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3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
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The Third Arkansas was composed initially of eleven volunteer companies from southern Arkansas:
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Company A— "The Arkansas Travelers," organized at Portland, Ashley county.
Company B— "The Berlin Beauregards," organized at Berlin, Ashley county.
Company C— "The Confederate Stars," organized at Monticello, Drew county.
Company D— "The Selma Rifles," organized at Selma, Drew county.
Company E— "The Champagnolle Guards," organized at Champagnolle, Union county.
Company F— "The Hot Spring Hornets," organized at Rockport, Hot Spring county.
Company G— "The Three Creeks Rifles," organized at Three Creeks, Union county.
Company H— "The Orphan Company," a mixed Arkansas/Kentucky company.
Company I— "The Tulip Rifles," organized at Tulip, Dallas county.
Company K— "The Ashley Volunteers," organized at Hamburg, Ashley county.
Company L— "The Rust Guards," organized at Latonia, Ashley county (later consolidated with Co A).
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A list of 78 veterans who attended the 1890 reunion of the Third Arkansas Infantry at Monticello.
These companies organized in May and June, 1861, and traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia, where they were mustered into Confederate service, "for three years or during the war," on July 5. The Third Arkansas was the first Arkansas regiment to enlist for the duration, the First and Second Arkansas having initially enlisted for one year and later enlisting "for the war." Albert Rust, a prominent south Arkansas politician, was appointed colonel of the regiment. Vannoy Hartrog Manning, a lawyer from Hamburg, Arkansas, and captain of Company K, was appointed major. The Confederate War Department had initial misgivings about these volunteers from "the backwoods of Arkansas," and decided to assign "real soldiers" to certain key positions in the regiment. Seth Maxwell Barton, a West Point graduate and native Virginian, was assigned as lieutenant-colonel. Another Virginian, Thomas Middleton Semmes, a recent Virginia Military Institute graduate, was assigned as the regimental adjutant. The Third Arkansas was then sent to a camp of instruction, where VMI cadets drilled them daily.
The Third Arkansas was then ready for four long years of war, participating in six campaigns, nine battles, five major engagements, five sieges, and a long list of military operations and skirmishes.
On March 4, 1862, Colonel Rust was appointed a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. Major Manning succeeded him as colonel, and commanded the Third Arkansas until he was severely wounded and captured at the Battle of Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
In July, 1862, the ranks of the Third Arkansas were augmented by the addition of nearly 140 soldiers from the Second Arkansas Infantry Battalion. The Second Arkansas Battalion had been organized in October, 1861, from three companies of volunteers from El Dorado, Hot Springs and Pine Bluff. In June, 1862, the little battalion was decimated while leading an assault on the Federal position at Beaver Dam Creek, and its commander, Major William Naylor Bronaugh, mortally wounded. The War Department disbanded the battalion and transferred its survivors to the Third Arkansas.
In November, 1862, the Third Arkansas was assigned to the famous Texas Brigade of the Army Northern Virginia. The Confederate War Department had determined that the troops would benefit from being brigaded with regiments from their home States. At this time, the standard brigade organization consisted of four regiments. There were three Texas regiments in the Army—the First, Fourth and Fifth—and only one Arkansas regiment. It was therefore decided to group these four western regiments together. The Third Arkansas remained an integral part of Hood's Texas Brigade until the end of the war.
The Third Arkansas gained a reputation as gritty, tenacious fighters, and always seemed to end up in some of the most hotly-contested parts of the battlefield—the Sunken Road at Sharpsburg—the Devil's Den at Gettysburg—and consequently suffered a high casualty rate. It was at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, that the Third Arkansas experienced some of their most serious losses, including their gallant Colonel Van Manning. Severely wounded and captured, he sat out the rest of the war as a prisoner. Major William K. Wilkins (who had succeeded Major John W. Reedy, killed in action at Chickamauga) was killed at the Wilderness. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Samuel Taylor, was severely wounded at the Wilderness, but recovered and commanded the Third Arkansas when the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. The paroles of the Third Arkansas troops were finally signed on April 12, and they were released to go home.
During its four years of war 1,353 men served in the Third Arkansas. Only 150 remained at the surrender.
http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3rd-his.html
The Third Arkansas was composed initially of eleven volunteer companies from southern Arkansas:
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These companies organized in May and June, 1861, and traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia, where they were mustered into Confederate service, "for three years or during the war," on July 5. The Third Arkansas was the first Arkansas regiment to enlist for the duration, the First and Second Arkansas having initially enlisted for one year and later enlisting "for the war." Albert Rust, a prominent south Arkansas politician, was appointed colonel of the regiment. Vannoy Hartrog Manning, a lawyer from Hamburg, Arkansas, and captain of Company K, was appointed major. The Confederate War Department had initial misgivings about these volunteers from "the backwoods of Arkansas," and decided to assign "real soldiers" to certain key positions in the regiment. Seth Maxwell Barton, a West Point graduate and native Virginian, was assigned as lieutenant-colonel. Another Virginian, Thomas Middleton Semmes, a recent Virginia Military Institute graduate, was assigned as the regimental adjutant. The Third Arkansas was then sent to a camp of instruction, where VMI cadets drilled them daily.
