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The Jackson Light Artillery was organized at Jacksonport, Jackson county, Arkansas, on June 15, 1861.  Most of the original members of the battery were from Jackson county, but there were men from neighboring Craighead, Independence, Lawrence, White and present-day Woodruff counties who also joined the battery at Jacksonport.  Although officially named the Jackson Light Artillery, it was the practice in the Confederate army to refer to a battery by the name of its current commander; thus, it is variously indentified in most contemporary records as McCown’s Battery, Hubbard’s Battery, and Thrall’s Battery.  In the “Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Arkansas,” the service records of these men are carried under “Thrall’s Battery,” Roll 42.

At the battery’s organization, George W. McCown was elected captain, James C. Thrall was elected first lieutenant, George T. Hubbard was elected second lieutenant, and Robert S. Anderson was elected third lieutenant.  The battery marched to Pitman’s Ferry, near Pocahontas in Randolph county, where it enlisted in the Confederate service on July 25, 1861.  A week earlier, on July 17, Captain McCown had resigned and returned to Jacksonport.  Lieutenant Hubbard was elected captain in his place.

Along with the other Arkansas troops gathered at Pitman’s Ferry, the Jackson Light Artillery was sent east of the Mississippi River, and spent the rest of the war there, fighting in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.  James C. Thrall succeeded Captain Hubbard as battery commander on May 12, 1862, and remained in command until the end.  The battery was among the last of the Confederate troops east of the Mississippi to surrender.  The Jackson Light Artillery spiked their guns and surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi, May 11, 1865.

A footnote about the men of the Jackson Light Artillery:  A total of 165 men served in this unit from June 15, 1861, to May 11, 1865.  In reviewing the service records of these men, one thing that stands out is the remarkable number of original members who served all the way through war.  The battery had one of the lowest desertion rates in the Confederate army.  Even among the large number of conscripts who joined the battery in 1863 there are relatively few d serters.  From all contemporary accounts, it seems that the Jackson Light Artillery enjoyed competent leadership and high morale throughout the war.

Adkins, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Macon, Mississippi, October 20, 1863; never reported for duty.

Allen, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Anderson, Robert S—Third Lieutenant; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Anthony, Logan—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Arendel, Alfred—Private; enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861.

Arnold, John—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Ashmore, Henry—Private; enlisted at Macon, Mississippi, October 20, 1863; also in 15th Mississippi Infantry.

Barlow, Joseph C—Private; enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, September 12, 1861.

Barry, John—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Bartlett, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Barton, Jesse—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Bickerstaff, S A—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, February 14, 1863.

Billingsley, Benjamin F—Private; enlisted in 1864.

Binnisfield, Simpson—Drummer; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Bodkin, William R—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Boyd, Fenton S—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later served in 46th Arkansas Mounted Infantry.

Bridgeforth, John J—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Bridges, Augustus—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Brown, John W—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Brown, William P—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Bruster, John D—Private; enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, May 12, 1862.

Bryeans, Edward D—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later served in 32nd Arkansas Infantry.

Busby, Thomas L—Private; appears on Meridian parole list.

Carter, Marion—Private; enlisted at Macon, Mississippi, October 12, 1863.

Catlett, Thomas K—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Childress, Jesse—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Chism, Thomas M—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Coleman, Jesse—Private; enlisted in 1864.

Conditt, William H—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Conner, Robert J—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, June 6, 1863.

Cooper, John A—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later served in 32nd Arkansas Infantry.

Costelow, J W—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Crandall, Elisha D—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, August 25, 1862.

Cravens, James J—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Crawford, John B—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, July 25, 1863.

Croom, John W—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Crowley, Joseph S—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, February 17, 1863.

Crowley, Samuel T—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, August 29, 1863.

Crowley, William M—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, June 5, 1863.

Daugherty, Reuben—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, July 20, 1863.

Daugherty, Robert W—Third Corporal; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Dehner, Christian—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Dem, Otto—Private; enlisted at Little Rock, June 15, 1861.

Dillingham, Samuel—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Donnelly, Robert J—Private; enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, February 17, 1862.

Dunagan, James—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Ellis, James M—Private; enlisted in 1864.

Evans, James—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Fennell, Thomas Calvin—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later in 45th Arkansas Mounted Infantry.

Fenner, Peter—Private; enlisted in Randolph county, Arkansas, September 25, 1861.

Fields, James—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 4, 1863.

Gatlin, Allen—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later served in 45th Arkansas Mounted Infantry.

Gibson, Joel—Private; enlisted at Talladega, Alabama, September 14, 1863.

Gice, James P—Private; no information.

