Leemarcus Watkins

Citation Text: Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA Company A- Arkansas Travelers This company of volunteers, calling themselves the Arkansas Travelers, was organized at Portland, Ashley county, Arkansas, May 20, 1861, by Captain William H. Tebbs. It traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia, where it was assigned to the Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, as Company A, July 1861. On September 25, 1862, forty-two members of disbanded Company L-also from Ashley county-were assigned to this company. During its four years of service, 147 men served in Company A. Only twenty of them remained when the company was surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Their paroles were signed on April 12, 1865, and they were released to go home. The information on these pages was edited and graciously given to the Edward G. Gerdes Arkansas Civil War page by Bryan R. Howerton, who we thank so much. He can be reached and thanked at this email address! "Bryan R. Howerton"