The Third Arkansas was then ready for four long years of war, participating in six campaigns, nine battles, five major engagements, five sieges, and a long list of military operations and skirmishes.
On March 4, 1862, Colonel Rust was appointed a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. Major Manning succeeded him as colonel, and commanded the Third Arkansas until he was severely wounded and captured at the Battle of Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
In July, 1862, the ranks of the Third Arkansas were augmented by the addition of nearly 140 soldiers from the Second Arkansas Infantry Battalion. The Second Arkansas Battalion had been organized in October, 1861, from three companies of volunteers from El Dorado, Hot Springs and Pine Bluff. In June, 1862, the little battalion was decimated while leading an assault on the Federal position at Beaver Dam Creek, and its commander, Major William Naylor Bronaugh, mortally wounded. The War Department disbanded the battalion and transferred its survivors to the Third Arkansas.
In November, 1862, the Third Arkansas was assigned to the famous Texas Brigade of the Army Northern Virginia. The Confederate War Department had determined that the troops would benefit from being brigaded with regiments from their home States. At this time, the standard brigade organization consisted of four regiments. There were three Texas regiments in the Army—the First, Fourth and Fifth—and only one Arkansas regiment. It was therefore decided to group these four western regiments together. The Third Arkansas remained an integral part of Hood's Texas Brigade until the end of the war.
The Third Arkansas gained a reputation as gritty, tenacious fighters, and always seemed to end up in some of the most hotly-contested parts of the battlefield—the Sunken Road at Sharpsburg—the Devil's Den at Gettysburg—and consequently suffered a high casualty rate. It was at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, that the Third Arkansas experienced some of their most serious losses, including their gallant Colonel Van Manning. Severely wounded and captured, he sat out the rest of the war as a prisoner. Major William K. Wilkins (who had succeeded Major John W. Reedy, killed in action at Chickamauga) was killed at the Wilderness. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Samuel Taylor, was severely wounded at the Wilderness, but recovered and commanded the Third Arkansas when the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. The paroles of the Third Arkansas troops were finally signed on April 12, and they were released to go home.
During its four years of war 1,353 men served in the Third Arkansas. Only 150 remained at the surrender.
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Kentuckians in Lee's Army at Sharpsburg
The Blackburn Guards
Confederate First National Flag (Museum of the Confederacy, via G. Walden).
Most of the Southern states were represented by units in the Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, but Kentucky is not usually thought of as one of them. However, a Kentucky unit was present at Sharpsburg; the only outfit from that state in Lee's army.
A company of Kentuckians left the Commonwealth early in the summer of 1861 to fight for the Confederacy. Dr. Luke P. Blackburn, later Governor of Kentucky, paid to arm and equip the unit, which called itself the Blackburn Guards. Samuel V. Reid of Covington was the first captain of the company, and led his 29 men off to Virginia1.
The men were accepted into Confederate service at Nashville on June 10, 1861. Companies from Arkansas were passing through Nashville on their way to Virginia, and the Blackburn Guards joined a group of men from Drew County, Arkansas. Reid was probably told that he would have to join with another unit to be accepted into service, since he was far short of the 100 men normally required to make an infantry company.
The company traveled to Virginia, and together with other companies from Arkansas formed the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment at Lynchburg on July 5, 1861. Reid became the captain of Company H, which was made up about equally of Arkansans and the Kentuckians of the Blackburn Guards. The Kentuckians and Arkansans divided the officer and NCO positions equally: fellow Kentuckians became the second lieutenant, first sergeant, and third sergeant of the company. Arkansans filled the other officer and sergeant positions.
The Blackburn Guards thus became the only Kentucky unit to serve in the northern Virginia theater, after the 1st Kentucky Infantry was disbanded in May 1862. The Kentuckians could not have picked a harder-fighting unit to join. The 3rd Arkansas saw action in most of Lee's battles, several times losing over 50 percent casualties. The regiment fought one of its bloodiest battles on September 17, 1862 along the banks of the Antietam Creek at Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle of Antietam was the baptism of fire for most of the Blackburn Guards, though they had been involved in some picket skirmishing in western Virginia in the fall of 1861. They were not engaged in any of the battles of the Peninsula Campaign, and were guarding the defenses of Richmond during Second Manassas. As they set out on September 4 with the rest of Brig. Genl. J. G. Walker's division to join the main army, they were largely untried, and could have no idea of the fierce fighting awaiting them.
The Blackburn Guards crossed the Potomac and advanced to the area of Frederick, Maryland. Walker's Division was then ordered to assist Maj. Genl. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's forces in investing the Union garrison at Harper's Ferry. Upon the surrender of Harper's Ferry on September 15, Walker was again ordered to join the main army, and he reached Sharpsburg on the evening of September 16.
Daylight on September 17 found the 3rd Arkansas over watching a ford on Antietam Creek near the Lower Bridge (soon to become famous as Burnside's Bridge). The Blackburn Guards were observers of an artillery duel between Confederate batteries to their left and Union guns across the stream, but were not engaged during the morning. That would soon change, as they may have judged from the growing roar of battle on the left of the Confederate line.
