Lieutenant Colonel John C. Black

Lieutenant Colonel John C. Black (HMNOG)

Location: Prairie Grove, AR 72753 Washington County
Country: United States of America
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N 35° 59.162', W 94° 18.324'

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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 Colonel Black, wrote his mother about what happened next:
"...we had the rebels now just where we had always wanted them, on level clear ground, and we felt now was an hour of vengeance. The regiment rose as one, and poured in a volley...which stopped the rebel pursuit...Our [Colt] revolving rifles kept playing and one and another fell, and one and another fled into the woods whence they came."
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Date Added Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 at 6:08am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 382323 N 3983187
Decimal Degrees35.98603333, -94.30540000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 59.162', W 94° 18.324'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 59' 9.72" N, 94° 18' 19.44" W
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Area Code(s)479
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 10000-10194 Co Rd 80, Prairie Grove AR 72753, US
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