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Confederate Pioneers of North Central Idaho

Soldiers' Rifle Positions, White Bird Canyon, nez Perce War 1877Added by: WhitleyFW_IdahoOn the ridge line near these rifle positions, local Idaho County volunteer militia under the leadership of Confederate veterans attempted to come to the assistance of Federal troops who were under attack by Nez Perce fighters in the Indian Wars in June 1877.
Tolo Lake, Idaho County Idaho March 2009Added by: WhitleyFW_IdahoNear this lake, Confederate veteran Mark V. Jarrett established his homestead in 1868-1869 when all of the Camas Prairie was still "virgin ground". Named after Nez Perce heroine Too Lah, this spring fed lake on the Camas Prairie is below Mount Idaho (in background).
Headstone of Mark V. JarrettAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoHeadstone of Confederate, and Nez Perce War, veteran Mark V. Jarrett, pioneer homesteader of Idaho County. Grave is located in the old Denver Cemetery, Idaho County, Idaho. Jarrett's wife, Rebecca, is buried next to him.
Photograph of Mr & Mrs. M.V. JarrettAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoImage of photos of Mr. Mark V. and Mrs. Rebecca (Mann) Jarrett. From: 1903 edition, An illustrated history of north Idaho: embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho. Date of photo of Mark unknown, but it was published in 1903, three years after his death in 1900.
George M. Shearer Headstone, Mt. Idaho Cemetery, IdahoAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoHeadstone of Confederate veteran George M. Shearer. Shearer, appointed Major in the Washington Territorial militia during Nez Perce conflict, led a group of local volunteers to assist the US troops under attack at White Bird Canyon.
CSA Lt.Col. John Lane (photo c. 1900) Added by: WhitleyFW_IdahoSpecial US Indian Agent John Lane, formerly a Confederate artillery colonel under Robert E. Lee. John Lane was the son of General Joseph Lane, first territorial governor of Oregon, Oregon's first US senator, and the running mate of John Breckinridge in 1860 against Abraham Lincoln.
Headstone, Col. John LaneAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoHeadstone of Colonel John Lane, at Normal Hill Cemetery, City of Lewiston, Idaho. Inscrition below name reads: "One of Lee's Solidiers"
Lane, John - Page 38Lane, John - Page 38
Obituary, Lycurgus Vineyard, March 20, 1919Added by: WhitleyFW_IdahoObituary, Lycurgus Vineyard, March 20, 1919
Gearge M.E. Shearer Drill MasterAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoGearge M.E. Shearer Drill Master
Letter of recommendation from Bradley T. JohnsonAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoLetter of recommendation from Bradley T. Johnson
Lycurgus Vineyard's unmarked grave Lewiston, IdahoAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoLycurgus Vineyard's unmarked grave Lewiston, Idaho
Corporal A. B. Rooke's power of attorneyAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoCorporal A. B. Rooke's power of attorney
Andrew B. Rooke, HeadstoneAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoCottonwood Cemetery, Idaho County, Idaho. Company I, 8th Virginia Cavalry.
Map of Cavalry Engagement at Bridgewater, October 1864 Added by: WhitleyFW_IdahoMap of Cavalry Engagement at Bridgewater, October 1864
George M.E. ShearerAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoGeorge M.E. Shearer
CSA LT George M.E. ShearerAdded by: WhitleyFW_IdahoCSA LT George M.E. Shearer