Bill, the "Capitol Guards" was recruited from the "first families" of Little Rock, as well as prominent merchants and skilled artisans. There were a few St. John's College students in the company as well. You'd think that a company of "blue bloods" wouldn't be as feisty as the typical company of Arkansas farm-boys, but the Capitol Guards built quite a reputation during the war, as tenacious fighters and seasoned campaigners. The survivors of the company were among the "movers and shakers" of Little Rock for the rest of the 19th century.