1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles
HISTORICAL NOTES:
1st Regiment Mounted Rifles was organized at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in May, 1861, with 768 officers and men. Its companies were recruited in Little Rock and Fort Smith and the counties of Chicot, Arkansas, Johnson, Woodruff, White, Lawrence, Pulaski, Yell, and Independence. Its force was greatly reduced when it surrendered on April 26, 1865.
The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles was paroled on May 1, 1865, at Jamestown, North Carolina.
After the surrender, the men were offered free rail transportation (where available) in the direction of their homes, by what was left of the Southern railway companies. Most of the men traveled by rail, where they could. A large number of men were killed or seriously injured in a railroad accident at Flat Creek Bridge, Tennessee, on May 25, 1865.
OFFICERS:
Colonels Thomas J. Churchill, M.G. Galloway, Robert W. Harper, and Daniel H. Reynolds; Lieutenant Colonels George S. Laswell, Charles H. Matlock, Lee M. Ramsaur, and George W. Wells; and Major W.P. Campbell.
ROSTER:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2645 men.
Company A - "Chicot Rangers"From Chicot County
Company B - "The Des Arc Rangers " From Prairie County
Company C - "Johnson Rifles" From Johnson County
Company D - "Augusta Guards" From Jackson & White Counties
Company E - "The Lawrence County Rifles" From Lawrence Co.
Company F - "Pulaski Rangers" From Central Arkansas
Company G - "Napoleon Cavalry" From Southeast Arkansas
Company H - "The Yell County Rifles" From Yell County
Company I - "The Mcculloch Rangers" From Conway County
Company K - "Independence County Rifles" From Independence County
The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles was paroled on May 1, 1865, at Jamestown, North Carolina.
After the surrender, the men were offered free rail transportation (where available) in the direction of their homes, by what was left of the Southern railway companies. Most of the men traveled by rail, where they could. A large number of men were killed or seriously injured in a railroad accident at Flat Creek Bridge, Tennessee, on May 25, 1865.