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The Battle of Maysville AR15 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
THE BATTLE OF MAYSVILLE
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Occurred on Oct. 22, 1862. While Gen. James G. Blunt was encamped on the old Pea Ridge battlefield, word came that Gen. Douglas H. Cooper and Col. Stand Watie's Indian Regiment were at old Fort Wayne across the line from Maysville. On Oct. 20 he advanced his 2nd and 3d brigades to Bentonville. On Oct. 21, they moved toward Maysville. Crossing the prairie they found Confederates lined up on the edge of some timber a quarter mile from the town. Before his superior force they retreated in disorder followed by the 6th Kansas Cavalry and the 3d Cherokee regiment for seven miles.
Arkansas Civil War Centennial Commission.
Jct. AR-72 & AR-43, Maysville, Benton County Arkansas
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