14th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Powers') - Confederate

United States     U.S. Military      Arkansas      Arkansas Military      Arkansas in the Civil War       14th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Powers')

Brief History
14th (Mitchell's-Powers') Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1861 recruited in the northwestern region of the state. It was captured at Port Hudson on July 9. After being exchanged, the 14th was not reorganized. Joseph H. Crute, Jr, CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS, "Units of the Confederate States Army", http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm (accessed October 8, 2010). The 14th Arkansas Infantry, the first of two regiments to bear that designation (the other being McCarver’s short-lived regiment), was organized at Yellville about August 22, 1861, composed of ten companies from the counties of Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Newton and Searcy. Edward Gerdes and Bryan Howerton, researchers, Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/14powers_f&amp;s.html, 11/8/2010. © 2002 by EDWARD G. GERDES all rights reserved. This information may be used by libraries and genealogical societies, however, commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission. If copied, this copyright notice must appear with the information. 

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.