Earle’s first inclination upon learning of the Confederacy’s surrender was to expatriate to Mexico. However, he decided to march the Thirty-fourth to Fort Smith (Sebastian County), where he surrendered on June 9, 1865. Within six days, he was back in Cane Hill and married to Amanda Buchanan.

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