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Robert Glenn Shaver (April 18, 1831 – January 13, 1915)[2] was an American lawyer, militia leader, and 3 star colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, serving in several key battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the war, he became one of the first[citation needed] leaders of the Ku Klux Klan in Arkansas.[2] Upon being convicted of several murders related to the Klan, he fled to the British Honduras from New Orleans on a steam ship.[2] He spent a short period of time there, while he waited for his sister to clear his name of any wrong doing.[citation needed] After coming back to the United States and having his charges dropped, he served as commander of the State Guard and the Reserve Militia of Arkansas, as well the commander of the Arkansas Division of the United Confederate Veterans.[2] Shaver spent his later life as the sheriff of Howard County, and as a lawyer until his death in 1915. a(U.C.V.).[3]
Robert G. Shaver | |
|---|---|
 Shaver in U.C.V. uniform, 1911 | |
| Nickname(s) | "Fighting Bob"[1] |
| Born | April 18, 1831 Sullivan County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | January 13, 1915 (aged 83) Foreman, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Buried | Center Point Cemetery, Howard County, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States |
| Service |  Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1860–1865 |
| Rank | 
Colonel |
| Commands | 7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 27th/38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Shaver's Brigade |
| Battles / wars | |
| Other work | Lawyer, Sheriff |
References
edit- ^ Robert G. Shaver obituary, Daily Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas, 14 January 1915, p. 7.
- ^ a b c d "Robert G. Shaver papers, 1912". Finding Aids. December 31, 1912.
- ^ Civil War Arkansas, Arkansas State Archives
Further reading
edit- Cook, V. Y. Colonel Robert G. Shaver, Confederate Veteran, vol. 23, April 1915, pp. 178–179
External links
edit- Robert Glenn Shaver (1831–1915), Encyclopedia of Arkansas
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