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Judges of the Fifth circuit: J. J. Clendenin, December 28, 1840; W. H. Field, December 24, 1846; J. J. Clendenin, September 6, 1854; Liberty Bartlett, November 12, 1854; E. D. Ham, July 23, 1868; Benton J. Brown, September 30, 1874; W. W. Mansfield, October 31, 1874; Thomas W. Pound, September 9, 1878; W. D. Jacoway, Oc- tober 31, 1878; G. S. Cunningham (three terms), October 31, 1882. Prosecuting attorneys: R. W. Johnson, December 29, 1840; George C. Watkins, January 11, 1845; J. J. Clendenin, February 17, 1849, to 1854; J. L. Hollowell, September 8, 1858, to 1860; Sam W. Williams, May 10, 1860; Pleas- ant Jordan, September 7, 1861; Sam W. Williams, July 6, 1863; John Whytock, December 19, 1865; R. H. Dedman, October 15, 1866; N. J. Temple, August 15, 1868; Arch Young, August 24, 1872; Thomas Barnes, April 23, 1873; J. P. Byers, Oc- tober 31, 1873; A. S. McKennon, October 14, 1878; J. G. Wallace (two terms), October 31, 1882; H. S. Carter, October 30, 1SS6.
. Sixth circuit-judges: William Conway, De- cember 19, 1840; John Field, February 3, 1843: George Conway, August 1, 1844; John Quillin. March 2, 1849; Thomas Hubbard, August 22, 1854; A. B. Smith, February 7, 1856; Shelton Wat- son, September 26, 1858; Len B. Green, April 5, 1858; A. B. Williams, January 28, 1865; J. T. Elliott, October 2, 1865; J. J. Clendenin. October 31, 1874; J. W. Martin. October 31, 1878; F. T. Vaughan, October 31, 1882: J. W. Martin. Octo- ber 30, 1886. Prosecuting attorneys: G. D. Roy -- ton, November 11, 1840; O. F. Rainy, June 12, 1843; Isaac T. Tupper, January 18, 1844; A. W. Blevins, January 11, 1847; E. A. Warner, March 3, 1851; Orville Jennings, August 23, 1853; E. W. Gantt, August 22. 1854: James K. Young. August 30. 1860; Robert Carrigan, September 13,
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1865; J. F. Ritchie. October 15, 1866; T. B. Gib. son, January 11. 1868: Charles C. Reid, Jr., April 30, 1871; F. T. Vaughan, September 18, 1876: T. C. Trimble, September 30, 1878; F. T. Vaughan, September 30, 1880; T. C. Trimble, October 31, 1882; R. J. Lea, October 30, 1884; Gray Carroll, October 30, 1886; R. J. Lea. October 30, 1888.
Seventh circuit-judges: R. C. S. Brown, 1840; W. W. Floyd. November 30, 1846. (December 20, 1849, the State was re-districted into six cir- cuits. Hence this was abolished for the time.) William Byers, July 8, 1861; R. H. Powell, May 11, 1866; John Whytock, July 23, 1868; J. J. Clendenin, May 29. 1874; Jabez M. Smith, Oc- tober 31, 1874; J. P. Henderson (three terms), Oc- tober 31, 1882. Prosecuting attorneys: John M. Wilson, November 20, 1840; J. M. Tebbetts. De. cember 5, 1844; Elisha Baxter, December 7, 1861: W. B. Padgett, August 29, 1865; W. R. Coody, October 15, 1866; E. W. Gantt, July 31, 1868: J. M. Harrell, May 5, 1873; M. J. Henderson, October 31, 1874; James B. Wood, October 14. 1878; J. P. Henderson (three terms), October 31, 1882; W. H. Martin, October 30, 1888.
Eighth circuit -- judges: C. C. Scott, December 2, 1846; William Davis, July 3, 1848 (abolished December 20, 1849); James D. Walker, July 25, 1861; Elias Harrell, May 8, 1865; William Story. March 27, 1867; E. J. Earle, July 23, 1868; T. G. T. Steele, February 23. 1873; L. J. Joyner, Octo- ber 31, 1874; H. B. Stuart. October 31, 1878; R. D. Hearn, October 30, 1886. Prosecuting attor- neys: Richard Lyons, February 5, 1847; N. W. Pat- terson, October 25, 1865; C. G. Reagan, January 7, 1865; J. C. Pratt. July 23, 1868; T. M. Gun- ter, October 15, 1866; Duane Thompson, January 4, 1874; George A. Kingston, July 26. 1871; J. D. McCabe, October 31, 1874: J. H. Howard, April 26, 1873; Rufus D. Hearn (three terms), July 6. 1874; Lafayette Gregg. November 13, 1862; W. M. Green (three terms), October 30, 1884.
