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Yes, Archibald D. Napier actively recruited Unionists in Pope County, eventually signing up enough men to form a company (Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers). He was commissioned as first lieutenant of Company G on November 21, 1863; was promoted to captain on December 1, 1863 (promotion confirmed on February 14, 1864); and was discharged on October 14, 1864, for "inefficiency and neglect of duty." He was later elected sheriff of Pope County, and was murdered on October 25, 1865, while riding along a public road east of Dover, Arkansas.

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