Around 9:00 A.M. Walker was ordered to take his division to the left and support Jackson's command, which had been under heavy attack in the area of the West Woods, Miller's Cornfield, and the Dunkard Church. As he hastened to Jackson's line, Walker ordered brigade commander Col. Van Manning to leave a force to hold a gap between the West Woods and the left of Maj. Genl. James Longstreet's command, which was defending the Sunken Road area. Manning selected his own regiment, the 3rd Arkansas, and the 27th North Carolina. Col. John R. Cooke of the 27th North Carolina commanded the small semi-brigade; the 3rd Arkansas was commanded by its senior captain, John Reedy2.
Cooke's men halted in a cornfield to the west of the Hagerstown Pike and found themselves immediately under artillery fire. They advanced to a rail fence bordering the cornfield, and opened fire to their left on elements of Greene's Division of the U.S. Twelfth Corps that had forced their way into the West Woods. Cooke had the left companies of the 27th North Carolina fire on infantry and an artillery battery, which withdrew from the West Woods area. He then had his two regiments fall back into the cornfield and lie down3.
When Greene's regiments retreated, Cooke's front was clear, but he could see French's Division of the Union Second Corps advancing on the broken Confederate lines at the Sunken Road to his right front. Undaunted so far by "seeing the elephant" (a Civil War soldiers' term for their first battle), and evidently feeling that his little command was doing well, Cooke decided to advance against French's right, and ordered a charge (or was ordered to advance by Longstreet, as his division commander reported)4. The two small regiments scaled the rail fence, crossed the Hagerstown Pike, and "went at them." They scattered remnants of Greene's troops and took a number of temporary prisoners, whom they directed to stay to the rear as they rushed forward through the fields of farmer Mumma. At one point their advance was so rapid that Cooke ordered his regimental color-bearer to slow down, to which the enthusiastic color-bearer replied, "Colonel, I can't let that Arkansas fellow get ahead of me."5 The Kentuckians, Arkansans and North Carolinians continued to drive toward the right of French's line until they met a stronger force of the enemy posted behind a fence. This was probably the 14th Indiana and 8th Ohio regiments of Kimball's Brigade, French's Division, which had changed front to the right to protect their brigade's flank6. Being almost out of ammunition, isolated, and faced with this larger force, Cooke decided to withdraw. While his division commander thought the withdrawal was done "in the most perfect order,"7 the rearward movement became as impetuous as the advance had been. A North Carolinian reported "we had to pass between two fires" because they were engaged not only by French's regiments, but also by the "perfidy" of the prisoners whom they had taken during the charge, and who now formed and attacked Cooke's men as they withdrew. The 3rd Arkansas and 27th North Carolina soon arrived back at their starting point west of the Hagerstown Pike8. Their attack had probably helped shift the Union focus away from the central part of the battlefield.
The shooting was largely over for the day for the two regiments, mainly due to the fact that they were virtually out of ammunition, but they continued to hold their part of the line. Longstreet reported that "Cooke stood with his empty guns, and waved his colors to show that his troops were in position."9 The defiance of Cooke's men, along with other local Confederate counterattacks, shored up the center of the line and helped prevent a possible disaster to the Army of Northern Virginia.
The baptism of fire at Sharpsburg took a terrible toll of the Arkansans and Kentuckians. The 3rd Arkansas did not submit a separate casualty report, but the 27th North Carolina reported 63 percent casualties10, and the losses of the 3rd Arkansas must have been comparable. In the Blackburn Guards, five men were wounded: Joseph M. Applegate, John K. Ball, George B. Dodd, Jesse S. Head (who died in enemy hands on September 26), and George W. Pence. George Pence was captured, and spent months in Federal hospitals until he was paroled11. But they undoubtedly took pride in the part they had played; perhaps some of them may have heard that Genl. Lee himself complimented them, reporting that he saw Cooke's men "standing boldly in line without a cartridge."12
The Kentuckians of the Blackburn Guards soldiered on, but time dwindled their ranks to almost nothing. A number of them were permitted to transfer to other units early in 1863, and others were captured or discharged because of wounds or sickness, and some deserted. When the end came at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, only one of the Kentuckians was still with the 3rd Arkansas: 2nd Lieut. Josephus Miles was adjutant, and surrendered and was paroled with the regiment13.
Researchers today can find few reminders of the Blackburn Guards. The Kentucky Adjutant General's Report mentioned the company, with no explanation of how it came to be part of the 3rd Arkansas. Scattered individual service records remain in the National Archives, and occasional obituaries in Confederate Veteran magazine and local newspapers mention these Kentuckians' service in the Army of Northern Virginia. But the men's war service was a strong influence and evidently fondly remembered: George Pence named two of his sons after Van Manning (colonel of the 3rd Arkansas) and John B. Hood (the Texas Brigade commander); Samuel Matheny's obituary proudly stated that "for four years [he] did noble service for the lost cause."
-- Gregory A. Walden, Titusville, Florida
AotW Member
Native Kentuckian Greg Walden is a descendant of George Pence and Samuel Matheny of the Blackburn Guards.
