SIMMONS (VETERAN UNION), WILLIAM - Franklin County, Arkansas | WILLIAM SIMMONS (VETERAN UNION) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

William SIMMONS (VETERAN UNION)

Eubanks Cemetery
Franklin County,
Arkansas

US Army
Company A 1 Arkansas Infantry
Civil War Union
Dates Unknown

*CC NOTE: The following information from http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=f413a0d0-dc7a-df11-bf36-b8ac6f5d926a. Film Number:M383 roll 3

UNION ARKANSAS VOLUNTEERS

1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry

Overview: Organized at Fayetteville, Ark, and mustered in March 25, 1863. Attached to District Southwest Missouri, Dept Missouri to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, Dept Missouri, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Army Crops, Dept of Arkansas, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to August, 1865.


Service:Duty at Fayetteville, Ark., till April, 1863. Cabell's attack on Fayetteville April 18. March to Springfield, Mo., April 25-May 4, and duty there till July. Newton County June 14. Moved to Cassville July 6. Joined Army of the Frontier at Fort Gibson, C. N., August 17. Pursuit of Cabell to Perryville August 22-26. Perryville August 26. Devil's Back Bone, Back Bone Mountain, Fort Smith, September 1. Capture of Fort Smith September 1, and duty there till March, 1864. Moffatt's Station, Franklin County, September 27, 1863. Mt. Ida November 13. Scout from Waldron to Mt. Ida, Caddo Gap and Dallas December 2-7. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3. Prairie D'Ann April 9-13. Moscow April 13. Camden April 15-18. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30. March to Fort Smith May 1-16. Garrison duty at Fort Smith and escort and duty on the Frontier till August, 1865. Skirmish, Bates Township, November 2, and Newton County, November 15, 1864. Mustered out August 10, 1865.

Contributed on 12/14/12 by bill060
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Submitted: 12/14/12 • Approved: 4/23/22 • Last Updated: 4/26/22 • R795079-G0-S3

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