Arkansas Civil War Soldiers and Sailors

As foes they fought, as friends they sleep




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Prisoner of War


RABURN, William C. - Co. A, 1st Ark Cav, USA; died 1916; buried at Ramsey Cemetery, near Hackett, AR

RAGSDALE, Lewis T. - 1LT, Co. K, 10th Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted Jul 1861 at Springfield, Conway Co., AR; wounded at Battle of Shiloh; captured at Port Hudson, LA in Jul 1863; imprisoned at Johnson's Island, OH until Jun 1865; after the war became a physician; died in 1918; buried at Pisgah Cemetery, Pottsville, AR; Contact: Nancy Ragsdale Gilien

RAINES, Middleton Wood - Pvt, Co. I, 3rd Ark Inf, CSA; fought with his unit at Gettysburg, taking part in the advance on Little Round Top; fell ill during Lee's retreat and was left on the north bank of the Potomac at Falling Waters where he was taken prisoner by Meade's forces on 14 Jul 1863; held as Prisoner of War at the Old Capital Prison in Washington DC until Dec 1863 when he was sent "up north"; died in TX on 31 Dec 1900; buried at Slocum, Anderson Co., TX; Contact: Roy L. Gentry

RAINS, William J. - Pvt, Co. C, 25th (Turnbull's) Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 27 Apr 1862

RAINWATER, William L. - Co. C, 34th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Confederate Cemetery, Fayetteville, AR

RALEY, Levi - Pvt, Co. B, 26th Ark Inf, CSA; died 13 Sep 1862; buried in unknown's grave at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Austin, AR

RAMSAUR, L.M. - MAJ, 1st Ark Mtd Rifles, CSA; died 28 Jul 1863 at Fort Delaware as a Prisoner of War; buried at Finn's Point National Cemetery

RAMSEY, Samuel - 1st Ark Cav, USA; died 1915; buried at Forrest Park Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO

RANDELL, James Lawrence - CSA; born 16 Feb 1816 in Greene Co., GA; died 11 Apr 1906; buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Faulkner Co., AR

RANDLE, H.J. - Pvt, Co. F, Dobbin's Ark, CSA; captured 28 Nov 1863; died 14 Feb 1864 at Alton, IL of typhoid/malaria

RANDOLPH, J. - Co. H, 25th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Rome, GA

RANEY, Marcus G. (or O.) - Pvt, Co. A ("Chicot Rangers"), 1st Ark Mtd Rifles, CSA; enlisted 25 Oct 1861 at age 18 at Camp Sevier, AR; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 21 May 1862

RANSOM, David R. - 1Sgt, Co. I, 45th Tennessee Inf, CSA; born 1841; died 1912; buried at Milum Cemetery, Boone Co., AR

RANSON, W.W. F. - Co. I, 30th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, So. of Jonesboro, AR

RANSONE, Augustus A. - Pvt, Co. I, 23rd Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, South of Jonesboro, Craighead Co., AR

RASPBERRY, Harrison - Pvt, Co. I, 2nd Ark Cav, CSA; died 09 Dec 1864; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave not identified

RAY, David - Cpl, Co H, 30th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Pine Log Cemetery, plot 3062, Brookland, Craighead Co., AR

RAY, Henry P. - Pvt, Arkansas Nitre Guard, CSA; died 31 Dec 1862; grave #4731

RAY, J.E. - Co. D, 123rd Ill Inf, USA; born 07 Aug 1822; died 07 Nov 1892; buried at Bunch Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

RAY, John S. - Pvt, Co. B, 31st Ark Inf, CSA; died 15 Mar 1864; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #9818

RAY, L.W. - 1SGT, Co. A, 4th Ark Cav, nationality unknown; buried at Riddle Cemetery, Wilburton, Latimer Co., OK

RAY, Mark R. - Pvt, Co. K (Perry's), 19th (Dockery's) Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted 08 Mar 1862 at Columbia Co., AR; died 10 May 1862; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 14 May 1862

RAYBURN, G.W. - Pvt, Co. A, 1st Ark Cav (Monroe's), CSA; died 23 Nov 1864; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #4629

