Lacrosse in Izard County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Wild Haws in the Civil War
Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 3, 2021
1. Wild Haws in the Civil War Marker
Inscription.
Wild Haws in the Civil War. . Union troops passed through the Wild Haws area many times during the Civil War. Gen. Samuel Curtis was here with cavalry, artillery and Illinois infantry on May 1, 1862. Fifth Kansas Cavalry troops rode through on July 6, 1862, as did a company of the Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry on Dec. 29, 1863. Detachments of the First Nebraska came through Wild Haws on Jan. 23 and Feb. 16, 1864, and the Eleventh Missouri Cavalry was here March 3 and 12. Co. K of the First Nebraska looked for Confederates at Wild Haws on March 10, then camped near town.
Wild Haws, now LaCrosse, was located at a crossroads at the largest cotton plantations in Izard County. In 1861, volunteers of the 7th and 14th (McCarver’s) Arkansas Infantry regiments marched through Wild Haws on their way to the Confederate training camp at Smithville. Troopers of Gen. James McBride’s 3rd Missouri Cavalry (C.S.) had a skirmish with Union cavalry here in 1862. Confederates rendezvoused near Wild Haws in 1864, and Col. T.R. Freeman’s Cavalry rode through here. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby recruited troops in this area that summer.
Union troops passed through the Wild Haws area many times during the Civil War. Gen. Samuel Curtis was here with cavalry, artillery and Illinois infantry on May 1, 1862. Fifth Kansas Cavalry troops rode through on July 6, 1862, as did a company of the Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry on Dec. 29, 1863. Detachments of the First Nebraska came through Wild Haws on Jan. 23 and Feb. 16, 1864, and the Eleventh Missouri Cavalry was here March 3 and 12. Co. K of the First Nebraska looked for Confederates at Wild Haws on March 10, then camped near town.
Wild Haws, now LaCrosse, was located at a crossroads at the largest cotton plantations in Izard County. In 1861, volunteers of the 7th and 14th (McCarver’s) Arkansas Infantry regiments marched through Wild Haws on their way to the Confederate training camp at Smithville. Troopers of Gen. James McBride’s 3rd Missouri Cavalry (C.S.) had a skirmish with Union cavalry here in 1862. Confederates rendezvoused near Wild Haws in 1864, and Col. T.R. Freeman’s Cavalry rode through here. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby recruited troops in this area that summer.
Erected 2014 by Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society, Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council. (Marker Number 86.)
Location. 36° 5.439′ N, 91° 50.439′ W. Marker is in Lacrosse, Arkansas, in Izard County. Marker is at the intersection of Lacrosse Road and County Road 57, on the left when traveling north on Lacrosse Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Violet Hill AR 72584, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. View of marker looking west along County Road 57.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 3, 2021
4. The view north on Lacrosse Road.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 290 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 8, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
