Lake Village in Chicot County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
The Casualties at Ditch Bayou June 6, 1864
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 7, 2020
1. The Casualties at Ditch Bayou June 6, 1864 Marker
Muddy conditions caused the Northern infantry to attack across an open field without artillery support. After crossing the field under heavy fire, they discovered that they were trapped in the open field and were separated from the Confederates by Ditch Bayou. Union losses were 33 killed, 98 wounded, and one missing. Notice that their heaviest casualties were directly opposite the Confederate artillery.
The Confederate losses included four killed and 33 wounded. Most of their casualties were in the artillery units where the Union troops concentrated their fire.
Erected by the American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby.
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Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas Delta, in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, and in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. 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 6 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: The Battle at Ditch Bayou (here, next to this marker); Saunders-Pettit-Chapman-Cook Plantation Home (approx. 1.4 miles away); Lakeport in the Civil War (approx. 4 miles away); Lakeport Plantation House (approx. 4 miles away); Italian Immigrants On Sunnyside Plantation (approx. 5.4 miles away); Chicot County Confederate Monument (approx. 5½ miles away); Chicot County (approx. 5½ miles away); Chicot County Veterans Memorial (approx. 5½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lake Village.
More about this marker. Diagram on marker shows the lineup of Union and Confederate units along the Ditch Bayou.
Also see . . . From the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History. (Submitted on November 9, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 7, 2020
2. View of markers looking towards Lake Chicot.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015
3. Ditch Bayou
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015
4. Looking towards Ditch Bayou along U.S. Highway 82/278.
The marker had previously deteriorated to the point that it was no longer there.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,069 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. 3, 4. submitted on November 9, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
