At the battle of Fort Donelson in February, 1862, the 15th Arkansas Infantry, then known as
Gee's Regiment, consisted of six companies and approximately 270 men.
Reportedly the regiment had 7 killed and 17 wounded
in the battle. Most of the men had previously been forced to abandon their belongings, including
spare clothes and blankets, in the hurried retreat from Fort Henry to Fort
Donelson on February 6. After their surrender on February 16, 1862, the
majority of the men were transported north to Camp Butler at Springfield,
Illinois, with some going to Camp Douglas at Chicago, IL. The wounded were
sent to various hospitals. The majority of these men did not survive. The
officers were sent to other northern prisons.
At both of these Illinois
prisons, the weather was very cold and the treatment of the POW's was extremely
harsh. Diseases were rampant and medical care was
minimal. As a result, the Confederate soldiers died at an incredible rate.
The list of Confederate soldiers buried at Camp Butler National
Cemetery includes more than 880 names.
The following is a list of the 113
soldiers from the 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Gee's) who died at Camp
Butler and are buried there in the Confederate Section of the national cemetery.
This list was extracted from the total list supplied by the U.S. Department of
Veteran's Affairs, and is not necessarily complete. The names have been
compared with the Confederate service records in order to make the list as
correct as possible. There are some additional names found in the service
records of 15th Arkansas soldiers who reportedly died at Camp Butler which are
not in the cemetery records. That list of names follows the burial list.
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15th Arkansas Regiment Soldiers Buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery: |
Name | Date of Death |
Rank | Company |
Burial Plot |
|
Alexander, James A (or James L) |
03/02/1862 |
PVT |
B |
153 |
Apperson (or Epperson), John |
03/29/1862 |
PVT |
D |
21 |
Baker, J T |
10/11/1862 |
PVT |
A |
717 |
Beard, W T (or W J) |
04/21/1862 |
PVT |
C |
196 |
Blackney, P |
03/12/1862 |
PVT |
C |
88 |
Braswell, J S (James) |
03/09/1862 |
SGT |
D |
133 |
Brown, G L |
03/20/1862 |
PVT |
E |
15 |
Brown, H M |
03/06/1862 |
1ST SGT |
E |
112 |
Brown, T E |
03/17/1862 |
PVT |
D |
131 |
Brown, W L |
04/16/1862 |
PVT |
C |
188 |
Calhoun, J C |
04/04/1862 |
PVT |
B |
31 |
Cate, B F |
07/03/1863 |
PVT |
D |
637 |
Cate, John H |
07/06/1862 |
PVT |
D |
639 |
Chatman, J C |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
E |
102 |
Chisholm, James A |
03/19/1862 |
PVT |
F |
702 |
Cook, Fletcher |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
F |
104 |
Couch, Joseph |
03/05/1862 |
PVT |
F |
124 |
Crin, J F |
03/08/1862 |
PVT |
A |
101 |
Curry, S W |
03/14/1862 |
PVT |
F |
169 |
Davidson (or Davison), John O |
03/06/1868 |
PVT |
D |
149 |
Davis, J B |
03/06/1862 |
PVT |
I |
178 |
Davis, Leander |
03/08/1862 |
PVT |
D |
148 |
Dodd, Henry M |
04/10/1862 |
PVT |
B |
39 |
Dutton, G F |
03/17/1882 |
PVT |
A |
64 |
Easter, J A (James) |
03/10/1862 |
PVT |
A |
108 |
Engram, Robert |
04/10/1862 |
PVT |
F |
483 |
Foggle (or Fogle), Frank |
03/09/1862 |
PVT |
D |
146 |
Foster, James E |
03/26/1862 |
PVT |
C |
20 |
French, B B |
05/25/1862 |
PVT |
C |
558 |
Gilliland, John |
03/06/1862 |
PVT |
F |
120 |
Glenn, O P |
03/20/1862 |
PVT |
D |
8 |
Gray (Jr), B F |
04/27/1862 |
PVT |
D |
428 |
Griggs, J R (John) |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
C |
182 |
Hardy, Molias (or Hardy, N) |
03/15/1862 |
PVT |
A |
700 |
Hare, H W (Henry) |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
C |
91 |
Harris, H |
03/14/1862 |
PVT |
C |
60 |
Hawkins, E C |
03/20/1862 |
PVT |
A |
45 |
Hill, James M |
03/14/1862 |
PVT |
F |
90 |
Holloway, F M (Francis) |
03/11/1862 |
PVT |
F |
100 |
Huckabee, A J |
03/15/1862 |
PVT |
E |
59 |
Huckabee, James P |
03/26/1862 |
SGT |
E |
18 |
Huckaher, G C |
03/16/1862 |
PVT |
E |
55 |
Hughes, B G |
