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Re: 3rd Arkansas Infantry "Elite"

"Most of them enlisted at Lynchburg in March 1862."

That is interesting since in March of 1862 the 3rd Arkansas Infantry didn't have much of a reputation. Nor had they seen much combat to earn much of a reputation as a "fighting" Unit.

In fact all three of the Arkansas Units in Virginia, The 1st Arkansas (which had recently returned to Tennessee, the 2nd Arkansas Battalion, and the 3rd Arkansas, were quite out of place "socially" with the Virginians. Their backwoods charactor didn't fit too well the eastern coast Army.

William Bronaugh because of his University of Virginia Connections was the only commander to recieve any consideration and command of a composite Unit that was made up on Arkansas, Maryland and Virginia Companies.

So one has to wonder why these 8 Virginias "volunteered" into the 3rd Arkansas? Maybe they were not wanted in a Virginia regiment?

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