Numbers 16. Report of Brigadier General Dandridge McRae, C. S. Army, commanding brigade.
HEADQUARTERS McRAE'S BRIGADE,
July 14, 1863.

MAJOR: I submit the following report of the action of my brigade in the assault upon the town of Helena upon the 4th instant:

. . . . Color-Sergeant Garland, of Glenn's regiment, also deserves special mention. He advanced his regimental colors to the front, and maintained his position through the assault, his colors being torn into ribbons. . . .

D. McRAE,
Brigadier-General.

OR V24, pt. 1, p. 419

36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col J. E. Glenn

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Joseph D. Garland, Company A, 36th Arkansas Infantry, Glenn’s Regiment, Arkansas Infantry,* enlisted February 10, 1862 at Searcy, Ark. for 3 years, appointed 3rd Sergeant January, 1863, appointed Ensign & 1st Lieutenant August 3, 1864

[" . . . has served as Ensign for the regiment since March 14, 1863 . . . "]

* This regiment was designated at various times as McRae’s Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Glenn’s Regiment Arkansas Infantry and Davie’s Regiment Arkansas Infantry; and at the same time it was also known as 2nd Regiment Trans-Mississippi Infantry, 28th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, and 36th Regiment Arkansas Infantry

M317: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas