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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2708_thunder-on-bayou-meto_North-Little-Rock-AR.html
As Reed's Bridge burned and Confederate artillery broke up
the charge of the First Iowa Cavalry Regiment, Union artillery
opened fire on Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke at his
position near Lt. Charlie Bell's "little teaser" prairie gun.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ZA_the-little-rock-campaign-river-crossing_North-Little-Rock-AR.html
North of where you are standing, Union troops on September 10, 1863, constructed a wooden pontoon bridge across the Arkansas River allowing Union Brigadier General John W. Davidson's cavalry division to proceed to Little Rock. Major General Freder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VZ_marmaduke-walker-duel_North-Little-Rock-AR.html
As Union forces advanced to capture Little Rock during the Civil War, the
last duel in Arkansas was fought near this spot in an open grove of heavy
timber between Confederate Generals John Sappington Marmaduke and
Lucius Marshall Walker at 6…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26TP_marmaduke-walker-duel_North-Little-Rock-AR.html
Following the Aug. 27, 1863, battle at Bayou Meto, Confederate Gen. John Marmaduke asked to be removed from under Gen. Lucius M. Walker's command. The two generals were at odds over actions at Helena and Brownsville earlier in 1863. Marmaduke's tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26TH_confederate-fortifications_North-Little-Rock-AR.html
Fearing a Union attack on Little Rock, Confederate Gen. Sterling Price ordered his men to fortify the high ground on the north side of the Arkansas River in the summer of 1863. A strong network of earthen works soon developed, including some in wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26TD_c-s-s-pontchartrain_North-Little-Rock-AR.html
The elegant steamboat Lizzie Simmons was built in 1859 and ran between Memphis and New Orleans until the Confederate Navy bought her in 1861 and converted her into a gunboat, the C.S.S. Pontchartrain. The vessel fought on the Mississippi River unt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26TB_huntersville_North-Little-Rock-AR.html
Arkansas's sole Civil War rail line, the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, ran from DeValls Bluff to what is now North Little Rock. After U.S. troops occupied the capital in 1863, the Union army built warehouses, shops, and other railroad faciliti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXU_the-old-mill-at-t-r-pugh-memorial-park_North-Little-Rock-AR.html
Dedicated August 6, 1933, as Pugh's Memorial Par, the Old Mill is a replica of an abandoned water-powered grist mill that would have been used by Arkansas pioneers in the 1800s. Although the Old Mill never actually operated as a mill, the iron gri…