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The 7th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (1861–1862) was a Confederate Army infantry battalion during the American Civil War. The battalion, which was often referred to as Desha's Battalion, was eventually consolidated with the 9th Arkansas Infantry Battalion and the 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. ==Organization== The 7th Arkansas Battalion was organized Major Franklin Desha of Independence County. Desha was a Mexican–American War veteran and had commanded a company in the Arkansas Regiment of Mounted Gunmen during the Battle of Buena Vista. The unit was eventually made up of six understrength companies. Desha was forced to compete with other Arkansas regiments organizing in northeast Arkansas in July 1861 and many Independence County men chose the 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment over Desha's because Desha refused to allow the men to elect their seargents and corporals.〔Stroud Collection Lyon College Special Collections Regional Studies Center Mabee-Simpson Library Lyon College Accessed 14 June 2012, http://web.lyon.edu/groups/mslibrary/rcol/stroud.htm〕〔 The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the following counties:〔Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: 7th Arkansas Battalion", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 20 May 2012, Accessed 12 June 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=26327〕 * Company A, The "Searcy Greys" from White County, commanded by Captain Jesse Newton Cypert. * Company B, from Independence County, commanded by Captain Simeon Cason. * Company C, from Independence County, commanded by Captain Samuel C. Jones. * Company D, from Independence County, commanded by Captain John W. Cullins. * Company E, from White County, commanded by Captain John Critz. * Company F, from Arkansas County, commanded by Captain D. S. Morris. Captain Cypert of Company A was appointed major when the battalion was organized, and was succeeded as captain by George Franklin Baucum. In August, the Confederate War Department designated Desha's Battalion as the 7th Battalion Arkansas Volunteers.〔Odom, Danny "Re: Desha's 7th Arkansas Battalion", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 14 June 2012, Accessed 14 June 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=26572〕 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「7th Arkansas Infantry Battalion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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