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 State 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 West Arch Avenue at North Spruce Street, on the left when traveling east on West Arch Avenue.
In 1837, two years after the creation of White County, the site of the town of Searcy was laid off as the permanent seat of justice of the county. — — Map (db m116701) HM
On West Race Avenue (Arkansas Route 16) at North Spruce Street, on the right when traveling east on West Race Avenue.
Dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice, and in honor of all the men and women who served their country in a time of need.
Killed in Action
Dean, Lawrence C.
Latimer, Wilbur D.
Marsh, Clark L.
Solomon, Douglas E. . . . — — Map (db m116707) WM
On Arkansas Route 36 at Front Street, on the right when traveling south on State 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
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