18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA

Field and Staff Officers

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Bullock, J H
Sergeant-Major, Adjutant—Enlisted in Co. I, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Camden, Arkansas, March 15, 1862; appointed regimental sergeant-major, June 18, 1862; appointed first lieutenant and assistant adjutant-general, September 16, 1862; no further information.

Carroll, David W
Colonel—Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, February 22, 1862; appointed captain, February 22, 1862; appointed colonel, April 2, 1862; resigned, August 25, 1862; born in Maryland.

Cheatham, John A
Adjutant—Enlisted in Co. E, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Little Rock, Arkansas, March 27, 1862; appointed adjutant; no further information..

Crockett, Robert Hamilton
Major, Colonel—Enlisted in Co. E, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Little Rock, Arkansas, March 27, 1862; appointed major, April 2, 1862; promoted colonel, October 5, 1862; appointed provost-marshal at Washington, Arkansas, January 16, 1865; born at Paris, Tennessee, February 15, 1832; graduate of Kentucky Military Institute; married Sallie F. Lewis at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1852; married Mary B. Lewis at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1855; filed Federal land patent in Arkansas county in 1860; served as Arkansas State Senator, 1884-1888; grandson of Davey Crockett.

Daly, John N
Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel—Enlisted in Co. I, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Camden, Arkansas, March 15, 1862; appointed lieutenant-colonel, April 2, 1862; promoted colonel, August 25, 1862; mortally wounded at Corinth, Mississippi, October 4, 1862; died of wounds, October 5, 1862; born in Tennessee, c1831; married Mary Ann McCollum; listed in Ouachita county 1860 census with wife Mary A.; occupation lawyer.

Furst, Abraham  “Abe”
Commissary—Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, February 22, 1862; appointed captain and assistant commissary, April 3, 1862; captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 9, 1863; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Johnson’s Island, Ohio, until released on oath of allegiance on January 28, 1864; born in Germany, c1835.

Hamilton, Alexander L  “Alex”
Assistant Surgeon—Appointed assistant surgeon; no further information.

Henderson, Eugene
Assistant Surgeon—Enlisted in Co. D, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; appointed fifth sergeant, March 1, 1862; appointed regimental assistant surgeon, July 27, 1862; captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, January 5, 1863; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Fort McHenry, Maryland, until exchanged on April 12, 1863.

Jones, Henry Luther
Sergeant-Major—Enlisted in Co. F, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Auburn, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; appointed regimental sergeant-major; reduced to private, January 12, 1863; captured and paroled in Madison parish, Louisiana, May 11, 1863; no further information; born in Alabama, c1839; listed in Desha county 1860 census; occupation farmer.

Lea, Robert A
Quartermaster-Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. B, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Princeton, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; promoted third sergeant, June 1, 1862; appointed quartermaster-sergeant, June 18, 1862; captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 9, 1863, and paroled on July 12, 1863; previously served as third lieutenant in 44th Arkansas Militia, and third lieutenant in Co. C, 6th Arkansas Infantry; born at Leasburg, North Carolina, March 26, 1834; died in Dallas county, Arkansas, January 19, 1900; buried in Princeton Cemetery, Dallas county, Arkansas; listed in Dallas county 1860 census, occupation merchant; attended 1899 Confederate reunion at Princeton, Arkansas, listing his address as Princeton, Arkansas.

McGregor, Flowers
Quartermaster—Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, February 22, 1862; appointed second sergeant, February 22, 1862; appointed captain and assistant quartermaster, April 4, 1862; captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 9, 1863; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Johnson’s Island, Ohio; no further information; born in Tennessee, c1828.

Mayfield, Elisha
Quartermaster—Appointed assistant quartermaster in 1863; dropped, June 10, 1864; no further information.

Mitchell, Joseph W
Chaplain—Enlisted in Co. C, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Des Arc, Arkansas, March 8, 1862; appointed fourth sergeant, March 8, 1862; appointed regimental chaplain, April 12, 1862; resigned, December 19, 1862.

