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Project for Dr Gibbs
Adanirum Judson Gibbs also known as AJ Gibbs has been buried in the Eureka Springs Cemetery for over 100 years with no headstone or marker. He served as a Confederate Captain and Doctor during the war between the states. He served in the 22nd Mississippi Infantry Co. As a Captain until the fall of Vicksburg where he was paroled. Soon after he formed his own company of men known as Gibbs Co. breaking his parole to serve the Confederacy till the very end. In later years he came to Eureka Springs and practice medicine for many years. An he was one of the founding members of the Knights of Pythias in Eureka. Moving to Mena, Arkansas in 1899 he lived there for a few years prior to going to Texas in 1908. Only a year later Dr. Gibbs would pass away. He would be brought back to Eureka to be buried in the Eureka Springs Cemetery. The Seaborn Jones Cotten Camp was able to locate Mr. Gibbs in the cemetery and contact relatives to get a military marker. Honoring his service in the War Between the States.
Project for Robert W Rutherford
Robert W. Rutherford served as a gunner in the American Civil War and was said to have been a personal bodyguard of General Robert E Lee. Rutherford was wounded in the Battle of Chancellorsville. In later years he came to Eureka Springs and was poor, and in bad health. He was awarded a Southern Cross of Honor medal in 1915 by the Eureka Springs United Daughters of the Confederacy. Rutherford would pass away in 1925 with practically nothing in his name. His grave marker placed was a small simple stone that has slowly deteriorated and fractured over time nearly to the point of being illegible. With the help of groups coming together, Mr. Rutherford's name will be around for many more years to come.
Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery Work
Members of the Seaborn Jones Cotten Camp worked on rebuilding the Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery wall as well as cleaning the graves of Confederate Soldiers. All of whom were killed in Northwest Arkansas in the battles of Elk Horn Tavern, Prairie Grove, and Fayetteville. The Seaborn Jones Cotten Camp and other Camps from Arkansas and Missouri played a vital role. The War Between the States left devastation and destruction over the Southern States where the majority of all battles were fought. Mass graves, lonely graves in pastures and roadsides held the remains of Union and Confederate dead. In 1866, Congress passed a bill establishing national cemeteries and to collect and bury the Union dead. In all, the United States government spent over $4 million to collect and bury the Union dead but left Confederate remains where they lay. Thus, when the National Cemetery was established in Fayetteville in 1867, but only for Union dead, Fayetteville women who cared about the Confederate dead determined to establish a cemetery for Confederate soldiers.
Project for Robert Elias Underwood
Robert Elias Underwood served as Confederate Soldier in the 15th Missouri Cavalry Company I. After the war he moved around before settling in Carroll County, Arkansas with his wife Nancy Jane Underwood. Both would pass away in Carroll County near the town of Enon. The town is no longer in existence due to the building of Table Rock Lake. But the Cemetery overlooking the lake still remains with over fifty headstones and some Union and Confederate Veterans. In 2017 the Cemetery was vandalized and the original marker of Robert Underwood was broken in two. Prompting family members to get a new headstone. But with the covid-19 plague hitting the United States, the stone sat for over a year. Before the Seaborn Jones Cotten Camp heard about the Confederate Soldier and Immediately wanted to help. Within a week the Confederate Soldiers military marker was in place with a beautiful Confederate flag and a Southern Cross of Honor. The cross placed was made by members of the Seaborn Jones Cotten camp as a token of appreciation for his service.
Robert Elias Underwood will forever be remembered by his descendants and those who come to pay homage to his life.
Marker Project Alexander Harris
Alexander R. Harris was a private in the 7th Kentucky Cavalry Company E. He enlisted on September 15, 1862, in Lancaster, Kentucky, and was paroled on June 17, 1865. Later in life, he moved to Eureka Springs, Arkansas where he would live out the rest of his days. Buried in the Eureka Springs Cemetery Harris was left without a marker until members of the Harris family reached out to the Seaborn Jones Cotten Camp to help get him a military marker. Upon the family's request, a marker was placed to remember Alexander R Harris a Confederate Veteran.