confederate won the seven days battle.
who won the seven days battle union or confederate?
confederate
arkansas formed 48 infantry regiments and over 20 cavalry regiments and 20 artillery batteries for the confederate states army. most of the troops raised in arkansas before may 1862 were transferred east of the mississippi river and would eventually comprise a division in the confederate army of tennessee. all but one infantry regiment and all of the cavalry and artillery units served most of the war in what was known as the "western theater", where there were few battles that were on the scale of those in the "eastern theater". beginning in 1862, the confederate states west of the mississippi river were assigned to the department of the trans-mississippi. all of the new unit raised and organized after may 1862 would remain in the trans-mississippi for the remainder of the war. one infantry regiment, the "third arkansas", served in the eastern theater for the duration of the war, thus making it the state's most celebrated confederate military unit. attached to general robert e. lee's army of northern virginia, the "third arkansas" would take part in almost every major eastern battle, including the battle of seven pines, seven days battle, battle of harper's ferry, battle of antietam, battle of fredericksburg, battle of gettysburg, battle of chickamauga, battle of the wilderness, and the appomattox campaign.
arkansas in the american civil war
the brigade distinguished itself during the seven days battle where it routed the enemy at gaines' mill, captured a battery of guns, and repulsed a cavalry counterattack. casualties at gaines mill were severe, amounting to at least 25% of the texas brigade's total strength. at malvern hill, the brigade was held in reserve despite hood's requests to assault the union entrenchments on the hill. following the seven days battles, whiting went on sick leave and by early august, robert e. lee named hood as permanent division commander. during the week following malvern hill, lee wrote to senator wigfall that 1,336 new recruits were needed to replenish the depleted brigade, which likely numbered fewer than 1000 men in early july. within a month, the texas brigade was brought back up to strength with new recruits and men with minor wounds returning to duty and it had close to 3000 men at the start of the northern virginia campaign.
texas brigade