February 3, 2011

During the Civil War, Jeff Williams, a Conway County mountain Unionist, served as captain of the First Arkansas Infantry Battalion until he was mustered out of the service in 1862 due to his health. By 1863, he had returned home, where, for approximately seventeen months, he led a group of men in guerrilla warfare against area Rebel bands. On February 12, 1865, while standing in his home’s open door, he was shot and killed by one of those rival bands.