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7^th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment

(The Bloody Seventh)

The 7^th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry was raised by Colonel Robert Glenn “Fighting Bob” Shaver in the spring and summer of 1861. Men enlisted from White, Jackson, Randolph, Izard, Fulton, Lawrence, Marion, and Independence counties in north western Arkansas. They were mustered into service at camp Shaver near Bettis Bluff, Arkansas. At Muster, the regiment contained over 1,200 Officers and men. During the first few month of the war, the regiment was called “The Ragged Seventh” because of their ragged civilian clothing and rough appearance. 

The regiment saw service at Columbus and Bowling Green in Kentucky, and on the evacuation of the latter place by General Albert Sidney Johnston in February of 1862, the 7^th acted as the rear guard. 

At Shiloh, Shaver was the brigade commander. The 7^th attacked with Lieutenant Colonel Deane in command and the Field Music (Fifes and Drums) Playing “Granny, will Your Dog Bite?”  Colonel Shaver had four horses shot from under him and was badly wounded by a shell on the second day of the fight. They also went into Shiloh armed with flintlocks and shotguns. They were re-armed with M1863 Enfields that were captured. After Shiloh, the regiment became forever known as “The Bloody Seventh”. They were down to 300 men by the time of the battle of Perryville 6 months later.

Casualties of the 7^th Arkansas Infantry at Perryville

LAST    FIRST  MIDDLE    RANK AGE Co.      Date of Death   REMARKS

BISHOP   JOSEPH         PVT 19 F       Captured
CALAHAN  JOHN          PVT  ? C       Wounded
DUVINE   LEVY    M.     PVT  ? C       Wounded and Captured
FLEMMING  JOHN    H.     PVT 22 K       Captured/Harrodsburg 10/10/1862
FLOURNOY  HENRY   C.     PVT  ? B       Wounded and Missing
HALE    F.     M.     COR 23 E 01/18/1863 Hospital roll says "F.M. Hate"
HARVILLE  ISHAM         PVT 20 E       Captured/Harrodsburg 10/10/1862
KEENEY   PATRICK        PVT  ? C 10/08/1862 Killed in Action
MURPHREE  B.     B.     PVT 23 G       Captured/Harrodsburg 10/10/1862
SIMANOE  JAMES         PVT 22 A       Captured/Harrodsburg 10/10/1862
STRICKLING THOMAS       PVT 22 G     Captured/Harrodsburg 10/10/1862
THOMAS   JOHN          PVT 22 F       Captured/Harrodsburg 10/10/1862
TRANER   JAMES   E.     PVT 33 K       Captured/Harrodsburg 10/11/1862
VanMETER  J.     W.     SGT 24 K       Captured/Harrodsburg 10/10/1862
WRIGHT   J.     W.     PVT 23 G       Captured/Danville on 10/15/1862
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Count:   15

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Other Members of the 7^th Arkansas Regiment from the Roster

