NARA
Box 1, Entry 100
Special Orders of General Van Dorn, Army of the West
# 54-# 118
April 18, 1862-June 19, 1862
S. O. # 61 April 22, 1862
"An election for field officers will at once be held in "Seward's-[sp?] Regiment" of Arkansas volunteers and the organization will consist of the companies of Captains Lyles, Adair, Hughes, Pennington, Willis, Black, Clendenning, Seward, Robinson and Johnston."
S. O. # 64 April 24 Memphis
I. The regiment under command of Captain Turnbull of the companies of Captains Reinhardt, Byers, Slowan [?], Hufstedtler, Morgan, Oates, Adams, Rodgers, McCoy, and Adair is hereby assigned to the brigade of Churchill.
XIII. Captain Adair's company will be organized with the battalions known as Hughes and Adams. It is relieved from duty under the orders of Captain Turnbull and Captain Adair will report his company to Major Hughes.
4/25-Adams Ark regiment organized Memphis [archivist says date of appt as Maj, Bn Ark inf-not found-elected Col of regt 4/25-
Original co’s
A-Hillis
9 men W of Miss were furloughed from Memphis hospitals & are prevented from returning due to enemy control of river
B-Clendening
C-J W Seward-acting surg-org 3/13
D-Lyles-9/10 to Col
E-Black-9/11 to Major
F-Hughes
G-Robinson-some absentees of this co appear on rolls of 33rd Ark
I-Adair formerly co in Turnbull’s 11 Ark bn-awol west of river
3/12-6/30 muster roll-camp near Priceville-Lt Benson cdg-Capt Adair & those marked awol were furloughed to Craighead Co on sick leave about 5/1 & have not been heard from. Later remarks state- now in service with Hindman’s army
K-Westmoreland
NARA-Snead Papers
4/27 Memphis-Morning report Arkansas Infantry commanded by Col Charles Adams
PRESENT TOTAL AGG ABSENT P &A
For duty Other Dtchd service On leave
Officers Men Officers Men Officers Men Off Men Tot agg
F&S 3
9 Co’s A-I
577 607 652 687
Morning report Ark Infantry Col Chas Adams
Not taken up on consolidated report-and it was not handed [in] till 28th
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4/27 HQ Army of the West, Memphis- Maury to Capt Johnson, You will proceed in the steamer furnished for the purpose by the QM along the Ms River. You will inform the planters on its banks that the river is now open to the enemy, & that the interests of our country demand that they shall at once destroy all of their cotton.
These orders are given to you by Gen Van Dorn under instructions from Gen Beauregard.
(Copies to Lt Hill, Capt Lyles, Capt Clendenning, Memphis
4/28 Col Adams’ CSR-Memphis-req by Col Adams for haversacks, canteens, etc-signs as Col cdg regt Ark Inf Vols
5/5 Adams’ Ark regt lvs Mps for Corinth-Clark’s arty bgde to also leave
5/5 Col Rosser cdg post at Memphis reporting departures of following commands to Corinth:
Col C W Adams Ark regt vol 357 men armed with rifles and muskets
5/25 rec’d Camp Clark-Camp Moore, Col Chas W Adams cdg Ark regt-in regard to the re-organization of Adams’ regt Ark Inf [filed with rolls F&S Adams’ 23 Ark Inf-1896 archivist note]
5/27 The regiment was reorganized “for three years or the war” at Camp Priceville, near Tupelo, Mississippi, on May 27, 1862, at which time Captain Thomas L. Westmoreland’s independent company was added, bringing the regiment up to full strength.
Posted By: Bryan Howerton <
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6/12 Camp Ingram, Ms-Capt Lyles cdg co of Adams’ Ark regt, Moore brigade-submitting report of cotton burning expedition [23rd Ark]
7/2 Capt Adair awol west of river –with some members of this company organize Co I [aka O] of 5th T/M inf regt aka 30th Ark
CSR entries for Capt Adair
5/4 Returned to his home in Arkansas on sick leave and is reported to have recovered and now on service in Ark
Roll ending June 30, 1862-AWOL
Roll ending Aug 31, 1862- AWOL
8/25 Maj J F Robinson of Col Adams’ Ark regt detailed on special duty
9/10 CSR entry for Adjutant Roworth, 23rd Ark -reorganization of field officers-none of the old officers were re-elected written later in Sept--and thus discharged and have gone to Ark]--O P Lyles Col-E L Black Major-A A Pennington LtCol
9/25 CSR entry for Adjutant Roworth, 23rd Ark -
HQs Lyles’ Regt 1st Bgde
3rd Div, Army of the West
Camp Little, Sept 25, 1862
To: Capt Loughborough, AAG
On the 28th of last May I was appointed adjutant of this Regt with the approval of the commanding Gen & by him I was ordered to duty. The appointment was duly forwarded to Richmond for approval of the President as I was at the time of this appointment orderly sergeant of Co B in this Regt.
