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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26XB_battle-of-little-rock_Little-Rock-AR.html
In this vicinity, on September 10, 1863, an invading Federal column under Gen'l Frederick Steele defeated Confederate forces under Gen'l John Marmaduke in the Battle of Little Rock
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26X7_engagement-at-bayou-fourche_Little-Rock-AR.html
U.S.A.
10th Illinois Cavalry
1st Iowa Cavalry
2nd Missouri Cavalry
3rd Missouri Cavalry
7th Missouri Cavalry
8th Missouri Cavalry
Vaughan's Ilinois Artillery Battery
2nd Missouri Light Artillery (Battery "K" and "M")
Lovej…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26W5_douglas-macarthur_Little-Rock-AR.html
World War I 1917-1918
West Point Graduate 1903
Rainbow Division Chief of Staff August 1917, Colonel
84th Brigade 42nd Rainbow Division August 1918, Commander
Rainbow Division Commander November 1918, Brigadier General
West Point Superintend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26W4_roosevelt-visits-little-rock_Little-Rock-AR.html
On October 25, 1905, Theodore Roosevelt became only the second sitting president to visit our state. His visit was a key stop on a southern tour following the election of 1904 in which he was elected easily but failed to win any states of the form…
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/HM26VR_the-first-human-dissection-in-arkansas_Little-Rock-AR.html
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The first human dissection in Arkansas was made on this spot in November 1874 by James H. Lenow M.D. Little Rock and Richard S. Vickery M.D. U.S. Army
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Erected by the Arkansas Medical Society to perpetuate the early history of medi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VH_bayou-metre-hornets_Jacksonville-AR.html
The 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (C.S.) enlisted at Little Rock on Nov. 10, 1861. It included Capt. T.F. Murff's Co. A, the 'Bayou Metre Hornets,' which had received a flag at an Oct. 18 barbecue at modern-day Jacksonville. The regiment fought …
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…