Surrender at Jacksonport
Here on June 5, 1865 Confederate General Jeff Thompson formally surrendered the army of Northern Arkansas to Union military authorities. More than five thousand officers and enlisted men who served under Thompson were paroled here, as were several hundred more Confederate soldiers from other commands. At the time of surrender the Confederates were almost without food and weapons and had no equipment except dugout canoes. General Thompson made his farewell address to his men from the deck of a steamboat.
Erected by Arkansas Civil War Centennial Commission 1965
Photocopy of Civil War muster roll and parole for W. A. Crouch, 1865. He surrendered on May 11, 1865 under Brigadier General M. Jeff. Thompson, C.S.A., commanding officer, to Major General G. M. Dodge, U.S.A. He was paroled at Jacksonport, Arkansas, June 5, 1865 at the steamboat landing. Physical description of parolee on back of receipt states Crouch was age 32, blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, 5’10” tall and born in Kentucky.
W. L. McGuire, Private in C. D. Dobbin Reg., paroled prisoner of the Army of the Northern Sub District of Arkansas is given permission to go home and remain undisturbed. Physical description of parolee on back of receipt states McGuire was age 24, eyes blue, hair dark, complexion fair, and height 5/9. Jacksonport, AR June 5, 1865. (Matthews, Linda collection)
