July 8, 1918

Thirty men from the Fourth Arkansas Infantry, National Guard, who had been dispatched by Governor Charles Brough at the request of local officials, arrived in Cleburne County to help search for draft resisters in what became known as the Cleburne County Draft War. These soldiers and an ever-growing posse began conducting raids into the countryside to arrest sympathizers and confiscate any stores of food or ammunition that might be available to resisters. This war was one of three violent encounters in World War I–era Arkansas between local officials determined to enforce the Selective Service Act of 1917 and citizens resistant to conscription.