Civil War Burial Site

This stone replaced a 1959 marker that said the Confederate dead of the Middle Boggy fight lay here. That clash, on February 13, 1864, was part of Col. William A. Phillips's winter expedition from Fort Gibson: an advance of about 350 men of the 14th Kansas Cavalry under Maj. Charles Willetts, with two howitzers, struck about 90 Confederates guarding the Middle Boggy crossing. Historians place it about four miles south of present Allen, in Pontotoc County, though the exact spot is still debated.

What the plaque says

Civil War Burial Site In the spring of 1862, Confederate soldiers, members of Dawson's 19th Arkansas Infantry, were enroute along the Butterfield Overland roadway from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Fort McCulloch near Blue River. There they were to join General Albert Pike. As they traveled measles swept through the regiment causing some to become too ill to travel. The sick were left at this Middle Boggy outpost near a fresh water spring along with others to care for them. Many died of the disease and are buried on this site. Following the war the site served as a local burial ground, so several early-day Atoka citizens are also buried here.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Atoka — steps away
• Oklahoma's First Catholic Church — 3.0 mi
• Geary's Station — 3.8 mi
• Boggy Depot (Butterfield Overland Mail) — 12 mi