List of Arkansas Civil War Union units

Like almost all Southern states during the American Civil War, Arkansas provided a number of units to fight for the Union, organized from African-Americans and pro-Union sympathizers. Arkansas had the third smallest white population out of the Confederate states, but more whites joined the Union Army from that state than any other besides Tennessee.^[1] In addition, 5,526 African-Americans served in Union units raised in Arkansas.^[2] The list of Confederate units is shown separately.

ARKANSAS	NOTES
1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Union)
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Union)
3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Union)
4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Union)
1st Arkansas Light Artillery Battery (Union)
1st Arkansas Light Artillery Battery (Colored)	Also known as Battery "H" of the 2nd U.S. Light Artillery Regiment.
1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion (Union)
1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Union)
1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Colored)	Also known as the 46th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Colored).
2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Union)
2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Colored)	Also known as the 54th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Colored).
3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Union)	Failed to complete organization.
3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Colored)	Also known as the 56th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Colored).
4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Union)	Failed to complete organization. Transferred to the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Rgt.
4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Colored)	Also known as the 57th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Colored).
5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Colored)	Also known as the 112th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Colored).
6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Colored)	Also known as the 113th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Colored).
11th United States Colored Infantry Regiment (Old)

The United States with 35 stars.

See also

• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• Arkansas Civil War Confederate Units
• Southern Unionists
• United States Colored Troops

References

1. Thomas A. DeBlack "Civil War through Reconstruction, 1861 through 1874 ", The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, Accessed 25 November 2013, http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=388
2. Gladstone, William A., United States Colored Troops, p. 120

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