Van Dorn's Army of the West to reinforce Major General Sterling Price and took part in the Battle of Pea Ridge on March 7, 1862. At Pea Ridge, the regiment lost 6 killed or mortally wounded, 5 wounded and 12 missing or captured. BG McCulloch was killed on the Leetown battlefield at Pea Ridge on March 7 while advancing with the 16th Arkansas. After the battle the 16th Arkansas could muster only 24 officers and 282 men present for duty. The Army of the West retreated through Van Buren, Arkansas, along the Arkansas River, to Duvall's Bluff, it being Gernal Van Dorn's intention to launch an invasion of Missouri from Northeast Arkansas. Van Dorn's plans were interrupted by orders to move his forces east of the Mississippi River and to unite with Confederate forces which were concentrating for the upcoming Battle of Shiloh. The Army of the West arrived too late for the Battle of Shiloh and settled into camps near Corinth, Mississippi. The 16th Arkansas was assigned, with four Missouri regiments, to a brigade commanded by Brigadier General Henry Little. In May 1862 the Confederate Army underwent an army-wide reorganization due to the passage of the Conscription Act by the Confederate Congress in April 1862. All twelve-month regiments had to re-muster and enlist for three years or the duration of the war; a new election of officers was ordered; and men who were exempted from service by age or other reasons under the Conscription Act were allowed to take a discharge and go home. Officers who did not choose to stand for re-election were also offered a discharge. The 16th Arkansas was re-organized at Corinth, Mississippi, on May 6, 1862, and the following officers chosen: Colonel David Provence. Lieutenant Colonel B.T. Pixlee. Major J.M. Pitman. Adjutant. John S. Tutt. Quartermaster Arch McKennon. Commissary Sam Hays. Sergeant Major David Bronaugh. The company commanders at reorganization were: Company A, Captain Lorenzo N.C. Swaggerty. Company B, Captain Jesse L. Cravens. Company C, Captain James Yearwood. Company D, Captain E. G. Mitchell. Company E, Lieutenant J. H. Berry. Company F, Captain William B. Stevens. Company G, Captain J. P. Carnahan. Company H, Captain Grandison D.R. Preston, then J.B. Cloud. Company I, Captain. Daniel Boone. Company K, Captain James Waldron. The regiment participated in the movements around Corinth on the approach of the Union army under General Halleck and suffered 3 wounded and 3