Cotton Plant in Woodruff County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Action at Cotton Plant

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 10, 2018

1. Action at Cotton Plant Marker

Inscription. After threatening Little Rock, the Union Army of the Southwest marched east toward Helena. On July 7, 1862, three miles north of here, around 1,000 Confederates of the 12th and 16th Texas Cavalry attacked Union soldiers protecting the main force after crossing the Cache River. The Texans fought around 600 troops from the 11th Wisconsin and 33rd Illinois Infantry for hours before Union reinforcements drove them from Parley Hills plantation. Union losses were 6 killed and 57 wounded. The Confederates lost 245 men, with at least 123 dead.

Erected 2011 by Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Dewey and Roberta Spencer Family, Cotton Plant Memorial Cemetery, Preserve America, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. (Marker Number 20.)

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 series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 7, 1862.

Location. 35° 0.495′ N, 91° 15.493′ W. Marker is in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, in Woodruff County. It is on Arkansas Route 306 north of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling north. Located at Cotton Plant Memorial Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cotton Plant AR 72036, 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.

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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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Woodruff County Courthouse (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Battle of Cache River or Cotton Plant (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sister Rosetta Tharpe (approx. half a mile away); American Legion Memorial (approx. 9.1 miles away); 100 West Cyprus Street (approx. 9.1 miles away); 1921 Brass Bell (approx. 9.1 miles away); Louis Jordan (approx. 9.1 miles away); Willie Cobbs (approx. 9.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cotton Plant.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the Battle of Cotton Plant. (Submitted on April 13, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Action at Cotton Plant Marker at the Cotton Plant Memorial Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 10, 2018

2. Action at Cotton Plant Marker at the Cotton Plant Memorial Cemetery.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2018. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 952 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 13, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.