The illustration above is a First National flag in the collections of the Museum of the Confederacy. It is believed to have been donated to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society in 1913 by the widow of Captain Samuel V. Reid, and may have been the flag of the Blackburn Guards.
Kentuckians in Lee's Army at Sharpsburg
The Blackburn Guards
Confederate First National Flag (Museum of the Confederacy, via G. Walden).
Most of the Southern states were represented by units in the Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, but Kentucky is not usually thought of as one of them. However, a Kentucky unit was present at Sharpsburg; the only outfit from that state in Lee's army.
A company of Kentuckians left the Commonwealth early in the summer of 1861 to fight for the Confederacy. Dr. Luke P. Blackburn, later Governor of Kentucky, paid to arm and equip the unit, which called itself the Blackburn Guards. Samuel V. Reid of Covington was the first captain of the company, and led his 29 men off to Virginia1.
The men were accepted into Confederate service at Nashville on June 10, 1861. Companies from Arkansas were passing through Nashville on their way to Virginia, and the Blackburn Guards joined a group of men from Drew County, Arkansas. Reid was probably told that he would have to join with another unit to be accepted into service, since he was far short of the 100 men normally required to make an infantry company.
The company traveled to Virginia, and together with other companies from Arkansas formed the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment at Lynchburg on July 5, 1861. Reid became the captain of Company H, which was made up about equally of Arkansans and the Kentuckians of the Blackburn Guards. The Kentuckians and Arkansans divided the officer and NCO positions equally: fellow Kentuckians became the second lieutenant, first sergeant, and third sergeant of the company. Arkansans filled the other officer and sergeant positions.
The Blackburn Guards thus became the only Kentucky unit to serve in the northern Virginia theater, after the 1st Kentucky Infantry was disbanded in May 1862. The Kentuckians could not have picked a harder-fighting unit to join. The 3rd Arkansas saw action in most of Lee's battles, several times losing over 50 percent casualties. The regiment fought one of its bloodiest battles on September 17, 1862 along the banks of the Antietam Creek at Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle of Antietam was the baptism of fire for most of the Blackburn Guards, though they had been involved in some picket skirmishing in western Virginia in the fall of 1861. They were not engaged in any of the battles of the Peninsula Campaign, and were guarding the defenses of Richmond during Second Manassas. As they set out on September 4 with the rest of Brig. Genl. J. G. Walker's division to join the main army, they were largely untried, and could have no idea of the fierce fighting awaiting them.
The Blackburn Guards crossed the Potomac and advanced to the area of Frederick, Maryland. Walker's Division was then ordered to assist Maj. Genl. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's forces in investing the Union garrison at Harper's Ferry. Upon the surrender of Harper's Ferry on September 15, Walker was again ordered to join the main army, and he reached Sharpsburg on the evening of September 16.
Daylight on September 17 found the 3rd Arkansas over watching a ford on Antietam Creek near the Lower Bridge (soon to become famous as Burnside's Bridge). The Blackburn Guards were observers of an artillery duel between Confederate batteries to their left and Union guns across the stream, but were not engaged during the morning. That would soon change, as they may have judged from the growing roar of battle on the left of the Confederate line.
Around 9:00 A.M. Walker was ordered to take his division to the left and support Jackson's command, which had been under heavy attack in the area of the West Woods, Miller's Cornfield, and the Dunkard Church. As he hastened to Jackson's line, Walker ordered brigade commander Col. Van Manning to leave a force to hold a gap between the West Woods and the left of Maj. Genl. James Longstreet's command, which was defending the Sunken Road area. Manning selected his own regiment, the 3rd Arkansas, and the 27th North Carolina. Col. John R. Cooke of the 27th North Carolina commanded the small semi-brigade; the 3rd Arkansas was commanded by its senior captain, John Reedy2.
Cooke's men halted in a cornfield to the west of the Hagerstown Pike and found themselves immediately under artillery fire. They advanced to a rail fence bordering the cornfield, and opened fire to their left on elements of Greene's Division of the U.S. Twelfth Corps that had forced their way into the West Woods. Cooke had the left companies of the 27th North Carolina fire on infantry and an artillery battery, which withdrew from the West Woods area. He then had his two regiments fall back into the cornfield and lie down3.
When Greene's regiments retreated, Cooke's front was clear, but he could see French's Division of the Union Second Corps advancing on the broken Confederate lines at the Sunken Road to his right front. Undaunted so far by "seeing the elephant" (a Civil War soldiers' term for their first battle), and evidently feeling that his little command was doing well, Cooke decided to advance against French's right, and ordered a charge (or was ordered to advance by Longstreet, as his division commander reported)4. The two small regiments scaled the rail fence, crossed the Hagerstown Pike, and "went at them." They scattered remnants of Greene's troops and took a number of temporary prisoners, whom they directed to stay to the rear as they rushed forward through the fields of farmer Mumma. At one point their advance was so rapid that Cooke ordered his regimental color-bearer to slow down, to which the enthusiastic color-bearer replied, "Colonel, I can't let that Arkansas fellow get ahead of me."5 The Kentuckians, Arkansans and North Carolinians continued to drive toward the right of French's line until they met a stronger force of the enemy posted behind a fence. This was probably the 14th Indiana and 8th Ohio regiments of Kimball's Brigade, French's Division, which had changed front to the right to protect their brigade's flank6. Being almost out of ammunition, isolated, and faced with this larger force, Cooke decided to withdraw. While his division commander thought the withdrawal was done "in the most perfect order,"7 the rearward movement became as impetuous as the advance had been. A North Carolinian reported "we had to pass between two fires" because they were engaged not only by French's regiments, but also by the "perfidy" of the prisoners whom they had taken during the charge, and who now formed and attacked Cooke's men as they withdrew. The 3rd Arkansas and 27th North Carolina soon arrived back at their starting point west of the Hagerstown Pike8. Their attack had probably helped shift the Union focus away from the central part of the battlefield.