RAYBURN, M. - Bonner's Co., 17th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 06 May 1862

RAZOR, John W. - 2nd Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 12 May 1862

REA, Curtis John - Cpt, Co. A, 27th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Oakland Cemetery, Marion Co., AR; Contact: Randy Ray

READ, Corin - Co. C, 3rd Ark Cav, CSA; born 24 Dec 1839; died 20 Apr 1910; buried at Bryant Cemetery, Bryant, Saline Co., AR

READING, Daniel H. - Co. D, 118th Ill Inf, USA; buried at Brushy Creek Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

REAMS, Levi E. - Pvt, Co. E, 19th (Dockery's) Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted 01 Mar 1862 at Rock Port, AR; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 01 May 1862

REDDICK, W.H. - Pvt, Co. K, 6th Ark Inf, CSA; died at Resaca, GA; buried at Resaca, GA

REED (REID), A. - Pvt, Co. A , 30th Ark Inf, CSA; Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Austin, AR

REID, Alfred - Co. I, 5th KS Cav, USA; buried at Providence Cemetery, Lafe, Greene Co., AR

REED, J.P. - Co. A, 1st Ark Cav, CSA; buried at Dooley Cemetery, Scott Co., AR

REED, William H. - Pvt, Co. A, 37th Ark Inf (Bell's), CSA; captured 04 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR; died 18 Dec 1863 at Alton, IL of erysepilas

REEVES, E.L. - Co. F, 19th (Dockery's) Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted 01 Mar 1862 at El Dorado, AR; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 07 May 1862

REEVES, George L. - Pvt, Co. F, 8th Ark Inf, CSA; died 28 Sep 1862; buried at Danville National Cemetery, Danville, VA

REEVES, James J. - Bugler, Co. K, 1st Ark Cav, USA; mustered in 28 Oct 1862 at Carroll Co., AR at age 18; buried at Ozark City Cemetery, Christian Co., MO

REEVES, M.L. - 5th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 30 Oct 1861

REEVES, Stephen C. - Pvt, Co. E, 8th Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted 13 Jul 1861 at Jacksonport, AR at age 22; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 05 Nov 1861

REGISTER, S.W., Reveren - CSA; born 19 May 1838; died 07 Apr 1906; buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Faulkner Co., AR

REYNOLDS, Daniel Harris - General, CSA; born 14 Dec 1832, died 14 Mar 1902; buried at Lake Village Cemetery, Lake Village, AR

REYNOLDS, George M. - Co. G, 3rd Ark Cav, USA; born 28 May 1846; died 02 Mar 1937; buried at Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, TX

REYNOLDS, J.W. - Co. E, unknown MO Inf, unknown nationality; buried at Eureka Springs Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

REYNOLDS, John C. - Pvt, 37th Ark Inf (Bell's), CSA; captured 04 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR; died 20 Aug 1863 at Alton, IL of remittant fever

RHINE, George - Ark Soldier, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 05 Feb 1862

RHODES, Addison F. - Co. C, 71st Ohio Inf, USA; born 21 Nov 1846; died 02 Apr 1928; buried at Eureka Springs Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

RHODES, Charles C. - Pvt, Co. K, 18th (Carroll's) Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 12 Apr 1862

RHODES, James M. - Co. H, 22nd Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Friendship Cemetery, Nevada Co., AR

RHODES, Morgan G. - Pvt, Co. H, 12th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 04 Nov 1861

RHODES, William H. - Pvt, Co. C, 9th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 15 Nov 1861

RHUBOTTOM, James W. - Pvt, Co. K, 5th Ark, CSA; captured 04 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR; died 10 Sep 1863 at Alton, IL of smallpox

RICE, Lafe - Co. C, 7th Ark Inf, CSA; born 1840; died 31 Mar 1864; slain along with Temple H. Garrett and John Wesley Garrett by jayhawkers; memorial at Newton Cemetery, Boone Co., AR

RICE, S.M. - Arkansas Rangers, CSA; died 01 Feb 1863; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #4801

RICHARDS, T.A. - Pvt, Co. E, 15th Ark Inf (Johnson's), CSA; died 28 Mar 1862; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #10041

