Pocahontas in Randolph County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Camp Shaver

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 6, 2019

1. Camp Shaver Marker

Inscription. Col. Robert G. Shaver established a camp near Pocahontas to train troops for the 7th Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A., including two Randolph County companies. With 1,250 men and officers, the 7th was one of the largest regiments raised in Arkansas. They trained at Camp Shaver under Gen. William Hardee and many died of disease there. Moving east of the Mississippi River, the regiment had heavy losses at Shiloh and Perryville, was nicknamed "the Bloody 7th” and was consolidated with the 6th Arkansas. Both Confederate and Union troops used the camp throughout the war.

Erected 2015 by Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. (Marker Number 129.)

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.

Location. 36° 15.471′ N, 90° 59.492′ W. Marker is in Pocahontas, Arkansas, in Randolph County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 62 and Ring Drive, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 62. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area:

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Pocahontas AR 72455, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ozarks.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Steam Engine (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); This meteor fell July 1859 (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Randolph County Civil War Timeline (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sir Henry Morton Stanley (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sanitary Barber Shop (approx. 1.2 miles away); Old Black River Bridge (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pocahontas.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,078 times since then and 77 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on November 11, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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