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| | Col. John Griffith |
 | | John Griffith first enlisted in the 3rd Arkansas (Gratiot's) State Infantry, C.S.A. with the rank of Captain and commanded Company E in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri on August 10, 1861. |
 | | John Griffith became a Lieutenant Colonel in the 17th Arkansas (Rector's) Infantry on December 17, 1861 and was elected Colonel of the regiment on April 16, 1862. |
 | | Shortly after his younger brother, Ben Griffith, was killed by Freedman's Bureau agents in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas in July of 1868, Colonel John Griffith and the rest of his family left southwestern Arkansas for sanctuary in Texas. |
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