Nicholas Bartlett Pearce
| Nicholas Bartlett Pearce | |
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| Born |
July 20, 1828 Caldwell County, Kentucky |
| Died | March 8, 1894 (aged 65) Dallas, Texas |
| Place of burial | Whitesboro, Texas |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Arkansas Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Arkansas Militia Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1850–1858 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 First Lieutenant (USA) Colonel (Arkansas Militia) Brigadier General (Arkansas State Troops) Major (CSA) |
| Commands held |
1st (Western) Division (Brigade), Arkansas State Troops; Fort Smith
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| Battles/wars | |
| Other work | Merchant, college professor, land examiner |
Nicholas Bartlett Pearce (commonly known as N. Bart Pearce) (July 20, 1828 – March 8, 1894) was a brigadier general in the Arkansas State Troops during the American Civil War. He led a brigade of infantry in one of the war's earliest battles in the Trans-Mississippi Theater before serving as a commissary office in the Confederate States Army for the rest of the war.
Pearce was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, to Allen and Mary (Polly) Morse Pearce. He studied at Cumberland College in Kentucky before appointment to the United States Military Academy. He graduated from West Point in 1850, twenty-sixth in a class of forty-four. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Infantry and stationed in Arkansas and the Indian Territory for most of his United States Army career. In March 1858 he resigned to join his father-in-law's mercantile in Osage Mills, Arkansas. Pearce was elected and briefly served as the Colonel of the Benton County Militia Regiment.
Despite Pearce's vocal opposition to secession, in May 1861 the Arkansas Secession Convention appointed Pearce as a brigadier general and assigned him command of the state militia's 1st (Western) Division. He took command of Fort Smith in June after the Confederate recommissioned the abandoned U.S. Army post. Brigadier General Pearce assumed command of the 1st (Western) Division and had the following units under his direct command:
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