Troops Raised In Cleburne County

When the war began there was no Cleburne County, and fewer than 1,000 people lived in the hills that became it. Most of the area lay in Van Buren County. Loyalties split. Some men joined Confederate regiments such as the Tenth Arkansas, whose Quitman Rifles had ninety-four men, others left to fight for the Union in Missouri regiments, and many wanted no part of it and joined a peace society against roving jayhawkers and bushwhackers. Union reports record skirmishes near Quitman in 1864. A United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter co-sponsored the marker.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Greers Ferry Dam and Lake — 2.9 mi
  The Corps of Engineers dam on the Little Red River that President Kennedy dedicated on October 3, 1963, with a visitor center, a trout hatchery below the dam and a lake of 340 miles of shoreline.
• Old Independence Regional Museum — 29 mi
  A Batesville museum in a 1936 WPA sandstone National Guard armory, telling the story of the twelve counties that once formed Independence County, with a research wing for local records.

More markers nearby

• The Civil War in Cleburne Country — steps away
• Cleburne County Seat — steps away
• White County Court House — 23 mi
• Guerrilla War on the Little Red — 25 mi