at Van Buren, under the command of Captain James P. King. When Captain King was appointed Major of the regiment, Captain Robert Miles succeeded him. This company included many men who had previously served in the Frontier Guards of Van Buren Crawford County. The Frontier Guards had been organized as a volunteer militia company in the 5th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia, on January 5, 1860, under the command of Captain Hugh T. Brown and had been assigned to the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops. Captain Brown was killed during the Battle of Wilson's Creek. After that battle, the State Troops had returned to Arkansas mustered out of service on September 19, 1861. The company reformed under the command of Captain J.P. King, who had served as a Lieutenant under Captain Brown and the Company was renamed in Brown's honor. Company H – Enlisted 20 June 1862 at Dover, Pope County, Arkansas, under the command of Captain James E. Truett. Many men in this company had been activated with the 15th Regiment, Arkansas Militia of Pope County in February 1862 during the Pea Ridge Campaign. Company I – Enlisted 20 June 1862 at Dover, Arkansas, under the command of Captain Joseph Howard. Most of the men in this company were from Johnson county and many had been activated with the 10th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia of Johnson County in February 1862 during the Pea Ridge Campaign. Company K – New enlistments on 4 July at Fort Smith, under the command of Captain William Johnson, This company included several men who had previously served Company G, 17th Arkansas Infantry, in a company originally enlisted in Madison County in November 1861. A few men has also previously served in either the 16th Arkansas Infantry or Stirman's Battalion. Its commanding officers were Colonels Frank Rector, James George, James P. King and Henry J. McCord, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Wallace, and Majors John J. Dillard and Mark T. Tatum. The regiment was originally composed of eight companies mostly from Sebastian County and the surrounding area. Service Re-designated as the 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Two other new regiments were raised under Governor Rector's plan, Brooks' 2nd Arkansas and Adams' 3rd Arkansas. On May 31, 1862, Major General Thomas Hindman was assigned as the Commander of the District of the Trans-Mississippi. General Hindman found that Major General Van Dorn had stripped the state of almost all organized