Letter, Commissioner of State Lands - Paul M. Cobbs
Object number2015.029.05
Date26 July 1884
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (27.5 × 20.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
- Letter
George Comegys Falconer was born on July 15, 1843 in Fort Smith, Arkansas and lived with his mother and stepfather on a farm in Sebastian County for most of his early life. He enlisted in Colonel J.J. Clarkson's Confederate Calvary in 1862, where he supplied his own horse and $25 worth of equipment. Falconer kept a diary from the time he enlisted until his eventual capture on July 3, 1862 during the Battle of Locust Grove. His diary was picked up by a Union Major, Albert C. Ellithorpe, who began his first entry by writing "The tables turned -- We will open the journal on the other side of the question". Ellithorpe continued to write in the diary until 1863. Falconer passed away on November 1, 1890 and is buried in Falconer Cemetery in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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