Cocke's Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)

Johnson's-Hawthorne's-Polk's Infantry Regiment [also called 39th Regiment] was organized in the summer of 1862. It served in McRae's, Fagan's, and A.T. Hawthorne's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. The unit fought at Prairie Grove, reported 137 casualties at Helena, and was active at Bayou Fourche. Later it skirmished in a few actions in Arkansas, then was broken up before the surrender in June, 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). See: EDWARD G. GERDES, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/cockindx.html. Tumlinson’s Independent Company Cavalry. Scott County. Tumlinson’s company was transferred to Cocke’s Arkansas Regiment as (new) Company K on December 16, 1862. Source: EDWARD G. GERDES, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/tumlsons.html. 11/8/2010. © 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.