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}} The 39th (Cocke's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment was a formation in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels Albert Johnson, Alexander Hawthorn, John Cocke, and Lieutenant-Colonel Cadwallader Polk.〔 It was mustered into service on June 17, 1862 at Trenton, Arkansas, remaining active through 1865.〔Sifakis 1995, pp. 124.〕 When Major-General Sterling Price's staff decided to designate all infantry regiments in the District of Arkansas as "Trans-Mississippi rifle regiments", the 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was designated as the 6th Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiment.〔 One other Arkansas regiment was designated as the 39th Arkansas Infantry; that regiment being successively commanded by Colonels Hart, McNeill, and Rogan. It was originally designated as the 39th Arkansas, but later redesignated as the 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.〔 The 39th served in the Trans-Mississippi Department and participated in all of the principal engagements in that department before disbanding on May 26, 1865. ==Organization== Johnson's-Hawthorn's-Cocke's-Polk's Infantry Regiment – the 39th Regiment Infantry Regiment – was organized in the summer of 1862. Major General Thomas C. Hindman assumed command of the Department of the Trans-Mississippi on May 30, 1862, and immediately began attempting to organize the Confederate forces in Arkansas. On June 15, 1862, Colonel Robert C. Newton, Hindman's Adjutant General, wrote to Colonel Albert Johnson who was attempting to raise a regiment in Phillips County Arkansas:〔Odom, Danny, "Re: Cocke's Regiment", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 26 November 2011, Accessed 1 July 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=25131〕 In mid-July 1862, several companies, including a small battalion under Captain Daniel H. Ringo, were added to Colonel Johnson's regiment. Captain Ringo was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment on July 19, 1862.〔 By August 12, 1862, the new regiment was at Crystal Hill, north of Little Rock. Johnson received his official appointment as Colonel on August 15, with date of rank from June 8, 1862. In September and October, the regiment camped at Austin, Arkansas, and Des Arc. Johnson resigned on October 27 in order to report to General John C. Breckenridge, East of the Mississippi River. Lt. Col. Ringo resigned the following day. The resignations apparently resulted from bad relations between Johnson, Ringo and the junior officers. In accepting their resignations, General Thomas C. Hindman noted that the two men were not in good standing with the officers of the regiment. On November 3, 1862, General Hindman issued Special Order Number 30:〔 The regiment consisted of the following volunteer companies:〔 * Company A – Organized June 4, 1862. * Company B – Organized July 4, 1862 * Company C – Organized June 12, 1862; consolidated with (old) Co. I, December 16, 1862 * Company D – Organized at Benton, Saline County, June 17, 1862 * Company E – Organized June 14, 1862; consolidated with Co. L, December 16, 1862 * Company F – Organized August 1, 1862; consolidated with (old) Co. G in (new) Co. B, December 16, 1862 * Company G – Consolidated with (old) Co. F in (new) Company B, December 16, 1862 * Company H – Redesignated as (new) Co. A, December 16, 1862 * Company I – Consolidated in Co. C, December 16, 1862 * Company K – Organized at Danville, Yell County, July 21, 1862; redesignated as (new) Co. F, December 16, 1862 * Company L – Consolidated in Co. E, December 16, 1862 The regiment served in McRae's, Fagan's, and Hawthorn's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department.〔 The field officers were Colonels Alfred W. Johnson, Alexander T. Hawthorn, John B. Cocke, and Cadwallader Polk,〔United States. War Dept. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 41, In Four Parts. Part 4, Correspondence, Etc., Book, 1893; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145061 : accessed February 14, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.〕 and Lieutenant Colonel D.W. Ringo.〔 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「39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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