The Davis Blues was organized in Hempstead and present-day Howard counties, completing their organization on June 18, 1861, at Nashville, Arkansas, with 95 men on the company roster.  They marched to Camp Walker, near Harmony Springs, Benton county, Arkansas, where they entered State service as Company F, Fifth Regiment, Arkansas State Troops (Colonel Thomas Pleasant Dockery).  Captain Joseph L. Neal, of the Davis Blues, was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, Augustus Simpson Hutchinson succeeding him as captain.

The Fifth Regiment, along with the rest of the Arkansas State Brigade (Brigadier-General Nicholas Bartlett Pearce) and Brigadier-General Ben McCulloch’s Confederate brigade, marched into Missouri, where they joined forces with Major-General Sterling Price’s Missouri State Guard.  While encamped on Wilson’s Creek, just south of Springfield, Missouri, on the morning of August 10, 1861, the Southern force was attacked by a powerful, but poorly-coordinated Federal force under Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon.  The ensuing Battle of Wilson’s Creek (or Oak Hill, as it is generally known in the South) was a costly Southern victory.  Although the Arkansas State Brigade was heavily engaged in the battle, and suffered appalling casualties, the Fifth Regiment was held back for much of the battle, providing security for the Confederate artillery and functioning as a strategic reserve.  When finally called into action, the regiment suffered three killed and twelve wounded, plus Lieutenant-Colonel Neal, mortally wounded while leading the regiment forward.

Shortly after this battle, with their three-month State enlistments expiring, the Arkansas State Troops pulled back into Arkansas, where they were all mustered out of service by September 19, 1861.  The vast majority of the Davis Blues promptly enlisted in Colonel Charles L. Dawson’s 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA.  Companies G and I of the Nineteenth were predominately composed of veterans of the Davis Blues.

Anderson, Ab—Private.

Askew, John E—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Barron, E M—Private.

Barton, James M—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Barton, John Thomas—Private.

Bateman, John S—Private.

Beene, John H—Private; later in Co. H, 17th Arkansas Infantry.

Bell, George Washington—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 10, 1863.

Bell, James A—Private.

Bell, John H—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Blalock, Jarrett—Private.

Blevins, Joseph—Private.

Boren, W L—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Briggs, Jesse J—Fourth Corporal; died of fever, September 23, 1861.

Briggs, William Henry—Private.

Caldwell, Newton D—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Castleberry, Oldham—Private.

Castleman, George W—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Chandler, James E—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 10, 1863.

Clark, George M—Second Corporal; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Clingan, Edward—Private; later in Co. H, 37th Arkansas Infantry.

Cochran, Dudley M—Private; later chaplain of 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Coley, Thomas H—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Cook, Benjamin F—Private.

Cook, Martin Van Buren—Private.

Coulter, Matthew A—Private.

Cowling, Daniel C—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Craig, Thomas Y—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Crawford, A C—Private.

Davis, John—Private.

Doggett, Asa—Private.

Douglas, Alexander—Private.

Edmondson [or Edmiaston], R A—Private.

Farley, John A—Private; later in Co. H, 17th Arkansas Infantry.

Ferguson, Ward C—Fourth Sergeant; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Fountain, Edward—Private; later in Co. D, 6th Arkansas Cavalry.

Gatlin, Andrew—Private.

Gill, Thomas A—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Goodlett, David M—Private; later in Co. H, 17th Arkansas Infantry.

Goodlett, Jesse—Private; later in Co. H, 17th Arkansas Infantry.

Goshen, P Benton—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died at Petersburg, Virginia, April 19, 1863.

Green, Charles H—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; wounded in Georgia, July 22, 1864.

Green, William H—Private.

Hammock, Christopher Columbus—Private.

Hill, William—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Holcomb, Joseph M—Private; later in Co. D, 6th Arkansas Cavalry.

Holt, James Hansford—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Holt, Jesse Thomas—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry; wounded at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863.

Hutchinson, Augustus Simpson—Private; promoted captain; later in Co. C, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Jackson, Cornelius Henry—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; wounded in Georgia, November 22, 1863.

Johnson, Lafayette J—Private.

Johnson, William M—Private.

Kent, Thomas John—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Leak, George W—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Leslie, Augustus A—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry; surrendered in North Carolina in 1865.

Leslie, William Edwin—Private.

Ludwell, James—Private.

McCowan (McCown), F Asberry—Third Lieutenant

McCowan (McCown), Francis M—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 10, 1863.

McCown, Simeon—First Lieutenant.

McElroy, Giles H—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry; wounded in Georgia, May 27, 1864.

Marbury, Peter—Private; later in Co. C, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Mayben, Robert S—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 9, 1863.

Mayben, S S—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; wounded in Georgia, June 30, 1864.

Merrill, Benjamin L—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, May 22, 1863.

Miller, B H—Third Sergeant; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Mitchell, James—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Moon, L P D—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Neal, Joseph L—Captain; promoted lieutenant-colonel; killed at Wilson’s Creek.

Neal, Noel G—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

O’Daniel, Frederick D—Private.

Powell, James W—Private.

Price, Alexander—Private.

Puckett, J A—First Corporal; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Puckett, John William—Private; later in Washington Artillery.

Reed, Joseph L—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry; wounded in Georgia, July 22, 1864.

Robinson, John W—Private.

Scoggin, William Gillespie Jr—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Scott, James William—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Scott, John L—Private.

Smith, Alexander—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; killed at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863.

Smith, Benjamin F—Private.

Smith, H C—Second Sergeant; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Smith, John W—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Smith, Paschal R—Second Lieutenant; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; appointed lieutenant-colonel.

Thompson, Andrew Emmet—Private.

Thompson, Francis Marion—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Viney, Andrew J—Private; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, April 11, 1863.

Wallace, Wilson Polk—Private.

Weaver, James M—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Whitmore, D Reeder—Third Corporal.

Whitmore, John—Private; later in Co. G, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died of disease, June 3, 1862.

Williams, Charles Ferguson—First Sergeant; later in Co. I, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Winn, M A—Private.

If you have any questions or comments or if you would like to have more information about the Civil War and Pension Records of the men who served in these Companies, contact   Jeri Helms Fultz or Bryan Howerton