Asa A. Morgan was Captain, Company A, 1st Arkansas Infantry, which company was raised in Eldora, Arkansas from his own purse. His record indicates that he was "dropped," being replaced by Sergeant James L. Newton who was appointed Captain, April 1, 1862. Newton was mortally wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862 and died June 23. Morgan, at Shiloh, was noted as a Staff Officer under General Johnston at Shiloh. Subsequently Colonel Enlisted as a Colonel 26th Arkansas Infantry.
M317: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas
Confederate Veteran, Vol. 18, 1910, p. 88
You see this is what give me cause to question. The Couch Genweb entry would give one the impression that Morgon was wounded during the Battle of Shiloh while leading Company A of the first Arkansas, However the Confederate Veterans article gives additional Information. The fact that Sgt Newton is appointed Capt over the Lieutenants in Company A again makes one wonder.
The A.N.V. was severly disrupted by the Confederate Laws that allowed the election of new Officer during the reorganization of that army in March and April of 1862. Several professional West Point Officers in that army were replaced because of their strick discipline in favor of less strick more personable and popular candidates. Many of those displaced officers went to other Units being formed buy the Conscription Act.