CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS
5th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
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5th Infantry Regiment, recruited in the Pine Bluff area, was assembled at Gainesville, Arkansas,
in July, 1861. The regiment was transferred to Bowling Green, Kentucky, then fought at Perryville. It was assigned to General
Liddell's and Govan's Brigade, and consolidated with the 13th Arkansas Regiment in September,
1863. The unit participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Nashville, then saw action in North
Carolina. It was organized with 722 officers and men and lost forty-two percent of the 336 at
Murfreesboro. The 5th/13th lost forty-five percent of the 450 engaged at Chickamauga, had 21 men disabled at Ringgold Gap, totalled 321 men
and 222 arms in December, 1863, and reported 112 casualties at the Battle of Atlanta. Only a remnant surrendered in
April, 1865. The field officers were David C. Cross, Lucius Featherston, Peter V. Green, and J.
E. Murray; Lieutenant Colonels E. A. Howell and B. F. Sweeney; and Majors T. W. Ellsberry and
Riddick Pope.
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