Jacksonport in Jackson County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Jackson Guards Monument
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 22, 2023
1. Jackson Guards Monument Marker
Inscription. [South face] The Jackson Guards were organized at Jacksonport, Jackson County, Arkansas, by Capt. A. B. Pickett, a prominent lawyer of Jacksonport, Sunday morning, May 5, 1861. The company was marched to the Presbyterian Church and there presented with a beautiful silk flag, made by the fair ladies of Jacksonport. The Presentation Speech was made by Miss Mary Tom Caldwell, assisted by Miss Pauline Hudson and Miss Fannie Board. The Speech of Acceptance was made by Private S.S. Gause of the company. They were then marched to the steamboat, Mary Patterson and with Capt. Morg Bateman, the owner and commander, they took passage for Memphis, Tenn. and from there went to Richmond, Va., their destination at that time.
The original muster roll of Co. "G", First Ark. Reg. Inf. or Jackson Guards
Col. Jas. F. Fagan's Regiment,
Gen. Lucus Polk's and D.C. Govan's Brigades,
Gen. Cleburne's Division,
Hardee Corps, Army of Tennessee.
First Officers, elected May 5th, 1861
Capt., A.C. Pickett, in 1862 Col. of Stern's Reg. 1st Lieut., L.C. Gause, in 1862 Col. of 32nd Ark. Reg. 2nd Lieut., L.L. Moore, honorably discharged. 3rd
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Lieut., George Paine, honorably discharged in 1862.
Non-commissioned Officers
1st Sergt., James F. Hunter, trans. 2nd Sergt., W.B. Densford, discharged, over age. 3rd Sergt., John R. Loftin 4th Sergt., Peter Bach, wounded 5th Sergt., Clay Love 1st Corpl., John M. Waddill 2nd Corpl., Samuel Shoup 3rd Corpl., Henry Clements 4th Corpl., W.E. Bevens
Officers from 1862 to 1865
Capt. Sam Shoup, wounded on 21st day of July at Atlanta 1st Lieut. James Waltham, killed at Kennesaw Mountain 2nd Lieut. H.C. Lowe, wounded at Chickmauga and Jonesboro 3rd Lieut. John R. Loftin
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 22, 2023
2. Jackson Guards Monument (south side)
Co. K, 35th Ark. Reg. Inf. Capt. Jack Brown, 7th Ark. Reg. Inf. Capt. J.M. Siddell, Co. C, 32nd Ark. Reg. Inf. Capt. Frank Wells, Co. I, 32nd Ark. Reg. Inf. Capt. T.J. Yarbrough, 1st Ark. Reg. Cav. Capt. Alex W. Jones, 2nd Ark. Reg. Inf. Capt. Sam Jones, Desha Battalion Capt. John Hale, Co. G, 32nd Ark. Reg. Inf. Capt. James Thrall, Battery Artillery Capt. Lester, 32nd Ark. Reg, Inf. Lieut. Col. L.M. Ramsour, 2nd Ark. Reg. Inf. Col. W.K. Patterson, 8th Ark. Reg. Inf. Col. Charles Mattock, 1st Ark. Reg. Cav. Col. Charles Young, 32nd Ark. Reg, Inf. Dr. J.M. Jones, Forrest Cavalry Dr. S.D. Bateman, Shelby's Brigade John Shearer, Thrall's Battery W.P. Robinson, Thrall's Battery Ben Adler, Co. E, 7th Ark. Reg. Inf. Frank Caldwell, Co. E, 1st Ark. Reg. Cav. C.M. Montelle, Co. G, 32nd Ark. Reg. Inf. J.C. Hawley, 8th Ark. Reg. Inf. James Howard, Co. A, 8th Ark. Reg. Inf. James S. Jones, Co. G, 32nd Ark. Reg. Inf.
