“The Sevier County Stars”
Arkansas State Troops

The Sevier County Stars was organized in Sevier county, completing their organization on May 16, 1861, at Ultima Thule, Arkansas, with 82 men on the company roster.  They marched to Camp Walker, near Harmony Springs, Benton county, Arkansas, where they entered State service as Company H, Fifth Regiment, Arkansas State Troops (Colonel Thomas Pleasant Dockery, commanding).

The Fifth Regiment, along with the rest of the Arkansas State Brigade (Brigadier-General Nathaniel Bartlett Pearce, commanding) 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 four killed or mortally wounded and twelve wounded.

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 Sevier County Stars promptly enlisted in Colonel Charles L. Dawson’s 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA.  Companies E and F of the Nineteenth were predominately composed of veterans of the Sevier County Stars.  Some of the men enlisted in Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, and it is believed that a few ended up in one of the Texas Mounted Rifles regiments.

Anderson, Jackson—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 18, 1863.

Anderson, William—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry; killed at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863.

Bailey, Thomas J—Private; later in Co. D, 6th Arkansas Cavalry.

Brooks, Aaron T—Private; later in Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Bush, F D—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Calvert, Samuel—Private.

Carter, Lewis F—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died at Richmond, Virginia, June 6, 1863.

Caughran, James W—Private; later in Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Chastain, E H—Private; later in Co. I, Hardy’s Arkansas Infantry.

Chastain, R F—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Chastain, R J—Private; later in Co. I, Hardy’s Arkansas Infantry.

Cochran, A—Private.

Cone, William B—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Corder, David W—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Denton, J B—Private.

Dillahunty, S S—First Sergeant; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Dollarhide, John M—Private; later in Co. K, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Dyer, Joel—Private; later in Co. B, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Fears, J T—Private.

French, George W—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, April 1, 1863.

French, Levi C—Private; later in Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

French, N H—Private.

Fuller, Israel—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 17, 1863.

Gibson, Andrew J—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Gordon, John F—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Hamiter, David H—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Harp, William C—Private; later in Co. F, 3rd Arkansas Infantry.

Harris, Henry C—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Hawkins, John S—Private.

Hawkins, W D C—Private.

Holman, Henry B—Private; later in Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Hopson, James H—Second Lieutenant; later in Co. D, 6th Arkansas Cavalry.

Jackson, Leroy Calhoun—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Johnson, William H—Private; later in Co. K, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Jones, E—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died of disease, May 2, 1862.

Laird, J P—Fourth Sergeant.

Laird, Robert P—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, February 15, 1863.

Lawrence, S—Private.

Littleton, E J—Private.

Lowry, William L—Private.

McAtee, William C—Private; also in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 7, 1863.

McCown, Thaddeus—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

McIntosh, William P—Third Sergeant; later in Co. C, 10th Arkansas Mounted Volunteers.

McKean, Felix G—Third Lieutenant; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 23, 1863.

McKean, John Gilbert—Captain; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

McLain, E N—Private; later in Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Maddox, Robert A—Private; later in Co. K, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Millwee, John Wesley—Private.

Morris, A—Private.

Morris, W J—Private.

Nelson, David—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Noel, B F P—Private.

Norwood, James M—Private; later in Co. C, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Norwood, W L—First Corporal.

Odom, L W—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

O’Neal, E W—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, February 12, 1863.

Page, William L—Private; later in Co. K, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, June 27, 1863.

Park, James Monroe—Private; wounded at Wilson’s Creek; later in Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Ray, F B—Private; later in Co. K, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died of disease, August 1, 1862.

Riley, W S—Fourth Corporal; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Sawyers, Francis Marion—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; wounded at Chickamauga.

Smith, C—Private.

Smith, William J—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Stovall, Merrit M—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died of disease, November 19, 1863.

Stroud, John P—First Lieutenant; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Taaffe, J J—Private.

Torrence, J A—Private.

Tucker, J P—Private.

Tyre, J M—Private.

Vaughan, George M—Private; later in Co. G, 12th Arkansas Infantry.

Venable, James H—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died of disease, January 1864.

Vickery, James—Private; later in Co. K, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Wallis, J L—Private.

Weaver, John V—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, February 27, 1863.

White, Benjamin Franklin—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry; died as a prisoner of war, March 1, 1863.

White, R M—Private; later in Co. F, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Whitney, Norman—Private; later in Co. E, 19th Arkansas Infantry.

Williams, J—Private.

Wilson, H A—Third Corporal.

Wilson, W J—Private.

Yeargin, Thomas D—Private; later in Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.

Zachary, R P—Private; later in Co. G, 12th Arkansas Infantry.

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