35th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)

The 35th Arkansas was initially organized at Fort Smith as the "1st Regiment, Northwest Division, Trans-Mississippi Department" with 1037 men. Also called Rector's War Regiment, 1st Arkansas Volunteers. It was then formally designated as the 35th Arkansas Infantry, and then redesignated as the 22nd Arkansas Infantry (not to be confused with an earlier 22nd Arkansas, which was redesignated as the 20th Arkansas). It was consolidated into 4 companies after the Little Rock campaign, and finally surrendered at Marshall, Texas, in May 1865. The companies were from -- Co. A -- Sebastian County (included men from Griffith's 17th Arkansas) Co. B -- Sebastian County Co. C -- Sebastian County Co. D -- Sebastian County Co. E -- Franklin County Co. F -- Benton County (this is the new Co. F) Co. G -- Crawford County Co. H -- Pope County (men from 15th Arkansas Militia) Co. I -- Johnson County (men from 10th Arkansas militia) Co. K -- Madison County (men from 16th, 17th and Stirman's Battalion) See: EDWARD G. GERDES, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/35thf&amp;s.html. © 2001 by EDWARD G. GERDES all rights reserved. This information may be used by libraries and genealogical societies, however, commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission. If copied, this copyright notice must appear with the information. The 15th Regiment Arkansas Militia—the Pope County Militia—held its last muster on March 10-11, 1862, location not stated. Shortly after this muster, most of its members enlisted in the 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA. The following rosters are taken from the March 1862 muster roll of the Pope County Militia. Company A—Captain Zephaniah T. Webb Company B—Captain William S. Booker Company C—Captain H. A. Maddox Company D—Captain B. F. Wilson Company E—Captain James R. Sinclair Company F—Captain Adam L. Furr Company G—Captain James S. Linzy Company H—Captain Archibald D. Napier Company I—Captain Elisha W. Dodson See: EDWARD G. GERDES, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/15milhis.html. 11/8/2010.

2001 -copyright -The above information may be used for non-commercial historical and genealogical purposes only and with the consent of the page owner may be copied for the same purposes so long as this notice remains a part of the copied material. 58th Regiment Arkansas Militia. It mustered for annual inspection and drill during the period February 22 to March 21, 1862, probably at Roseville. Shortly after the 1862 muster, a large number of the men enlisted in regular Confederate regiments, most in the 35th Arkansas Infantry. Later in the war, many of the men enlisted in Union regiments. Source: EDWARD G. GERDES, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/58thfas.html. 11/8/2010. 2001 -copyright -The above information may be used for non-commercial historical and genealogical purposes only and with the consent of the page owner may be copied for the same purposes so long as this notice remains a part of the copied material.

35th Infantry Regiment [also called 22nd Regiment] was organized during the summer of 1862 with men from Yell, Sebastian, and Perry counties. It was formerly the 1st (Rector's War Regiment) Arkansas Infantry. The unit was placed in Fagan's and A. T. Hawthorne's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was active at Bayou Fourche and Helena where it reported 75 casualties. Later it saw action at Jenkins' Ferry and in April, 1865, disbanded. Joseph H. Crute, Jr, CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS, "Units of the Confederate States Army", http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm (accessed October 8, 2010).