Ninth circuit-judges: H. B. Stuart, Novem- ber 28, 1862; W. N. Hargrave, -, 1865: E. J. Searle, February 25, 1867: G. W. MeCowan. July 23, 1868; J. T. Elliott, April 26. 1873: J. K. Young, October 31, 1874; C. F. Mitchell. October 31. 1SS2;
L. A. Byrne, November 4, 1SS4; A. B. Williams. vice Mitchell, resigned, September 10, 1884; C. E. Mitchell, October 30, 1886. Prosecuting attorneys: A. J. Temple, July 8, 1861; A. T Craycraft, January 7, 1865; E. J. Searle, February 19, 1866; R. C. Parker, October 15. 1866; N. J. Temple, January 20, 1867; J. R. Page, January 9, 1869: J. M. Bradley, April 26, 1873; Dan W. Jones, October 31, 1874; B. W. Johnson, October 13. 1876; John Cook. October 14, 1880; T. F. Web- ber (four terms), October 31, 1882.
Judges of the Tenth circuit: H. P. Morse, July 23, 1868; D. W Carroll, October 28, 1874: T. F. Sorrells, October 31, 1874; J. M. Bradley, October 30, 18S2; C. D. Wood. October 30. 1886. Prosecuting attorneys: J. McL. Barton, March 29, 1869: H. King White, April 20, 1871; M. Me- Gehee, April 29. 1873; J. C. Barrow. October 31, 1874; C. D. Woods, October 30, 1882; M. L. Hawkins, vice Woods, October 10, 1886; R. C. Fuller, October 30, 1888.
Eleventh circuit-judges: J. W. Fox, April 30, 1873; H. N. Hutton, July 24, 1874; John A. Williams, October 31, 1874; X. J. Pindall, Octo- ber 31, 1878: J. A. Williams (two terms), October 30, 1882. Prosecuting attorneys . H. M. Me Veigh, April 26, 1873; Z. L. Wise, October 31, 1874; T. B. Martin, October 10, ISTS: J. M. Elliott (five terms), October 10, 1880.
Twelfth circuit-judges: P. C. Dooley, April 26, 1873; J. H. Rogers, April 20, 1877; R. B. Rutherford, October 2, 1882; John S. Little, Octo- ber 20, 1886. Prosecuting attorneys: D. D. Leach. April 26, 1873; John S. Little (three terms), April 2, 1877; A. C. Lewers (two terms), September 20. 1884; J. B. MeDonough, October 30, 1888.
Thirteenth circuit-judges: M. D. Kent, April 26. 1873; B. F. Askew, October 30, 1882; C. W. Smith, October 30. 1886. Prosecuting attorneys: W. C. Langford, April 26, 1573; W. F. Wallace. June 5. 1SS3: H. P. Snead (three terms), Octo- ber 30. 1SS4.
Fourteenth circuit -- judges: George A. King. ston. April 26, 1873: R. H. Powell. May, 1SS7. Prosecuting attorneys: Duane Thompson. April 26, 1873: De Ross Bailey, May, 1887.
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
L. D. Belden was appointed judge of the Fif- teenth circuit April 26, 1873, the prosecuting at- torney being G. G. Lotta, elected April 23, 1873. Sixteenth circuit-judge: Elisha Mears, April 26, 1873. Prosecuting attorneys: H. N. Withers,
September 27, 1873; V. B. Shepard, April 30, 1874.
By an act of April 16, 1873, the State was di- vided into sixteen judicial circuits, but two years later a reduction to eleven in number was made.
CHAPTER IX.
THE LATE CIVIL WAR-ANALYTICAL VIEW OF THE TROUBLOUS TIMES -- PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION-THE CALL TO ARMS-THE FIRST TROOPS TO TAKE THE FIELD-INVASION OF THE STATE BY THE FEDERAL ARMY-SKETCHES OF THE REGIMENTS-NAMES OF OFFICERS-OUTLINE OF FIELD OPERATIONS-CLAIBOURNE AND YELL-EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE MEMO- RANDA -- EVACUATION OF THE STATE-RE-OCCUPATION-THE WAR OF 1812-
THE MEXICAN WAR-STANDARD OF AMERICAN GENERALSHIP.
The cannon's hush'd! nor drum nor clarion sound; Helmet and hauberk gleam upon the ground; Horsemen and horse lie weltering in their gore; Patriots are dead, and heroes dare no more; While solemnly the moonlight shrouds the plain, And lights the lurid features of the slain. -. Montgomery.
RKANSAS was not among the States that may be call- ed leaders in inaugurating the late war. It only pass- ed a secession ordinance May 6, 1861, nearly a month after hostilities had commenced, and Lincoln had issued his call for 75,000 ninety-day troops "to put down the rebellion." The re- luctance with which the State finally joined its sister States is manifested by the almost unanimous refusal of the State convention, which met in March. 1861 -- the day Lincoln was in- augurated-and nearly unanimously voted down secession and passed a series of conservative resolu- tions, looking to a national convention to settle in 5
some way the vexed question of slavery, and then voting a recess of the convention. When this re-assembled war was upon the country, and the ordinance of secession was passed, only, however, after full discussion. pro and con. There was but one vote against secession finally, and that was given by Isaac Murphy-afterward the military governor of Arkansas.
Local authorities received instructions to arm and equip forty regiments of State troops. The ruling minds of the State were averse to war, and resisted it until they were forced into the po- sition of siding with their neighbors or with the Union cause. In the South, as in the North. there were inconsiderate hot heads, who simply wanted war for war's sake-full of false pretexts. but eager for war with or without a pretext. These extremists of each party were, unconsciously, per-
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haps, but in fact, the two blades of the pair of scissors, to cut asunder the ties of the Union of States. Slavery, possibly not directly the cause of the war, was the handiest pretext seized upon at the time, with such disastrous results. In the dis- pensations of heaven, had the fanatics of the North and the fire-eaters of the South been hung across the clothes-line, as a boy sometimes hangs cats, and left in holy peace to fight it out, what a bless- ing for mankind it would have been!
The history of the late war cannot yet be writ- ten. Its most profound effects are not yet evolved. The actual fighting ceased nearly a generation ago, and the cruel strife is spoken of as over. It is the effects that true history observes. The chronicler records the dates and statistics, and files these away for the future historian. It is highly prob- able that there is no similar period in history where the truth will be so distorted as by him who tells "the story of the war."
Anyone can begin to see that there are many things now that were unknown before the war. Great changes are still being worked out, and whether or not yet greater ones are to come, no one knows. The abolitionists thirty years ago hated the slave owners, -the slave holders loved slavery. The former thought to forever end slavery on this continent by liberating the slaves, and now the once alarmed slave owner has discovered that the great benefits of the abolition of slavery have been to the whites far more than to the blacks.
There is little idea of what the real historian one hundred years from now will be compelled to say of these "blessed times." He will most prob- ably smile in pity upon all this self-laudation and wild boast. If men could have known the effects to follow in all the important movements of peo- ples, it is highly probable there would have been no civil war. Those who "sectionally hated" may sleep quietly in their graves, because they died unconscious as to whether their supposed bloody revenge, driven hurtling at the enemy, was a bullet or a boomerang.
The Southern individual may look with envy to the pension fund now being poured out in North- ern States, while, instead of this, he should only
remember that the Southern soldier is making his way unaided in the world. It should not be for- gotten that the rapid development of the South is sadly in want of the constant labor of thousands of immigrants, and that the New South is just entering upon a period of surprising and unexampled pros- perity, which certainly must continue.
In Arkansas, as in Illinois, when Fort Sumter was fired on, instantly there was a storm of excite- ment to "let slip the dogs of war." Action took the place of argument. The best men in the com- munity, those who had so long talked and pleaded against war, closed their mouths, and with sore hearts turned their eyes away from the sad outlook. The young and the inconsiderate seized the power to rule, and (though they knew it not) to ruin. Bells were rung, drums were beaten, and fifes made strident martial music, and people rushed into the streets. Open air meetings for the Confederate cause gathered, and songs and speeches inflamed the wildest passions of men. Poor men ! they little recked the cruel fate into which they were plunging their country -- not only themselves, but generations to come. A fifer and drummer march- ing along the streets, making harsh and discordant noises, were soon followed by crowds of men, women and children. Volunteers were called for by embryo captains, and from these crowds were soon recruited squads to be crystallized into armies with heavy tramp and flying banners-the noisy prologue to one of the bloodiest tragedies on which time has ever rung up the curtain.
The first official action of the State was that authorizing the raising and equipping of seven regiments. These were soon ready to report with full ranks. Seven regiments ! Even after the war was well on foot. men were forming companies in hot haste, in fear that before they could reach the field of action the war would be over. And after they were mustered iu and at their respective rendezvous, without uniforms and with sticks for guns, learning the rudiments of drill. they were restless, troubled seriously with the fear that they would never see or feel the glory of battle. The youths of the State had rushed to the recruiting sta- tions with the eager thoughtlessness with which
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they would have put down their names for picnic, hunting or fishing expeditions, and the wild delights of a season of camp life. Perhaps to some came indistinct ideas of winning glory on the field and a triumphant return home, to be met by the happy smiles of a people saved-when the bells would ring and flowers be strewn in the highway.
The seven regiments first authorized by the military board (the board consisting of the gov- ernor, Col. Sam W. Williams and Col. B. C. Tot- ten) had hardly been formed when more soldiers were wanted. Ten additional regiments were authorized, and of the ten seven were recruited and organized. Fourteen infantry regiments be- sides the cavalry and artillery had been a strong demand on the people, but the calls for men were increased. By voluntary enlistments twenty-one infantry regiments were finally in the field. In- cluding cavalry and artillery, Arkansas had about 25,000 volunteer soldiery.
Then came the remorseless conscription. The glamour of soldiering was now all gone. Ragged, hungry, wounded and worn with hard marches. men had suffered the touch of the hand of the angel of destruction. The relentless conscripting went on. The number of years before old age exempted was lengthened, and the age of youth exempting was shortened, until as said by Gen. Grant, they were "robbing the cradle and the grave" to recruit their decimated ranks in the army.
There are no records now by which can be told the number of men Arkansas had in the Confeder- ate army, but it is supposed by those best informed to have had nearly 40,000. In addition to this the State furnished soldiers to the Union army. In the history of wars it is doubtful if there is anything to exceed this in the heroic sacrifices of any people.
The original seven regiments were authorized as the first, exuberant war expression of the State. They were State troops, armed and equipped by the State; but the fact is that the poorest men went into the army at their individual expense and armed and equipped themselves. This was the rule-not by men only who were fighting for their slave property, but largely by men who had never owned
or expected to own a slave. When the Union army under Gen. Curtis was bearing down to invade Ar- kansas, ten more regiments were authorized and responded to this call, and seven additional regi- ments were raised and mustered into the State's service.
A military board had been provided for, con- sisting of three men, the governor and two advis- ors, who had a general supervision in organizing and equipping the army.
The first regiment raised in the State is known as the Pat Cleburneregiment. Patrick A. Cleburne, colonel, was soon made a general, and took his brigade east of the Mississippi River. The gal- lant and dashing leader was killed in the battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. At the first call to arms he raised a company and named it the Yell Rifles, of which he was first captain, and on the formation of the first regiment he became colonel, rising up and up by rapid promotions to a major- generalship.
The names of Yell and Pat Cleburne are en- twined closely in the hearts of the people of Arkan- sas. Yell was killed at the bloody battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, at the head of his charging column. The military lives and deaths of the two men were much alike. Their names and fames are secure in history. There is a touch of romance about Pat Cleburne's life in Arkansas. A Tipperary boy, of an excellent family, born in 1828, he had, when not more than sixteen years of age, joined the English army, where he was for more than a year before his whereabouts became known. His friends secured his release from the army, when he at once bade adieu to his native land and sailed for America. Stopping in 1849, a short time in Cincinnati, he was for a while a drug clerk. In 1859 he came to Helena, Ark .. and engaged here also as a pre- scription clerk. in the meantime reading law: he was made a licensed attorney in 1856. In the bloody street affray soon after, between Hindman and Dorsey Rice, he was drawn into the fracas and was shot through the body by a brother of Rice's. who came upon the ground during the melée. The latter noticed the encounter, and seeing that Cle- burne stood at one side, pistol in hand, fired. On
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turning to see who had shot him. Cleburne saw James Marriott, a brother-in-law of Dorsey Rice, with pistol in hand, and under the mistake that he was the assailant, shot him dead. Cleburne lingered a long time from his wound but finally recovered.
