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Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Historical Markers
Scores of markers placed by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to commemorate the state's rich Civil War history for the statewide observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
On Dogwood 0.1 miles east of Arkansas Highway 5, on the right when traveling east.
The 11th Arkansas Infantry organized at Benton in July 1861 and Saline County men served in 6 of its 10 companies. The 11th was captured in the Island No. 10 campaign in April 1862 and spent 5 months in Union prisons, later serving in Louisiana and . . . — — Map (db m96586) HM
On Military Road at Old Congo Road, on the right when traveling north on Military Road.
George M. Holt
George M. Holt was born in Tennessee July 4, 1831, and moved to Arkansas before 1859. A doctor, he rose to brigadier general in the pre-war militia and led the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. The Arkansas Military Board ordered . . . — — Map (db m170454) HM
On N. Main Street at W. Conway Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Main Street.
Saline County held 6,640 people in 1860, including 749 slaves. Jabez M. Smith, the county’s secession convention delegate, voted to leave the Union. The Saline Guards formed in 1861 and became Co. E, 1st Arkansas Infantry (C.S.). Their captain, . . . — — Map (db m96592) HM
On W. Sevier Street at N. Main Street, on the right when traveling west on W. Sevier Street.
As Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army marched toward Little Rock in the summer of 1863, Saline County officials feared their records would be seized or destroyed. They met Aug. 31, 1863, and saying the Union “function is to cut up, mutilate, . . . — — Map (db m96593) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 71) at Duncan Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
While Scott County residents were divided on the issue of secession, once Arkansas left the Union, many supported the Confederacy. The first fighting there was a Sept. 11, 1863, skirmish near Waldron where the 14th Kansas lost 1 dead and 2 wounded . . . — — Map (db m200627) HM
On Center Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Center Street.
Arkansas Peace Society
In November 1861, Confederate authorities discovered a secret Peace Society in north Arkansas whose members opposed secession. Col. Samuel Leslie called out the Searcy County militia to round up members of the group. . . . — — Map (db m141593) HM
On Highway 65 near County Road 404, on the right when traveling south.
On January 22, 1864, 527 Union soldiers of the First and Second Arkansas Cavalry and Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry (U.S.), with one mountain howitzer, fought Col. A.R. Witt's Confederates in St. Joe. The Confederates fell back after an . . . — — Map (db m141566) HM
On Rogers Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Confederate Occupation of Fort Smith. On April 23, 1861, the U.S. garrison at Fort Smith abandoned the post as Confederate militiamen approached. Fort Smith became an important recruiting and training center for Confederate forces in west . . . — — Map (db m57916) HM
On Arkansas Route 317 0.3 miles east of U.S. 59/71, on the left when traveling east.
While no fighting took place in Sevier Co. during the Civil War, local men served in Confederate units. Men gathered at Belleville Church as part of Pettus’ Battalion of State Troops, marching to Arkadelphia under Gov. Harris Flanagin’s General . . . — — Map (db m121145) HM
On Court Street at Spring Street, on the left when traveling north on Court Street.
The Sharp Family and the Civil War
Ephraim Sharp, namesake of Sharp County, and his brother William were prominent Evening Shade businessmen when the Civil War began. William served in the state legislature in 1860 and opposed Arkansas’s . . . — — Map (db m170472) HM
On Old Military Road West (Arkansas Route 306) at South Main Street ( Route 1), on the left when traveling west on Old Military Road West.
In early May 1863, Union troops left Helena to disrupt Confederate troops and destroy supplies and forage. Gen. John S. Marmaduke's Confederates confronted them at Taylors Creek on May 11, and after an hour-long skirmish the outnumbered Union troops . . . — — Map (db m243305) HM
On U.S. 70 0.3 miles east of County Road 769, on the right when traveling east.
U.S. troops from Helena came through Madison many times during the Civil War. A 5th Kansas Cavalry patrol fought here twice during a March 5-12, 1863, expedition. Iowa and Indiana troops passed through in April 1863, and detachments of men from the . . . — — Map (db m119982) HM
On Mount Holly Highway (Arkansas Route 160) 0.4 miles east of Stephens Highway ( Route 57), on the right when traveling east.
Mount Holly Cemetery is the final resting place of 15 Confederate soldiers, including Asa S. Morgan, who in 1861 recruited the El Dorado Sentinels, which became Co. A, 1st Arkansas Infantry. Morgan later served as colonel of the 26th Arkansas . . . — — Map (db m121172) HM
On Main Street west of U.S. 65, on the right when traveling west.
The War in Van Buren County
Most of the violence that took place in Van Buren Co. during the Civil War was caused by irregular troops. Southern units were called bushwhackers; northern guerrillas were termed jayhawkers. Both sides often . . . — — Map (db m141577) HM
On College Road near McClellan Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
As James Blunt's First Division of the Army of the Frontier massed in front of the Confederate artillery at the Cane Hill Cemetery, General John Marmaduke ordered J.O. Shelby's Rebels to (unreadable) through the hamlet of Boonsboro. As the . . . — — Map (db m261490) HM
On College Road near McClellan Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The Fourth Division, Trans-Mississippi Army Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman's Trans-Mississippi Army contained four divisions: One of cavalry under John S. Marmaduke, infantry divisions under Francis A. Shoup and Daniel M. Frost, and a reserve . . . — — Map (db m261492) HM
On Water Avenue west of South Elm Street (State Highway 112), on the left when traveling west.
