39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
| 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Cocke's Arkansas Infantry Regiment) (6th Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiment) |
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| Active | 1862–1865 |
| Disbanded | May 26, 1865 |
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 Confederate States
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| Allegiance | Arkansas |
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 Confederate States Army
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| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Part of | Hawthorn's Brigade |
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| Facings | Light blue |
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The 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment or Cocke's Arkansas Infantry Regiment (also known as "Johnson's regiment," "Hawthorn's regiment," "Cocke's regiment," and "Polk's regiment") was an infantry formation in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels Albert W. Johnson, A. T. Hawthorn, John B. Cocke, and Lieut. Col. Cadwallader Polk. It was mustered into service on June 17, 1862, at Trenton, Arkansas, remaining active through May 26, 1865. When Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's staff decided to designate all infantry regiments in the District of Arkansas as "Trans-Mississippi rifle regiments", the 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was designated as the 6th Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiment. One other Arkansas regiment was designated as the 39th Arkansas Infantry; that being successively commanded by Colonels Hart, McNeill, and Rogan. It was originally designated as the 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, but later redesignated as the 30th. The 39th served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater and participated in all of the principal engagements in the Trans-Mississippi Department before being disbanded on May 26, 1865.
The 39th (Johnson's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment was organized in 1862 at Trenton, Arkansas. Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman assumed command of the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 30, 1862, and immediately began attempting to organize the Confederate forces in Arkansas. On June 15, 1862, Col. Robert C. Newton, Hindman's Adjutant-General, wrote to Col. Albert W. Johnson who was attempting to raise a regiment in Phillips County, Arkansas:
In mid-July 1862, several companies, including a small battalion under Captain Daniel H. Ringo, were added to Colonel Johnson's regiment. Captain Ringo was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment on July 19, 1862. By August 12, 1862, the new regiment was at Crystal Hill, north of Little Rock. Johnson received his official appointment as Colonel on August 15, with date of rank from June 8, 1862. In September and October, the regiment camped at Austin, Arkansas, and Des Arc. Johnson resigned on October 27 in order to report to General John C. Breckinridge, East of the Mississippi River. Lieut. Col. Ringo resigned the following day. The resignations apparently resulted from bad relations between Johnson, Ringo and the junior officers. In accepting their resignations, General Thomas C. Hindman noted that the two men were not in good standing with the officers of the regiment. On November 3, 1862, General Hindman issued Special Order Number 30:
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