(Jackson Guards Memorial), (sculpture).

(Jackson Guards Memorial), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Jackson Guards Memorial), (sculpture).

Dedicated Nov. 26, 1914. Relocated and rededicated 1965.

Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 30 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 20 ft. x 10 ft. x 10 ft.

(On front face of base:) THE JACKSON GUARDS WERE ORGANIZED AT JACKSONPORT/JACKSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BY CAPT. A. B. PICKETT/A PROMINENT LAWYER OF JACKSONPORT, SUNDAY MORNING,/MAY 5, 1861. THE COMPANY WAS MARCHED TO THE/PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND THERE PRESENTED WITH/A BEAUTIFUL SILK FLAG MADE BY THE FAIR LADIES/OF JACKSONPORT, THE PRESENTATION SPEECH/WAS MADE BY MISS MARY TOM CALDWELL,/ASSISTED BY MISS PAULINE HUDSON AND/MISS FANNIE BOARD. THE SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE WAS MADE BY PRIVATE S.S. GAUSE, OF THE COMPANY./THEY WERE THEN MARCHED TO THE STEAMBOAT MARY PATTERSON AND WITH CAPT. MORG BATEMAN/THE OWNER AND COMMANDER, THEY TOOK PASSAGE/FOR MEMPHIS, TENN. AND FROM THERE WENT TO/RICHMOND, VA. THEIR DESTINATION AT THAT TIME./THE ORIGINAL MUSTER ROLL OF CO. "G." FIRST ARK. REG. INF. D./JACKSON GUARDS./COL JAS. F. FAGAN'S REGIMENT./GEN. LUCUS POLK'S AND D. C. GOVAN'S BRIGADES/GEN. CLEBURNE'S DIVISION./HARDEE CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE./FIRST OFFICERS, ELECTED MAY 5TH 1861./CAPT., A.C. PICKETT, IN 1862 COL. D.F. STERN'S REG./1ST LIEUT., L.C. GAUSE, IN 1862 COL. OF 32ND ARK. REG./2ND. LIEUT., L.L. MOORE, HONORABLY DISCHARGED/3RD LIEUT., GEORGE PAINE, HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1862./1861 1865/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS unsigned

Full-length marble figure of a Confederate soldier. He wears a broad-brimmed hat, a jacket and trousers. He has a bedroll draped over his proper left shoulder. He holds a rifle with both hands, the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. The marble sculpture stands atop a tall, stepped granite column. On the front face of the column is a raised relief of crossed flags; below the flags is a relief of crossed swords.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Jacksonport

Administered by State of Arkansas, Department of Parks & Tourism, One Capital Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Located Jacksonport State Park, P. O. Box 8, West end of Mall, intersection of Washington and Avenue Streets, Jacksonport, Arkansas 72075

Formerly located Jackson County Courthouse, Jacksonport, Arkansas 1914-1965.

The memorial was built by private subscription and originally stood on the Jackson County Courthouse grounds. In 1965 it was relocated to the state park and rededicated. IAS files contain copy of related souvenir program "Dedication of Civil War Markers and Jacksonport State Park", 1965, pg. 48.

For further reading see: Arkansas Historic Quarterly, vol. 21, pg. 173; vol. 31, pg. 76, 375; and vol. 8, pg. 334. See also: Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR), oct. 9, 1937, pg. 2; and Arkansas Democrat, Feb. 3, 1952, Magazine Section, pg. 9-10; and May 15, 1962, pg. 13.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992.

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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