Recruites from Memphis
 

Recruited March, 1862

 

The following men were all recruited in Arkansas by Captain D. W. Harris for Bankhead’s Battery.

Some records refer to this group of men as Harris’ Battery but there was no such organization.

Those recruited on March 1 were all from Ouachita County in the southwestern part of the state.

Other places will be noted. They were all privates.

Several were landowners and all were farmers unless noted.

 

Date

Name

Age

Married

Occupation

 

F. W. Adams

39

 

Carpenter

 

R. Archer

 

 

 

 

George Bassett

29

 

 

 

William Brown

28

 

 

 

Edward P. Burnett

31

Yes

 

 

J. Collier

 

 

 

 

James Collins

23

 

 

 

Gabriel M. Crabtree*

27

Yes

 

 

Oliver H. Edwards

40

Yes

 

 

L.A. Ellis

35

 

 

 

R. B. Harrison

36

Yes

 

 

Thomas J. Heath

29

 

 

 

John T. Herrin

24

Yes

 

 

James W. Hill

42

 

 

 

Hines Holt

23

 

 

 

John W. King

45

 

 

 

John Kirby

28

 

 

 

Joseph Kirby

29

 

 

 

Philip B. Land

40

 

 

 

J. C. Mitchell

32

 

 

 

Miles McCollum

22

 

Wagoner

 

James A. Owen

18

 

Student

 

Jason Paulk

28

 

 

 

James H. Roach

45

 

 

 

William F. Roberts

26

 

 

 

T. M. Robertson

27

Yes

 

 

S. Rose

37

 

 

 

Thomas Smart

42

Yes

 

 

Clem C. Smith

25

 

 

 

Willis Smith

29

 

 

 

Alexander W. Stinson

32

Yes

 

 

David J. Vining

30

 

 

March 27 at Camden, AR

 

 

 

 

J.E. Torrence

34

 

 

 

T. E. Watts

29

 

 

March 29 at Camden, AR

 

 

 

 

J. B. McRae

36

 

 

 

R. G. McRae

32

 

 

 

Washington McRae

37

 

 

May 12 at Monroe, LA

 

 

 

 

John B. Watts

27

 

 

*He owned two slaves.

 

 

 

Sources: Compiled Confederate Service Records; National Archives, Record Group 109, M231, Rolls 2, 9, 13, 44; National Archives microfilm group 268 rolls 97–98; Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid+1565) (accessed April 11, 2013).


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