CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS
1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Colquitt's)
- Overview:
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1st (Fagan's-Colquitt's) Infantry Regiment, formed during the early spring of 1861, contained
men from Union, Clark, Ouachita, Jefferson, Saline, Pulaski, Jackson, Arkansas, and Drew
counties. Ordered to Virginia, the unit entered Confederate service at Lynchburg. It fought at First Manassas, moved to
Tennessee, participated in the conflict at Shiloh, then took an active role in the
Kentucky Campaign. Later it was assigned to General L. E. Polk's and Govan's Brigade and was
prominent in many battles of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Bentonville. This regiment reported 11
killed and 90 wounded at Murfreesboro, lost forty-five percent of the 430 engaged at Chickamauga, and totalled 302 men and
217 arms in December, 1863. During July, 1864, this unit was united with the 15th (Cleburne's-Polk's-Josey's) Regiment and in the Battle of Atlanta lost 15 killed, 67 wounded, and 3
missing. Very few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels John W.
Colquitt and James F. Fagan; Lieutenant Colonels William A. Crawford, W. H. Martin, Donelson
McGregor, James C. Monroe, and John B. Thompson; and Major Stinson
Little.
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