Were students of St Johns' College (1850-1882), Little Rock orgainzed into the "Capital Guards" by Gordon N PEAY, later to become Company A, 6th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, CSA, doing battle during all of the civil war?
The school president, John Baker THOMPSON enlisted May 6, 1861 at Little Rock becoming a Major promoted to Lt Col before killed at Battle of Shilo serving with 1st Regiment Arkansas Infantry Volunteers
The school became a large hospital during the war years, reopened October 1867.