+ Wounded / X Discharged / - Killed / ‼ Transferred / = Died / O Furnished Substitute / ^ Detailed
[West face]
Privates
Bob Burnett ^W.T. Barnes +Robert B. Bond xW.H. Baker
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3. Jackson Guards Monument (east side)
‼George W. Baker Ben B. Bradley ‼William Bundell +John Baird -T.H. Brogden T.A. Byler ^J.J. Bobo =J.K. Bedwell -Edward Burnett +John Baldridge +Alex Baldridge +W.E. Bevens
+Peter Bach -W.N. Clayton =William Cooper xJack Conn +John A. Cathey +Austin Choate F. Collins John Carpenter B.L. Covey +Henry Clements -E.V. Dale ‼George F. Dickson Ed Dempsey xRichard Dorsey =Thomas B. Davis -Allen Davis Cliff Dowell F.W. Dillard xS.M. Ferrill J.F. Ferrill James Fulcher ‼James Garrett ‼S.S. Gause -Arthur Green ^E. Haggerton Robert Harl John Hite +James M. Hensley xDan Hays +Jonathan Harrison James Hudson +Martin Howard ‼Richard Hayden ‼Joseph Hamilton W.H. Hunter -Joseph Hubbard W.H. Heard =W.H. Henson Tom A. Hail ‼James F. Hunter Lon Harl Dave Kelley xB.F. Kinman John Lamb ‼Joseph Joslin Wilson Love
[North base]
=Joe Lax +Jerry Love John D. Love Nathan Love -A.R. Logan +Shannon Logan oPat Murphy +Lemuel McKee +William M. Matthews +Jasper May +Mart A. Mull
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4. Jackson Guards Monument (west side)
+J.D. Meyers -W.H. Moore +John A. McDonald -J. McClain +B.F. McGowan ‼Dave McCullough ^W.M. McCartney W.A. Meyers xRobert Morris John M. Murphy Dave Mulligan xJohn A. Murphy Michael Nash =John Orick -W.P. Pinkley
[North side]
Privates
xHenry Powell xJack Porter xJ.P.K. Prichard ^Y.R. Ridley xG.A. Ramey J.W. Robinson J.R. Roberts Wm. Rogers G.W. Reager ‼Geo. W. Roberts +Jos. R. Roberts +W.H.C. Reed +John M. Rodgers B.F. Richardson J.W. Readen +George Rice +B.F. Reeves Fred Roy ‼David Roby H. Ratcliff =Arthur Rhodes ^W.D. Shackleford -Alfred Stewart ‼Thos. R. Stone -Jas. M. Stinson -Charley Steadman Lon Steadman Luther Steadman xJosh Sample xGeorge K. Stephens =Henry Smith xR.H. Sullivan R.L. Slaughter -Pony Stewart xEli Stringfellow J.H. Sherry +George Sparling xJas. Seward John B. Trail +George B. Thomas xW.N. Tucker Jasper Vaughn +B.F. Vandifer +A.F. Vandifer Boon Winnieham Harrison Winnieham W.D. Winnieham xBeverly Willard B.F. Whitley B.F. White xJohn Wilson +J.B. Waddill
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5. Jackson Guards Monument (north base)
xJohn M. Waddill +J. Fletcher Williams J.W. Jones, Surgeon Co. I, Forrest Cav. 1st Ark. Reg. Rawling Young, Asst. Surgeon 1st Ark. Reg. T.R. Ashford, Asst. Surgeon 1st Ark. Reg. Wm. E. Arnold
List of battles in which Company "G" 1st Ark. Reg.
engaged in from 1861- 1865.
First battle of Manassas Blockade of Potomac at Evansport Shiloh Farmington Corinth Perryville Murfreesboro Chickamauga Missionary Ridge Ringgold Gap 74 days from Dalton to Atlanta Peachtree Creek Atlanta Jonesboro Springhill Franklin Nashville Bentonville
Erected 1914.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
Location. 35° 38.385′ N, 91° 18.625′ W. Monument is in Jacksonport, Arkansas, in Jackson County. It is on Avenue Street west of Dillard Street, on the right when traveling west. Monument is in Jacksonport State Park. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Newport AR 72112, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in the American South and specifically in the Upper
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 22, 2023
6. Jackson Guards Monument (north side)
South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2023. This page has been viewed 954 times since then and 682 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2023. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on April 26, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 8. submitted on April 27, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
