The Henry Martin of Co A, 1st Arkansas Infantry was a Union/Federal soldier not a Confederate. Arkansas initially raised Confederate troops but as portions of the State were overun by the Federal Army, units were raised by the North and listed as Arkansas units. The end result is much confusion for researchers and genealogiists because soldiers from low regimental number Arkansas units can be either Union or Confederate.

The link below will take you to a short history of the regiment.

Alan Thrower