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Related Historical Markers
The list is markers installed by the Pea Ridge Memorial Association from 1962-1964 on the Pea Ridge Campaign.
By Duane Hall, October 15, 2016
Potts' Hill Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On N. Old Wire Road (County Road 67) 1.5 miles north of Gann Ridge Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On the Arkansas—Missouri line where the Telegraph Road entered ten-mile long Cross Timber Hollow, on February 16, 1862, occurred the first skirmish on Benton County soil. Brig. Gen. Curtis’ Federal army overtook the rear guard of Maj. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m99705) HM |
| On N. Old Wire Road (County Road 1703) 0.4 miles north of Smith Ridge Turnoff, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Here on February 17, 1862, Brig. Gen. Rains with the Fourth Arkansas Regiment and the Third Louisiana, ambushed the advance of the Federal army under Brig. Gen. Curtis killing 20 of his men and some 60 horses in his advancing cavalry. The . . . — — Map (db m99707) HM |
| On South Old Wire Road (County Road 83) 0.2 miles north of Dogwood Drive/Cross Hollow Road (County Road 1189), on the left when traveling north. |
| | This post office was established in 1843. Nov. 29, 1861, Gen. Ben McCulloch moved his army into winter quarters here. Numerous, large, two-room, plank barracks were built in two rows facing each other, extending eastward more than a mile. Ten or . . . — — Map (db m68788) HM |
| On SW A Street at West Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north on SW A Street. |
| | On the morning of March 6, 1862, Gen. Franz Sigel was eating his breakfast at the Eagle Hotel which stood on this site. He had remained here with 600 men and a battery of six pieces after the main column of his army had passed through Bentonville on . . . — — Map (db m22447) HM |
| On High Sky Inn Road (State Highway 303) 0.2 miles west of Bettis Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Sylvanus Blackburn came to the War Eagle in 1832. By 1838 he had a saw mill, a grist mill, and a house. Peter Van Winkle came about 1850. By 1860, this was a thriving crossroads. March 8, 1862, Generals Van Dorn and Price, retreating from the . . . — — Map (db m19492) HM |
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