White Sulfur Springs Confederate Cemetery, Jefferson County, Pine Ridge Arkansas Monuments listed at the bottom. 121 Veterans listed File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Michael J. Mitchell, April 2005 (gostpiper@aol.com) <http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server with out the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. History; For 143 years the graves of Confederate soldiers who perished from an unknown disease called "swamp fever" while encamped near present day Sulphur Springs have been almost forgotten. Today the Confederate Cemetery is not only a historical landmark but truly a showcase for War Between the States enthusiasts. Before the war, Sulphur Springs was well-known for its medicinal waters and the area was utilized as a resort. The Confederate hospital was moved from Pine Bluff to Sulphur Springs where a female college, the Mehodist Church and a boarding house were used to quarter the sick soldiers. It has been speculated that the southern camps were established close by due to the healing power of the springs located just west of the cemetery. There was also a strategic military reasoning that led General Thomas C. Hindman, commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department at Little Rock, to bring troops from Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Louisiana. Directions: This Southern memorial ground can be reached by taking Highway 79 (Camdon Road) in Pine Bluff South turning west on Highway 54 (Sulphur Springs Road). You are there when you turn north on Luckwood road. Rank Last Name First Name Company State Unit Date of BirtDate of death PVT ATCHISON JOHN L CO G 33 ARK INF CSA 1842 1862 PVT BARNES JOHN H CO A 24 ARK INF CSA 1839 1862 PVT BRECK JOHN CO K 33 ARK INF CSA 1862 PVT BRECK JOSEPH E CO F 33 ARK INF CSA 1843 1862 PVT BLACK W. H. CO D 24 ARK INF REGT CSA SEP 24 1862 PVT BOYLE McD PTOLMEY P CO H 24 ARK INF CSA 1838 1862 PVT BRANTLY JILES CO B 24 ARK INF CSA JULY 29 1862 PVT BREWER S. DAVID CO K 24 ARK INF CSA 1832 1862 PVT BRUMRLEY B B CO A 24 ARK INF CSA OCT 27 1862 PVT BRUMLEY DEMPSEY CO A 24 ARK INF CSA 1830 1862 PVT BURT WILLIAM B. CO G 24 ARK INF CSA AUG 20 1862 PVT BUSICK WALKER B. CO H. 24 ARK INF CSA 1844 1862 PVT CALAWAY GEORGE W CO K 33 ARK INF CSA 1841 1862 PVT CAMPBELL JOHN D. CO K 24 TEXAS CAV DISMOUNTED CSA OCT 7 1862 PVT CARNELL THOMAS CO D 24 ARK INF CSA 1845 1862* 2 DIFF STONES PVT CARNELL THOMAS CO D 24 ARK INF REGT CSA 