2nd Arkansas 30 Day Volunteer Regiment

The 2nd Arkansas Infantry (30 Day Volunteers) (1861) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.

2nd Arkansas Infantry (30 Day Volunteers) (Confederate)
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Active	1861
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	CSA
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War

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Organization

The 2nd Regiment Arkansas Regiment, 30-Day Volunteers (infantry), may not have completed its organization. The only records which have survived are from the 1st Battalion of this regiment. Only the records of the four companies of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment are extant. Four companies from northeast Arkansas constituted the 1st Battalion. The companies enlisted for 30 days of emergency service on November 18, and were discharged on December 18, 1861.[1]

• Company A – Capt. John H. Miers’ company from Jackson County.
• Company B – "High Repellers" – Capt. W. T. High’s company from Prairie (and present-day Lonoke) counties. This company was organized as Volunteer Company G, under the command of William T. High and Company H, under the command of W.J. McCombs, 50th Militia Regiment of Prairie County. These volunteer companies were organized on November 12, 1861.[2]
• Company C – Capt. James R. Morris’ company from Independence and present-day Cleburne counties, and
• Company D – Capt. Thomas G. Shinpock’s company from present-day Woodruff County.

Release from Service

The men of Companies A, B and C returned to their respective homes after being discharged. The men of Company D stayed on to enlist in Confederate service for one year and became Company K of the 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (McCarver's). No colonel or lieutenant-colonel was ever assigned to the 2nd Regiment. The only field-grade officer mentioned in the record is a Major Allen, commanding the 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment.[1]

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

References

1. Howerton, Bryan, "2nd Arkansas Regiment, 30-Day Volunteers, CSA", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 27 July 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2volfas.html
2. Arkansas Military Department Records, List of Commissioned Officers in State Militia 1827–1862, Microfilm Roll 00000038-8, Page 449

External links

• Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
• The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
• The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service".