• Field and Staff
• D. L. Gillespie, Colonel
• J.T. Martin, 26, Major
• S.W. Brown, Surgeon
• J.W. Martin, Captain
• John D. Sprigg, 27, 1^st Lieutenant (Commissary)
• John Horn, 21, 2^nd Lieutenant (Adjutant)
• John A. Hill, 25, 2^nd Lieutenant
• John Williams, Chaplain
• G.W. Williams, Sergeant Major
• Thad D. Kinnan, 21, Quartermaster Sergeant
• Company A
• S.C. Brown, 23, Captain
• W.H. Dunn, 20, 2^nd Lieutenant
• James Hall, 24, 1^st Sergeant
• M. McDamarold, Sergeant
• William M. Woolly, 21, Sergeant (Wounded at Shiloh)
• B.G. Hite, 21, Corporal
• Thomas Abernathy
• James B. Bibb, 21
• John Chism, 40 (Born in White County Tennessee)
• Thomas A. Crow, 21
• William Davidson, 32
• George F. Dixon, 20
• West Eldridge, 21 (His brother, Thomas, Deserted from the company on October 1, 1862)
• John W. Finney,
• Elijah Going, 19
• Houston Hale, 21
• James Johnson, 23
• T.B. Landers, 21
• Charles Martin, 23 (Court Martial June 21, 1862)
• Morris Murphy, 46 (Born in Ireland, discharged for old age)
• James R. Parker, 23
• S.T. Payne, 19
• J.C. Reed, 23
• S.S. Sawyer, 19
• James M. Shaver, 23
• William H. Thomas, 26
• Zebulon Walker, 23 (Got sick and died at Normandy, TN on February 23, 1863)
• John W. West, 25
• Reuben Wilson, 23
• O.D. Young, 39
• Company B
• George R. Todd, Captain
• W. Henry, 1^st Lieutenant
• W.R. Covey, 1^st Sergeant
• William R. Cook, Sergeant
• Milton B. Clark, Corporal
• William D. Mason, Corporal
• S.J. Allen
• John Beasley
• Isaac Campbell
• Levi Cartwright
• T.G. Clay
• James E. Dalton (Captured in University, Tennessee on August 10, 1863; Joined Union Army)
• James M. Elliston
• John G. Elliston
• J. Gammer
• James Owen W. Gilbert
• John Gilliam
• Alexander Halpan
• E.E. Heffington
• Robert Johnson
• John J. Kemp, 19
• John Lancaster
• George W. Lynxwiler
• William D. Mason
• Samuel McNorton, 33
• William Minton, 31 (Born in Kentucky)
• John Norris
• William D. Page
• Charles H. Primm
• J.E. Ross
• P.A. Shuford
• Giles Skelton
• William D. Stewart, 22
• James F. Tottey
• James J. Vinson
• J.R. Wallace
• P. Wardro
• P.M. Williamson
• Company C
• Willis E. Wilkerson, Captain
• Isaac Jones, 2^nd Lieutenant
• James T. Gordon, 38, Sergeant (Born in Kentucky)
• Byron O. Mims, Sergeant
• John Cooper, Corporal
• John G. Lynch, Corporal
• Robert Adams
• Ansom Bagwell
• William H. Bridges
• D.C. Chapman, 26, (Born in Kentucky)
• James Cooper, 37 (Born in Tennessee)
• Bazil Dugan
• James W. Farmer
• William F. Furgeson
• George W. Groce
• James P. Hains
• John P. Hayes
• William D. Jourdon (Court Martial)
• F.M. Lemaster (Court Martial)
• James Magill
• Hector Mclane
• James Morgan
• William L. Nolen
• John W. Ray
• Mark M. Ritter
• Benjamin Shoemaker
• D.C. Smothers
• John Vensant
• John West
• Benjamin White
• Company D
• William A. Dawson, 22, Captain
• E.F. Bevens, 1^st Lieutenant
• T.B. Gay, Sergeant
• F.L. Huddlesotn, 25, Sergeant
• D.R. Campbell, 34, Corporal
• S.W. Scandlan, 19, Drummer
• Monroe Parsley, 22, Fifer
• John Adair
• Vance Anderson, 24 (Born in Tennessee)
• J.R. Beavers
