His records, consisting of some 40 cards, may be obtained through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above.

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Parker C. Ewan, Corporal, Captain Baldwin's Company K (Monroe Blues), 5th Regiment Arkansas Volunteers,** enrolled May 16, 1861 by Col P. R. Cleburne for one year, enlisted July 23, 1861 at Pitman's Ferry, appointed Bvt. 2nd Lieutenant July 23, 1861, promoted Captain May 8, 1862, severely wounded, arm broken at the battle of Murfeesboro, Tenn., December 31, 1862, on detached service as recruiting officer in Arkansas, at West Pt., Georgia[?] from March 14/17, 1863, serving in the Conscript Department, State of Alabama as County Enrolling Officer, 8th District May,1864, ordered to his command August, 1864, authorized leave of absence on Surgeons certificate September 11, 1864, captured at Macon, Ga. April 20/21, 1865

** This company subsequently became Company F, 15th Regiment Arkansas Infantry

M317: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas

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Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry

The Fifteenth Arkansas was given the number of Cle-
burne's old regiment. The latter was distinguished by
the addition "Confederate." It was organized at Cam-
den, Ark., in 1861, with the following officers: Col. James
Gee, Lieut.-Col. John C. Wright, Maj. P. Lynch Lee,
Benjamin W. Johnson, adjutant; Company A, Captain
Proctor; Company B, Capt. H. Purefoy; Company C,
Capt. John C. Wright (elected lieutenant-colonel in the
reorganization; L. W. Matthews was elected captain of
Company C) ; Company D, Capt. Frank Jordan; Company
E, Captain Ferguson; Company F, Capt. Alex. Byrne.
Four of the companies were taken from the early regi-
ment commanded by Col. Marsh Walker when he was
promoted brigadier-general. Before its completion as a
regiment, six companies were sent to the defense of Fort
Henry on the Tennessee river, and thence were trans-
ferred to the garrison at Fort Donelson on the Cumber-
land, twelve or fifteen miles distant. At the assault by
Grant and Foote with army and navy on Fort Donelson,
they were distinguished for their valor. They manned
the heavy guns until they burst or were dismounted, and
then led in a sortie in the snow and sleet against the
Federal trenches which were in course of construction in
their front. They took the first line of works, suffering
great loss, at least one-fourth of the command. Capt.
Frank Jordan was among the killed, and Adjt. Ben W.
Johnson among the wounded. Men and officers were
made prisoners by the "unconditional surrender." The
men were sent to Camp Butler, the officers to Fort Warren.
Lieut. -Col. John C. Wright made his escape, and return-
ing to Arkansas, was elected colonel of cavalry in the
service under General Hindman, who was organizing the
Trans-Mississippi department, and commanded Craw-
ford's brigade at Mark's Mills. The other officers were
exchanged in 1862, and the regiment was reorganized at
Jackson, Miss., 1862, under Col. Ben W. Johnson, Lieut.-
` Col. P. L. Lee, Maj. W. E. Steward, Adjt. J. E. Baker.
The captains on reorganization were: Company A, John
Stevenson; Company B, Joseph Daniels; Company C,
James Franklin; Company D, John Hubbard; Company
E, Ed Wilson; Company F, William Walker; Company
G, Albert Reed; Company H, Wilkerson; Company I,
L. W. Matthews; Company K, McClung.

The regiment after reorganization was sent south to
Louisiana to resist Banks, and fought in many minor
engagements—Cross Landing, Greenfield, Plum's Store,
and with the First Alabama and Thirteenth Mississippi,
engaged at Keller's Lane a largely superior force of
Federals, which they routed, taking many prisoners and
valuable stores. The regiment was called into the forti-
fications of Port Hudson, when attacked by the army and
navy of the United States. Captain Reed, of Company
G, was killed May 29, 1863; Captain Hubbard, of Com-
pany D, was killed. Within a day or two, Captain Ste-
venson died from wounds received. Capt. E. Wilson
died from concussion of the brain, caused by being struck
with a shell. The regiment, though not serving in the
wider fields of conflict, contained the finest fighting
material, proved its patience, and suffered and was ex-
posed as much as any in the service. It went into Port
Hudson with 484 men, and came out with only 92.

Source: Confederate Military History, vol. XIV, p. 312