1491 R E S O L U T I O N
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NO. 1491
WHEREAS, THE CAPITAL GUARDS OF LITTLE FROCK, ARKANSAS BEING SUCCESSOR TO THE
COMPANY COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN ALBERT PIKE DURING THE MEXICAN WAR ITS
ORGANIZATION BEING PRESERVED ANC MERGED AFTER RETURNING HOME IN 1847,
SAID COMPANY IN 1860 WAS OFFICERED BY CAPTAIN GORDON N.PEATY, FIRST
LIEUTENANT JOHN E,REARDON, SECOND LIEUTENANT DAVID C.FULTON, THIRD
LIEUTENANT JOHN B,LOCKMAN AND
WHEREAS, THE CAPITAL GUARDS DID PATRIOTICALLY VOLUNTEER ITS SERVICES TO THE
STATE OF ARKANSAS AND ON JUNE THIRD, 1861 WAS MUSTERED INTO THE
CONFEDERACY AS COMPANY A,, 'SIXTH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT UNDER THE
COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL PATRICK R, CLEBURNE AND, FOUGHT GALLANTLY- AND
BRAVELY IN ALL OF THE BATTLES THROUGHOUT THE STATES OF TENNESSEE AND
GEORGIA AND UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE WAR IN 1865 AND,
WHEREAS, THE CAPITAL GUARDS OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS WITH ITS ROSTER OF 74
YOUTHFUL HEROES WAS THE FIRST ARMED FORCE TO DEPART FROM THIS CITY
AND
WHEREAS, IN HONOR OF THE CAPITAL GUARDS AN APPROPRIATE MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED
IN CITY PARK ON THE SITE WHERE SAID MILITARY COMPANY VOLUNTARILY ENTERED
THE SERVICE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, THE EXPENSE OF SAID MONUMENT WAS
DEFRAYED BY POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION OF PATRIOTIC CITIZENS, UPON ITS COM•
PLETION THE SAME WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND ACCEPTED
IN A PUBLIC SPEECH BY MAYOR CHARLES TAYLOR DURING THE DAYS OF THE
NATIONAL CONFEDERATE RE-.UNION HELD IN THIS CITY IN 1911 AND
WHEREAS, SAID MONUMENT HAS ADDED TO THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND ATTRACTIVENESS OF
CITY PARK AND IS A POINT OF HISTORIC INTEREST SHARED BY THE CITIZENS
OF LITTLE ROCK WITH THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND
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WHEREAS, THE DESCENDANTS OF THE CAPITAL GUARDS HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO HAVE THE
NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS INSCRIBED ON SAID MONUMENT AND THE
COST IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLETING SAID UNDERTAKING WILL AMOUNT TO
APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND
WHEREAS, THE PRIVILEGE OF MAKING DONATIONS FOR THIS PURPOSE HAS BEEN EXTENDED
TO ALL DESCENDANTS OF SAID SOLDIERS AND. SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE BEEN RE-
CEIVED AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK" IS NOW TENDERED THE PRIVILEGE OF SUBSCRIBING
TO THE COMPLETION OF SAID MEMORIAL,
THEREFORE BE I T RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE C1 TY OF LITTLE ROCK,
HEREBY DIRECTS THE PAYMENT OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS,
OUT OF ANY FUNDS NOT OTHERWISE PLEDGED, litittraf
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TREASURER OF SAID COMMITTEE.
ADOPTED: May 6th, 1940
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We recommend the adoption of this resolution.
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