1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Consolidated)
1st Arkansas Consolidate Mounted Rifles | |
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Active | 1865–1865 |
Disbanded | May 1, 1865 |
Country | Confederate States of America |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch | Cavalry |
Size | Regiment |
Engagements | American Civil War |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Major_George_W._Wells_of_the_First_Arkansas_Mounted_Rifles.jpg/220px-Major_George_W._Wells_of_the_First_Arkansas_Mounted_Rifles.jpg)
Major George W. Wells of the First Arkansas Mounted Rifles
The 1st Arkansas Consolidate Mounted Rifles (1865) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War.
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:[citation needed]
- 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 — .
- 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.[citation needed]
See also[]
- List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
- Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
- Confederate Units by State
- Arkansas in the American Civil War
- Arkansas Militia in the Civil War
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service".
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Categories:
- Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Arkansas
- 1865 disestablishments in Arkansas
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
- Military units and formations in Arkansas
- 1865 establishments in Arkansas