The shooting was largely over for the day for the two regiments, mainly due to the fact that they were virtually out of ammunition, but they continued to hold their part of the line. Longstreet reported that "Cooke stood with his empty guns, and waved his colors to show that his troops were in position."9 The defiance of Cooke's men, along with other local Confederate counterattacks, shored up the center of the line and helped prevent a possible disaster to the Army of Northern Virginia.
The baptism of fire at Sharpsburg took a terrible toll of the Arkansans and Kentuckians. The 3rd Arkansas did not submit a separate casualty report, but the 27th North Carolina reported 63 percent casualties10, and the losses of the 3rd Arkansas must have been comparable. In the Blackburn Guards, five men were wounded: Joseph M. Applegate, John K. Ball, George B. Dodd, Jesse S. Head (who died in enemy hands on September 26), and George W. Pence. George Pence was captured, and spent months in Federal hospitals until he was paroled11. But they undoubtedly took pride in the part they had played; perhaps some of them may have heard that Genl. Lee himself complimented them, reporting that he saw Cooke's men "standing boldly in line without a cartridge."12
The Kentuckians of the Blackburn Guards soldiered on, but time dwindled their ranks to almost nothing. A number of them were permitted to transfer to other units early in 1863, and others were captured or discharged because of wounds or sickness, and some deserted. When the end came at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, only one of the Kentuckians was still with the 3rd Arkansas: 2nd Lieut. Josephus Miles was adjutant, and surrendered and was paroled with the regiment13.
Researchers today can find few reminders of the Blackburn Guards. The Kentucky Adjutant General's Report mentioned the company, with no explanation of how it came to be part of the 3rd Arkansas. Scattered individual service records remain in the National Archives, and occasional obituaries in Confederate Veteran magazine and local newspapers mention these Kentuckians' service in the Army of Northern Virginia. But the men's war service was a strong influence and evidently fondly remembered: George Pence named two of his sons after Van Manning (colonel of the 3rd Arkansas) and John B. Hood (the Texas Brigade commander); Samuel Matheny's obituary proudly stated that "for four years [he] did noble service for the lost cause."
-- Gregory A. Walden, Titusville, Florida
AotW Member
Native Kentuckian Greg Walden is a descendant of George Pence and Samuel Matheny of the Blackburn Guards.
The illustration above is a First National flag in the collections of the Museum of the Confederacy. It is believed to have been donated to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society in 1913 by the widow of Captain Samuel V. Reid, and may have been the flag of the Blackburn Guards.
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The only book published on the 3rd Arkansas.
Colonel Vannoy "Van" Hartog Manning of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry.
Another image of Col. Van H. Manning with his wife, ca. 1863.
Vannoy Hartog Manning was born on July 26, 1839 near Raleigh, North Carolina. His family moved to Mississippi in 1841, where he attended Horn Lake Academy and married Mary Wallace.
He studied law at the University of Nashville, then moved to Arkansas in 1860. In 1861 he became a lawyer in Hamburg, when he and Mary lost their eldest son.
After Arkansas seceded from the Union, Manning and Dr. William H. Tebbs formed two companies which became the nucleus of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. Originally turned down for Confederate service, Manning allied with Arkansas congressman Albert Rust to get the 3rd accepted, giving him the colonelcy while he and Tebbs became captains.
The 3rd was the only Arkansas regiment sent to Virginia, taking part in Lee's Cheat Mountain expedition before becoming part of Jackson's command in the Shenandoah Valley. When Rust was promoted to brigadier general on March 4, 1862, Manning, who had been promoted to major by this time, became colonel of the 3rd.
[The 3rd Arkansas was assigned to the Texas Brigade in November, 1862 in place of the 18th Georgia and Hampton's Legion.]
He led the regiment in most of the battles of the Army of Northern Virginia, receiving wounds at Sharpsburg (Antietam), Gettysburg and the Wilderness. Manning was cited seveal times for his heroism and ability, and was credited as being largely responsible for the Confederate success at Devil's Den on the second day of Gettysburg. But Manning's third wound at the Wilderness, where he was shot through the thigh, resulted in his capture, and he sat out the remainder of the war as a Union prisoner.
After the war Manning returned to the law in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He was elected to three terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1877 until 1883. His election in 1884 was contested, and the seat was awarded to his opponent. Manning stayed on in Washington, however, practicing law.