Gilmore, Thomas S—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Glass, Henry C—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Granger, William H—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Greenhaw, Isaac Newton—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Haggerty, Charles—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Haggerty, Michael—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Harlow, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Harris, James—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Harrison, John T—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, June 30, 1862.

Harvey, James R—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Hickman, Leonidas—Fourth Corporal; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Hicks, William C—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Hodge, William—Private; enlisted in 1864.

Hogan, John P—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Holcomb, Edwin M—Private; enlisted at Jasper, Alabama, September 6, 1862.

Horton, James—Private; enlisted at Macon, Mississippi, October 20, 1863.

Howard, T H—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Hubbard, George T—Second Lieutenant; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; promoted captain, July 17, 1861.

Hudson, Henry A—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, August 8, 1863.

Jefferson, John R—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, March 26, 1863.

Jingles, Andrew—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Johnson, George W—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Johnson, William—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Jones, James C—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Jordan, Henry H—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 17, 1863.

Jordan, James E—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 17, 1863.

Kelly, William—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Kimbrough, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Lafferty, John—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Leach, David W—First Corporal; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later in 4th Georgia Infantry.

Levi, Thomas P—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

McCown, George W—Captain; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; resigned, July 17, 1861.

McCracken, Charles R—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

McMullen, Robert C—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, February 17, 1863.

McNeece, Coleman C—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 17, 1863.

Malone, Thomas M—Private; enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861.

Malone, William T—Private; enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, May 12, 1862.

Marler, Andrew J—Private; enlisted in 1864.

Marler, James—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 17, 1863.

Marler, John—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 17, 1863.

Martin, Ephraim H—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Martin, J Charles—Private; transferred from 5th Tennessee Infantry, January 1, 1862.

Martin, Robert F—First Sergeant; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Mathews, Lewis A—Private; enlisted at Macon, Mississippi, October 22, 1863.

Mathews, W L—Private; no information.

Matlock, Andrew J—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Meador, Calvin—Private; enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861.

Meador, George W—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later in 45th Arkansas Mounted Infantry.

Medlin, James P—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Merchant, John—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 17, 1863.

Mitchell, John F—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Monier, Henry—Private; enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 25, 1861.

Moore, Wiley B—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Morris, William P—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Mulkey, James M—Private; enlisted at Reaves, Missouri, August 31, 1861.

Murphy, Albert W—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Myers, Aaron—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Myers, James B—Fourth Sergeant; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Neal, John—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Norsworthy, Ira P—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Patterson, Nathan A—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Perkins, Jacob—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Powers, Frank B—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, August 28, 1863.

Redding, Isaac—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Redis, James—Private; enlisted at Marion, Alabama, August 19, 1863.

Richardet, William B—Third Sergeant; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Rigsby, William R—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, October 9, 1863.

Roberts, John—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, March 24, 1863.

Robinson, William P—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Roby, Thomas G—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Ross, Hugh R—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Ross, William G—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Sampson, Lemuel H—Second Corporal; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Sanders, Albert—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Sanders, Anderson—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Sandlin, Marion J O—Private; enlisted at Macon, Mississippi, October 13, 1863.

Savage, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 17, 1863.

Schooler, George W—Private; enlisted in 1864.

Self, Jasper N—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, July 25, 1863.

Shaw, Peter W—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 26, 1863.

Shearer, John—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Shoup, James C—Private; enlisted at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas, July 18, 1861.

Smith, David—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Smith, James H—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Smith, John W—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Smith, Julian—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, July 6, 1863.

Southerland, Benjamin F—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later in 45th Arkansas Mounted Infantry.

Spence, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, December 10, 1863.

Stovall, Warren—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 7, 1863.

Stuart, Robert L—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later in 32nd Arkansas Infantry.

Suddeth, George W—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Sullivan, George—Private; enlisted at Macon, Mississippi, October 3, 1863.

Taylor, William B—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Thompson, Benedick J. —Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Thrall, James C—First Lieutenant; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; promoted captain, May 12, 1862.

Tollison, John—Private; enlisted at Macon, Mississippi, October 12, 1863.

Tufts, David F—Second Sergeant; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Vail, Andrew J—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, July 17, 1863.

Varnedore, Benjamin F—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Vaughn, John—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Wagner, Isaac—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, July 4, 1863.

Wilkinson, Obediah M—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Williams, David —Private; enlisted in Randolph county, Arkansas, September 25, 1861.

Willis, David C—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, August 3, 1863.

Willis, Henry—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, September 17, 1863.

Wilson, William J—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Winchester, Samuel—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Winningham, Abel—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

Winningham, Francis Marion—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later in 1st Arkansas Cavalry.

Winningham, Henry B—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861; later in 44th Arkansas Mounted Infantry.

Young, Edward F—Private; enlisted at Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 18, 1861.

Zimmerman, John—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861.

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