1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Confederate)


 * 1st Regiment Mounted Rifles was organized at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in May, 1861, with 768 officers and men. Its companies were recruited in Little Rock and Fort Smith and the counties of Chicot, Arkansas, Johnson, Woodruff, White, Lawrence, Pulaski, Yell, and Independence. Its force was greatly reduced when it surrendered on April 26, 1865.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).


 * All enrollments were 9Jun1861 at Ft Smith, AR unless otherwise noted.

COMPANY A - "CHICOT RANGERS" FROM CHICOT COUNTY COMPANY B - "THE DES ARC RANGERS " FROM PRAIRIE COUNTY COMPANY C - "JOHNSON RIFLES" FROM JOHNSON COUNTY COMPANY D - "AUGUSTA GUARDS" FROM JACKSON &amp; WHITE COUNTIES COMPANY E - "THE LAWRENCE COUNTY RIFLES" FROM LAWRENCE CO. COMPANY F - "PULASKI RANGERS" FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS COMPANY G - "NAPOLEON CAVALRY' FROM SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS COMPANY H - "THE YELL COUNTY RIFLES" FROM YELL COUNTY COMPANY I - "THE McCULLOCH RANGERS" FROM CONWAY COUNTY COMPANY K - "INDEPENDENCE COUNTY RIFLES" FROM INDEPENDENCE COUNTY Source: EDWARD G. GERDES, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/1stmtrdx.htm ,11/8/2010. 1999


 * 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. EDWARD G. GERDES