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.
infantry regiment | Q10358588 |
P7685 | CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas ID | sixth-arkansas-volunteer-infantry-2798 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/03m8p74 |
P244 | Library of Congress authority ID | n2009161721 |
P214 | VIAF ID | 155006224 |
P7607 | WikiTree category or space | Category: 6th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, United States Civil War |
P945 | allegiance | Arkansas | Q1612 |
P4791 | commanded by | Alexander T. Hawthorn | Q4720248 |
P607 | conflict | American Civil War | Q8676 |
P17 | country | Confederate States | Q81931 |
P1343 | described by source | Encyclopedia of Arkansas | Q5375687 |
P576 | dissolved, abolished or demolished date | 1865-04-26 | |
P366 | has use | line infantry | Q595732 |
P571 | inception | 1861-01-01 | |
P241 | military branch | Provisional Army of the Confederate States | Q102165616 |
P1449 | nickname | Sixth Arkansas | |
P1448 | official name | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | |
P1813 | short name | 6th Arkansas Infantry | |
P910 | topic's main category | Category:6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Q49159639 |
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.
Artist:
Old State House Museum Collection
License: Public domain
Q49159639 | Category:6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | category's main topic | P301 |
Q4720248 | Alexander T. Hawthorn | military unit | P7779 |
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