He died on November 3, 1892 in Branchville, Maryland, and is buried in Washington's Glenwood Cemetery.
http://civilwarintheeast.com/people/vannoy-hartog-van-manning/
Here's his Find A Grave memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6002550
Another image of Col. Van H. Manning with his wife, ca. 1863.
Vannoy Hartog Manning was born on July 26, 1839 near Raleigh, North Carolina. His family moved to Mississippi in 1841, where he attended Horn Lake Academy and married Mary Wallace.
He studied law at the University of Nashville, then moved to Arkansas in 1860. In 1861 he became a lawyer in Hamburg, when he and Mary lost their eldest son.
After Arkansas seceded from the Union, Manning and Dr. William H. Tebbs formed two companies which became the nucleus of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. Originally turned down for Confederate service, Manning allied with Arkansas congressman Albert Rust to get the 3rd accepted, giving him the colonelcy while he and Tebbs became captains.
The 3rd was the only Arkansas regiment sent to Virginia, taking part in Lee's Cheat Mountain expedition before becoming part of Jackson's command in the Shenandoah Valley. When Rust was promoted to brigadier general on March 4, 1862, Manning, who had been promoted to major by this time, became colonel of the 3rd.
[The 3rd Arkansas was assigned to the Texas Brigade in November, 1862 in place of the 18th Georgia and Hampton's Legion.]
He led the regiment in most of the battles of the Army of Northern Virginia, receiving wounds at Sharpsburg (Antietam), Gettysburg and the Wilderness. Manning was cited seveal times for his heroism and ability, and was credited as being largely responsible for the Confederate success at Devil's Den on the second day of Gettysburg. But Manning's third wound at the Wilderness, where he was shot through the thigh, resulted in his capture, and he sat out the remainder of the war as a Union prisoner.
After the war Manning returned to the law in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He was elected to three terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1877 until 1883. His election in 1884 was contested, and the seat was awarded to his opponent. Manning stayed on in Washington, however, practicing law.
He died on November 3, 1892 in Branchville, Maryland, and is buried in Washington's Glenwood Cemetery.
http://civilwarintheeast.com/people/vannoy-hartog-van-manning/
Here's his Find A Grave memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6002550
From Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Arkansas in the Civil War, p. 29:
Some further info on his Find A Grave memorial:
"Richard Jesse Bailey was born in Virginia, I do not have a birth or death date for him, though I know he applied to the Arkansas Confederate Home in 1923, stating he was living in Garland County, AR. His parents were John William & Emmeline N. (Wood) Bailey. He served in Co. H of the 3rd AR Confederate Infantry, Hood's Old Brigade, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. He joined this unit on April 8th, 1862 at Richmond, Virginia. He was an excellent wood worker, who hand carved mementos throughout the war (including one taken from a tree outside Appomattox Courthouse, where he was when his unit surrendered). He survived the war, being one of the seven men left from the original unit. On July 11th, 1868, he joined the US Army as an engineer, serving until June 7th, 1871 when he was discharged. In 1915, he was living in the Confederate Home in Arkansas. On March 19th, 1918 he was admitted to the home for Disabled Ex-Confederate Soldiers in Richmond, Virginia. He was discharged April 13th, 1918. He was admitted again to the Confederate Home in Arkansas on September 4th, 1923. He died sometime after 1924, around age 78. He also lived in Texas for awhile, it seems."
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/...Sst=4&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=171639577&df=all&
Some further info on his Find A Grave memorial:
"Richard Jesse Bailey was born in Virginia, I do not have a birth or death date for him, though I know he applied to the Arkansas Confederate Home in 1923, stating he was living in Garland County, AR. His parents were John William & Emmeline N. (Wood) Bailey. He served in Co. H of the 3rd AR Confederate Infantry, Hood's Old Brigade, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. He joined this unit on April 8th, 1862 at Richmond, Virginia. He was an excellent wood worker, who hand carved mementos throughout the war (including one taken from a tree outside Appomattox Courthouse, where he was when his unit surrendered). He survived the war, being one of the seven men left from the original unit. On July 11th, 1868, he joined the US Army as an engineer, serving until June 7th, 1871 when he was discharged. In 1915, he was living in the Confederate Home in Arkansas. On March 19th, 1918 he was admitted to the home for Disabled Ex-Confederate Soldiers in Richmond, Virginia. He was discharged April 13th, 1918. He was admitted again to the Confederate Home in Arkansas on September 4th, 1923. He died sometime after 1924, around age 78. He also lived in Texas for awhile, it seems."
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007AKCI3U/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
Duty Bound: The Hyatt Brothers and Confederates of the Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, C. S. A.
When a boy from Paragould, Arkansas found a cache of letters in a box by a shed at a relative's house, he opened a window into the previously unseen world of Civil War soldiers from Arkansas who fought in the Army of Northern Virginia. The store of correspondence, now at the Arkansas State University Museum, includes 41 letters written by Benjamin F. J. Hyatt [Ben] and 29 other letters from his brother, friends, and fellow soldiers fighting for the Confederate States of America. Most of the letters were written to Ben's parents who lived in Monticello, Arkansas. Benjamin Culp [B. C.] Hyatt and his wife Agnes had ten children-six boys and four girls. Three of their sons died in the Civil War, and a fourth lost his left leg after being wounded. These letters from their sons and friends written during the war to B. C. and Agnes bring to life the experiences of ordinary soldiers serving in one of the Confederate army's most illustrious units, the Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment.
