5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

5th Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)
Hardee Pattern Flag of the 5th Arkansas
Active	1861–1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch	Arkansas
Type	infantry
Size	regiment
Engagements	Siege of Corinth, Kentucky Campaign Battle of Perryville, Battle of Murfreesboro, Tullahoma Campaign, Battle of Liberty Gap, Chickamauga Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Chattanooga Campaign Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Ringgold Gap Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, Battle of Resaca, Battle of New Hope Church, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of Peachtree Creek, Siege of Atlanta, Battle of Jonesboro, Franklin–Nashville Campaign Battle of Franklin, Battle of Nashville, Carolinas Campaign, Battle of Bentonville,
Battle honors	Southern Cross of Honor awarded to Captain William T. Jones
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel John E. Murray†

Siege of Corinth,

Kentucky Campaign

Battle of Murfreesboro,

Tullahoma Campaign,

Chickamauga Campaign

Chattanooga Campaign

Atlanta Campaign,

Franklin–Nashville Campaign

Carolinas Campaign,

The 5th Arkansas Infantry, also called the Fighting Fifth (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment organized in Arkansas to serve for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. It served throughout the war in the western theater, seeing action in the Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia campaigns. Following its depletion in numbers the regiment was consolidated several times with other Arkansas regiments, finally merging in 1865 into the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment. Another Arkansas unit also had the designation 5th Arkansas, the 5th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops which participated in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, but was never transferred to Confederate Service. There is no connection between the two units.

This regiment was organized for one year in state service at Gainesville in Greene County, Arkansas, on June 28, 1861 and was transferred to Confederate service on July 27, 1861 at Pocahontas, Arkansas. It was reorganized for the war at Corinth, Mississippi on May 12, 1862. The field officers were David C. Cross, Lucius Featherston, Peter V. Green, and J. E. Murray; Lieutenant Colonels E. A. Howell and B. F. Sweeney; and Majors T. W. Ellsberry and Riddick Pope. The regiment would spend the duration of the war in the service of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, fighting in the western theater. The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the following counties: