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Marks' Mills Battlefield Site
Highway 8 & 97
Cleveland
County, Arkansas
N33.46.866
W092.15.399
National
Register of Historic Places - #70000119 |
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Salty Branch
Battle of Mark's Mills
April 25, 1864
"So many horses and soldiers were wounded or killed that Salty
Branch ran red with blood." - Anita Knowles, Cleveland
Co. Herald - 1936
Placed here by Edgar and Sue Colvin - May 2003
Shelby's Approach
Approaching Marks' Mills from the south, General Joe Shelby's
Missouri Division was ordered to move to the right in order to block
the Marks' Mills to Mt. Elba Road, preventing the Union Forces from
escaping across the Saline River.
Guided by William Marks, Shelby's forces completed this detour and
intersected this detour and intersected the Mt. Elba Road 5 miles
east of Marks' Mills. A portion of his force proceeded east and
engaged the Union Guard at the Mt. Elba and securing it for the
Confederates. Meanwhile Shelby's main force turned west to engage
the Federal Advance Guard and forced them back into the main battle
at Marks' Mills.
Historians: Jimmy Boney, Doyle Taylor
Placed here by Edgar and Sue Marks Colvin - 2003
John H. Marks had a cotton gin, flour, grist and sawmills. He
also had a brick kiln and blacksmith shop.
Born 1803. Came to Arkansas 1834. Died 1870.
Thanks to Anita Knowles, Edgar & Sue Marks Colvin were able to
locate the Marks' Mills Site, April 30, 1995.
"As a young girl, my father, Bevelly (Bev) Knowles (born 1878) and I
visited the old Marks' Mill site and reminisced about the past. My
grandfather Benjamin F. Knowles (born 1837) also took part in the
Civil War Battle known as the Battle of Marks' Mills. He was ordered
to shoot the lead horses of the first wagon. So many horses and
soldiers were wounded or killed that Salty Branch ran red with blood
on April 24, 1864." - Anita Knowles, Hebron, Ar. 1995
Ms. Knowles researched and wrote an essay in 1937 describing the
John H. Marks family, relatives, friends and the Battle of Marks'
Mills. The article was printed in the Cleveland County Herald.
The Saline River Lumber Co. Tramroad was built about 1898 - Edgar
Colvin.
Saw given by O.R. Goldman of Pine Bluff, Ar.
Erected by Edgar & Sue Marks Colvin of Pine Bluff, Ar. May 6, 1995.
In memory of "Johnny Rebel" because you fought all the way for your
beliefs.
Sawmill parts given by Howard Smith of New Edingburg, used into
1950. Placed here by Edgar & Sue Colvin 1995.
Complete display erected by Louis Weynandt, Wiley Hall, Edgar Colvin
- June 15, 1995.
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