Duty Bound: The Hyatt Brothers and Confederates of the Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, C. S. A.
When a boy from Paragould, Arkansas found a cache of letters in a box by a shed at a relative's house, he opened a window into the previously unseen world of Civil War soldiers from Arkansas who fought in the Army of Northern Virginia. The store of correspondence, now at the Arkansas State University Museum, includes 41 letters written by Benjamin F. J. Hyatt [Ben] and 29 other letters from his brother, friends, and fellow soldiers fighting for the Confederate States of America. Most of the letters were written to Ben's parents who lived in Monticello, Arkansas. Benjamin Culp [B. C.] Hyatt and his wife Agnes had ten children-six boys and four girls. Three of their sons died in the Civil War, and a fourth lost his left leg after being wounded. These letters from their sons and friends written during the war to B. C. and Agnes bring to life the experiences of ordinary soldiers serving in one of the Confederate army's most illustrious units, the Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment.
Members of the 3rd Arkansas in Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865 comp. by Miss Mamie Yeary.
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3rd Arkansas at Gettysburg - sources:
- A. C. Jones also contributed "Longstreet at Gettysburg," in Confederate Veteran, vol. 23 (1915), pp. 551-552.
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas contains several biographies, including that of Samuel Henry Emerson, pp. 335-337. Emerson joined the company being formed at Rockport, numbering 75 men; they left Rockport on June 24, 1861 and arrived in Lynchburg, Virginia eight days later on July 2. Exactly two years later, Emerson was badly wounded at Gettysburg and vividly describes the long night he spent alone upon the battlefield.
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas (and Western Arkansas) contain additional biographies.
- Diary of Robert J. Lowry, Company G, can be found in the Robert L. Brake Collection, U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA. It contains the muster roll of Company G from July 1-August 31, 1863, showing a strength of 4 officers, 5 sergeants, 4 corporals and 59 privates.
- A biography of Henry Haywood Daniel, Company I, is found in East Texas Family Records, vol. II, no. 2, summer 1978, East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, Texas.
- Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans, ed. by Bobbie Jones McLane and Capitola Glazner (Hot Springs, Ark., 1977). Nicholas Counsel Denson, Company K, describes how he surrendered April 9, 1865 at Appomattox, and by means of foot, railroad and boat arrived back home in Ashley County, Arkansas on June 22, having walked 50 miles on the last day.
- Letter dated August 19, 1863, Fredericksburg, Virginia from Henry Butler (Company I) to Mollie Coulter, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Butler-Paisley Family Letters and Papers, 1829-1890s. Henry served with his three brothers, George, Lewis and Charles. Henry enlisted as a private, and later became chaplain. He entrusted the letter to a "Mr. C" to carry back and was concerned it would not get through because of the fall of Vicksburg the previous month.
- A. C. Jones also contributed "Longstreet at Gettysburg," in Confederate Veteran, vol. 23 (1915), pp. 551-552.
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas contains several biographies, including that of Samuel Henry Emerson, pp. 335-337. Emerson joined the company being formed at Rockport, numbering 75 men; they left Rockport on June 24, 1861 and arrived in Lynchburg, Virginia eight days later on July 2. Exactly two years later, Emerson was badly wounded at Gettysburg and vividly describes the long night he spent alone upon the battlefield.
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas (and Western Arkansas) contain additional biographies.
- Diary of Robert J. Lowry, Company G, can be found in the Robert L. Brake Collection, U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA. It contains the muster roll of Company G from July 1-August 31, 1863, showing a strength of 4 officers, 5 sergeants, 4 corporals and 59 privates.
- A biography of Henry Haywood Daniel, Company I, is found in East Texas Family Records, vol. II, no. 2, summer 1978, East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, Texas.
- Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans, ed. by Bobbie Jones McLane and Capitola Glazner (Hot Springs, Ark., 1977). Nicholas Counsel Denson, Company K, describes how he surrendered April 9, 1865 at Appomattox, and by means of foot, railroad and boat arrived back home in Ashley County, Arkansas on June 22, having walked 50 miles on the last day.
- Letter dated August 19, 1863, Fredericksburg, Virginia from Henry Butler (Company I) to Mollie Coulter, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Butler-Paisley Family Letters and Papers, 1829-1890s. Henry served with his three brothers, George, Lewis and Charles. Henry enlisted as a private, and later became chaplain. He entrusted the letter to a "Mr. C" to carry back and was concerned it would not get through because of the fall of Vicksburg the previous month.
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Can't believe I missed this thread till now, great info. I had a cousin in Co. E, Caleb R Brinton. Don't know too much about him. He was born in Pa. and somehow made his way to Arkansas. Enlisted in Co. E on June 20, 61. Wounded and lost a arm at Chickamauga. He is my one lone Confederate relative that I know of. He was directly facing many of my other relatives (and his) in Pa. regiments several times during his service including a cousin, Harrison White Co. B 28th Pa. who was killed in the West Woods, Antietam. They were both cousins of George Brinton McClellan (as am I although very distant)
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Noticed that I missed a few....
