Jacksonville in Pulaski County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Civil War Soldiers Buried at Bayou Meto Cemetery
Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 2, 2022
1. Civil War Soldiers Marker
William Thomas Graham
John Robert Hall
Newton Fredrick Harpole
Martin Christian Herman
Alfred W. Johnson
John Thomas Lucas
George H. McCain
Ben McHenry
Lewellyn McHenry
M. J. McHenry
James S. Merritt
Thomas J. Ramsey
Dr. J.F. See
Rev. James P. See
Franklin Smith
Elijah W. South
James M. Stovall
John William Vaughan
Martin Volney West
Robert Wilkins
Elias Carruth Wilson
Joseph Thomas Wilson
Major Martin Wilson
William Randolph Wilson
Newton L. Wood
Memorial
William C. Douglass
Erected by Reed's Bridge Battlefield Preservation Society, Arkansas Humanities Council, Department of Arkansas Heritage.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 34° 52.868′ N, 92° 6.512′ W. Marker is in Jacksonville, Arkansas, in Pulaski County. It can be reached from the intersection of North 1st Street (State Road 161) and Gregory Place, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jacksonville AR 72076, United States
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Regionally, this marker is in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area and in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bayou Meto Historic Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Bayou Metre Hornets (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); C-130E (approx. 0.6 miles away); Jacksonville, Arkansas (approx. one mile away); First Jacksonville School (approx. 1.1 miles away); Governor Homer M. Adkins (approx. 1.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Arkansas Ordnance Plant (AOP) (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Confederates at Bayou Meto (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 523 times since then and 69 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on September 9, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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