BUCHANAN, WILLIAM M - Washington County, Arkansas | WILLIAM M BUCHANAN - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

William M BUCHANAN

Cane Hill Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

Pleasant
April 26 1834 - February 21 1864
Captain in the 15th Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry (Northwest), a Confederate unit. Enl 2 Nov 1861 at Fayetteville, AR. Captured 8 Mar 1862 at Pea Ridge, AR and sent to MP at Alton, IL then to Camp Chase, OH 1 Apr 1862 to Johnson's Island, OH 24 Apr 1862 then to Vicksburg, MS for exchange Sep 1, 1862. Height 5' 8", eyes dark, hair dark, complexion dark, age 27. Per prisoner description.

James
February 12 1838 - February 21 1864
Clayton's Company, Arkansas Infantry Confederate. Notation on muster roll—"This company was raised at Ash Flat, Arkansas, in response to Colonel Borland’s call of November 5, 1861, mustered into the Confederate service on November 9, 1861, for 30 days, and discharged on December 9, 1861, at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas."

William
June 5 1832 - February 21 1864
2 Lieutenant 34th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate. The 34th Infantry Regiment [also called 2nd Regiment] was formed in the summer of 1862. The unit was assigned to Fagan's, A.T. Hawthorne's, and Roane's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department and participated in the conflicts at Helena and Jenkins' Ferry. It continued the fight in some minor actions in Arkansas and Louisiana, then disbanded. Colonel William H. Brooks, Lieutenant Colonels T. M. Gunter and James R. Pettigrew, and Major F. R. Earle were in command. BUCHANAN, WILLIAM M. 2Lt - Enl 26 Jun 1862 at Cane Hill, AR. Resigned 19 May 1863 and was discharged on account of disability.

"Together they lived, Together they died, Together they live in Christ."

Sons of Isaac and Naomi Buchanan

The Buchanan brothers were purportedly hung by Union soldiers. They had three other brothers who were also Confederate soldiers. Their father Issac was shot in the back purportedly by Union soldiers for giving food to some Native Americans and the family home was burned.

*CC Note: Additional information a viewer. (10/30/2022)

Pleasant, James, and William were not hanged but shot by a federal patrol after stealing the horse of a Federal officer the night before. The three were riding together with three other men to a rendezvous with other Partisan Rangers when they stopped to rest their horses and themselves and were caught off guard by the patrol. The three brothers were killed and the other three men escaped. Montgomery Wilson, who was a student of and then a private who served with Pleasant witnessed the attack and left a detailed description. The three were mutilated after their death and their bodies were dumped in their mothers yard.

Contributed on 9/1/10 by tslundberg
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Submitted: 9/1/10 • Approved: 10/30/22 • Last Updated: 11/2/22 • R370235-G370233-S3

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