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The 19th (Dawson's) Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. The regiment was present for but not engaged during the Battle of Pea Ridge. At the Battle of Arkansas Post, the regiment became split, with part of the regiment surrendering with the garrison when the post capitulated.
Pea Ridge is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.The name Pea Ridge is derived from a combination of the physical location of the original settlement of the town, across the crest of a ridge of the Ozark Mountains, and for the hog peanuts or turkey peas that had been originally cultivated by Native American tribes centuries before European settlement, which later helped to provide ...
With Fire and Sword: Arkansas, 1861–1874 (University of Arkansas Press, 2003) pp 45–50. online; Hess, Earl J. Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove: a battlefield guide, with a section on Wire Road (U of Nebraska Press, 2006) online. Knight, James R. The Battle of Pea Ridge: The Civil War Fight for the Ozarks (Arcadia, 2012) online.
After the fall of Atlanta, the 4th Arkansas along with the rest of the army, now under the command of General John Bell Hood, moved back to Tennessee, where they fought at the Battle of Franklin and the Battle of Nashville. The unit is entitled to the following Campaign Participation Credits: [41] Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 6–8, 1862.
The 2nd Arkansas Field Battery (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. Also known as: Dallas Artillery and Hart's Arkansas Battery. [1] The battery was re-organized on two occasions. Following a charge of cowardice during Battle of Pea Ridge, the battery was ordered to disband.
Fort Smith National Cemetery is in western Fort Smith, Arkansas, south of Fort Smith National Historic Site. On April 23, 1861, as the American Civil War was beginning, the post was abandoned by the U.S. Army forces stationed there; it was then subsequently occupied by a Confederate garrison. During this occupation, nearly 400 Confederate ...
The 22nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War (1862–1865). This regiment was originally organized as the 17th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, reorganized after the battle of Pea Ridge as 1st Regiment, Northwest Division, Trans-Mississippi Department, or Rector's War Regiment, redesignated as the 35th Arkansas in the summer of 1862, and ...
Pea Ridge is an unincorporated community in Desha County, Arkansas, United States. [1] The community is located at the corner of Arkansas Highway 1 and Arkansas Highway 277 . [ 2 ]