General Samuel Rice - Near Leola, AR
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N 34° 12.723 W 092° 32.889
15S E 541623 N 3785760
Located NNE of Leola at Jenkins Ferry Battlefield State Park off AR-46. Marker notes the efforts of Union General Samuel Rice at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry and being wounded there. Marker erected as part of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial.
Waymark Code: WMYZYT
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2018
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Marker text:
Samuel A. Rice, then Iowa’s attorney general, organized the 33rd Iowa Infantry Regiment in the summer of 1862 and was named its colonel. Stationed in Helena, Rice played a prominent role in the July 4, 1863 battle there and was promoted to brigadier general on Aug. 4, 1863. Rice led troops in the campaign to capture Little Rock and in the Camden Expedition. He was wounded at Elkins’ Ferry but was still at the head of his brigade when he led the Union defense of Jenkins Ferry on April 30, 1864. An ankle wound there led to his death on July 6.
History of Marker:
http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/historical-markers/general-samuel-rice-confederate-cannons-captured
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