Belleville in Sevier County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Sevier County in the Civil War
Photographed By Mark Hilton, August 2, 2018
1. Sevier County in the Civil War Marker
Inscription.
Sevier County in the Civil War. . While no fighting took place in Sevier Co. during the Civil War, local men served in Confederate units. Men gathered at Belleville Church as part of Pettus’ Battalion of State Troops, marching to Arkadelphia under Gov. Harris Flanagin’s General Order No. 6. Local men fought at Wilson’s Creek in 1861. Sevier Co. men served in the 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, 12th, 19th and 24th Arkansas Infantry, Crawford’s Infantry Battalion, 37th Arkansas Militia, and 27th Texas Cavalry. The county’s mineral wealth also served the Confederacy, yielding lead and iron pyrite.
While no fighting took place in Sevier Co. during the Civil War, local men served in Confederate units. Men gathered at Belleville Church as part of Pettus’ Battalion of State Troops, marching to Arkadelphia under Gov. Harris Flanagin’s General Order No. 6. Local men fought at Wilson’s Creek in 1861. Sevier Co. men served in the 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, 12th, 19th and 24th Arkansas Infantry, Crawford’s Infantry Battalion, 37th Arkansas Militia, and 27th Texas Cavalry. The county’s mineral wealth also served the Confederacy, yielding lead and iron pyrite.
Erected 2015 by Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Sevier County Genealogical Society, Arkansas Humanities Council, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. (Marker Number 136.)
Location. 33° 56.212′ N, 94° 10.197′ W. Marker is in Belleville, Arkansas, in Sevier County. Marker is on Arkansas Route 317, 0.3 miles east of U.S. 59/71, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lockesburg AR 71846, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. View of marker and Old Belleville Church looking east.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, August 2, 2018
3. View of marker, Belleville United Methodist Church and cemetery.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 322 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 5, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
