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Muster In: June or July 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Captain Samuel C. Harrell
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s DivisionFirst Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

  • Commander: Captain Samuel C. Harrell4,5
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s DivisionFirst Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6

  • Commander: Captain Samuel C. Harrell (killed on July 1, 1864)7,8,9
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles10:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • 3rd New Market Heights (September 29, 1864)
  • Chaffin’s Farm (September 29, 1864)
  • Fort Gilmer (September 29-30, 1864)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

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  1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Florida and Arkansas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 73-74
  2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Florida and Arkansas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 73-74
  3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
  4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
  5. Collier, Calvin L. “They’ll Do to Tie To!” The Story of the Third Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, C. S. A. J.D. Warren, 1959. p. 197.
  6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
  7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
  8. Collier, Calvin L. “They’ll Do to Tie To!” The Story of the Third Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, C. S. A. J.D. Warren, 1959. p. 197.
  9. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas, National Archives, Roll ? (Samuel C. Harrell, 3rd Arkansas, Footnote.com Page 12): Company Muster Roll for April 30, 1864 to August 31, 1864: Under Remarks: “Killed in front at Petersburg Va on July 1st 1864″
  10. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Florida and Arkansas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 73-74

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