Final Consolidation and Surrender
By the close of the war many of the Arkansas regiments assigned to the Army of Tennessee had suffered heavy casualties, so the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 19th, 24th and the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiments were consolidated into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry. According to the Muster rolls of the 1st Arkansas Consolidated, an attempt was made to maintain unit cohesion by allowing each of the original regiments to form one or two complete companies for the new unit. The following list indicates the regiment of origin for the companies of the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment:
- Company A—1st Arkansas Infantry.
- Company B—2nd Arkansas Infantry.
- Company C—5th Arkansas Infantry.
- Company D—6th and 7th Arkansas Infantry.
- Company E—8th Arkansas Infantry.
- Company F—24th Arkansas Infantry.
- Company G—13th Arkansas Infantry.
- Company H—15th (Josey's) Arkansas Infantry.
- Company I—19th (Dawsons's) Arkansas Infantry.
- Company K—3rd Confederate Infantry.
Organized in Smithfield, North Carolina, the 1st Arkansas Consolidated was combat ready by April 9, 1865, the very day General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment was surrendered with the rest of the Army of Tennessee on April 26, 1865, in Durham Station, North Carolina.
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