Newly recruited Confederate troops gathered at Elm Springs in 1861 for training. After driving Confederate troops from their winter quarters at Cross Hollows, U.S. pickets occupied the area. Confederates camped here on a bitter cold March 5, 1862, . . . — — Map (db m167935) HM
Near East Rock Street west of Walker Road, on the right when traveling west.
David Walker was born Feb. 19, 1806, near Elkton,
Ky. He moved to Arkansas in 1830, earning his
law license and settling in Fayetteville. Walker
was elected circuit prosecutor in 1832, then to
the Arkansas territorial legislature in 1835. . . . — — Map (db m224142) HM
Near West Mount Comfort Road west of Rupple Road, on the right when traveling west.
After the Aug. 10, 1861, Battle of Wilson's Creek,
Mo., four of Washington County's first Confederate
war dead – Capt. S.R. Bell, Sgt. Wm. Brown, Pvt.
Henry Fulbright and Pvt. Samuel McCurdy – were
buried in Mount Comfort Cemetery. The . . . — — Map (db m224775) HM
On Johnson Mill Boulevard at South 48th Street (County Road 700), on the right when traveling west on Johnson Mill Boulevard.
Both soldiers and civilians used gristmills to grind
wheat and corn into flour and meal. Confederate
troops destroyed mills to keep Union armies from
using them. Union troops destroyed them to keep
C.S. guerrillas from using them as gathering . . . — — Map (db m224782) HM
Near East Douglas Street (Business U.S. 62) east of South Battlefield Park Road.
The Borden House
The Borden House was the epicenter of what one historian has called “one of the most intense firefights west of the Mississippi” during the Dec. 7, 1862, Battle of Prairie Grove. Union and Confederate troops fought around the . . . — — Map (db m225092) HM
On East Johnson Avenue at Mill Street, on the right when traveling west on East Johnson Avenue.
Holcomb's Spring, settled in the 1840s, saw many
troop movements during the Civil War. Regular
Baptist Church services halted in January 1862,
as soldiers entered the area. Confederate troops
camped there in October 1862 and July 1863. . . . — — Map (db m224791) HM
On Arkansas Route 367 south of Northside Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Gen. J.R. West led 3,094 U.S. cavalrymen in pursuit of 4,000 Confederate horsemen under Col. T.H. McCray and Gen. J.O. Shelby on Aug. 6, 1864. The U.S. troops rode to Austin, Stony Point, Searcy, and Augusta. On Aug. 11, troops of the 10th Illinois . . . — — Map (db m116192) HM
On Arkansas Route 267 at Ki Ke Acres Road, on the right when traveling south on Arkansas Route 267.
On July 8, 1864, a column of 221 men of the 10th Illinois Cavalry headed for Searcy to confront Gen. J.O. Shelbys Confederates, who were operating in the area. They set up camp at Des Arc Bayou on July 13. At 4:30 a.m. July 14, around 500 men under . . . — — Map (db m116328) HM
On Sherman Way north of Whitney Lane, on the right when traveling north.
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One hundred Texas Rangers and 50 local men on May 19, 1862, attacked a foraging party from the 17th Missouri Infantry (U.S.), a unit composed largely of German troops, fighting near here along Whitney's Lane. Union losses were 22 . . . — — Map (db m116212) HM
On East Moore Avenue at North Horton Street, on the right when traveling west on East Moore Avenue.
Born in Alabama Oct. 10, 1829, Dandridge McRae moved to Arkansas in 1849. A lawyer, he recruited Confederates in 1861 and led a battalion at Wilson's Creek and a regiment at Pea Ridge. Promoted to brigadier general Nov. 5, 1862, he was the only . . . — — Map (db m116321) HM
On Golf Course Drive at Cottage Lake Drive, on the right when traveling north on Golf Course Drive.
Searcy Landing in the Civil War
Searcy Landing was a steamboat stop with cotton warehouses before the war. On May 9, 1862, Col. P.J. Osterhaus's 3rd Division of the Union Army of the Southwest built a bridge across the Little Red River, . . . — — Map (db m116325) HM
On Arkansas Route 36 at Front Street, on the right when traveling south on Arkansas Route 36.
Naval Combat at West Point
The U.S. gunboat Cricket steamed up the Little Red River Aug. 14, 1863, hunting the Confederate steamboats Kaskaskia and Tom Sugg. She captured the vessels at Searcy Landing and destroyed a . . . — — Map (db m116269) HM
On Arkansas Route 33 at Woodruff Road (County Road 165), on the right when traveling north on Arkansas Route 33.
Col. Christopher C. Andrews led 231 men of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry and 8th Missouri Cavalry to Woodruff Co. on April 1, 1864, to disrupt recruiting by Confederate Gen. Dandridge McRae. Marching 12 miles north of Augusta, and almost capturing . . . — — Map (db m116188) HM
On Arkansas Route 306 north of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling north.
After threatening Little Rock, the Union Army of the Southwest marched east toward Helena. On July 7, 1862, three miles north of here, around 1,000 Confederates of the 12th and 16th Texas Cavalry attacked Union soldiers protecting the main force . . . — — Map (db m116250) HM
On Dardenelle Dam Road 0.1 miles north of Ridge Road, on the left when traveling north.
Confederates under Col. Robert Brooks, who were testing Union positions strength along the Arkansas River, attacked Federal troops at Dardanelle on Jan. 14, 1865. Maj. J.D. Jenks' 276 Union soldiers fought Brooks' 1,500 soldiers for 4 hours before . . . — — Map (db m170341) HM
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