According to the company roster, 154 men served in Company C and only 13 surrendered at Appomattox. Think he might've been in Company G since the captains he mentions were in that company, though Conrson doesn't show up in the rosters of either C or G. 127 men served in Company G and only 23 surrendered at Appomattox.
There is a John H. Courson on the roster. Think that might be him.
Courson, John H
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability in 1864; born in Alabama, c1840; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation laborer.
The captains Reedy and Jones mentioned:
Reedy, John W
Major—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; elected captain, June 19, 1861; promoted major, January 19, 1863; killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863; buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia; born in Alabama, c1830; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
Jones, Alexander Campbell
First Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; elected first lieutenant, June 19, 1861; promoted captain, January 19, 1863; seriously wounded in the right arm at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12, 1865; born in Caroline county, Virginia, May 8, 1830; died in Union county, Arkansas, February 18, 1928; buried in Three Creeks Cemetery in Union county; filed Arkansas pension application #2884 from Union county, August 26, 1897; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation farmer; after the war he wrote extensively about the 3rd Arkansas Infantry; brother of Private Hill Jones.
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Another article in the Confederate Veteran by Capt. Alexander Campbell Jones.
Links to a few more articles in the CV by Capt. Jones:
Inaugurating the Picket Exchange: https://archive.org/stream/confederateveter26conf#page/154/mode/2up
Longstreet at Gettysburg: https://archive.org/stream/confederateveter23conf#page/550/mode/2up
Texas and Arkansas at Fort Harrison: http://www.beyondthecrater.com/resources/cv/petersburg-siege-cv/cv-v25n01-tx-ar-ft-harrison/
Here's his memorial on Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/...GSst=4&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10706584&df=all&
Links to a few more articles in the CV by Capt. Jones:
Inaugurating the Picket Exchange: https://archive.org/stream/confederateveter26conf#page/154/mode/2up
Longstreet at Gettysburg: https://archive.org/stream/confederateveter23conf#page/550/mode/2up
Texas and Arkansas at Fort Harrison: http://www.beyondthecrater.com/resources/cv/petersburg-siege-cv/cv-v25n01-tx-ar-ft-harrison/
Here's his memorial on Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/...GSst=4&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10706584&df=all&
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This is definitely a regiment where I haven't found a ton of information on.
There is a good article in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly about the 3rd Arkansas though:
Orval E. Allbritton, "The Third Arkansas Regiment from Formation to Fredericksburg" (1957)
There is a good article in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly about the 3rd Arkansas though:
Orval E. Allbritton, "The Third Arkansas Regiment from Formation to Fredericksburg" (1957)
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Can I join on records of my Gr-Gr-Uncle??
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I believe you can. I have no ancestors that served in the Brigade that I know of. I am an Associate Member. My interest in the Brigade is as a Texan. Our annual symposium and annual battlefield tours are a lotta fun.
Here's a photo of Spencer Young, Co. C, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, later appointed Ensign (color bearer) of the regiment. The missing finger was the result of a childhood accident.
(Source: Historic Killeen: an Illustrated History by Gerald D. Skidmore, Sr., p. 168.)
Young, Spencer
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Monticello, Arkansas, June 10, 1861; wounded in the right thigh at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; wounded in the groin at Chaffin's Farm, Virginia, September 29, 1864; appointed ensign, October 18, 1864; retired to Invalid Corps, March 15, 1865; born in Mississippi, c1843; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
There's some more information on his Find A Grave page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76207653/spencer-young
(Story of Bell County, Texas, Vol. II)
Postwar photo taken when serving as State Representative to the Texas Legislature.
(Killeen by Annette S. Lucksinger and Gerald D. Skidmore, Sr., p. 89.)
This is the flag he picked up at the Wilderness and later carried as ensign. It was said to have been presented to the regiment on the field at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, and was used until Young brought it home with him in 1865. It was in his possession until he donated it to the Old State House Museum, Little Rock, in the 1920s.
(Source: Historic Killeen: an Illustrated History by Gerald D. Skidmore, Sr., p. 168.)
Young, Spencer
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Monticello, Arkansas, June 10, 1861; wounded in the right thigh at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; wounded in the groin at Chaffin's Farm, Virginia, September 29, 1864; appointed ensign, October 18, 1864; retired to Invalid Corps, March 15, 1865; born in Mississippi, c1843; listed in Drew county 1860 census; occupation farmer.
There's some more information on his Find A Grave page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76207653/spencer-young
(Story of Bell County, Texas, Vol. II)
Postwar photo taken when serving as State Representative to the Texas Legislature.
(Killeen by Annette S. Lucksinger and Gerald D. Skidmore, Sr., p. 89.)
This is the flag he picked up at the Wilderness and later carried as ensign. It was said to have been presented to the regiment on the field at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, and was used until Young brought it home with him in 1865. It was in his possession until he donated it to the Old State House Museum, Little Rock, in the 1920s.
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I have two copies of this book. My ancestor, Elijah Goza, was a private in Company I, Tulip Rifles, of the 3rd. Ark. Great read!
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