Pardon - F.R. Earle, 34th Arkansas Infantry

 
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Pardon - F.R. Earle, 34th Arkansas Infantry
Pardon - F.R. Earle, 34th Arkansas Infantry
Pardon - F.R. Earle, 34th Arkansas Infantry
Pardon - F.R. Earle, 34th Arkansas Infantry

Pardon - F.R. Earle, 34th Arkansas Infantry

Object number2015.034.05
DateJune 9, 1865
Associated LocationFort Smith, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions3 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (9.8 × 20 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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  • Pardon
DescriptionA pardon for Major F.R. Earle of the 34th Arkansas Infantry of the Confederate States of America dated June 9, 1865. The pardon was issued by the Head Quarters, 3rd Division of the 7th Army Corps of the United States of America by the command of Brigadier General Cyrus Bussey. The pardon granted Maj. F.R. Earle parole to return to his home and to not be disturbed by the authorities as long he followed his parole and the laws governing his residence.

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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