Fontaine Richard Earle, (1831-1908), was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister and Confederate Civil War officer. Although he initially enlisted as a private in the Arkansas State Troops in 1861, he was mustered out shortly after the Battle of Wilson's Creek that summer. In 1862, Earle raised a company of volunteers from the Cane Hill area, designated Company B, 34th Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army, and attained the rank of Major in the unit by the end of the war. He afterwards served as a member of the Arkansas state senate and president of Cane Hill College. Earle married Amanda Buchanan, daughter of another Cane Hill minister, John Buchanan, in 1865. Some of the early letters have been published under the title "The Earle-Buchanan Letters, 1861-1876" in Volume 33, (1974), of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, edited by Robert E. Waterman and Thomas Rothrock.
From the description of Fontaine Richard Earle letters 1861-1908. (University of Arkansas - Fayetteville). WorldCat record id: 35250996
