Son of Thomas Lowery Garland, Sr. and Sophrona R. Hearn.
William enlisted in Company H, 36th Arkansas Infantry on June 20, 1862 at the age of 29 in Springfield, Arkansas. He was left at Camp Hope, Arkansas in charge of the sick in September 1862. He was wounded at Helena, Arkansas on July 4, 1863.
From Family Oral History:
Took twenty of his neighbors to where a company was organized and joined the 36th Arkansas Infantry, Confederate army, and was elected 1st Lieutenant of his company, and had command of it in nearly every engagement till the end of the war. He surrendered at Camp Marshall, Texas. He was severely wounded twice during the war. When he returned home and found his little farm occupied by another, he went to Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas, where he served first as constable, then deputy sheriff, then mayor, then tax assessor for six years. In 1880 he moved to Morrillton, Arkansas and engaged in the mercantile business until 1898 when his health failed and he retired to private life.
William enlisted in Company H, 36th Arkansas Infantry on June 20, 1862 at the age of 29 in Springfield, Arkansas. He was left at Camp Hope, Arkansas in charge of the sick in September 1862. He was wounded at Helena, Arkansas on July 4, 1863.
From Family Oral History:
Took twenty of his neighbors to where a company was organized and joined the 36th Arkansas Infantry, Confederate army, and was elected 1st Lieutenant of his company, and had command of it in nearly every engagement till the end of the war. He surrendered at Camp Marshall, Texas. He was severely wounded twice during the war. When he returned home and found his little farm occupied by another, he went to Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas, where he served first as constable, then deputy sheriff, then mayor, then tax assessor for six years. In 1880 he moved to Morrillton, Arkansas and engaged in the mercantile business until 1898 when his health failed and he retired to private life.
Son of Thomas Lowery Garland, Sr. and Sophrona R. Hearn.
William enlisted in Company H, 36th Arkansas Infantry on June 20, 1862 at the age of 29 in Springfield, Arkansas. He was left at Camp Hope, Arkansas in charge of the sick in September 1862. He was wounded at Helena, Arkansas on July 4, 1863.
From Family Oral History:
Took twenty of his neighbors to where a company was organized and joined the 36th Arkansas Infantry, Confederate army, and was elected 1st Lieutenant of his company, and had command of it in nearly every engagement till the end of the war. He surrendered at Camp Marshall, Texas. He was severely wounded twice during the war. When he returned home and found his little farm occupied by another, he went to Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas, where he served first as constable, then deputy sheriff, then mayor, then tax assessor for six years. In 1880 he moved to Morrillton, Arkansas and engaged in the mercantile business until 1898 when his health failed and he retired to private life.
William enlisted in Company H, 36th Arkansas Infantry on June 20, 1862 at the age of 29 in Springfield, Arkansas. He was left at Camp Hope, Arkansas in charge of the sick in September 1862. He was wounded at Helena, Arkansas on July 4, 1863.
From Family Oral History:
Took twenty of his neighbors to where a company was organized and joined the 36th Arkansas Infantry, Confederate army, and was elected 1st Lieutenant of his company, and had command of it in nearly every engagement till the end of the war. He surrendered at Camp Marshall, Texas. He was severely wounded twice during the war. When he returned home and found his little farm occupied by another, he went to Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas, where he served first as constable, then deputy sheriff, then mayor, then tax assessor for six years. In 1880 he moved to Morrillton, Arkansas and engaged in the mercantile business until 1898 when his health failed and he retired to private life.
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