Troops Raised in Craighead County

Several companies from Craighead County entered Confederate service during the Civil War. Company I of the 13th Arkansas Infantry, known as the Confederate Grays, formed in 1861. A company of the 23rd Arkansas Infantry and Company I of the 30th Arkansas Infantry enlisted in 1862. Wood’s Rifles, Company E of the 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion, joined on March 11, 1862. After his capture at Port Hudson, Louisiana, Captain Joel Wood returned to Craighead County and recruited Company A of the 7th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. About one-fourth of Company I of the 45th Arkansas Infantry also came from the county.

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