Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 19, 1861
A regiment of Arkansas troops, from the southern part of the State, says the Helena Shield, passed up last Sunday, en route for the seat of war, that should properly be styled the Preachers’ Regiment.–The colonel, Bradley, from Pine Bluff, is a Methodist minister, and besides him there are no less than eight preachers in the regiment–one of whom is over seventy years of age!