April 5, 2024
RARE INVINCIBLE GUARDS CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS Photograph - Civil War CSA Arkansas
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This photograph was recovered from an estate sale in Southern New Jersey. The photograph measures 9" by 7.5" and is original. The frame measures 15.5" by 12.75". It appears to have been taken sometime after the Civil War. Printed on the photo is "The Leaders of the Invincible Guards". Research has indicated that the Invincible Guards were an Arkansas militia unit that fought for the Confederate States during the Civil War. The following is the brief history of the unit.The "Invincible Guards" company of volunteer infantry was organized at Magnolia, Columbia county, Arkansas, in May 1861, by Capt. Thomas Pleasant Dockery. The Guards were composed of 70 men, mostly from Columbia county, with a few from neighboring Lafayette, Ouachita and Union counties. The Guards marched to Camp Walker, in northwest Arkansas, where they were mustered into State service as Company B, Fifth Regiment, Arkansas State Troops, on July 11, 1861. Captain Dockery was appointed colonel of the regiment, Lieutenant William H. Dismukes succeeding him as captain.The Invincible Guards fought at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August 10, 1861, suffering only one casualty, Private James T. Key, slightly wounded. Shortly after this engagement, the State Troops returned to Arkansas, where they were mustered out of service in September 1861. The men returned
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