03/22/1862 |
CPL |
F |
2 |
Jackson, Robert |
02/27/1862 |
PVT |
E |
176 |
James, T P |
03/10/1862 |
SGT |
B |
110 |
Jones, E L |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
B |
96 |
Jones, E W |
04/14/1862 |
PVT |
F |
184 |
Jones, H P |
03/28/1862 |
PVT |
B |
74 |
Jones, P B |
05/07/1862 |
PVT |
B |
466 |
Kendrick, J H (or J W) |
07/15/1862 |
PVT |
A |
595 |
Lafrone, James W |
03/18/1862 |
PVT |
D |
46 |
Langham, J H |
03/11/1862 |
PVT |
E |
138 |
Lockwell, Thomas |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
C |
168 |
Love, J H |
03/09/1862 |
PVT |
I |
142 |
Lucie, B |
03/10/1862 |
PVT |
A |
140 |
Mason, James |
03/26/1862 |
PVT |
D |
19 |
Mason, W H |
03/31/1862 |
PVT |
D |
123 |
Mathews, J J |
Unknown |
PVT |
F |
113 |
McClenden, D (David W) |
03/06/1862 |
PVT |
D |
130 |
McKelvey, William J |
Unknown |
PVT |
B |
23 |
McRiley, W P |
03/28/1862 |
PVT |
B |
170 |
Meridith, J C |
06/10/1862 |
PVT |
C |
589 |
Meridith, W F |
03/14/1862 |
PVT |
C |
86 |
Miller, A |
03/23/1862 |
PVT |
E |
1 |
Miller, Joseph A |
05/05/1862 |
PVT |
B |
518 |
Miller, R D |
03/29/1862 |
PVT |
B |
129 |
Mills, J H |
05/16/1862 |
Unk. |
Unk. |
498 |
Mitchell, H W |
03/07/1862 |
PVT |
C |
116 |
Moss, Mathew |
05/04/1862 |
PVT |
C |
450 |
Muse, R S |
03/16/1862 |
CPL |
E |
79 |
Nesbit, T J |
05/12/1862 |
PVT |
A |
496 |
Nichols, Elias |
07/10/1862 |
PVT |
B |
649 |
Nichols, John |
07/10/1862 |
PVT |
B |
671 |
O'Hallaran, Michael |
02/27/1862 |
PVT |
E |
175 |
O'Neal, F M |
03/14/1862 |
PVT |
E |
699 |
Otwell, W H |
03/02/1862 |
PVT |
B |
517 |
Payne, Thomas H |
03/10/1862 |
PVT |
E |
107 |
Penijer, Z A |
03/17/1862 |
PVT |
A |
52 |
Phillips, A W |
03/16/1862 |
PVT |
B |
63 |
Phillips, J N |
05/11/1862 |
PVT |
A |
491 |
Pittman, Thomas |
05/20/1862 |
PVT |
C |
471 |
Pratt, N E |
03/19/1862 |
SGT |
D |
10 |
Pratt, W F |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
D |
98 |
Purfoy, T J |
03/29/1862 |
PVT |
B |
17 |
Rhodes, J B |
05/28/1862 |
PVT |
D |
410 |
Richards, W G |
04/17/1862 |
CPL |
E |
192 |
Richardson, S |
05/10/1862 |
PVT |
F |
461 |
Roberts, E W |
03/22/1862 |
PVT |
F |
13 |
Robinson, H (Hosea) |
03/02/1862 |
PVT |
D |
181 |
Rose, T P |
06/02/1862 |
PVT |
A |
576 |
Steadman, W C |
04/15/1862 |
SGT |
D |
187 |
Tatum, R H |
03/12/1862 |
CPL |
E |
167 |
Taylor, J W |
03/09/1862 |
CPL |
E |
134 |
Teague, John |
07/13/1862 |
CPL |
D |
654 |
Temple, W M |
03/22/1862 |
PVT |
F |
6 |
Thompson, J W |
08/01/1862 |
PVT |
D |
71 |
Tomlin, P L |
03/07/1882 |
CPL |
A |
118 |
Torrents, S |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
A |
162 |
Tribble, B F |
03/26/1862 |
PVT |
C |
87 |
Turner, D S |
03/15/1862 |
PVT |
E |
89 |
Tyler, J C |
03/14/1862 |
PVT |
E |
95 |
Ursery, A T |
05/19/1862 |
PVT |
B |
49 |
Vincen, L |
03/03/1862 |
PVT |
A |
117 |
Waldroup, James H |
08/26/1862 |
PVT |
F |
694 |
Wallace, John |
03/14/1862 |
PVT |
F |
61 |
Wallace, Myric |
03/21/1862 |
PVT |
F |
661 |
Walthall, Ed |
06/30/1862 |
PVT |
B |
629 |
Weaney, A T |
03/29/1862 |
PVT |
Unk. |
127 |
Well, D M |
03/16/1862 |
PVT |
A |
53 |
Whaley, C W |
03/08/1862 |
PVT |
F |
145 |
Whitby, J R |
03/18/1862 |
PVT |
A |
42 |
Whitley, William |
03/16/1862 |
PVT |
E |
80 |
Young, John T |
03/13/1862 |
PVT |
E |
99 |
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The service records of the following 15 Arkansas Regiment soldiers state that
they died at Camp Butler, but their names do not appear on the Camp Butler
National Cemetery list:
|
Name | Date of Death |
Rank | Company |
Burial |
|
Andrews, B H |
03/17/1862 |
PVT |
A |
Unk. |
Burns, H E |
04/01/1862 |
PVT |
E |
Unk. |
Burns, John |
11/01/1862 |
PVT |
D |
Unk. |
Couch, William A |
03/24/1862 |
PVT |
A |
Unk. |
Flaurary, John |
05/18/1862 |
PVT |
B |
Unk. |
Huey, Sidney |
03/15/1862 |
PVT |
D |
Unk. |
Love, Harvey A |
03/15/1862 |
PVT |
E |
Unk. |
McKelvey, James A |
03/28/1862 |
PVT |
B |
Unk. |
Richey, Robert N |
05/20/1862 |
SGT |
B |
Unk. |
Roach, Ira B |
05/28/1862 |
PVT |
B |
Unk. |
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