3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
The 3rd Arkansas mustered 1,353 men during its four year history.
Timeline of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
June 1861 |
Organized at Lynchburg, Virginia |
July 5 |
Mustered into Confederate service "for three years or during the war" under Colonel Albert Rust. Lieutenant Colonel Seth M. Bartong was a Virginian and West Point graduate assigned to the regiment. Vannoy Hartog Manning, an Arkansas lawyer, was the major. |
September 11 - 17 |
Cheat Mountain Campaign |
March 4 |
Colonel Rust promoted to Brigadier General and transferred to the Western Theater. Major Manning becomes Colonel. |
May 31 - June 1 |
Batle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) |
June - July |
Seven Day's Battles |
July |
2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion (140 men) merged into regiment |
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Greenbriar campaign - 15 casualties |
September |
Maryland Campaign - 182 casualties |
September 13 |
Siege of Harpers Ferry |
September 17 |
Battle of Antietam
Colonel Manning commanded the brigade while Captain John Reedy took over the regiment, which fought in the infamous Sunken Road. |
November |
Assigned to Texas Brigade |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
May, 1863 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
3 killed and 29 wounded |
April 11 - May 6 |
Suffolk Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Assigned to Perry's Brigade of Anderson's Division. 17 men were killed, Major Walter R. Moore and 72 men were wounded, and 11 men were missing out of 479 engaged. Major Moore was captured. |
September 18- 21 |
Battle of Chickamauga
Major Reedy is killed. Camptain William Wilkins is promoted to major and takes command of the regiment. |
November 17 - December 4 |
Siege of Knoxville |
May 6, 1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Colonel Manning was badly wounded and captured, Lt. Colonel Robert Taylor was also wounded, but recovered to take over command of the regiment. Major William K. Wilkins was killed. |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
June 1-12 |
Battles around Cold Harbor |
June 1864 -
April 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 27 - 29 |
Deep Bottom, New Market Road and Darbytown Road |
August 13 - 20 |
Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road |
April 9, 1865 |
Surrendered at Appomattox with 15 officers and 130 men under Lt. Colonel Taylor. |
Commanders: Colonels Van H. Manning, Albert Rust, and Robert Taylor; Lt. Colonels Seth M. Bartong and William H. Tebbs; Majors J. Hickson Capers, John W. Reedy, Samuel Smith and W. K. Wilkins
Sources:
Busey and Martin, Regimental Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg
Crute, Units of the Confederate States Army
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion |
