Sheridan in Grant County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Unknown Soldiers

USA

— April 29 -30, 1864 —

Unknown Soldiers Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, July 4, 2023

1. Unknown Soldiers Marker

Inscription. In memory of Union Soldiers who lie in unmarked graves at Jenkins Ferry battlefield

Union Commander Major General Frederick Steele
4 Divisions
9 Brigades
estimated casualties 700

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 34° 22.817′ N, 92° 26.42′ W. Memorial is in Sheridan, Arkansas, in Grant County. It is on Grant 51 (County Road 51) 2 miles State Road 35, on the right when traveling east. In B-17 Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1836 Grant 51, Sheridan AR 72150, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area.

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

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12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: American Legion B-17 Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); American Legion B-17 Veterans Memorial Park (a few steps from this marker); Unknown Soldiers CSA (approx. 0.2 miles away); Grant County War Memorial (approx. 5.6 miles away); Site of First County Courthouse 1871 (approx. 5.6 miles away); 1976 American Bicentennial (approx. 5.6 miles away); Clash at Whitten's Mill (approx. 7.8 miles away); Refugee Children / Supplies Destroyed (approx. 11.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sheridan.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, July 4, 2023

2. Unknown Soldiers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2023, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 247 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 4, 2023, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.