Mark, it will take some time, but I can extract some numbers for you from my files. However, as Doyle Taylor has accurately described in his post, we will probably never know for sure exactly how many Arkansans served in the Civil War. There are actually two questions involved -- how many Arkansans served in the Civil War, and how many men served in Arkansas regiments? There will be a great disparity in numbers between the two questions.

Many Arkansans served in regiments organized in other states; men from other states served in Arkansas regiments; many (at least 2,000) served in both Confederate and Union regiments. Then there is the question of what does one mean by Confederate service? Does one include the State militia, State troops, local defense troops, home guard companies, quasi-official partisan ranger companies. Does one include Arkansans who served in the Confederate navy and marine corps?

A man could devote his entire life to researching this field of interest.

At any rate, give me some time and I'll pull together some numbers for you. As far as I know, I have the most comprehensive Arkansas Civil War soldier database around; at least, that's what I've been told. Even if that's true, I know that it is, and always will be, incomplete.