History of Benton County
WAR RECORD.

In the spring of 1861, after the "dogs of war" had been let loose, Capt. T. T. Hays
raised an infantry company on Pea Ridge, in Benton County, and Capt. Dan. McKissick
raised a cavalry company, mostly from the southern part of the county, both of which
companies joined the State service, and remained therein until a short time after the
battle of Wilson's Creek was fought, and were then disbanded. These companies did not
happen to be engaged in any fights. Nearly all the men composing these companies
afterward joined other companies, and went into the Confederate service.

History of Benton County
WAR RECORD.

The Fifteenth Regiment Arkansas Infantry.-The first company that went into the
Confederate army from Benton County was Company A, of the Fifteenth Arkansas
Regiment. It was raised in midsummer of 1861, by Capt. J. H. Hobbs. Soon thereafter
Companies F and G of the same regiment were raised in Benton County. The former went
out under Capt. William Thompson, and the latter under Capt. J. M. Richards. The
regiment was organized in a camp near Cross Hollows, in this county, in the fall of
1861, served to the close of the war, and surrendered at Marshall, Tex., in May,
1865. Its first colonel was D. McRea, and afterward Capt. Hobbs, of Company A, became
the colonel, and he finally resigned on account of ill health. Among the important
battles in which this regiment was engaged were Pea Ridge, in Benton County, Ark.;
Iuka Springs and Corinth, in Mississippi; Fort Gibson, Baker's Creek, defense of
Vicksburg during the siege thereof, Prairie De Ann, Mark's Mill and Jenkins' Ferry.
After the surrender at Vicksburg the regiment went into a parole camp at Washington,
Ark., where it remained until after it was exchanged. Its loss during the war was
somewhat heavy.