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Springfield Cemetery
Conway County,
Arkansas

When the Civil War came, two Confederate regiments were formed on the courthouse square in Springfield. In apparent retribution, a Union company, which locals claimed was associated with Conway County resident Captain Thomas Jefferson Williams, burned the “new” two-story courthouse in 1864. Interestingly, the county clerk, Joshua Moses, anticipated such an event and took most of the important records to his home, where they were preserved. In the Springfield Cemetery are five graves reported to contain the bodies of local Confederates killed at Creben Creek on May 24, 1864.
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Contributed on 8/12/14 by hawkinsdonna
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Submitted: 8/12/14 • Approved: 8/15/14 • Last Updated: 12/30/16 • R1031198-G0-S3

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