Bald Knob in White County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Confederate Salt Works Destroyed

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2018

1. Confederate Salt Works Destroyed Marker

Inscription. Gen. J.R. West led 3,094 U.S. cavalrymen in pursuit of 4,000 Confederate horsemen under Col. T.H. McCray and Gen. J.O. Shelby on Aug. 6, 1864. The U.S. troops rode to Austin, Stony Point, Searcy, and Augusta. On Aug. 11, troops of the 10th Illinois Cavalry destroyed a salt works 5 miles SE of modern Bald Knob, ruining 11 kettles and 60 vats while capturing 8 men and depriving the Confederates of salt needed to preserve meat supplies. West's expedition returned to Little Rock Aug. 16, having driven the Confederates east of the White River.

Erected 2011 by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, White County Historical Society, Bald Knob Rotary Club, Bald Knob Lions Club, William H. Collison, Jr., Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council. (Marker Number 27.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, and the Rotary International series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is August 6, 1864.

Location. 35° 19.017′ N, 91° 33.764′ W. Marker is in Bald Knob, Arkansas, in White County. It is on Arkansas Route 367 south of Northside Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3713 AR-367, Bald Knob AR 72010, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of the Defenders of the Union (approx. 5.1 miles away); Action At Whitney's Lane (approx. 8 miles away); Naval Combat at West Point / Combat on the Little Red River (approx. 8.1 miles away); Searcy Landing in the Civil War / Guerrilla War on the Little Red (approx. 8.6 miles away); Spanish Land Grant to John Fayac (approx. 9.6 miles away); Brig. Gen. Dandridge McRae (approx. 10½ miles away); Benjamin Black House (approx. 10.7 miles away); White County Confederate Monument (approx. 10.9 miles away).

View towards intersection of U.S. Highway's 67 and 64. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2018

2. View towards intersection of U.S. Highway's 67 and 64.

Confederate Salt Works Destroyed Marker in front of the Bald Knob Police Department. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2018

3. Confederate Salt Works Destroyed Marker in front of the Bald Knob Police Department.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 4, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 870 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 12, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.