The Battle Of Cane Hill - Cane Hill AR
N 35° 54.531 W 094° 23.789
15S E 373989 N 3974739
This is one of two historical markers in the rural town of Cane Hill.
Waymark Code: WMMNMV
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2014
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The Battle of Cane Hill
Late in November 1862, Gen. John S. Marmaduke
with 2,000 cavalry occupied Can Hill Ridge.
Gen. James G. Blunt with 5,000 cavalry and
infantry and 30 pieces of artillery met them
at dawn on Nov. 28, 1862. Retreating slowly,
making stands at Boonsboro and Russellville,
fighting a rear guard action. Marmaduke drew
the Union Army into a narrow defile on the
Cove Creek Road. This battle raged for nine
hours over 15 miles of timber and brush roads.
As night fell, Marmaduke withdrew toward
Van Buren. Blunt returned to Cane Hill.
Arkansas Civil War Centennial Commission
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