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The 14th (Power's) Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. Two Arkansas units received the designation 14th. The other 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was commanded by Colonel James H. McCarver. The unit participated in the Pea Ridge Campaign in Arkansas and then moved east of the Mississippi River, with General Earl Van Dorn's Army of the West. After participating in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, the unit became part of the garrison of Port Hudson, Louisiana. Following the surrender of Port Hudson, the unit returned to Arkansas and was consolidated with other units that had been released following their capture to form the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment (Trans-Mississippi). == Organization == 14th (Powers') Arkansas Infantry was composed of ten companies from Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Newton and Searcy counties, which were mustered into service in July 1861 at Camp Adams, near Yellville, Arkansas. There were originally 939 officers and men mustered into the regiment.〔 〕 The driving force behind the organization of the regiment was State Senator William C. Mitchell, who notified the Governor that he had gathered his own company and nine other companies at Yellville, and was ready and able for service. The Governor accepted their services, and the State Military Board assigned Mitchell's regiment the designation of 14th Arkansas Regiment.〔 〕 There are practically no surviving regimental records of the 14th Arkansas' first year of service. The muster-in rolls were never sent to the Confederate War Department at Richmond, and the regiment's copies of the records were lost at the Battle of Pea Ridge, where the wagon containing the adjutant's portable desk was lost, burnt or captured. Thus, nothing comprehensive is known about the original members of the regiment, or deaths, discharges, promotions, etc. The regiment's records, for all practical purposes, begin in May 1862, when the 14th Arkansas was reorganized for the war.〔 The regiment was composed of volunteers, despite being drawn from a part of the State with strong pro-Union sentiments. The 14th Arkansas was very poorly armed with a bewildering variety of shotguns, old flint-lock muskets, and about every kind of muzzle-loaded musket and pistol available. Many of the men were originally armed only with home-made knives and hatchets. They had no uniforms, only homespun clothing, and virtually no accoutrements or camp equipment. Despite all these drawbacks, the 14th Arkansas Regiment was mustered into service at Yellville in August 1861, for a period of twelve months. The field officers were Col. William C. Mitchell, Lieut. Col. Eli Dodson, and Maj. John Allen. The names of the original company commanders are not known. The company commanders listed are those elected when the unit was reorganized in 1862.〔 The regiment was organized with volunteer companies from the following counties:〔 〕 *Company A – Commanded by Captain William C. Pace, organized in Marion County, on July 8, 1861. *Company B – Commanded by Captain James Washington Blackburn, organized in Marion County on July 13, 1861. This company was originally organized as a Volunteer Cavalry Company in the 31st Regiment, Arkansas State Militia, under the command of Captain Eli Dodson on June 13, 1860.〔Arkansas Military Department Records, List of Commissioned Officers of the Militia 1827–1862, Arkansas History Commission, Microfilm Roll 00000038-8, Page 209〕 *Company C – Commanded by Captain Richard S. Holt, organized in Marion County, on July 11, 1861. This company was originally organized as a Volunteer Cavalry Company in the 31st Regiment, Arkansas State Militia, under the command of Captain William Christmas Mitchell on June 14, 1861.〔 *Company D – Commanded by Captain George W. Campbell, organized in Searcy County, on July 17, 1861. *Company E – Commanded by Captain Ambrose R. McPherson, organized in Newton County, on July 17, 1861. *Company F – Commanded by Captain Eli Pogue, organized in Fulton County, on July 16, 1862. *Company G – Commanded by Captain Enos W. Baughman, organized in Carroll County, on July 12, 1862. *Company H – Commanded by Captain Robert E. Trimble, organized in Searcy County July 13, 1861. *Company I – Commanded by Captain Wythe Adams, organized in Izard County, on July 29, 1861. *Company K – Commanded by Captain James H. Love, organized in Searcy County, on August 5, 1861. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Powers')」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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