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1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated)

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Allegiance
  
CSA

Size
  
Regiment

Branch
  
Cavalry

Engagements
  
American Civil War

Active
  
April 9, 1865–May 1, 1865

Country
  
Confederate States of America

The 1st Arkansas Consolidate Mounted Rifles (1865) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War.

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Organization

On April 9, 1865, the depleted Arkansas regiments of D. H. Reynolds' Brigade, Walthall's Division, Confederate Army of Tennessee, were consolidated into a single regiment the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles, at Smithfield, North Carolina. The companies of the consolidated regiment were consolidated from the following Arkansas regiments:

  • Company A — 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
  • Company B — 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
  • Company C — 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
  • Company D — 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles.
  • Company E — 4th Arkansas Infantry.
  • Company F — 4th Arkansas Infantry.
  • Company G — 31st Arkansas Infantry.
  • Company H — 9th Arkansas Infantry.
  • Company I — 9th Arkansas Infantry.
  • Company K — 25th Arkansas Infantry.

    • The regimental field officers were:

  • Col. Henry G. Bunn.
  • Lt. Col. James P. Eagle.
  • Maj. George W. Wells.

    • Surrender

    This regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles was paroled on May 1, 1865, at Jamestown, North Carolina.

    References

    1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated) Wikipedia
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