Pierson's Rangers
Inscription
In October 1861, military recruits and Union guerrillas under William Pierson entered Jacksonville and took three men, murdering two, one the brother of Wheeling delegate George Arnold. Another man was shot at home. Gov. Pierpont offered a reward for capture of Pierson and two others, who were arrested but released.
Pierson, Union scout and bushwhacker, was murdered in 1864.
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