4th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (State Troops)
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 4th Infantry, Arkansas State Troops (1861) was raised in mid-1861. The regiment was assigned to the command of Brigadier General Nicholas Bartlett Pearce, who was the commander of the 1st Division, Provisional Army of Arkansas. The regiment is referred to as the "4th Regiment Arkansas Volunteers", or "Walker's Regiment" in contemporary accounts; it was disbanded shortly after the Battle of Wilson's Creek in August 1861. Regimental strength at Wilson's Creek: 550 men. Returned to Fort Smith and mustered out in September, 1861.
Another Arkansas unit also had the designation 4th Arkansas, the 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment which formed after the Battle of Wilson's Creek, and spent most of its service in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. There is no connection between the two units.
OFFICERS:
Walker, James D., Colonel
Berry, Tom, Lieutenant Colonel
Peel, S.W., Major
Dunlap, A., Surgeon
Morrow, J.M., Assistant Surgeon
ASSIGNMENTS:
assigned to the command of Brigadier General Nicholas Bartlett Pearce
BATTLES:
Wilson's Creek
ROSTERS:
The roster of this battalion contains the names of 41 men.
Company A, of Sebastian County, commanded by Captain Patrick H. Sanders.
Company B, of Madison County, commanded by Captain Larkin Bunch.
Company C, of Washington County, commanded by Captain Hugh L. Tinnen.
Company D, the Fort Smith Grays, of Sebastian County, commanded by Captain Cabell.
Company E, of Crawford County, commanded by John T. Humphreys.
Company F, of Washington County commanded by Captain Thomas Montague Gunter.
Company G, of uncertain county commanded by Captain J. W. Johnson.
Company H, the Jo. Wright Guards, of Carroll County commanded by Capt. Hampton B. Fancher.
Company I, of Carroll County, commanded by Captain John Denny.
Company K, of Carroll County, commanded by Captain James Midleton Pittman.
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REFERENCES: REF: Wikipedia
Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate Armies
Another Arkansas unit also had the designation 4th Arkansas, the 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment which formed after the Battle of Wilson's Creek, and spent most of its service in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. There is no connection between the two units.
Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate Armies