Erected in memory of the soldiers of the Confederacy, who gave their lives for the cause at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry, April 30, 1864, Dedicated September 19, 1928, by the James F. Fagan and Jenkins Ferry Chapters of the United Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m37303) HM
Confederate Headquarters
Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith led troops from Louisiana on a forced march to attack Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army as it crossed the Saline River to retreat to Little Rock. He arrived here on April 29, . . . — — Map (db m121215) HM
General Samuel Rice
Samuel A. Rice, then Iowa’s attorney general, organized the 33rd Iowa Infantry Regiment in the summer of 1862 and was named its colonel. Stationed in Helena, Rice played a prominent role in the July 4, 1863 battle there . . . — — Map (db m121203) HM
Jenkins Ferry
In 1846, Thomas Jenkins paid the Saline County clerk $1 to register to “keep a ferry” and charge travelers to cross the Saline near the mouth of Cox’s Creek when the river was at flood stage. Gen. Frederick . . . — — Map (db m121204) HM
Officers Killed
Gen. J.G. Walker’s Texas Division made the final Confederate attack in the April 30, 1864, battle of Jenkins’ Ferry. Its three brigades, led by Gen. William Read Scurry, Gen. Thomas N. Waul and Col. Horace Randal, charged . . . — — Map (db m121207) HM
Tablet #1 Jenkins' Ferry State Park Act 10 of 1961 authorized this 37-acre state park as a commemorative site and recreation area. The park includes the ferry site where you are standing. The ferry was operated by the Jenkins' family . . . — — Map (db m37304) HM
Refugee Children
Many African Americans fleeing slavery were with Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army as it retreated to Little Rock. As army wagons became stuck in the thick mud, so too did wagons with refugee children. Some were . . . — — Map (db m121183) HM
Front
Both Union and Confederate cavalry moved north of Jenkins’ Ferry on April 29, 1864. Lt. Col. Benjamin Elliott’s 1st Missouri Cavalry Battalion had been sent to Princeton on the 28th to seek Gen. Frederick Steele’s army as it . . . — — Map (db m121182) HM
2nd. Lt. George H. Davis
Dubuque. Ia. Pilot
2nd. Lt. Robt. V. Turchetto
Nutley, N. J. Co-Pilot
T/Sgt Peter K. Ikanovich
Bisbee, Ariz.
S/Sgt Arthur N. Potter
Sutton, Mass.
2nd Lt. Philip E. Niewolak
Dunkirk, N.Y., . . . — — Map (db m228715) HM WM
On March 12, 1943 a B-17 Flying Fortress exploded mid-air while trying to
land in the field on the West side of this road. The B-17 replica marks the site
where the Flying Fortress came to rest. Over the years the gray monument
marking the crash . . . — — Map (db m227739) HM WM
Grant County Casualties
World War 2
Sgt. Herman L. Caple · Sgt. Watson Kemp ·
Sgt. Garlin Stout ·
Sgt. Marvin Allen ·
Sgt. Thomas D. Littes ·
S/Sgt. J. C. Callison Jr. ·
Sgt. J. C. Crabb ·
S/Sgt. Jewel T. Davis ·
T/5 . . . — — Map (db m229494) WM
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 — — Map (db m227590) WM
In memory of Confederate Soldiers who lie in unmarked graves at Jenkins Ferry Battlefield
Battle of Jenkins Ferry
Grant County Arkansas Confederate Commander General Edmund Kirby Smith
3 Divisions
7 Brigades
Estimated . . . — — Map (db m227588) WM
