Comments on: The Battle at Bayou Cache and Historical Interpretation http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Lewis Gray Butler http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-19543 Lewis Gray Butler Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:54:28 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-19543 I am a former resident of Cotton Plant, Ar and have followed this site with great interest. In years previous my brother and I metal detected the area around the old Hill homestead and picked up a picket pin, officers coat button and what may have been a pistol bullet. All of these articles were found within a hundred yards of the Hill home site. Local legend has it that the Hill home was used as a field hospital which would account for the metal relics. My brother once related that he had interviewed an elderly decendant of one of the areas original families. He related that he had taped the interview and had gleaned some anecdotal references to the battle. Tales of the woods littered with military hardware and piles of mini balls found around the Hill house were of interest. We did run the detectors over the old house site but, as this is now someone's front yard, we did not dig the area out of respect for the homeowner's wishes. As this appears to have been what amounts to a running gun battle, I have always been interested in the roads named in the Official Records. I have made some limited efforts to locate a contemporaneous map of the area with little success. I was able to find some line drawings of postal routes submitted by the,then,postmaster in the Arkansas State Archives. If not previously studied, they may be of some interest to a professional researcher. I am a former resident of Cotton Plant, Ar and have followed this site with great interest. In years previous my brother and I metal detected the area around the old Hill homestead and picked up a picket pin, officers coat button and what may have been a pistol bullet. All of these articles were found within a hundred yards of the Hill home site. Local legend has it that the Hill home was used as a field hospital which would account for the metal relics. My brother once related that he had interviewed an elderly decendant of one of the areas original families. He related that he had taped the interview and had gleaned some anecdotal references to the battle. Tales of the woods littered with military hardware and piles of mini balls found around the Hill house were of interest. We did run the detectors over the old house site but, as this is now someone’s front yard, we did not dig the area out of respect for the homeowner’s wishes. As this appears to have been what amounts to a running gun battle, I have always been interested in the roads named in the Official Records. I have made some limited efforts to locate a contemporaneous map of the area with little success. I was able to find some line drawings of postal routes submitted by the,then,postmaster in the Arkansas State Archives. If not previously studied, they may be of some interest to a professional researcher.

]]> By: C. King http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-13705 C. King Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:54:07 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-13705 Hello...just a few quick lines....some years ago I was fortunate enough to acquire a CS flag upon which was penned, "taken at the battle of Round Hill, Ark by the llth Wisconsin Infantry. I looked the battle up in a little book I had at the time,..sort of a dictionary of the war, and found the various names for the battle, and some reference to two Texas Cav. outfits...the flag is cavalry size, so I tried to find out which cav units participate, and the book gave me either the 12th and 14 Texas Cav, or the 11th and 12 th....do you have any information on these units(assuming my info is correct) I'd like to know from whom the flag was taken. Good luck with your research...Chuck King Hello…just a few quick lines….some years ago I was fortunate enough to acquire a CS flag upon which was penned, “taken at the battle of Round Hill, Ark by the llth Wisconsin Infantry. I looked the battle up in a little book I had at the time,..sort of a dictionary of the war, and found the various names for the battle, and some reference to two Texas Cav. outfits…the flag is cavalry size, so I tried to find out which cav units participate, and the book gave me either the 12th and 14 Texas Cav, or the 11th and 12 th….do you have any information on these units(assuming my info is correct) I’d like to know from whom the flag was taken. Good luck with your research…Chuck King

]]> By: Chris http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-13558 Chris Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:32:59 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-13558 I do not, but I did not pay attention to that. I will look through some of the letters again as I seem recall at least one Union soldier mention something about the burial of the dead Confederates. I do not, but I did not pay attention to that. I will look through some of the letters again as I seem recall at least one Union soldier mention something about the burial of the dead Confederates.

]]> By: HL Hanna http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-13554 HL Hanna Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:08:38 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-13554 Please use this e-mail. Please use this e-mail.

]]> By: HL Hanna http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-13549 HL Hanna Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:41:04 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-13549 I am doing research on the battle for an archaeological field survey in the spring, when the high water goes down, in order to register a site form with the Arkansas Archaeological Survey in order to give some protection to the battlefield. The information that I have been ferreting out doesn't jibe with the OR in regards to Confederate casualties, which seem too high, and the intensity of the action. One of the goals we have for the survey is to find the site of the Confederate burials in order to find the truth of this matter. Do you know of any sources, other than the OR, which mentions the locations of mass graves? I am doing research on the battle for an archaeological field survey in the spring, when the high water goes down, in order to register a site form with the Arkansas Archaeological Survey in order to give some protection to the battlefield.
The information that I have been ferreting out doesn’t jibe with the OR in regards to Confederate casualties, which seem too high, and the intensity of the action. One of the goals we have for the survey is to find the site of the Confederate burials in order to find the truth of this matter.
Do you know of any sources, other than the OR, which mentions the locations of mass graves?

]]> By: Chris http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-13475 Chris Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:46:53 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-13475 John, yes he does. And what I beleive is that the piece was lost and recovered twice, once by the 11th Wisconsin very earlier on, and later by the 33rd. Chris John, yes he does. And what I beleive is that the piece was lost and recovered twice, once by the 11th Wisconsin very earlier on, and later by the 33rd.

Chris

]]> By: John http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-13473 John Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:23:56 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-13473 I have been reading "from a Soldieer's Jornal" by Albert O. Marshall. He was an infantryman in Comapny A of the 33rd Illinois. He recounsts his experience in the battle of Cache River in Chapter VI. He recounts the recovery of the artillery piece (Pg 123) referred to by Mr. Mark Simpson in his post. I have been reading “from a Soldieer’s Jornal” by Albert O. Marshall. He was an infantryman in Comapny A of the 33rd Illinois. He recounsts his experience in the battle of Cache River in Chapter VI. He recounts the recovery of the artillery piece (Pg 123) referred to by Mr. Mark Simpson in his post.

]]> By: Jack S. Caperton http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-13007 Jack S. Caperton Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:02:19 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-13007 I am a desendant of the Shelton listed in this battle and possibly more of them. Our farm is in this area and when it rains you can see trenches that were dug during that time frame. There was some info handed down about a armored boat was sunk in what now is nothing but a creek at best that runs to the Cache River. Our land in next to the Black Swamp. My sister has many family papers and is looking to see if we may have something on this. We have found a cannon ball on our land too. I am a desendant of the Shelton listed in this battle and possibly more of them. Our farm is in this area and when it rains you can see trenches that were dug during that time frame. There was some info handed down about a armored boat was sunk in what now is nothing but a creek at best that runs to the Cache River. Our land in next to the Black Swamp. My sister has many family papers and is looking to see if we may have something on this. We have found a cannon ball on our land too.

]]> By: Chris http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-6703 Chris Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:48:00 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-6703 rsb please contact me would love to hear more about it... Chris rsb please contact me would love to hear more about it…
Chris

]]> By: rsb http://www.blog4history.com/2006/05/the-battle-at-bayou-cache-and-historical-interpretation/comment-page-1/#comment-6701 rsb Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:34:35 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=47#comment-6701 My Great grandpa was in Co B of the 11th. I travelled to Cotton Plant last summer to view the battlefield and stumbled across a local historical magazine with a more local flair to the battle. I talked to local land owner who had a relative who was in it. He pointed out locations to me. Today the area is mostly a big soybean field. My Great grandpa was in Co B of the 11th. I travelled to Cotton Plant last summer to view the battlefield and stumbled across a local historical magazine with a more local flair to the battle. I talked to local land owner who had a relative who was in it. He pointed out locations to me. Today the area is mostly a big soybean field.

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