Roll, Muster - F.R. Earle, 34th Arkansas Infantry

Object number2015.034.01.1-4

DateFebruary 28 - April 30, 1863

Associated LocationArkansas, Confederate States of America

MediumPaper, Ink

Dimensions2015.034.01.1: 23 1/4 × 20 1/8 in. (59.1 × 51.1 cm) 2015.034.01.2: 23 1/8 × 20 3/8 in. (58.7 × 51.8 cm) 2015.034.01.3: 23 1/8 × 20 3/8 in. (58.7 × 51.8 cm) 2015.034.01.4: 26 3/4 × 20 1/4 in. (67.9 × 51.4 cm)

Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection

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DescriptionA four page Confederate muster roll from Captain F.R. Earle dated February 28 - April 30, 1863. The muster roll contains information regarding soldiers belonging to Company B of the 34th Arkansas Infantry. Information includes the names of the soldiers, rank, enlistment information including when, where, by whom, and for period of enlistment, last paid including by whom and to what time, and remarks pertaining to death, sickness, craft specialization, and reenlistments.

Fontaine Richard Earle was born January 9, 1813 in Pond River, Kentucky. He enlisted as a private with the Arkansas militia in 1861. Earle returned to Arkansas after declining to be transferred into the Confederate Army following the Battle of Wilson’s Creek in Missouri. Following the call for volunteers in 1862 by the Department of the Trans-Mississippi, Earle led a company of men that later formed Company B of the 34th Arkansas Infantry and was elected its captain. During the Battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862, Earle’s scalp was scrapped by a bullet that pierced his kepi (see 2012.109.04). In December of 1863, Earle was promoted to major. At the Battle of Jenkin’s Ferry on April 30, 1864, command of the 34th Infantry fell to Earle and remained under his leadership until the conclusion of the war. Earle surrendered on June 9, 1865 and was granted a pardon by the United States government. Earle died at his home in Cane Hill on September 8, 1908.

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