The 26th Indiana Infantry and the 37th Illinois Infantry made another attack up the ridge. Colonel John G. Clark, 26th Indiana, U.S.A., wrote: "The regiment was ... ordered on the left of the 37th Illinois...Soon after...they were ordered to . . . — — Map (db m35421) HM
Brothers Columbus and Ad Gray of Company D, 29th Arkansas Infantry, withstood the first Union assault and counterattacked with Sergeant Ad Gray in the lead. Columbus Gray wrote home after seeing his brother fall mortally wounded: "I stopped, . . . — — Map (db m35430) HM
The heaviest casualties were around the Archibald Borden house and orchard. The first house was burned the day after the battle. Mr. Borden built this house on the site of the original in 1872. Charles W. Walker, 34th Arkansas Infantry, recalled: . . . — — Map (db m35365) HM
The battle on this field was fought between the Confederate army of General T.C. Hindman (Arkansas) and Federal forces commanded by Generals James G. Blunt (Kansas) and F.J. Herron (Iowa). Battlefield Park occupies the approximate center of the . . . — — Map (db m35248) HM
The original 10 acres of Battlefield Park were purchased in 1908 by the Prairie Grove chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and maintained by the U.D.C. for nearly 50 years as a memorial park. From 1886 to 1926 an annual reunion of . . . — — Map (db m35272) HM
Blocher's Arkansas Battery was the focal point of the Union attacks. A sergeant in the battery reported: "...The enemy advanced upon us with their artillery, under cover of their infantry, until within range of our battery when they opened a most . . . — — Map (db m35411) HM
From this spot the observer is viewing the terrain over which General James G. Blunt's 1st Division advanced on the afternoon of December 7, 1862, to attack the Confederate left and relieve the pressure on General F. J. Herron's 2nd and 3rd . . . — — Map (db m35329) HM
Site of the first Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Used as a hospital during the battle of Prairie Grove 1862 marked by Prairie Grove Chapter U.D.C. 1930. — — Map (db m88394) HM
On this site stood the former home of Dr. James W.
Webb (1878 1947) and Mrs. Joy Nelson Webb
(1891-1976). Dr. Webb also owned and operated a
dentist office on this property. Mrs. Webb published
and edited the weekly Prairie Grove . . . — — Map (db m225087) HM
During the Battle of Prairie Grove Gen. Robt. G. Shaver established his head- quarters under this tree Dec. 7, 1862 This spot marked by U.D.C. June 20, 1932. — — Map (db m35332) HM
General James G. Blunt General Blunt of Kansas commanded the First Division of the Federal army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was made Brigadier General in April 1862 and given command of all Kansas troops. His army was at Cane Hill . . . — — Map (db m35277) HM
From this spot the observer is viewing the fields over which General F.J. Herron's army advanced on the morning of December 7, 1862, to attack the Confederate position on this ridge. Because the ford of the Illinois River was under artillery fire, . . . — — Map (db m35415) HM
(Upper Plaque):This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior (Lower Plaque): Hindman Hall Museum At bequest by Biscoe Hindman, son of General Thomas C. Hindman . . . — — Map (db m35253) HM
The circular stone wall that encloses the Battle Monument is built of stones from historic structures of Washington County. Some 40 communities are represented, including the pioneer settlements at Cane Hill, Cincinnati, Viney Grove, Rhea's Mill, . . . — — Map (db m35360) HM
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Black, 37th Illinois Infantry, ordered the retreat of his regiment and the 26th Indiana to a fence at the foot of the ridge. There, the men faced a Confederate counterattack. Captain William P. Black, brother of Lieutenant . . . — — Map (db m35423) HM
Thomas C. Hindman commanded the Confederate army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was born 1828 in Tennessee. Served in the War with Mexico, later moving from Mississippi to Helena, Ark. Was elected to Congress in 1859. In 1861 he entered the . . . — — Map (db m35275) HM
General Hindman on the Arkansas River planned to drive General Blunt's Federal army out of northwest Arkansas. The Confederate army left Van Buren on December 3. Enroute north, Hindman learned that Blunt had called for help from General Herron at . . . — — Map (db m35255) HM
This house, built about 1855, was the home of the John Morrow family, and originally stood on Cove Creek 9 miles south of here. On the night before the battle of Prairie Grove, Confederate General T.C. Hindman met with his division and brigade . . . — — Map (db m35361) HM
This tower was the chimney of Rhea's Mill, which stood 6 miles northwest of this spot. The mill was operated by the Federal army before and after the battle of Prairie Grove. General Blunt's supply train was at Rhea's during the battle, under guard . . . — — Map (db m35276) HM
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
The men who died on this field on December 7, 1862 are buried in the soldier cemeteries in Fayetteville. 700 unknown Confederate soldiers are in the cemetery maintained by the Southern Memorial Association on East Mountain. The Union dead are in the . . . — — Map (db m35416) HM
This 2-story log house and out-buildings were erected by John Latta about 1834 on Evansville Creek, 12 miles southwest of this spot. The Latta settlement was called Vineyard from "The Lord's Vineyard." Vineyard was the first postoffice in Washington . . . — — Map (db m35363) HM
The legend of Prairie Grove Spring tells of the spring first being laid claim to by Tom Wagnon, a frontiersman, in 1828. Wagnon soon traded the spring to Rev. Andrew Buchanan, a charismatic preacher, for two redemption sermons. Then Wagnon left the . . . — — Map (db m225083) HM
(Panels from Left to Right) (First Panel): At the time of the battle, Nancy Morton lived with her parents in the William Morton house west of this location. When the fighting intensified in the area, the Mortons and three other families . . . — — Map (db m35434) HM
Here on this, the Old Wire Road, was located Fitzgerald's Station on the Butterfield Overland mail route from St. Louis to San Francisco. First trip 1858. Last 1861. Longest and best conducted mail route in the world. 2795 miles. Service twice . . . — — Map (db m59950) HM
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
• Original trail of early Indians and settlers
• Named for the many early corn flour-woolen mills situated along Spring Creek
• A part of the first Old Missouri Rd. before 1830 to 1858
• Butterfield created present Old Missouri Rd. to the east . . . — — Map (db m224800) HM
August 22, 1840 “Regular Baptist Church of Shilo” was founded 3 miles east of city. The log church was moved in 1841-2 to S.E. corner of Main and Huntsville St. Burned Civil War period and 2nd church built on same site 1868, serving also as first . . . — — Map (db m224794) HM
