Near Gillett in Arkansas County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Battle of Arkansas Post

Photographed by Glenn Mosenthin, October 20, 2022

1. Battle of Arkansas Post Marker

The marker was repainted in October 2022.

Inscription. On January 9, 1863, Gen. John McClernand and Adm. David D. Porter led a 30,000 man army and a flotilla of Union gunboats up the Arkansas River to confront Gen. T.J. Churchill's 5,000 Confederates at Arkansas Post. The gunboats bombarded Fort Hindman January 10, and both army and navy attacked on January 11, forcing the Confederates to surrender. Confederate Arkansas lost one-fourth of its fighting men. Union ships would suffer less interference in operations against Vicksburg following the defeat of the garrison at Arkansas Post.

Erected 2010 by Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Grand Prairie Historical Society, Preserve America, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. (Marker Number 10.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 9, 1863.

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1.992′ N, 91° 22.411′ W. Marker is near Gillett, Arkansas, in Arkansas County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 165 and State Route 169, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 165. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gillett AR 72055, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas Delta,

in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain,

and in the Quapaw Homeland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Arkansas Post (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump No. 2 Engine (approx. 0.7 miles away); Four guns...opened on us and a thousand rifles from the pits (approx. 1.7 miles away); 38,000 Reasons to Fight (approx. 1.7 miles away); Republican France (approx. 1.8 miles away); The American Era (approx. 1.8 miles away); The French Period (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Post under Spain (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gillett.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the Battle of Arkansas Post. (Submitted on August 30, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

View of marker looking north on U.S. 165. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 26, 2017

2. View of marker looking north on U.S. 165.

View of Arkansas Post Museum State Park near marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 26, 2017

3. View of Arkansas Post Museum State Park near marker.

Battle of Arkansas Post Marker before repainting. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 26, 2017

4. Battle of Arkansas Post Marker before repainting.

Entrance sign to the Arkansas Post National Memorial. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 26, 2017

5. Entrance sign to the Arkansas Post National Memorial.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,566 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 26, 2022, by Ashley Sides of Little Rock, Arkansas. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 30, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.