Wartime Gristmill Destruction - Johnson AR
N 36° 08.244 W 094° 10.756
15S E 393897 N 3999832
This Civil War marker is located at the Inn at the Mill, 3906 Greathouse Road in Johnson, Arkansas
Waymark Code: WMMKJF
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2014
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Wartime Gristmill Destruction
Both soldiers and civilians used gristmills to grind
wheat and corn into flour and meal. Confederate
troops destroyed mills to keep Union armies from
using them. Union troops destroyed them to keep
C.S. guerrillas from using them as gathering points.
This caused much suffering for civilians. Many
starved, became refugees, or settled in farm
colonies, protected by Union forces. Sutton’s
Mill,which once stood here, was lost in the war.
Former U.S. soldiers Jacob Johnson and William
Mayes bought the site in 1865 and built the mill
that stands here today.
No. 33
Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission
Inn at the Mill
City of Johnson
Jon Woods
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council
2012
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