6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army

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Abstract is: The 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (also known as the "Sixth Arkansas"; June 10, 1861 – May 1, 1865) was a regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Organized mainly from volunteer companies, including several prewar volunteer militia units, raised in the southern half of Arkansas, the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate Service. It served virtually the entire war in Confederate forces east of the Mississippi River. After the unit sustained heavy casualties during the Battle of Shiloh and Bragg's Kentucky Campaign, the unit spent most of the rest of the war field consolidated with the 7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, to form the 6th/7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.

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P7685CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas IDsixth-arkansas-volunteer-infantry-2798
P646Freebase ID/m/03m8p74
P244Library of Congress authority IDn2009161721
P214VIAF ID155006224
P7607WikiTree category or spaceCategory: 6th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, United States Civil War

P945allegianceArkansasQ1612
P4791commanded byAlexander T. HawthornQ4720248
P607conflictAmerican Civil WarQ8676
P17countryConfederate StatesQ81931
P1343described by sourceEncyclopedia of ArkansasQ5375687
P576dissolved, abolished or demolished date1865-04-26
P366has useline infantryQ595732
P571inception1861-01-01
P241military branchProvisional Army of the Confederate StatesQ102165616
P1449nicknameSixth Arkansas
P1448official name6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
P1813short name6th Arkansas Infantry
P910topic's main categoryCategory:6th Arkansas Infantry RegimentQ49159639

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FileName: Flag of the 6th Arkansas, (Hardee Pattern).gif

Description: Flag, Confederate - 6th Reg. Arkansas Vols., Old State House Museum Collection. Note: The earliest flag known for the 6th Arkansas is a 1st pattern Hardee (Buckner) battle flag- 28" x 38", no white border on three sides, only 2" white border on staff edge. (See Battle Flags of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, p. 55) This flag is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC; accession no. 18342. This flag (according to its file card) "was made by a soldier of the Sixth Arkansas, from remnants of blue and white shirts." The blue field is extensively pieced.

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Old State House Museum Collection

License: Public domain

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