The Civil War in Arkansas 19th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Dockery's)

	HISTORICAL NOTES: 19th (Smead's-Dockery's) Infantry Regiment was assembled at Devall's Bluff, Arkansas, in April, 1861, and moved to Memphis, then Fort Pillow, Tennessee. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Union, Lafayette, Columbia, Ouachita, and Hot Spring. The unit participated in the Battles of Corinth and Hatchie Bridge, and reported 129 casualties. Later it was attached to General M. E. Green's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It fought at Port Gibson, then was part of the garrison captured at Vicksburg in July, 1863. After being exchanged, the regiment was reorganized and mounted. It was placed in Dockery's and Roane's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and saw action at Marks' Mills. After some minor skirmishing the unit disbanded. OFFICERS: The field officers were Colonels Thomas P. Dockery and H. P. Smead, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Dismukes, and Major H. G. P. Williams. ASSIGNMENTS: SERVICE: ROSTERS: BIBLIOGRAPHY: REFERENCES: REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate Armies Researching this unit? Here's what's available. Hooker, Col. Charles E. - Confederate Military History - Arkansas Volume Hardback $60.00 Paperback $45.00 CD-ROM $15.00 Rigdon, John C. The Civil War in Arkansas   CD-ROM $35.00 Rigdon, John C. Arkansas Civil War Soldiers Index   CD-ROM $15.00 The Southern Historical Society Papers   CD-ROM $69.95 The Civil War in Arkansas © - 2003 Eastern Digital Resources   The Civil War in Arkansas Index