12th Battalion, Arkansas Sharpshooters (Rapley’s) (Confederate)

12th Battalion Sharpshooters was organized during the early spring of 1862 with men from the southeastern section of the state. It was captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged it was attached to General Dockery's Brigade. It later 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).


 * See: EDWARD G. GERDES, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/rapley1.html