Historical Markers in Grant County, Arkansas

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Historical Markers in Grant County, Arkansas

1 ► Arkansas, Grant County, Leola — Battle of Jenkins' Ferry —

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

2 ► Arkansas, Grant County, Leola — 112 — Confederate Headquarters / Confederate Flank Attack — Reported missing

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

3 ► Arkansas, Grant County, Leola — 110 — General Samuel Rice / Confederate Cannons Captured —

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

4 ► Arkansas, Grant County, Leola — 113 — Jenkins Ferry / Pontoon Bridge —

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

5 ► Arkansas, Grant County, Leola — 115 — Officers Killed / Union Wounded —

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

6 ► Arkansas, Grant County, Leola — Red River Campaign — Battle of Jenkins' Ferry —

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

7 ► Arkansas, Grant County, Leola — 114 — Refugee Children / Supplies Destroyed —

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

8 ► Arkansas, Grant County, Prattsville — 116 — Clash at Whitten's Mill —

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

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