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Helena -- 39th Arkansas

This is a list of casualties sustained by the 39th (Hawthorn's) Arkansas Regiment at the attack on Helena, July 4, 1863. I compiled this list several years ago from the same sources cited in the 35th Arkansas list. This list contains 140 names. Colonel Alexander T. Hawthorn, in his after-action report, cited 133 casualties (20 killed, 70 wounded, 43 missing).

Note: In his report, Colonel Hawthorn stated that Capt. Walton Watkins, Co. D, was killed. "Here also the much-beloved Capt. Walton Watkins, while most gallantly leading his company over the enemy’s works, fell. It has never been my lot to witness more gallantry and more determined courage than displayed by this young officer on that day. We mourn the loss of other brave and true officers who fell during the engagement." However, Captain Watkins' compiled service record states that he was wounded and captured and sent to Overton Hospital at Memphis; then transferred to Johnson's Island Military Prison on August 6, 1863; and forwarded to New Orleans for exchange on January 9, 1865.

Ables, Jeremiah—Private, Co. C; wounded.
Akers, Alfred—Private, Co. K; wounded and captured; died of wounds.
Alexander, R M—Private, Co. C; wounded and captured.
Alfred, John R—Private, Co. A; killed.
Anderson, James—Private, Co. K; wounded and captured.
Anderson, Larkin H—Private, Co. A; wounded and captured.
Andrews, James D—Private, Co. C; captured.
Apple, Lewis—Private, Co. F; wounded and captured.
Armstrong, Jeptha D—Corporal, Co. I; captured.
Armstrong, John M—First Sergeant, Co. I; captured.
Arter, J G—Private, Co. H; captured.
Arter, John L—Private, Co. K; wounded and captured.
Austin, Stephen—Private, Co. E; captured.
Ball, William M—Sergeant, Co. D; captured.
Barker, F A—Private, Co. H; captured.
Barney, Joshua W—Private, Co. A; wounded and captured.
Barron, John—Private, Co. C; captured.
Bettis, J O—First Sergeant, Co. C; killed.
Blackburn, James W—Private, Co. A; captured.
Blankenship, W F—Private, Co. C; wounded.
Blythe, William H—Private, Co. K; wounded and captured.
Bohannon, James M—Private, Co. A; captured.
Boone, John A—Private, Co. H; wounded and captured.
Boring, Joshua H—Captain, Co. B; wounded and captured.
Boultinghouse, Zachariah—Private, Co. K; captured.
Bray, David H—Private, Co. E; captured.
Bray, Henry C—Sergeant, Co. E; captured.
Britton, Alexander J—Private, Co. A; captured.
Buchanan, Jackson—Private, Co. E; wounded and captured.
Bunch, John F—Sergeant, Co. H; captured.
Burk, J A—Private, Co. K; missing; supposed to be dead.
Cahill, Daniel—Private, Co. E; captured.
Cathey, Alexander B—Corporal, Co. G; wounded.
Cathey, James H—Private, Co. F; wounded and captured.
Clift, Joseph—Private, Co. I; captured.
Cocke, John B—Major; severely wounded.
Collie, John W—Private, Co. I; captured.
Collie, Robert C—Private, Co. I; wounded.
Collins, S C—Corporal, Co. B; killed.
Connell, T G—Private, Co. C; killed.
Cook, Evans—Musician, Co. I; captured.
Cook, Henry N—Private, Co. B; captured.
Cook, Robert C—Private, Co. I; captured.
Conger, John A—Private, Co. B; captured.
Corder, Elias B—Private, Co. A; wounded.
Crider, William W—Private, Co. F; captured.
Davis, Richard M—Captain, Co. C; wounded.
Dawson, Francis M—Private, Co. G; wounded.
Devenport, G D—Private, Co. I; wounded and captured.
Dickson, J M—Private, Co. D; captured.
Dodd, Jesse—Private, Co. D; wounded and captured.
Dorough, G W—Private, Co. D; captured.
Duncan, Robert F—Private, Co. E; wounded and captured.
Duncan, Wiley C—Private, Co. F; wounded and captured; died of wounds.
Ellis, James W—Private, Co. F; captured.
Fields, Isaac—Sergeant, Co. E; captured.
Fitch, William W—Private, Co. B; wounded and captured.
Franklin, Carroll—Private, Co. F; captured.
Freeman, T C—Private, Co. H; captured.
Gill, William—Private, Co. K; killed.
Glidewell, Matthew—Private, Co. E; wounded.
