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CIVIL WAR VETERANS
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Conway County
Reid, Henry 
1836-1905
Henry Reid served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted twice. First was on June 10, 1862, at Helena, Arkansas, for six months. He enrolled in Co. B of the 1st. Regiment of Arkansas Volunteers commanded by Captain T. W. Williams. He was honorably discharged at St. Louis, Missouri (Benton Barracks) on December 31, 1862. A War Department Record from the Adjutant General's Office dated April 25, 1884, substantiates this information and indicated that he mustered in on July 2, 1862, at Helena, Arkansas, and was present for roll in September and October 1862. He was a member of the G.O.P.
In the Declaration of a Widow for Original Pension, filed by Eliza Ann Reid on August 5, 1905, she indicated that Henry had also enlisted at Springfield, Missouri,. on July 12, 1863, as a Private in Co. E. 2nd Reg. Arkansas Volunteers and was discharged on August 20, 1865. According to the description which Henry gave on the petition, he was 6' tall with light complexion, light hair, and dark eyes.
Henry died of disease of lungs and is buried in the Reid Cemetery in Conway County, Arkansas.
Submitted by Debra Slater Garner
Garland County
Albertson, Jacob 
Pvt Co A, 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Albertson is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Aldrich, Albert P. 
April 1839 3 - August 17, 1909
PVT Co A 13 Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry 4
Aldrich is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Bain, Henry 
1815-1897
Henry Bain served in the Confederate Army.
Bain enlisted on December 10, 1861, for twelve months at the age of forty-six. He was a third Sergeant in Perry Adcock's Company of the 16th Tennessee. He was captured on February 16, 1862, at the fall of Fort Donelson in west Tennessee. He was sent to Camp Morton, Indiana, and was listed as a prisoner of war on August 27, 1862, when he exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was elected First Sergeant on September 20, 1862. He received his disability discharge on March 6, 1863.
Bain is buried in Bain Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Submitted by Debra Slater Garner
Cearley, Clement W.
-10/30/1930 5
Co H 3rd Missouri Cavalry
He is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Gillham, Philip Phagan 
From the The Looking Glass fall 1995: Co. H. 3rd Mo. Cavalry U.S. Gillham fought in a skirmish at Hot Springs on February 10, 1864, and escaped unharmed. His hand-hewn log cabin, built in 1865, has been preserved at Royal, Arkansas. While Gillham was rebuilding his cabin, a group of bushwhackers tried to steal his horse. In defense of his property, he shot and killed one of the men.
He is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas
Submitted by Linda Miller
James, Henry
May 9,
1832 - March 15, 1898
Second Lieutenant—Enlisted in Co. H, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, at Benton, Arkansas, June 19, 1862; elected second lieutenant, June 19, 1862; captured at Mine Creek, Kansas, October 25, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Johnson’s Island, Ohio, until released on oath of allegiance, June 16, 1865; born in Tennessee, c1832; died in Arkansas, March 15, 1897; widow Sue L. James filed Arkansas pension application #17996 from Garland
County, August 11, 1902. (source:
http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/6cavcoh.html, accessed April 28,
2012)
Mr. James died March 15, 1898, according to tombstone and
City of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Death Records, 1896-1917, compiled
by Bobbie Jones McLane.
Mr. James is buried in Greenwood Cemetery,
Garland County, Arkansas.
Johnson, William W.
June 1839 - July 1901
PVT Co G 42 Regt Mississippi Volunteers Confederate States Army 2
Mr. Johnson is buried in Fourche Loupe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
King, Alfred M.
1833 - 1864
CPL Co F 4 Regiment Arkansas Cavalry Union 2
Cpl. King is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Lavender, John T. 
Co G 4 Arkansas Cavalry (Union) 2
Mr. Lavender is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Lynn, Lemuel L.
November 19, 1845 - February 19, 1923
Pvt Co G 7 Tennessee Inf (Federal Military) 2
Mr. Lynn is buried in Fourche Loupe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Mackey, Andrew J. 
Pvt Co C 6 Kansas Cavalry (Union) 2
Mr. Mackey is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Nobles, Nathaniel
Died June 4, 1862
Company F, 3rd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, CSA
Nobles was in the first group of men who signed up for Company F, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry. He died in a military hospital in Okolona, Mississippi, on June 4, 1862, and is probably buried in an unmarked grave in the Confederate Cemetery located near the hospital. When he joined the Confederate army he left a wife, Margaret and three children, after his death the family moved to Texas.
Submitted by Charleen Cook Nobles
Pate, Allen P. 
Co F 4th Arkansas Cavalry (Union) 2
Mr. Pate is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Rawls, John Felix
Co G 4th Arkansas Cavalry (Union) 2
Mr. Rawls is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Robbins, William R. 
1840-1892
Union Tennessee Volunteers
7th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Organized at Athens and Nashville, Tennessee, August, 1864. Attached to District of East Tennessee to March, 1865 2nd Brigade, District of East Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
Service: Duty at Nashville and Athens till March, 1865. Action at Athens January 28, 1865. Near Philadelphia March 1. Operations about Athens March 2-4. Guard passes east of Athens till July. Mustered out July 27, 1865. William served first time Co. A 1st. Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army; second time Co I , 7th Reg. Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Union Army. He was captured towards the end of the war and was given a choice go to a Union prison or join the Union Army.
He is buried in Buckville Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Submitted by Debra Slater Garner
Spiva, Jonas B. 
1st Lieutenant 4 Arkansas Cavalry
Spiva is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas.
Spurlin, James Frank 
November 8, 1845 (or 1846) - March 3, 1918
PVT Co E 19 Arkansas Infantry CSA
Mr. Spurlin is buried in Spurlin Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas. 2
Ussery, Albert Chase 
December 18, 1848
- September 19, 1918 4 5 6
Pvt Co F 4 Arkansas Cavalry Union
Mr. Ussery is buried in Lowe Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas. 2
1 From The Sentinel-Record obituary
2 From tombstone
3 1900 US Federal Census
4 National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
5 Arkansas Death Index
6 Findagrave.com