Ernest's Company, Arkansas Infantry (Local Defense) (Confederate)

"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. Captain Jeremiah “Jerry” Earnest organized this company of local defense troops in Montgomery county, Arkansas, on June 4, 1863. Source: EDWARD G. GERDES, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/earnest.html. 11/17/2010