RICHARDSON, Green - Pvt, Co. K, Coffey's Ark Cav, CSA; buried at Old Bethel Cemetery, Lawrence Co., AR; Contact: Dee Burr

RICHARDSON, John S. - Co. K, 1st Ark Mtd Rifles, CSA; enlisted 09 Jun 1861 at Fayetteville, AR at age 25; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 30 Apr 1862

RICHMOND, William - Civilian, Citizen of Arkansas Co., AR, CSA; died 29 Jan 1865; buried at Jefferson Co., MO; grave #4714

RICKARD, Garrett - Pvt, Hart's Ark Batt'y, CSA; died 13 Mar 1863; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #5067

RIDDLE, Alexander - 4CPL, Co. C, 10th Texas Inf, CSA; died 25 Oct 1862; buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR

RIDDLE, James - Co. H, 4th Ark Inf, CSA; died 07 Oct 1864 at Fort Delaware as a Prisoner of War; buried at Finn's Point National Cemetery

RIDDLE, John K. - Pvt, Wilson's Co., Dobbin's Ark, CSA; captured 27 Oct 1864 at Woodruff Co., AR; died 03 Jan 1865 at Alton, IL of pneumonia

RIDGE, James A. - Co. E, 23rd Ark Inf, CSA; died 05 Jun 1862; buried at Canton Confederate Cemetery, Canton, MS

RIGAN, Samuel H. - 4th Ark, CSA; died 26 Feb 1862; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #5265

RIGGINS, John - Pvt, 14th Ark Inf, CSA; ambushed and killed on Richland Creek as he stopped to water his horse; James "Jimmy" Angel, Lafe Rice, two Garretts, and one unknown compatriot were all shot from bluffs above the creek by snipers; John Angel and Levi Angel escaped; all those killed buried in a common grave at Newton Cemetery except for the unknown man who is buried at Rally Hill, AR

RIGGS, Benjamine - Pvt, Co. C, 1st Ark Inf, USA; enlisted before 1863; killed in action Newton Co., AR on 15, Sep 1864

RIGGS, James - Pvt, Co. D, Ark Inf, USA; enlisted 15 Feb 1864, deserted Lewisburg, AR 23 Sep 1864 upon hearing of the death of his brother Benjamine; returned to duty after his desertion Apr 10, 1865; was wounded in left shoulder Sept 1863; bullet was never removed and he died of his wounds March 13th 1866 when the ball broke lose and entered his lung

RIGGS, Reuben - 31st Ark Inf, CSA; died Apr 1863 at Rome, GA Hospital; buried at Rome, GA

RIGNEY, Henry - 2LT, Co. H, 9th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 17 Sep 1861

RILES, Thomas - Co. I, 2nd Ark Cav, CSA; died 03 Jul 1862; buried at Canton Confederate Cemetery, Canton, MS

RILEY, Francis - Pvt, Co. D, 26th Ark Inf, CSA; died 29 Aug 1862; buried in unknown's grave at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Austin, AR

RILEY, S.H. - Co. F, 1st Ark Cav, nationality unknown; buried at Hale Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

RILEY, William - Co. E, 17th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 30 Apr 1862

RISNER, James - Pvt, Co. I, 27th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO; died 04 Nov 1864; grave #9737; Contact: Sarah G. Ritter

RIVES, Andrew - Pvt, Chrisman's Ark, CSA; captured 08 Apr 1863 at LaGrange, AR; died 20 May 1863 at Alton, IL of typhoid fever

ROANE, John Selden - General, Army of the Trans-Mississippi, CSA; born 08 Jan 1817, died 08 Apr 1867; buried at Little Rock, AR

ROBBINS, Jefferson - Co. E, 19th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Confederate Cemetery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

ROBERSON, J.A. - Pvt, Co. E, 37th Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted 08 May 1862 at Princeton, AR; killed in action on 04 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR

ROBERSON, William - Pvt, Co. F, 35th Ark Inf (King's), CSA; captured 04 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR; died 23 Jul 1863 at Alton, IL

ROBERTS, A. - Co. B, 29th Iowa Inf, USA; born 16 May 1830; died 18 Feb 1925; married to Dorothea; buried at Eureka Springs Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

