Skirmishes Near Mountain Home - Mountain Home, Arkansas
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N 36° 20.099 W 092° 23.105
15S E 555185 N 4021279
This metal plaque, sponsored by the Arkansas Sesquicentennial Commission, is located on the northwestern grounds of the Baxter County Courthouse - 1 East 7th Street in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Waymark Code: WM14T4D
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2021
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My Commentary:
The Arkansas Sesquicentennial Commission was setup to promote the understanding of the events and the ramifications of those events of the Civil War 150 years ago. Each year from 2011(1860) to 2015 (1865) had a theme that the Commission was trying to convey. Events and markers such as the one on the lawn of the Baxter County Courthouse were important parts of that promotion and understanding.
Text of Marker
On Oct. 12, 1862, Maj. John Wilber led a force of
125 men of the 14th Missouri State Militia (U.S.)
and 100 from the Enrolled Militia from Ozark, Mo.,
to hit Confederate troops camped at Yellville. High
water on the White River forced the Union troops
to head for Talbots Ferry near modern-day Cotter
to seek a crossing. Camping 10 miles from the
ferry, they learned that 3,000 Confederate
infantry and cavalry with four cannon were
approaching. Wilbers troops seized horses, wagons
and other supplies and prepared to head to
Missouri with the loot.
(continued on other side)
As the Missouri Unionists moved north, Col. J.R.
Shalers Confederates attacked their 25-man rear
guard at 2 a.m. on Oct. 17 near Mountain Home.
Lt. Reuben P. Mooney, seeing the Confederates
between his men and the rest of the Union
column, ordered his men to charge through the
enemy lines. The charge was made with "such
impetuosity and gallantry" that they fought their
way through to the main force without losing a man,
though Mooney was severely wounded. Major
Wilber claimed the Confederates lost 10 men as
casualties and 25 as prisoners.
Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission
27th Arkansas Infantry Camp 1519, Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy,
Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society,
Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council.
2013
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