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Some of the Arkansas batteries which served east of the Mississippi received numerical designations. The ones I know about were:

Provence/Humphreys/Rivers -- 1st Arkansas Light Artillery.
Roberts/Wiggins -- 2nd Arkansas Light Artillery.
Hubbard/Thrall -- 3rd Arkansas Light Artillery.

I haven't found any such record yet of the other Arkansas batteries.

The Arkansas battery of the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery started life as Capt. Frederick William Hoadley's "Magruder Guards", Co. D, 4th Battalion Arkansas Artillery. It was detailed to man the heavy guns at Island No. 10, and never returned to infantry service with the battalion.

Another Arkansas company, which I'm still researching, was Capt. D. Whit. Harris' "McCown Guards" from southwest Arkansas. My tentative information seems to lead to the probability that this company was intended to for the Johnson/Gee 15th Arkansas Infantry, but, like Hoadley's company, got sidetracked into artillery service. Capt. Paul Thomas Dismukes eventually commanded the company, which became part of the 1st Tennessee Light Artillery. One of the last reports of the 1st Tennessee Light Artillery indicates that Captain Dismukes had taken his company across the Mississippi River, and was believed to be making for Shreveport. Like I said, this is an ongoing research project, so everything is still pretty tentative right now.

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