Prairie Grove Battlefield, Arkansas Historical Association Meeting, Fayetteville and Prairie Grove, May 5, 1962 [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1962.

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Deane, Ernie. Prairie Grove Battlefield, Arkansas Historical Association Meeting, Fayetteville and Prairie Grove, May 5, 1962 [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Prairie Grove Battlefield, Arkansas Historical Association Meeting, Fayetteville and Prairie Grove, May 5, 1962 [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1962.

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Negative taken of members of the Arkansas Historical Association at Rhea's Mill in the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park in Washington County, Arkansas. They visited the Mill, including a historical marker on a chimney, during a meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The marker to the left reads, "Major general Thomas C. Hindman. Thomas C. Hindman commanded the Confederate army in the Battle of Prairie Grove. He was born in 1828 in Tennessee. Served in the War with Mexico, later moving from Mississippi to Helena, Ark. Was elected to Congress in 1859. In 1861 he entered the Confederate army as colonel and won the promotion to Major General at the battle of Shiloh. Transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department, he raised the army that fought at Prairie Grove. He later fought in many battles in Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina." The marker on the chimney reads, "Battle Monument Rhea's Mill. This tower was the chimney of Rhea's Mill, which stood six miles northwest of this spot. The mill was operated by the Federal army before and after the battle of Prairie Grove. General Blunt's supply train was at Rhea's during the battle, under guard of General Frederick Salomon's troops. The tower is 55 feet high and weighs 200,000 pounds. It is 8 feet square at the base and tapers to 4 by 4 feet at the top. It contains 700 stones. The chimney was taken down at Rhea's and reerected here as a memorial to the men who fought on this field December 7, 1862. The tower was given to Battlefield Park by Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Mennecke." To the right of the marker is a sign that reads, "The Plan of the Battle of Prairie Grove Arkansas December 7, 1862" which includes a map. On the far right are markers for General Blunt and General Herron.

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

Arkansas History Commission