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Re: Letters -- Col. J.P. King, 35th AR Inf

Madison County was officially established September 30, 1836 from parts of Washington, Carroll, and Newton Counties. The first county court sessions were held in resident Evan S. Polk’s home until a county seat and courthouse were established. The county and county seat were named after Madison County, Alabama, and its county seat of Huntsville. As a first act, the court named several townships, including Bowen, King’s River, Hilburn, Prairie, Richland, and War Eagle.

About 100 Madison County men left to fight in the Mexican War in 1840s under General A. Wood in the Arkansas State Militia. Only 30 of these men returned. The population continued to grow despite these early losses, reaching 7,740 by 1860. When the Civil War began in 1861, most residents sympathized with the Confederacy. A Madison County Home Guard unit was raised by the end of 1861 to protect the county residents from any troop action. Several Madison County men, including Patrick Sanders and Lark Burch, fought in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek in Greene County, Missouri in August, 1861. The Confederates quickly raised companies in most of the townships in Madison County. By 1862, these included: a Huntsville company under Captain John W. Moody, a Bowen company under Captain John Parks, a St. Paul company under Captain Hiram Combs, a Hindsville company under Captain Samuel Phillips, and a Kingston company under H.M. Moore. All of these companies combined to form the 3rd Arkansas Infantry, which fought in the Battle of Prairie Grove on December 7, 1862. After the terrible Confederate defeat at the Battle, many of the same men enlisted in Union regiments, including the First Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Infantry under Captain John W. Bivens. Other Confederate regiments included troops under Captain John Carroll, who troops served as a body guard for General Stand Watie.

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