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

Searcy Landing in the Civil War
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Guerrilla War on the Little Red

Searcy Landing in the Civil War Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2018

1. Searcy Landing in the Civil War Marker

Inscription.
Searcy Landing in the Civil War Searcy Landing was a steamboat stop with cotton warehouses before the war. On May 9, 1862, Col. P.J. Osterhaus's 3rd Division of the Union Army of the Southwest built a bridge across the Little Red River, camping here as they threatened Little Rock. Union forces stayed several weeks, battling with Confederates before retreating to Batesville, then marching to Helena. In August 1863 the U.S.S. Cricket captured the steamboats Kaskaskia and Tom Sugg at Searcy Landing and destroyed Gen. John S. Marmaduke's pontoon bridge that crossed the river here.

Guerrilla War on the Little Red As the Civil War in Arkansas degenerated into guerrilla warfare in 1864, U.S. troops from Batesville and Little Rock often came to Searcy Landing hunting bands of cavalry operating in the Little Red River valley. In August, Union Gen. J.R. West led 3,094 men in search of Col. T.H. McCray's 2,000 Confederate cavalry in the valley, chasing them north and east of the landing, then returning to Little Rock. Searcy Landing stayed a steamboat dock and river crossing for around 50 years after the war ended until

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the first bridge was built in 1911.

Erected 2012 by Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, In loving memory of Larry Killough, Jr., and James Webb Killough, White County Civil War Round Table, White County Historical Society, Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council. (Marker Number 39.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Industry & Commerce • 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 May 9, 1862.

Location. 35° 15.704′ N, 91° 41.904′ W. Marker is in Searcy, Arkansas, in White County. It is at the intersection of Golf Course Drive and Cottage Lake Drive, on the right when traveling north on Golf Course Drive. Located at the entrance to the Course at River Oaks clubhouse parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Golf Course Drive, Searcy AR 72143, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally,

Guerrilla War on the Little Red Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2018

2. Guerrilla War on the Little Red Marker

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Spanish Land Grant to John Fayac (approx. one mile away); Action At Whitney's Lane (approx. 1.7 miles away); Brig. Gen. Dandridge McRae (approx. 1.9 miles away); Benjamin Black House (approx. 2.2 miles away); White County Confederate Monument (approx. 2.4 miles away); White County Courthouse (approx. 2.4 miles away); In Loving Memory of those from White County (approx. 2.4 miles away); White County Vietnam Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Searcy.

View of marker looking south on Golf Course Drive. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2018

3. View of marker looking south on Golf Course Drive.

View from marker towards golf course clubhouse. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2018

4. View from marker towards golf course clubhouse.

The Tinclad U.S.S. <i>Cricket</i> (1863-1865) image. Click for full size.

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5. The Tinclad U.S.S. Cricket (1863-1865)

Tied up at a Western Rivers city, during the last years of the Civil War, with a barge astern and a boat alongside. Note the decorative star suspended between her smokestacks.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,029 times since then and 115 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 14, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.

Searcy Landing in the Civil War⎯⎯⎯Guerrilla War on the Little Red

Searcy Landing in the Civil War
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Guerrilla War on the Little Red