ROBERTS, James C. - Co. H, 13th Ark Inf, CSA; born 06 Nov 1844; died 04 Feb 1927; buried at Paradise Cemetery, Jasper Co., MO

ROBERTS, James N. - Co. E, 21st Ark Inf, CSA; died 02 Jul 1863 at Fort Delaware as a Prisoner of War; buried at Finn's Point National Cemetery

ROBERTS, John B. - Pvt, Co. E, 17th (LeMoyne's) Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 17 May 1862

ROBERTS, R.L. - Co. L, 4th Iowa Cav, USA; buried at Gass Cemetery, Boone Co., AR

ROBERTS, Samuel - Pvt, Co. G, 21st Ark Inf, CSA; captured 08 Dec 1862 at Oxford, MS; died 23 Feb 1863 at Alton, IL of variola

ROBERTSON, Augustus - Pvt, Co. D, 9th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co. TN on 02 Dec 1861

ROBERTSON, C. - Co. F, 11th Illinois Inf, USA; buried at Gass Cemetery, Boone Co., AR

ROBERTSON, J.B. - Co. A, 13th Louisiana Partisan Rangers, CSA; buried at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Nevada Co., AR

ROBERTSON, Thomas Oliver - Co. D, 6th Fla Inf, CSA; born 25 Sep 1828; died 24 Aug 1915; buried at Alpine Cemetery, Clark Co., AR

ROBINS, J.W. - Pvt, Co. G, 30th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Austin, AR

ROBINSON, A. - Co. H, 1st Ark Cav, CSA; died 21 Aug 1864 at Fort Delaware as a Prisoner of War; buried at Finn's Point National Cemetery

ROBINSON, F.M. - Co. B, 4th Arkansas, CSA; buried at Rome, GA

ROBINSON, Frank - Pvt, Morgan's Ark, CSA; captured 27 Sep 1864 at Pilot Knob, MO; died 23 Nov 1864 at Alton, IL of intermittent fever

ROBINSON, W.M. - Co. H, 3rd Missouri Inf, nationality unknown; buried at Essex Cemetery, Newton Co., AR

ROBINSON, Wallace - Co. I, Unknown Ark, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 27 Oct 1861

ROBINSON, William F. - Co. B & C, 1st Ark Cav, USA; born 09 Feb 1846; died 05 Feb 1910; buried at Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK

RODDY, J.A. - Sgt, Co H, 1st Ark Cav (Dobbin's), CSA; died 12 Feb 1865; moved from Chalmette National Cemetery to Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA

RODGERS, Charles N. - Pvt, Co. B, Wright's Ark Cav, CSA; died 12 Nov 1864; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #4618

RODGERS, R.B. - Ark Soldier, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 29 Jun 1865

RODGERS, R.M. - Pvt, Co. B, 26th Ark Inf, CSA; originally from Noxubee Co., MS; enlisted in 1863 at age 17; fought during the Red River Campaign and lost an arm at Jenkin's Ferry; he is buried in Grant Co., AR; Contact Richard K. Saathoff

RODGERS, William A. - Pvt, Co. A, 2nd Ark, CSA; captured 04 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR; died 13 May 1864 at Alton, IL of smallpox

ROGERS, E.J. - Civil War Veteran, unknown nationality; buried at Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

ROGERS, G. - Civil War Veteran, unknown nationality; buried at Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

ROGERS, J.M. - Pvt, Co. E, 37th Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted 08 May 1862 at Princeton, AR; died 08 Aug 1862 in hospital at Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR

ROGERS, Warren A. - Civil War Veteran, unknown nationality; born 20 Nov 1842; died 04 Apr 1936; buried at Corley Family Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

ROGERS, William M. - Co. B, 9th TX Inf, CSA; buried at Trinity Cemetery, Bono, Craighead Co., AR

ROS, A.W. - Co. I, 13th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 21 Oct 1861

ROSE, C.N. - Pvt, Co. B, McRea's Ark, CSA; died 21 Mar 1864; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave later removed

ROSE, J.P. - Pvt, Co. A, 15th Ark, CSA; died 04 Mar 1862; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #10054

