born c1836.
Pickering, John W
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; wounded in the chest at the Wilderness,
Virginia, May 6, 1864; furloughed to Okolona, Mississippi, July 1, 1864;
born in Arkansas, January 28, 1838; died in Arkansas, June 28, 1927; buried
in New Parker Chapel Cemetery, Union county, Arkansas; married Susan A.;
filed Arkansas pension application #23568 from Union county, August 21,
1915; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer; bought land
in Union county in 1882.
Powers, John
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the left foot and
captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined at Davids
Island, New York, until exchanged; transferred to Monticello Artillery,
February 14, 1865; paroled at Citronelle, Alabama, June 2, 1865, stating
his residence as Mount Vernon, Arkansas; born in Tennessee, c1839; listed
in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Pugh, Whittington T
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; absent on sick furlough to Atlanta,
Georgia, September 20, 1863; dropped from the rolls for absence without
leave, August 31, 1864.
Ray, David L
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died of measles at Camp Bartow,
Virginia, August 10, 1861; born in Mississippi, c1842; listed in Union
county 1860 census.
Reed, James C
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted first corporal in 1862;
reduced to ranks in 1862; wounded in the left side and captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined at Davids Island, New York; exchanged
at City Point, Virginia, August 24, 1863; furloughed to Jacksonville, Alabama;
absent without leave, December 1, 1863; born in Alabama, April 17, 1843;
died in Arkansas, November 25, 1911; buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Union
county, Arkansas; filed Arkansas pension application #1551 from Union county,
August 22, 1893; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation student.
Reedy, John W
Captain—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; elected captain, June 19, 1861;
promoted major, January 19, 1863; killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia,
September 19, 1863; buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia;
born in Alabama, c1830; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
farmer.
Rush, Shadrack C
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; discharged for pneumonia at Camp
Lee, Virginia, July 16, 1862; born in Franklin county, Mississippi, c1844;
listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Russell, Jesse D
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability at
Drewrys Bluff, Virginia, June 24, 1862; born in Tuscaloosa county, Alabama,
c1841; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Shannon, Samuel S
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died, October 31, 1863, cause
not stated; born c1837.
Sheppard, Lewis H
Second Corporal—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed second corporal,
June 19, 1861; dropped from the rolls, July 5, 1861, did not report to
Virginia; enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion, at El Dorado,
Arkansas, September 23, 1861; elected third lieutenant, September 23, 1861;
resigned in 1862; enlisted in Co. I, 10th Arkansas Cavalry, in Union county,
Arkansas, December 5, 1863; elected captain, December 5, 1863; no record
after February 29, 1864; born in Alabama, March 10, 1834; died in Arkansas,
February 27, 1915; buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Union county, Arkansas;
married Mattie; filed Arkansas pension application #12274 from Union county,
August 14, 1903; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer;
bought land in Union county in 1860.
Short, Drewry Boyce
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; absent on sick furlough to Alabama,
April
23, 1864; born c1831; filed Arkansas pension application #16151 from Columbia
county, August 7, 1901; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate census at Emerson,
Arkansas.
Singleton, William O
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; absent on detached service as
nurse in 1863; no further record; born c1839.
Smith, Robert
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; killed in action at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; born c1842.
Spears, John B
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed quartermaster-sergeant,
November 1, 1862; no further record; born c1835.
Spears, Willie M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged as a minor at Aquia
Creek, Virginia, March 19, 1862; born in Chambers county, Alabama, c1848;
occupation schoolboy.
Stedman, Stephen S
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted first corporal; promoted
fifth sergeant, April 14, 1862; promoted third sergeant in 1864; captured
at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Elmira, New York,
February 9, 1865; surrendered at Washington, Georgia, June 11, 1865; born
in Alabama, c1842; buried in Hicks Cemetery, Union county, Arkansas; filed
Arkansas pension application #13119 from Union county, August 14, 1911;
listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Sturgis, James M D
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; elected third lieutenant,
June 19, 1861; resigned for disability, January 29, 1862; later enlisted
in Co. B, 24th Arkansas Infantry; transferred to Co. B, 19th Arkansas Infantry;
appointed quartermaster-sergeant; born in Georgia, October 10, 1835; died
in Arkansas, April 19, 1912; buried in De Ann Cemetery, Nevada county,
Arkansas; married Narcissa; married Flora E.; listed in Union county 1860
census; occupation farmer.
Thomas, John H
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; captured at Falling Waters, Maryland,
July 14, 1863; confined at Point Lookout, Maryland; exchanged at Coxes
Landing, Virginia, February 13, 1865; born in Alabama, c1844; listed in
Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Thompson, Pleasant H
Second Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed second sergeant,
June 19, 1861; promoted second lieutenant, November 27, 1861; promoted
first lieutenant, January 19, 1863; killed in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
July 2, 1863; born in Alabama, c1838; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation farmer.
