Arkansans in the 12th Infantry

Captain Allen Wood of Carroll County relied on Arkansas men to fill out the ranks for a company for the 12th Infantry. Lieutenants Alden M. Woodruff and Lloyd Magruder were among those recruiting Arkansans in spring 1847. By early June, Captain Wood took his first 82 recruits to New Orleans to drill them before joining Scott's army. Captain J. Banks Anthony tried to recruit a company at Batesville for the 12th Infantry, but had little success, and moved on to Tennessee and Kentucky to fill out his ranks.