ROSE, M.K. - Co. A, 12th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 31 Oct 1861

ROSS, Martin Clinton Tarlton (Tal) - Pvt, Co. C, 1st Ark Inf, USA; pension number is xc2734821; enrolled on 12 Feb 1863 at Fayetteville; he served as a scout on detached service with Capt. James R. Vanderpool in Indian Territory and at Ft. Smith he took part in skirmishes in Newton Co. in northwest Arkansas and southern Missouri he was discharged at Ft. Smith on 10 Aug 1865; died on 23 Oct 1910; buried at Shannon Cemetery at Treat, Arkansas; Contact: Jess Mason

ROTH, George Conrad - Pvt, Co. I, 148th Ind Vol Inf, USA; mustered out 05 Sep 1865; born 10 Jul 1843 in Waynesboro, PA; died 22 Jan 1935; buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Judsonia, White Co., AR; married Catharine Holtz (d. 19 Dec 1919) and had 7 children

ROWE, Henry E. - Co. I, Connecticutt Heavy Artillery, USA; buried at Eureka Springs Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

ROWLAND, George Washington - Pvt, Co. F, 3rd Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted 14 Jun 1861 at Rockport, AR with 75 other men forming the Hot Spring County Hornets helped sink a Union gunboat below Drewry's Bluff on the James River, VA on 12 Jun 1862; fought with General Lee in most of the engagements of the Army of Northern Virginia; captured at Sharpsburg, MD on 17 Sep 1862 and exchanged on 19 Oct 1862; returned to his company and fought until captured on 09 Apr 1865 at Amelia Courthouse near Appomattox; spent almost 3 months as a Prisoner of War at Point Lookout, MD; took oath of allegiance on 17 Jun 1865 and returned to Arkansas; buried at Reed's Cemetery, Story, AR; Contact: Patrick E. Layton

ROWLAND, W.H. - Co. E, 31st Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Confederate Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

ROWLETT, Frank - Pvt, Co. A, Morgan's Ark, CSA; captured 26 Aug 1864 at Conway Co., AR; died 13 Feb 1865 at Alton, IL of pneumonia

ROY, Hix - Pvt, Co. C, 38th Ark Inf, CSA; also Co. K, 3rd Ark Inf, USA; died 06 Jul 1896; buried at Lance Cemetery, Oregon Co., MO

RUBLE, Jacob O. - CPT, Co. C, 27th Ark Inf, CSA; born 18 Feb 1826; died 28 Feb 1905; buried at Bellefonte Cemetery, Boone Co., AR

RUBY, John W. - Co. K, 4th Texas Mtd Inf, CSA; born ca Jan 1825; died 12 Jan 1894; buried at Hebron Cemetery, Lonoke Co., AR

RUDDICK, William - Co. F, 35th Arkansas Infantry, from Benton Co., taken prisoner and died in 1863 while in prison

RUNDLE, John R. - Co. A, 25th Wisconsin Inf, USA; buried at Eureka Springs Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

RUSH, John Houston - Co. B, 14th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Summers Cemetery, Boone Co., AR

RUSS, George W. - 1SGT, Co. K, Ohio Inf, USA; buried at Eureka Springs Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR

RUSSEL, Oliver - Pvt, Co. A, 11th Ark Inf, CSA; buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN on 15 Mar 1862

RUSSELL, E.D. - Pvt, Co. E, 37th Ark Inf, CSA; enlisted 08 May 1862 at Princeton, AR at age 24; died 22 Jul 1862 at Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR

RUSSELL, W.J. - Pvt, Co. H, 38th Ark Inf (Shaver's), CSA; captured 10 Sep 1863 at Little Rock, AR; died 09 Dec 1864 at Alton, IL of pneumonia

RUTHLOFF, Saudler Martin - Co. F, 16th Kansas Cav, USA; buried at Buffalo Cemetery, Scott Co., AR

RYAN, H.F. - Pvt, 8th Ark Inf, CSA; died 28 Sep 1862; buried at Danville National Cemetery, Danville, VA

RYAN, H.J. - Co. C, 15th Ark, CSA; died 07 Mar 1862; buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO; grave #9895

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