On the 10th of this month a reorganization of the field officers of the Regt was ordered by Gen Maury-none of the old officers were re-elected and were therefore discharged and have gone home to Ark to enter the service there
My Col especially wanted me to join him in Ark if it would meet with the approval of the Gen commanding: I have a wife and three small children in Helena-they have no relatives there, and are in great distress
I would therefore respectfully ask that I may be transferred to service in Ark with permission to try and relieve my family from their distress before being ordered to duty, such time being allowed me as the
Gen may approve
…
Joseph G Roworth Adj Ark Inf Regt
[Endorsements]
HQs Lyles’ Reg, 1st Brig, 3rd Div A.W.
Sept 25, 1862
Approved and respectfully forwarded A A Pennington, LtCol cdg regt
Respectfully forwarded -William S Barry, Col cdg Moore’s Bgde
[Respectfully forwarded by Price and Maury]
11/19 A&IGO Jasper Whiting forwards to Sec of War
To Adj Gen
The Dept knows of no place to assign him to duty
The Alexander Papers
10/1 Gen Order #21 apptg C W Adams as Vol ADC to Holmes
The Alexander Papers
10/6 C W Adams commissioned Col & AAIG to Gen Hindman
Repository: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System, 100 Rock Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Creator: Thompson, Samuel J., 1830-1863
Title: Samuel J. and Maggie Thompson Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of four letters written by Samuel J. Thompson while serving with the 23rd Arkansas Infantry, one Civil War letter by L. J. Smith from Tunnel Hill, Ga., and two additional letters.
10/12 near Holly Springs, Thompson [23rd Ark] gives a detailed description of that portion of the Battle of Corinth that happened at Davis' Bridge over the Hatchie River. He wants to correct a published report of the battle that says Moore’s bgde was captured at the bridge and re-taken by [Villepigue’s command which is entirely a mistake. He says that they have been marching and even sleeping in line of battle since Sept 7, but finally have an opportunity to rest.
Maury’s division, which is made up of Moore’s, [to which I belong] Cabell’s & Phifer’s bgdes which was marching in front on the retreat & Moore’s was in front of the division.
At present we are well furnished with rations & the men are permitted to …and recruit themselves as best as they can.
Write to me at Holly Springs. We have reorganized our regiment and turned Adams out and elected a man named Lyles. So you will direct them to S J Thompson
Care of Col Lyles
Moore’s Bgde
3rd Div
Price’s army
10/25 [CSR] some co officers dropped [23rd Ark]
NARA
Chapter I Volume 107 1/4
Adams' Arkansas regiment [23rd Ark]
Col Adams 4/25/62 originally entered CSA service 4/25/62 Colonel
LtCol S. P. Hughes 4/25/62 originally entered CSA service 3/27/62 LtColonel
Robinson [Robertson?] 4/25/62 originally entered CSA service 3/27/62 LtColonel
Captains:
Dobson {sp?]
Clendenning
Seward
Lyles
Black
Harris
Carnes
Adair
Pennington
Westmoreland
Chapter I Volume 105
23rd Arkansas
Col C.W. Adams reorganization O. P. Lyles
LtCol S.P Hughes reorganization Pennington
Major Robinson [sp] reorganization Black
Chapter I Volume 83
23rd Arkansas: [field officers] effective Sept. 10, 1862
Lyles-Col
Black Major 9/10/62
[Pennington]-to LtCol 9/10/62
Record Group 109 Entry 65
Dept of Miss & E Louisiana folder 16
"List of Colonels in this command" December 1862
includes:
O. P. Lyles 23rd Arkansas Sept. 9, 1862
23rd Arkansas
Col Lyles
LtCol Black
Pennington [to LtCol 9/10/62]
Captains:
Dobson
Clendenning
Seward
McAllister
Smith
Holmes
Gracreft [sp?]
Lewis
Adair
Westmoreland
Reminscences of Boys in Gray
Shaw
…sworn into service in March at Arkadelphia and then to Little Rock and on to Memphis and was attached to 23rd Arkansas commanded by Col Adams
Then on to Corinth-At Tupelo we re-enlisted for the war. Here the army was reorganized and though still in Moore's bgde we were now in Price's Div vs Morrison's [Maury's]