1845 1862* 2 DIFF STONES PVT CARROL JOHN CO A 24 ARK INF CSA 1846 1862 PVT CARRUTH JAMES A. CO D 24 TEXAS CAV CSA AUG 5 1862 PVT CARTER B. J. THOMAS CO F 24 ARK INF CSA 1836 1862 PVT CARTER ROBERT T. CO F 24 ARK INF CSA 1843 1862 PVT CHAPMAN ABNER I CO G 33 ARK INF CSA 1833 1862 PVT CHAPMAN ANDREW J CO J 33 ARK INF CSA SEP 28 1862 PVT CHENAULT JAMES M CO K 33 ARK INF CSA 1843 1862 PVT COUCH SIMON CO K 24 TEXAS CAV DISMOUNTED CSA OCT 15 1862 PVT COX JOHN CO H 24 ARK INF CSA OCT 8 1862 PVT CREACH ELISHA CO F 33 ARK INF CSA 1834 1862 PVT CRESON W. J. CO H 24 ARK INF CSA OCT 10 1862 PVT CROSS CHARLES C. CO G 24 ARK INF CSA 1841 1862 PVT CROWELL J. D. CO E 24 ARK INF CSA SEP 10 1862 PVT CRUCE RICHARD T. CO E 24 ARK INF CSA 1835 1862 PVT CORNELIUS WILLIAM P. CO I 24 ARK INF CSA 1835 1862 PVT DANDRIGE R H CO A 24 ARK INF CSA 1833 1862 PVT DICKINSON JOHN M CO G 33 ARK INF CSA 1846 1862 PVT DOUGAN H J CO K 24 ARK INF CSA NOV 6 1862 PVT DUNN JOHN W. CO D 24 ARK INF CSA AUG 10 1862 PVT FARMER BENJAMIN J. CO F 24 ARK INF CSA OCT 25 1862 PVT FRANKLIN A M CO A 33 ARK INF CSA 1836 1862 PVT FOLSOM R O CO K 24 ARK INF CSA SEP 14 1862 PVT GOAD STEPHEN C CO F 24 ARK INF REGT CSA NOV 3 1962 PVT GOBER MARION C CO G 37 ARK INF CSA OCT 18 1862 ASST SURG GOSS S. E. REGT STAFF 6 TEXAS INF CSA NOV 23 1862 PVT GRANT J H HART'S BTRYARK LT ARTY CSA AUG 27 1862 PVT GRIFFIN JOSEPH B CO B 24 ARK INF REGT CSA AUG 23 1862 PVT GRISSOM G CO D 24 ARK INF CSA AUG 10 1862 PVT HARDIMAN S.S. CO A 24 ARK INF CSA SEP 24 1862 PVT HAWTHORN WILLIAM L CO E 24 TEXAS CAV CSA AUG 28 1862 PVT HOLCOLMB J K CO K 24 ARK INF CSA NOV 5 1862 PVT HOLLAND T J CO A 6 TEXAS INF CSA SEP 1 1862 1ST SURG ? HORN BENJAMIN T CO B 33 ARK ING CSA OCT 21 1862 PVT HUGHS JOHN CO K 24 ARK INF CSA 1834 1862 PVT HUTCHINSON JAMES M CO H 6 ARK CAV CSA JUL 24 1862 PVT JONES JAMES M CO D 24 ARK INF CSA 1838 1862 PVT JORDAN WILLIAM CO A 24 ARK INF REGT CSA SEP 8 1862 PVT KENDRICK WILLIAM S CO B 24 ARK INF REGT CSA SEP 26 1862 PVT KING SAMUAL CO D 18 ARK INF CSA MAR 10 1862 PVT KITTLEY JOHN B CO B 24 ARK INF CSA OCT 25 1862 PVT KORNEGAY LEWIS J CO B 33 ARK INF CSA 1837 1862 PVT LEDBETTER JAMES B CO K 19 ARK INF CSA 1838 1862 PVT LEE WILLIAM H H CO K 19 ARK INF CSA 1843 1862 PVT LILES T. E. CO I 24 TEXAS CAV DISMOUNTED CSA OCT 28 1862 PVT LONG THOMAS H CO F 33 ARK INF CSA 1844 1862 PVT LORD WILLIAM H. CO F 24 ARK INF REGT CSA AUG 31 1862 PVT LUNA JESUS CO H 24 TEXAS CAV DISMOUNTED CSA AUG10 1862 PVT McADAMS JOAB L CO