Gray, Andrew J—Private, Co. I; captured.
Gray, James W—Private, Co. I; wounded and captured; supposed to be dead.
Green, E A—Private, Co. I; wounded.
Green, J E—Private, Co. E; wounded.
Gynemar, Charles—Sergeant-Major; captured.
Harrington, Drury M—Private, Co. B; captured.
Harrison, Levi M—Sergeant, Co. I; captured.
Hatchett, W A—First Sergeant, Co. F; captured.
Hickman, J W—Private, Co. D; captured.
Hickman, Joseph M—Private, Co. D; captured.
Hill, Alexander—Private, Co. A; captured.
Hinson, William H—Second Lieutenant, Co. G; killed.
Holliman, Joshua—Private, Co. D; wounded.
Howard, John H—Private, Co. I; captured.
Hudson, George W—First Lieutenant, Co. B; captured.
Hyatt, James—Private, Co. D; wounded and captured.
Janeway, William P—Private, Co. D; wounded and captured.
Jones, Franklin—Private, Co. K; wounded and captured; died of wounds.
Keeney, John W—Private, Co. B; captured.
Kelly, Isacar—Private, Co. A; captured.
Kemp, Joseph H—Private, Co. I; captured.
Kenniard, Lewis R—Second Lieutenant, Co. H; killed.
Kesterson, L D—Private, Co. D; wounded and captured.
King, William—Private, Co. C; wounded and captured.
Lamb, Joseph—Sergeant, Co. G; captured.
Lay, Lewis—Private, Co. A; wounded.
McKiver, R A—Private, Co. C; wounded and captured; supposed to be dead.
Matthews, J T—Private, Co. F; wounded and captured.
Moody, H C—Corporal, Co. H; captured.
Morgan, Levi—Sergeant, Co. H; wounded and captured.
Myers, James M—Private, Co. K; missing; supposed to be dead.
Nobles, Wiley—Private, Co. K; captured.
Nowell, Laten—Private, Co. E; wounded and captured; supposed to be dead.
Palmer, John E—Private, Co. C; wounded.
Parker, William F—Private, Co. F; captured.
Phelps, Frederick A—Private, Co. C; captured.
Phillips, John—Private, Co. I; wounded and captured.
Pyron, Charles—Sergeant, Co. G; wounded.
Redenhower, D R—First Sergeant, Co. C; wounded; died of wounds.
Reece, H R—Private, Co. H; captured.
Rhine, Thomas W—Private, Co. G; captured.
Rice, E H—First Sergeant, Co. G; wounded.
Riggs, Thomas D—Private, Co. I; wounded and captured; died of wounds.
Robertson, Alfred C—Private, Co. A; captured.
Ross, Albert E—Private, Co. I; wounded and captured; died of wounds.
Ross, Robert E—Private, Co. I; wounded.
Rowell, Benjamin F—Private, Co. C; captured.
Sanford, Francis M—Private, Co. D; wounded and captured.
Sanway, William—Private, Co. D; wounded and captured.
Scott, B S—Private, Co. C; color-bearer; killed.
Scott, O P—Private, Co. F; wounded and captured; supposed to be dead.
Shaddock, Richard J—First Lieutenant, Co. A; captured.
Shockley, James—Corporal, Co. D; captured.
Smith, Joseph J—Private, Co. B; captured.
Southerland, Howard—Private, Co. I; wounded.
Southerland, William T—Private, Co. I; wounded and captured; supposed to be dead.
Standly, J A—Private, Co. D; captured.
Standly, O A—Private, Co. D; captured.
Stubbs, Doctor S—Private, Co. C; captured.
Sweeten, Jesse—Private, Co. D; captured.
Tharp, S B—Private, Co. E; wounded.
Thomas, Reuben—Corporal, Co. E; captured.
Thomasson, B F—Private, Co. C; captured.
Thompson, Francis A—Private, Co. C; captured.
Thompson, Joseph N—Second Lieutenant, Co. C; wounded and captured.
Todd, Jesse—Private, Co. D; wounded and captured; died of wounds.
Turner, W J—Private, Co. K; killed.
Walter, A J—Private, Co. E; captured.
Ward, Thomas H—Private, Co. B; wounded and captured.
Watkins, Walton—Captain, Co. D; wounded and captured.
Wayland, William H—Second Lieutenant, Co. I; wounded and captured.
Whisenhunt, B M—Private, Co. K; missing; returned to duty.
Whisenhunt, J B—Private, Co. K; captured.
Whiteley, H L—Corporal, Co. H; wounded and captured.
Whiteley, John R—Sergeant, Co. H; captured.
Wiles, Jacob E—Private, Co. K; missing; returned to duty.
Wilkerson, William A—Private, Co. E; wounded and captured.
Witt, Alvin—Private, Co. F; captured.
Wood, John—Corporal, Co. D; captured.

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