Tisdale, Francis Marion
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for insanity at Monterey,
Virginia, August 17, 1861; died at Jackson, Mississippi, June 6, 1863;
born c1843.
Tisdale, William S
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; no record after March 31, 1862.
Turley, Thomas W
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; died of pneumonia at Richmond,
Virginia, April 5, 1863.
Vick, Lawson
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; transferred to Co.
G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged for disability at Camp
Lee, Virginia, July 23, 1862; born in Fayette county, Alabama, c1845; occupation
farmer.
Warwick, Lucian C
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted fourth sergeant in 1864;
paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865; born c1836.
Warwick, Nathaniel A
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, March 20, 1863; wounded in the Petersburg trenches
July 17, 1864 (several fingers and toes shot off); paroled at Farmville,
Virginia, April 14, 1865; born in Georgia, c1847; died in Arkansas, March
23, 1891; widow Mary J. filed Arkansas pension application #18116 from
Garland county, August 20, 1901; listed in Columbia county 1860 census;
occupation farmer; brother of Private Virgil Q. Warwick.
Warwick, Virgil Q
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 12, 1865; born in Georgia, c1840; listed in Columbia county 1860
census; occupation farmer; brother of Private Nathaniel A. Warwick.
Welch, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. A, 1st Arkansas Infantry,
at El Dorado, Arkansas, May 2, 1861; discharged; enlisted in Co. C, 2nd
Arkansas Infantry Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861;
transferred to Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged
for disability at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 23, 1862; born in Copiah county,
Mississippi, c1835; died in Arkansas in 1899; filed Arkansas pension application
#1448 from Union county, August 22, 1893; listed in Union county 1860 census
with wife M. J.; occupation overseer.
Wesson, Thomas J
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; appointed corporal,
September 23, 1861; transferred to Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18,
1862; discharged for disability at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 19, 1862; at
end of the war he was a clerk in the Inspector-General’s Department, Forney’s
Division, Trans-Mississippi Department; born in Union county, Arkansas,
c1845; died in Arkansas, July 10, 1917; married Julia; filed Arkansas pension
application #18126 from Garland county, August 6, 1910; listed in Union
county 1860 census; occupation student.
White, Robert A
Third Corporal—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas
Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed third corporal,
June 19, 1861; promoted fourth sergeant, in 1861; promoted first
sergeant in 1864; wounded in the side at the Wilderness, Virginia, May
6, 1864; severely wounded in the right shoulder and captured on Darbytown
Road, Virginia, October 7, 1864; died of wounds, November 7, 1864; born
c1832.
Wilhelm, John F
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded at Boonsboro, Maryland,
September 14, 1862; furloughed to Arkansas; detailed to division engineer
corps, Army of Northern Virginia, June 1863; born in Pennsylvania, c1836
(another sources says 1831); listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
laborer.
Wilson, Flavius J
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died of disease, September 10,
1861; buried in Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia; born c1837 in
Alabama; widow Ella filed Arkansas pension application #16172 from Columbia
county, August 9, 1907; occupation farmer.
Wilson, James M
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died of disease at Richmond,
Virginia, April 11, 1862; born in Alabama, c1838; listed in Columbia county
1860 census.
Worthington, Warren W
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; appointed quartermaster-sergeant,
October 12, 1861; appointed ordnance sergeant, October 1862; promoted third
lieutenant, January 23, 1863; promoted second lieutenant, July 2, 1863;
killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863; born in Louisiana,
c1839; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation clerk; brother of
Private William S. Worthington.
Worthington, William S
Private—Enlisted in Co. I, 6th Arkansas Infantry,
June 1861; discharged; enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Three
Creeks, Arkansas, December 20, 1862; absent on forty days’ sick furlough
to Mobile, Alabama, October 7, 1863; absent without leave, November 14,
1863; dropped from the rolls, August 31, 1864; enlisted in Co. I, 10th
Arkansas Cavalry in Union county, Arkansas, December 5, 1863; appointed
first sergeant, December 5, 1863; no record after February 29, 1864; born
in Louisiana, December 4, 1837; died in Arkansas, December 9, 1912; buried
in Hopewell Cemetery in Union county; married Mary E.; filed Arkansas pension
application #4885 from Union county, August 29, 1901; listed in Union county
1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Private Warren W. Worthington.
Yancey, Thomas H
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died at Cheat Mountain, Virginia
in 1861, cause not stated; born c1843.
Young, Perry D
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry,
at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; died of disease at Fredericksburg,
Virginia, April 12, 1862; born c1843.