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...
1898 – Sixth Confederate Reunion

1898 – Sixth Confederate Reunion

In 1898, the sixth Confederate reunion was held at the site of the old town of Elizabeth, which had been a thriving river port on the White River and the seat of Jackson County in the 1840’s.  The reunions were held at Camp Pat Cleburne, named for the...