Herron's Attack

Lt. Col. John Charles Black led the 37th Illinois up the hill into the Borden orchard on December 7, 1862, and was seriously wounded. His is the only Medal of Honor awarded for the battle, though it did not come until the 1890s. Born in Lexington, Mississippi, in 1839, he was promoted to colonel before the month was out. He later served one term in Congress, as commissioner of pensions and as president of the Civil Service Commission, and he was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park — 0.4 mi
  The December 7, 1862 battlefield where about 2,700 fell and Hindman withdrew in the night, with the Borden orchard, Hindman Hall's free museum, and walking and driving tours.
• Devil's Den State Park — 15 mi
  A Civilian Conservation Corps park begun in October 1933 in the Lee Creek valley, with log-and-stone cabins, a 1937 stone dam, about sixty crevice caves and a 15-mile trail.
• Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area — 29 mi
  Arkansas's largest state park, about 12,000 acres on Beaver Lake, with the Van Winkle mill site, a graveyard of enslaved people, 54 miles of trail and regulated hunting.

More markers nearby

• The Archibald Borden House — steps away
• The Borden House — steps away
• Generals Blunt and Herron — 0.3 mi
• Washington County Cane Hill College — 7.3 mi