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William Chamberlain, Private, Company H, 23rd Arkansas Infantry, enlisted at jonesboro, Ark. age 23, paroled at Wittsburg, Akransas, May 25, 1865, blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5' 11", born in Tennessee, no other records

Combined Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas

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Twenty-third Arkansas infantry

The Twenty-third Arkansas infantry, as originally
organized, had for its field officers: Col. Charles W.
Adams, of Helena; Lieut.-Col. Simon P. Hughes, of
Clarendon ; Maj. J. S. Robinson, of Chicot county. The
commanders of companies were: Capt. A. A. Adair, of
Craighead county; Capt. E. McAllister, of Crittenden
county; Capt. Henry Hillis, of Craighead county; Capt.
John Clendenin, of Phillips county; Capt. W. W. Smith,
of Monroe county ; Capt. Thomas Westmoreland, of
Poinsett county; Capt. J. H. Robinson, of Chicot county,
and after his election as major, Captain Craycraft, of
Chicot; Capt. Simon P. Hughes, of Monroe, and after
his election as lieutenant-colonel, Capt. John B. Baxter,
of Monroe; Captain Seward, of St. Francis county; Capt.
Brown Dolson, of Cross county. The regiment was reor-
ganized after the battle of Shiloh, and the following field
officers elected: Col. 0. P. Lyles, of Crittenden county;
Lieut. -Col. A. A. Pennington, of Clark county; Maj.
E. R. Black, of Monroe county; Adjt. C. W. Lewis, of
Crittenden; Quartermaster McMurray, of Chicot; Com-
missary Norton, of Phillips county. The Twenty-third
was engaged in the battles of Iuka and Corinth. It was
united in a brigade with the Fifteenth, Sixteenth,
Eighteenth and Col. Batt. Jones' battalion, and sent to the
defense of Port Hudson under Colonel Lyles, going
through the siege. Its officers and men were surrendered
and eventually exchanged, after which the regiment was
mounted. Capt. W. W. Smith, of Monroe, was elected
associate justice of the supreme court, in which position
he died in 1892. Simon P. Hughes was successively
attorney-general, governor and associate justice of the
supreme court of Arkansas.

Source: Confederate Military History, vol. XIV, p. 321