11th/17th Arkansas Combined Infantry Regiment, CSA

In March of 1863, the 11th Arkansas Infantry and the 17th Arkansas Infantry were consolidated to bring the strength of each unit to an acceptable number. This new command would serve in this capacity with Col. John L. Logan in charge, since he was the senior Colonel superseding Col. John Griffith of the 17th Arkansas Infantry. Companies H and I of the Eleventh Arkansas were combined with Company C while the remaining companies remained the same. The Companies of the 17th Arkansas were combined into 3 companies, H, I, and K of the new consolidated regiment. Almost immediately the War Dept. ordered the unit mounted with plans for it to serve as a mounted infantry rather than rather than Cavalry. The "footsore" troops gladly accepted their mounts and spent long hours drilling in this new branch of service. The first duties of the 11th/17th Infantry was to travel to Southeast Louisiana to slow Union advance while preparations were made upstream to meet the enemy. By May 13, 1865, most of the 11th/17th Arkansas had turned themselves in to Federal garrisons in Jackson, Miss. and were paroled.

Dates		Activity
10 Aug 1861		Battle of Wilson's Creek
7 Mar 1862	8 Mar 1862	Battle of Pea Ridge
03 Oct 1862	04 Oct 1862	Corinth
03 Jun 1863		Clinton, Louisiana
03 Aug 1863		Jackson, Louisiana
16 Oct 1863	19 Oct 1863	Skirmishes at Catlett's Farm, Scott's Ferry, Livingston, Clinton, Edward's Depot, Mississippi
02 Dec 1863	06 Dec 1863	Natchez, Mississippi
05 Feb 1864		Skirmish at Clinton/Baker's Creek, Mississippi
22 April 1864		Captured USS Petrel near Yazoo, Mississippi
01 Dec 1864		Skirmish at Concorde Church, Mississippi

Partial Roster

Company I

William Squire Dotson (1840-1923) Private. Son of Dock Floyd Dotson and Mary Ann Renno, husband of Barbara Elizabeth Phillips. Buried in Lower Wharton Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas.