37th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
HISTORICAL NOTES:
This unit was first designated as the Arkansas 29th Infantry Regiment. At the battle of Prairie Grove, the casualties of the 29th Arkansas included the regiment's colonel, major, color-bearer, half of the first sergeants, and a third of the company commanders. Only one man deserted the field during the battle. Colonel John C. Pleasent [sic?] died as a results of wounds in the Battle of Prairie Grove and he was succeeded by Colonel Samuel S. Bell.
During the general re-organization of the 1st Corps of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, following the Battle of Prairie Grove, new muster rolls for several of the regiments were sent to the Confederate War Department in Richmond, which assumed that the rolls were for new regiments, and thus assigned new numerical designations, thus the 29th Arkansas Infantry became redesignated as the 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.
The Arkansas 37th Infantry Regiment was formed in January, 1863. The regiment lost fifty-one percent of the 432 engaged at Helena, then skirmished in some minor actions in Arkansas and Louisiana. It was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865.
OFFICERS:
Colonel Samuel S. Beal, Lieutenant Colonel Jeptha C. Johnson, and Major T. H. Blacknall
ASSIGNMENTS:
Fagan's and A. T. Hawthorne's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department.
BATTLES:
Battle of Prairie Grove
Battle of Helena
Little Rock Campaign
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
ROSTERS:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 1870 men.
Company A, Commanded by Captain William J. Donaldson, organized at Hamburg, Arkansas, on March 15, 1862.[5]
Company B, Commanded by Captain George W. Hurley, organized in Searcy, Arkansas, on March 29, 1862.
Company C, Commanded by Captain J. J. Hall, organized at Augusta, Arkansas, on April 30, 1862.
Company D, Commanded by Captain John N. Bradley, organized at Hillsboro, Arkansas, on April 26, 1862.
Company E, Commanded by Captain Joe P. Vann, organized at Princeton, Arkansas, on May 8, 1862.
Company F, Commanded by Captain William J. Smith, organized in Clark County, Arkansas, on May 7, 1862.
Company G, Commanded by Captain William H. Bell, organized in Hamburg, Arkansas, on May 10, 1862.
Company H, Commanded by Captain James L. Weatherspoon, organized at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, on May 15, 1862.
Company I, Commanded by Captain W. R. Basden, organized at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, on May 20, 1862.
Company K, Commanded by Captain William Goodrum, organized at Camp Hindman, Arkansas, on June 7, 1862.[6]
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REF: Wikipedia
Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate Armies
During the general re-organization of the 1st Corps of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, following the Battle of Prairie Grove, new muster rolls for several of the regiments were sent to the Confederate War Department in Richmond, which assumed that the rolls were for new regiments, and thus assigned new numerical designations, thus the 29th Arkansas Infantry became redesignated as the 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.
The Arkansas 37th Infantry Regiment was formed in January, 1863. The regiment lost fifty-one percent of the 432 engaged at Helena, then skirmished in some minor actions in Arkansas and Louisiana. It was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865.
The roster of this unit contains the names of 1870 men.
Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate Armies