Unveiling Capital Guard monument, Little Rock, Ark. [graphic]. 1911.

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Unveiling Capital Guard monument, Little Rock, Ark. [graphic]. 1911.

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Spectators watch as a monument to the Capital Guard is unveiled at City Park (now MacArthur Park) during the United Confederate Veterans Reunion, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, May 15-18, 1911. The monument reads, "'Lest we forget.' To the memory of the Capital Guards, Company A, Sixth Arkansas Infantry, Cleburne's Division, 1861-1865. 'When his division defended, no odds could break its lines; when it attacked, no numbers resisted it's onslaught, ' General Wm. J. Hardee. Erected by friends and relatives of the Capital Guards and by the citizens of Little Rock under the auspices of the Robert C. Newton Camp, United Sons of Confederate Veterans, May Fifteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Eleven."

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...