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Here are a couple of tidbits which may be of use.

MARTIN, WILLIAM H. Lt Col
Age 22, state land agent. Enlisted in Co F 8 May 1861 at Little Rock, AR. Mustered into CSA service 19 May 1861 at Lynchburg, VA.Promoted to Lt Col 21 Jan 1862. Wounded and sent to hospital from Ringold, GA 1 Jan 1864. Absent wounded since 22 Jul 1864
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The following is a listing of documents contained in the US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Barracks, Pa. unit bibliography of the 1st Arkansas

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1st Arkansas Infantry (Fagan's-Colquitt's) Regiment

Bevens, William E. Reminiscences of a Private: William E. Bevens of the First Arkansas Infantry,
C.S.A.. Fayetteville, AR: U AR, 1992. 282 p. E605.B48.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 14: Arkansas. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1988. pp. 324-25. E484.C65.1987v14. (Brief unit history).

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987.
p. 42. E546.C78. (Concise summary of the regiment's service).

Hale, James E. “Distant Echoes from the 1st Arkansas Infantry: The Letters of Charles Bridges.”
North South Trader’s Civil War Vol. 33, No. 5 (2008): pp. 52-58. Per.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederacy: Florida and Arkansas. NY: Facts on File, 1992.
pp. 67-68. E553.S53. (Unit organizational history).

Wright, John C. Memoirs of Colonel John C. Wright. Pine Bluff, AR: Rare Book Pubs, 1982. 267 p.
E605.W75.

Wright, Marcus J. Arkansas in the War, 1861-1865. Batesville, AR: Independence County Historical
Society, 1963. p. 27. E553.W7. (List of unit officers).

The following books contain information on Arkansas' Civil War units:

Dougan, Michael B. Confederate Arkansas: The People and Politics of a Frontier State in Wartime.
University, AL: U AL, 1976. 164 p. E553.D68.

Ferguson, John L., ed. Arkansas and the Civil War. Little Rock, AR: Arkansas History Commission,
1964. 364 p. E553F4.

The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

Bevens, W.E. - CWTIColl (Private's book, "Reminiscences of a Private," as cited above)

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