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1st Arkansas Consolidated

While cleaning up some of my files today, I ran across some research I'd done which I don't believe I've posted before. As you know, the remnants of ten depleted Arkansas regiments, along with one mostly-Arkansas regiment, in the Army of Tennessee were consolidated into a single regiment at Smithfield, North Carolina, on April 9, 1865. A few years ago I finally got a handle on how the old regiments were distributed in the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry. If you're interested in real trivia, here 'tis --

Co. A--1st Arkansas Infantry.
Co. B--2nd Arkansas Infantry.
Co. C--5th Arkansas Infantry.
Co. D--6th and 7th Arkansas Infantry.
Co. E--8th Arkansas Infantry.
Co. F--24th Arkansas Infantry.
Co. G--13th Arkansas Infantry.
Co. H--15th Arkansas Infantry.
Co. I--19th Arkansas Infantry.
Co. K--3rd Confederate Infantry.

These regiments were so depleted that many of them had been in various field consolidations prior to this reorganization, but this represented the official end of their existence.

The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry surrendered with the Army of Tennessee a couple of weeks later, and the men were paroled at Jamestown, North Carolina, on May 1, 1865.

I have a parole list, on paper, which I plan to transcribe into computerese, which I'll be glad to post if anyone's interested.

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