In the yellow fever scourge in Helena, in 1855, he was at one time about the only well person re- maining to care for the sick and dying. He was a strict member of the church and for some years a vestryman in St. John's Episcopal Church, Helena. He was engaged to wed Miss Tarleton, of Mobile, when he fell upon the battle field, and the dead soldier lay upon the ground, with his arms folded over his breast, as if even in death he would pro- tect the sacred tokens of love that he wore next his heart.
The military board elected two brigadier-gen- erals-James Yell and N. B. Pierce. The latter was sent to Northwestern Arkansas, where was fought the first battle on Arkansas soil-Pea Ridge, or as it is better known in the South, Elkhorn. This was a severe engagement, and a decisive one.
There is yet some confusion in referring to the respective numbers of the Arkansas regiments. Gen. Pierce, supposing he had full power, gave numbers Third, Fourth and Fifth to what the board, the proper and only authority. designated as numbers Second, Third and Fourth. The fol- lowing shows the board's numbering and names of the colonels :
First, Col. P. H. Cleburne; Second, Col. Gratiot; Third, Col. Dockery; Fourth, Col. Davis Walker; Fifth, Col. D. C. Cross; Sixth, Col. Lyon; Seventh, Col. Shaver; Eighth, Col. W. K. Patter- son; Ninth, Col. John Roane; Tenth, Col. T. D. Merrick; Eleventh, Col. Jabez M. Smith; Twelfth, Col. E. W. Gantt; Thirteenth, Col. J. C. Tappan : Fourteenth, Col. W. C. Mitchell. (never com- pleted); Fifteenth, Col. Dawson; Seventeenth, Col. G. W. Lamar, Lieut. - Col. Sam W. Williams.
In the scraps of records now to be found there are mentioned as the different arms in the Confed- erate service of Arkansas men, in addition to those above given, the following: Light artillery, Hill's; batteries, Blocher's, Brown's, Etter's, Hughey's,
Marshall's and West's; cavalry battalions, Chris- man's, Crawford's, Hill's, Witherspoon's; detached companies, Brown's, Coarser's, Desha's, Ranger's, Fitzwilliam's, Miller's and Palmer's; regiments, Carroll's, Dobbins', Newton's; infantry, regiments from one to thirty-nine, inclusive.
Four regiments of infantry of Federal recruits were raised in Arkansas, the First commanded by Col. M. La Rue Harrison; the Fourth by Elisha Baxter. The First Arkansas Light Artillery was 150 strong. The Arkansas Infantry Brigade was under command of Col. James M. True. August 5, 1863, Adj't Gen. Thomas made a trip to the Southwest for the purpose of gathering in all the negroes possible by scouting bands, and to enlist the able bodied men. The First Arkansas Battery was commanded by Capt. Dent D. Stark, and the First Arkansas Cavalry by Maj. J. J. Johnson. The Second Arkansas Cavalry is mentioned. Lieut .- Col. E. J. Searle, authorized to raise the Third Arkansas Cavalry, reported 400 strong. The Fourth Arkansas Cavalry comprised nine companies, commanded by Capt. W. A. Martin.
The Second and Third Arkansas colored in- fantry regiments are mentioned, in addition to the Second and Third white regiments.
In the spring of 1861, the Richmond govern- ment authorized Col. T. B. Flournoy to raise a reg- iment. It was collected in and about Little Rock and Col. Fagan was elected commander. This command went to Virginia. Gen. Churchill organ- ized the first regiment of cavalry. with rendezvous at Little Rock. Gen. T. C. Hindman organized Hindman's Legion. It consisted of infantry and cavalry and had fifteen companies. He took his command cast of the river. Under the direction of the military board Col. Rosey Carroll's regiment of cavalry was raised. The Second Arkansas Reg iment of Mounted Infantry was mustered at Osage Springs, by Col. Dandridge MeRea. James MeIn. tosh became colonel and Capt. H. H. Brown, major. J. P. Eagle was first lieutenant colonel and after- ward colonel. Col. McIntosh was killed at Pea Ridge, but had been promoted a brigadier general a few days before his death.
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