1900’s – Jackson Guard Reunion Circa 1900

1900’s – Jackson Guard Reunion Circa 1900

These old soldiers are veterans of the Jackson Guards, a Confederate company raised in Jacksonport in May 1861 that served in the Virginia theater as Company G of the 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA.  The date they left was the day before the state of Arkansas...
1914 – Jackson Guard Monument Dedication

1914 – Jackson Guard Monument Dedication

In February 1914, Lady Elizabeth Watson and her best friend, Clare Phillips, unveil the Confederate memorial on the grounds of the Jackson County Courthouse in Newport.  Lady’s grandmother, General James Fagan’s widow, sits to the right of the column.  The...