Arkansas Civil War Union Units

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The information in this list of Arkansas Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.


 * 1st Battalion, Arkansas Infantry (6 months, 1862) (Union) Organized at Helena, Ark., July 20, 1862. Duty at Benton Barracks, Missouri, until December. Mustered out December 31, 1862.


 * 1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union) Organized at Cassville and Springfield, Missouri, June to August, 1862. Mustered in at Springfield, Missouri, August 7, 1862. Skirmish near Van Buren April 2, 1865. Mustered out August 20, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Union) Organized at Fayetteville, Arkansas, and mustered in March 25, 1863. Mustered out August 10, 1865.


 * 1st Battery, Arkansas Light Artillery (Union) Organized at Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Springfield, Missouri, January to August, 1863. Action at Prior Creek September 18, 1864. Mustered out August 10, 1864.


 * 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union) Organized at Helena, Arkansas, and Pilot Knob, Missouri, July 1862. Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, January, 1865. Duty there and in District of West Tennessee until August. Mustered out August 20, 1865.


 * 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Organized at Springfield, Missouri, and Fort Smith, Arkansas, October, 1863, to March, 1864. Moved to Clarksville December 31, and duty there and at Fort Smith until August. Mustered out August 8, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union) Organized at Little Rock, Arkansas, February, 1864. Scout from Lewisburg into Yell and Searcy Counties March 12-23. Mustered out August 20, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Union) Organization not completed.


 * 4th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union) Organized at Little Rock December, 1863. Scout from Little Rock to Bayou Metoe and Little Bayou May 6-11. Mustered out June 30, 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Union) Organized at Batesville and Fort Smith, Arkansas, January to May, 1864, and served in various places. Moved to Fort Smith May 18, 1864, and duty there until October. Organization not completed and Regiment transferred to 2nd Arkansas Infantry October 28, 1864.