You also have the Pine Bluff Artillery for what they were. There was also a militia cavalry company which became company "D" of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. Even thought that company was officially organized for confederate servive until March 1862.

My understanding of what little records that I have seen is that the pre war 24th Arkansas Militia Regiment consisted of two companies of Infantry ( Company "H" of the 2nd AR. Inf., Co. "B" 15th AR. Inf.,) a company of Cavalry (Co. "D" 2nd Arkansas Batt.) and a company of Artillery (Pine Bluff Artillery) the Pine bluff artillerys gun was at the center of a contriversy when it was siezed at Cinncinnati, Ohio.

There was possibly a third company of militia Infantry of which I am not quite sure of. These are the men who became Co. "D" "Clan McGregor" of Fagan's 1st AR. Inf. I haven't been able to determine where these men came from. Since Donaldson McGregor the Captain of that comapny was the Colonel of the 24th Ark Militia I suspect that this company was a composite of volunteers made up of men from the other two Infantry companies of the 24th AR. Militia.

In any case these 3 companies were the first rush of volunteers in May 1861 to form companies, They were quickly followed by July by 4 more companies in the 9th AR. Inf., and in September by an 8th company Co. "B" 2nd Ark. Inf., Battalion.