John Roane

John Selden Roane, the fourth governor of Arkansas; circa 1863. He saw military service in both the Mexican War and the Civil War.

White man wearing a suit and bow tie

Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

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Time Period

Civil War through Reconstruction (1861 - 1874)

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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