Skirmish at Tomahawk

The Union cavalry at Tomahawk came partly from Arkansas itself. The First Arkansas Cavalry was organized in summer 1862 from Arkansas Unionist refugees in southern Missouri, mustered in August 7, 1862, and led throughout the war by Colonel Marcus LaRue Harrison. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas, which files the fight as the Skirmish at Burrowsville, names Captain Charles Galloway as the Union commander and says casualties are unknown, adding that about 100 Confederates were killed over the whole scout, not only at Tomahawk.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Buffalo National River at Tyler Bend — 3.7 mi
  The country's first national river, kept free-flowing after a dam fight that ended in 1965, seen from the Middle District's visitor center, the Collier Homestead and the Riverview Trail.
• Rush Historic District — 16 mi
  The zinc-mining camp on Rush Creek that boomed from the 1880s, emptied after 1919 and now stands inside Buffalo National River as a ghost town.
• Bull Shoals-White River State Park — 27 mi
  A state park below Bull Shoals Dam, where a visitor center overlooks the dam and lake and the White River below is a nationally known trout stream.

More markers nearby

• Skirmish at Rolling Prairie — 12 mi
• Searcy County Seat — 13 mi
• Arkansas Peace Society — 13 mi
• Federal Raids on Burrowville — 13 mi