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(3-99) This is the Battle of Cane Hill marker on
Highway 45 in Canehill. A preliminary action to the Battle of Prairie
Grove, Cane Hill was a significant engagement in its own right. The battle
began around 10 a.m. on November 28, 1862, when Union forces attacked Jo
Shelby's Brigade at the northern end of Cane Hill ridge. The battle raged
for nine hours and involved repeated stands by the outnumbered
Confederates, who fought a fiercely contested rear guard action as they
fell back from position to position. Narrative by
Dale Cox |
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(3-99) The Methodist Manse (1834), SH-45 and Spring
Street (private home). Served as a Union headquarters and hospital
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(May 2005)
Cane Hill College was a significant
Arkansas educational institution during the antebellum era. The existing
building dates from the post-Civil War years, but the college had been in
operation for decades prior to the war. The Canehill area was actually
three adjoining communities in 1862 and the battle raged through all three
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(May 2005)
A closer view of the marker at Cane Hill College
Dale Cox photo |
