List of Arkansas Civil War Union units

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Like almost all Southern states during the American Civil War, Arkansas provided a number of units to fight for the Union, organized from African-Americans and pro-Union sympathizers. Arkansas had the third smallest white population out of the Confederate states, but more whites joined the Union Army from that state than any other besides Tennessee.^[1] In addition, 5,526 African-Americans served in Union units raised in Arkansas.^[2] The list of Confederate units is shown separately.

See also

• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• Arkansas Civil War Confederate Units
• Southern Unionists
• United States Colored Troops

References

1. Thomas A. DeBlack "Civil War through Reconstruction, 1861 through 1874 ", The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, Accessed 25 November 2013, http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=388
2. Gladstone, William A., United States Colored Troops, p. 120

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