• Elijah Birk, 19 (Deserted December 26, 1863)
• John M. Casey, 24
• J.L. Crabtree, 22
• Stephen Dupee, 27
• John Fipps, 36 (Born in Tennessee, Discharged Christmas Day, 1862)
• John Gardner, 24 (Deserted on January 12, 1864)
• R.L. Gibbins, 24
• T.B. Hail, 20 (Was a Druggist)
• J.F. Hudson, 24
• E.F. Johnson, 21
• William Kesler, 22
• Joseph King, 20
• Jonathan Lasaster, 45
• G.W. Marcum, 25
• J.T. Mathews, 19
• J.T. Osbon, 31
• Parsley Bethel, 21
• J.H.A. Puckett, 22
• L.M. Richardson, 33
• W.J. Smith, 19
• William Sutton, 20
• R.M Wann, 25
• William Wirt, 23
• Company E
• Rufus S. Brown, Captain
• F. Jones, 2^nd Lieutenant
• Robert W. Eckols, 36, 1^st Sergeant
• G.W. Williams, 34, Sergeant
• S.J. Byron, 46, Corporal (Born in Kentucky)
• J.J. Smith, 32, Corporal (Court Martial on January 30, 1864)
• James Baresto, 23
• John Booker
• Charles Chaneybury, 39
• A.G. Cook, 20
• M.S. Copeland, 20
• E.M. Dickerson
• H.H. Durrum, 22
• James L. Foster, 19 (Deserted January, 1864)
• J.R. Graves, 29
• Charles Griffin
• W.L. Holcomb, 19
• J.K. Hoover, 33
• Thomas Jernigan, 19
• A.O. Jones, 23
• James Killingsworth, 36 (Born in Knox County, Tennessee)
• Thomas Kizer
• Thomas Lewelling, 20
• J.J. Matheny, 33
• J.M. Moore, 30
• W.F. Nelson, 24
• T.B. Padgett, 21
• John Perry, 24
• A.W. Robertson, 28
• W.D. Rutledge, 22
• Jacob Spangler, 26
• R.L. Teague, 20
• George D. Vanhorn, 22
• C.E. Wade, 22
• W.E. Wammack, 29
• T.T. Ward, 19
• G.C. Webb, 19 (Substitute for W.A. Webb)
• George W. Wilson
• Company F
• T.J. Mellon, 36, Captain
• A.N. Cain, 1^st Lieutenant
• George W. Morley, 21, 1^st Sergeant
• J.J. McGuire, 23, Sergeant
• James McGuire, 19, Corporal
• Joseph B. Vinson, 22 Corporal (Deserted September 9, 1863)
• J.M. Baylor
• J.W.P. Boggs, 28
• John F. Cleaver
• J.W. Collier, 45
• William Coward, 20
• John H. Davis, 19
• James Dennison, 24
• Thomas Furgeson, 18
• J.M. Gibson, 19 (Died by drowning, date and location unknown)
• Jacob Hayes, 24
• James Hunt, 22
• John Jewel, 24
• James Kelley, 20 (Deserted on May, 25, 1864)
• Joseph Kincade, 28
• George Lewis (Wounded at Shiloh)
• A. McMullen, 25
• D.C. Moore, 32
• Joseph Oliver, 30
• Thomas Osborn, 21 (Born in Tennessee)
• George Phelps, 23
• Granison Pruyear, 24
• J.T. Robinson
• William Rogers, 24
• John Ross, 22
• Lehman Smith, 22
• James Stull, 20 (Court Martial June 17, 1862)
• Josiah Stull, 17 (Born in Kentucky)
• R.J. Taylor, 23
• James Tyler, 22
• D. Vasser, 26
• James Vinson, 29
• George W. Wilson, 19
• William Woodall, 22
• Newton Wyse, 29 (Private and Surgeon)
• Company G
• Gainum Brightwell, Captain
• W.E. Brightwell, 2^nd Lieutenant
• Scott R. Bonham, 31, 1^st Sergeant
• W.N. Webber, 21, Sergeant (Got sick and died December 26, 1862)
• Frank Campbell, 18, Corporal (Wounded at Shiloh)
• W.A. Haliburton, 19, Corporal
• R.N. Adrian
• Jesse Bettes, 23
• John C. Boyd
• James Brightwell, 20
• A.M. Childress, 19
• J.P. Cook, 22
• John W. Copeland, 22
• John G. Engles, 23
• W.W. Gibson
• W.W. Hancock, 22
• J.W. Harmon, 25
• J.W. Hatfield, 19
• Ivy Manley, 30
• J.W. Jackson, 20
• Joseph Kanard, 19
• Jesse Knight, 21 (Born in Tennessee)
• Reubin Martin, 19 (Wounded at Shiloh)
• William McMoody, 32
• Samuel Miser, 21
• David Patrick, 20
• Thomas Pierce, 22
• H.L. Roberts, 19
• Jasper Shirley, 22
• Augustus Smith, 19
• Nathan Stafford, 22
• Richard Taylor, 20
• W.N. Webber, 21 (Got sick and died on December 26, 1862)
• C.J. Williams, 19
• Rufus Wynkle, 20
• Company H
• D.G. Deason, 39, Captain
• Joseph W. Rector, 35, 3^rd Lieutenant
• Thomas H. Byler, 21, 1^st Sergeant
• H.B. Chriswill, 24, Sergeant
• W.P. Dixon, 25, Corporal
• L.M. Stroud, 25, Corporal
• Thomas E. Arnold
• Zachariah Bird, 24
• B.D. Campbell, 21
• W.H. Clark, 20
• A.H. Dixon, 25
• F.M. Gibson, 23 (Wounded at Shiloh)
• George W. Gray, 21
• G.W. Gunny
• James A. Hamilton, 20
• F.M. Heathcoat, 21
• William D. Hinsen, 43
• A.C. Jones, 38
• W.R. Kemp, 20
• Zachariah Lingo, 19
• William Minikin, 33
• James H. Nichols, 30
• Thomas J. Ray, 23
• Christian Risener, 21
• William Russell, 27
• C.M. Ryan, 20
• A.H. Smith, 20
• T.W. Tarlton, 24 (Paroled at Camp Dick Robinson on October 25, 1862)
• John W. Taylor, 20
• Henry Walker, 26
• E.J. Ward, 22
• John S. Waters, 20
• O.L. Wilohoite, 20
• John Workman, 22
• Company I
• Michael V. Shaver, 30, Captain
• Milton D. Baber, 1^st Lieutenant
• William C. Hackworth, 36, Sergeant
• Gardner R. Tucker, 23, Sergeant
• Nicholas N. McNair, 24, Corporal
• Isaac B. Wallingford, 32, Corporal
• Joseph Benton, 22
• T.H. Birch, 20
• William L. Brewer, 24
• H.H. Collins, 44
• Jonathan Denton, 20
• J.H. Fountain, 20
• A.E. Golder, 20
• David Gray, 19
• G.W. Horton, 20 (Wounded at Shiloh)
• William R. Hubble, 19
• B.D. Isenhower, 22
• A.J. Johnson, 19
• C.W. Kelley, 19
• J.W. Land, 22
• William C. Lax, 31
• John C. Lewis, 36
• Alison Maines, 21
• P.C. Martin, 20
• William Middleton, 21
• Thomas J. Mitchell, 23 (Got sick and died on March 29, 1863)
• H.A. Moore, 27
• Charles Pellam, 28
• Edward Pellam, 19
• Eli Pulley, 19
• Ervin Randle, 34 (Born in North Carolina)
• William Richie, 20
• E.J. Rogers, 25
• William Sasseen, 21
• A.L. Simmons, 24
• L.W. Talbot, 19
• William M. Tucker, 21
• W.C. Walker, 20
• J.M. Ware, 22
• John A. Wilson, 32
• Company K
• John C. McCauley, 28, Captain
• John P. Andrews, 3^rd Lieutenant
• Thomas P. Wright, 21, 1^st Sergeant
• James A. McCauley, 19, Sergeant
• A. Bullock, 20, Corporal
• William P. Eddins, 26, Corporal
• Samuel Allen
• William Bettie, 22
• L.F. Blackwell, 29
• R.M. Brooks, 22
• J.H. Cartwright, 19
• C.A. Chrisco, 21
• J.A. Cockrell, 33
• D.A. Coleman, 19
• A.J. Colwell, 27
• George Critz, 19
• T.J. Davis, 24 (Wounded at Shiloh)
• James M. Dawson, 24
• David Dodd, 19
• G.M. Ethridge, 24
• F.C. Faulkner, 22
• Milton Gravley, 29
• P.M. Harrick, 27
• P.W. Harrison, 19
• A.J. Huey, 25
• W.A. Irwin, 22 (Born in Alabama)
• M. Kuhn, 21
• A.G. Lee, 22
• John P. Low, 22
• B.F. Martin, 24
• G.W. McGinnis, 29
• A.D. McMahan, 20
• James Mitchell, 21
• D.V. Morgan, 24
• John M. Norton, 25
• Frederick O’Donald, 31
• A.M. O’Quinn, 20
• A.G. Patterson, 21
• Thomas M. Patterson, 23