"The Confederate Stars," organised at Monticello, Drew county, Arkansas.

This company of volunteers, calling themselves the "Confederate Stars," was organised at Monticello, Drew county, Arkansas, June 10, 1861, by Captain Thomas M. Whittington.

It travelled to Lynchburg, Virginia, where it was assigned to the Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, as Company C, July 1861.

During its four years of service, 154 men served in Company C. Only thirteen of them remained when the company was surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.