Parish, William Nelson
Lieutenant-Colonel—Enlisted in Co. H, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Little Rock, Arkansas, March 3, 1862; appointed captain, March 3, 1862; promoted lieutenant-colonel, January 4, 1863; captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 9, 1863; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Johnson’s Island, Ohio; no further information; filed Federal land patents in Saline county in 1860 and 1861.

Parsons, H Lee
Surgeon—Appointed regimental surgeon, September 1, 1862; previously served in Co. H, 9th Arkansas Infantry.

Pattillo, Robert Goodwin
Adjutant—Enlisted in Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Tulip, Arkansas, June 25, 1861; discharged for measles at Camp Bartow, Virginia, August 28, 1861; enlisted in Co. B, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Princeton, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; elected first lieutenant, March 12, 1862; detailed as acting regimental adjutant, April 3 to May 4, 1862; promoted captain, May 8, 1862; resigned, July 25, 1862; born in New York, c1834; listed in Dallas county 1860 census with wife Henrietta F.; also listed in Hempstead county 1860 census with wife Henrietta F.; occupation clerk.

Peyton, Craven
Surgeon—Appointed regimental surgeon, April 2, 1862; relieved, September 19, 1862; appointed chief surgeon, Marmaduke’s Division, June 1863; born in Tennessee, November 30, 1823; died in Arkansas, November 7, 1872; buried in Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas; married Caroline Crease in 1851; appointed to the board of St. John’s College at Little Rock in 1859; occupation surgeon.

Phillips, Henry
Sergeant-Major—Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, February 22, 1862; appointed regimental sergeant-major, January 1, 1863; captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 9, 1863; no further information.

Pinson, Harnet
Assistant Surgeon—Appointed acting assistant surgeon; no further information.

Price, John E
Assistant Surgeon—Enlisted in Co. A, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Byrd Springs, Arkansas, February 25, 1862; appointed second lieutenant, February 25, 1862; detailed as acting assistant surgeon; previously served in Co. E, 1st Arkansas Infantry; born in Tennessee.

Southerland, Samuel H
Major—Enlisted in Co. I, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Camden, Arkansas, March 15, 1862; appointed captain, March 15, 1862; absent on sick furlough, April 1863; promoted major, June 4, 1863; no further information; previously served in Co. H, 6th Arkansas Infantry; born in Tennessee, c1839; listed in Ouachita county 1860 census; brother of Private Joseph J. Southerland.

Stephens, William P
Quartermaster—Enlisted in Co. D, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; appointed second lieutenant, June 26, 1862; detailed as acting assistant quartermaster, 1863; captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 9, 1863; no further information; previously served in Co. B, 1st Arkansas Regiment State Troops; died, September 18, 1890; widow Lillian Riggins Stephens filed Arkansas pension application #28024 from Jefferson county, August 15, 1927.

White, James G
Ordnance Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. D, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, March 1, 1862; appointed regimental ordnance sergeant; transferred to Co. A, 12th Arkansas Battalion Sharpshooters, June 30, 1862.

White, William R
Quartermaster-Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, February 22, 1862; appointed regimental quartermaster-sergeant, April 3, 1862; transferred to Co. A, 12th Arkansas Battalion Sharpshooters, June 14, 1862; appointed captain and assistant quartermaster, June 14, 1862; captured in Bradley county, Arkansas, October 6, 1863; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Fort Delaware; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, October 15, 1864.  [Note: dropped from battalion rolls for absence without leave, April 11, 1864.]

Whitehead, Wiley
Commissary-Sergeant—Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, February 22, 1862; appointed regimental commissary-sergeant; captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 9, 1863; no further information.

Whitthorne, Andrew J
Assistant Surgeon—Enlisted in Co. I, 18th Arkansas Infantry, at Camden, Arkansas, March 15, 1862; discharged at Priceville, Mississippi, June 28, 1862, and appointed regimental assistant surgeon on June 29, 1862.

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