List of Arkansas Civil War Union units

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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 Northern sympathizers. Despite having the third smallest white population of any Confederate state, Arkansas supplied more troops for the Union army than any other Confederate state except Tennessee.[1] A total of 5,526 African-Americans served in Union units raised from the State of Arkansas.[2]

    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).

    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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