34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

The 34th Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.

Organization

34th Infantry Regiment was formed August 16, 1862. Colonel William H. Brooks, Lieutenant Colonels T. M. Gunter and James R. Pettigrew, and Major F. R. Earle were in command. The unit was assigned to Fagan's, A.T. Hawthorne's, and Roane's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. The unit was composed of companies from the following counties:

• Company A —Washington County.
• Company B —Washington County.
• Company C —Washington County.
• Company D —Sebastian County.
• Company E —Crawford County.
• Company F —Benton County.
• Company G —Sebastian County.
• Company H —Washington County. (Contained many former members of the 10th Arkansas Militia Regiment
• Company I —Franklin County. (Much Companies A, B, and C, 7th Arkansas Militia Regiment enlisted in this Company.
• Company K —Washington County.

Battles

The 34th participated in the following actions:

• The Battle of Prairie Grove, AR 7 Dec 1862
• The Battle of Helena, AR 4 Jul 1863
• The Battle of Little Rock, AR 10 Sep 1863.
• The Battle of Jenkins Ferry, AR 30Apr 1864
• The Battle of Ivey's Ford, AR 17 Jan 1865

Surrender

The unit was near Marshall, Texas, along with the 22nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment when word came of the surrender. Rather than March to Shreveport La, as orgionally directed, the two regiments chose to march to Fort Smith, Arkansas and surrendered to General Bussey at that location.

External links

• Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
• Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
• War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
• Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas

See also

• List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• Confederate Units by State
• Arkansas in the American Civil War
• Arkansas Militia in the Civil War