Montgomery County in the Civil War

Albert Pike spent part of the war in this county. He had led about 900 Indian Territory troops at Pea Ridge, then quarreled with General Thomas Hindman over authority in Indian Territory. When Richmond sided with Hindman, Pike resigned on July 12, 1862, in protest. According to his Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry he retired to Greasy Cove in Montgomery County, and in 1864 he was named to the state Supreme Court. After the war he went to New York and Canada, and President Andrew Johnson granted him amnesty on August 30, 1865.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lake Ouachita State Park — 26 mi
  The state park on Arkansas's largest lake, built around a spring a homesteader called healing in 1875.

More markers nearby

• Montgomery County County Seat — steps away
• The Town of Caddo Gap — 11 mi
• The Narrows on Caddo River — 11 mi
• De Soto At Caddo Gap — 11 mi