Confederate Headquarters / Confederate Flank Attack

Confederate Headquarters / Confederate Flank Attack (HM2A1Y)

Location: Leola, AR 72084 Grant County
Country: United States of America
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N 34° 10.997', W 92° 35.783'

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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, 1864, and established his headquarters to plan his attack on Steele's army and wagon train the next day. As many as 20,000 men, many having just fought Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks's army at Mansfield, La., marched through here in pursuit of Steele. The battle of Jenkins' Ferry would be fought April 30 along Cox's Creek southwest of the Saline.

Confederate Flank Attack

On April 30, 1864, Confederate Gen. Thomas Dockery's Arkansas brigade marched across Cox's Creek north of here to attempt a flank attack on Union soldiers defending Gen. Frederick Steele's army as it crossed the swollen Saline River on a pontoon bridge. Seeing the threat to their right, men of the 43rd Indiana and 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry waded across the flooded creek to confront Dockery's Arkansas troops. The opponents battled for around 90 minutes in the heavily wooded area before the Confederates were told to fall back to rejoin the main force.

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HM Number	HM2A1Y
Series	This marker is part of the series
Tags	US Civil War
Year Placed	2015
Placed By	Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Friends of Jenkins’ Ferry Battlefield, Arkansas Humanities Council, Department of Arkansas Heritage, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Monday, August 6th, 2018 at 4:02pm PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	15S E 537192 N 3782551
Decimal Degrees	34.18328333, -92.59638333
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 34° 10.997', W 92° 35.783'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	34° 10' 59.82" N, 92° 35' 46.98" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	870
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal Address	At or near 10172 AR-229, Leola AR 72084, US
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