A 33 ARK INF CSA AUG 25 1833 SEP 11 1862 PVT McALISTER NATHAN T CO B 24 ARK INF CSA 1835 1862 PVT McBRIDE JAMES M CO H 9 ARK INF CSA AUG 1 1861 PVT McCLENDON ISRAEL N CO B 18 ARK INF CSA MAY 8 1862 PVT McGRY J CO C 19 ARK INF CSA JULY 1 1862 PVT McMENIS DAVID W. CO K 24 ARK INF CSA 1842 1862 PVT MATTHEWS JOSEPH A CO C 33 ARK INF CSA 1844 1862 ADJ MEERS WILLIAM F. 19 ARK INF CSA 1838 1862 PVT MILLER J CO H 24 ARK INF CSA AUG 31 1862 PVT MILSTEAD R. C. CO F 24 TEXAS CAV CSA OCT 11 1862 PVT MOORE WILLIAM CO F 24 ARK INF CSA 1835 1862 PVT MORRIS JAMES W. CO A 24 ARK INF CSA 1843 1862 PVT MORRIS JOHN C CO E 24 ARK INF CSA 1832 1862 PVT MORRIS WILLIAM H. CO A 24 ARK INF CSA 1838 1862 PVT MURPHY JOSEPH CO K 19 ARK INF CSA 1832 1862 PVT NEWTON JAMES S CO E 24 ARK INF CSA 1834 1862 PVT OLIVER WILLIAM H. CO G 24 ARK INF CSA OCT 11 1862 PVT PATE T. B. CO K 24 ARK INF CSA SEP 10 1862 PVT PARKS JAMES K CO F 24 ARK INF CSA 1842 1862 PVT PATHEREE W. J. CO E 24 ARK INF CSA OCT 5 1862 PVT PERRY D R CO F 24 TEXAS CAV CSA AUG 31 1862 PVT PHILLIPS JEREMIAH J CO H 33 ARK INF CSA 1829 1862 PVT PHILLIPS JOSEPH H CO F 33 ARK INF CSA 1841 1862 PVT PIERCE TILGHMAN CO E 24 TEXAS CAV CSA SEP 11 1862 PVT PULLIAM J A CO K 19 ARK INF REGT CSA SEP 7 1862 5 SURG ? RAY F B CO K 19 ARK INF REGT CSA SEP 25 1862 PVT ROBERTS THOMAS J CO F 24 TEXAS CAV CSA OCT 26 1862 RHYNE JOHN H. CO F 24 ARK INF REGT CSA OCT 20 1862 1 SGT RICHARDSON THOMAS A CO D 24 ARK INF CSA 1830 1862 PVT RUPTON W J CO E 24 ARK INF REGT CSA OCT 5 1862 PVT RUSSEY BENJAMIN G CO K 24 ARK INF CSA 1845 1862 PVT SEARS LUKE C CO F 24 ARK INF CSA 1833 1862 PVT SELLERS PLEASANT CO D 33 ARK INF CSA 1840 1862 PVT SHANKS JAMES Y CO E 24 ARK INF CSA 1845 1862 SHARP BENJAMIN A CO D 24 ARK INF CSA JUN 1 1835 OCT 28 1862 PVT SHIELDS CHARLES S CO F 24 ARK INF CSA 1834 1862 PVT SISK D W HART'S BTRYARK LT ARTY CSA SEP 13 1862 PVT SKINNER THOMAS CO D 24 ARK INF CSA 1840 1862 PVT SMITH J. FRANCIS CO K 24 ARK INF CSA 1844 1862 PVT SMITH WILLIAM H. CO K 24 ARK INF CSA 1843 1862 PVT SPAITH D. CO B 6 TEXAS INF CSA SEP 29 1862 PVT SPEAR T J CO B 24 TEXAS CAV CSA AUG 2 1862 PVT STRAWN VIRGIL S CO K 24 ARK INF CSA 1844 1862 PVT SULLIVAN JOSEPH L. CO F 24 ARK INF CSA OCT 29 1962 PVT TANNER EDWARD CO E 24 ARK INF CSA SEP 8 1862 PVT THOMPSON W H CO K 19 ARK INF CSA 1835 1862 PVT TRIBLE WILLIAM CO F 24 ARK INF REGT CSA SEP 20 1862 PVT TIDWELL PETER H. CO G 24 ARK INF CSA SEP 15 1862 PVT URSRY L. F. CO I 24 TEXAS INF CSA AUG 21 1862 PVT VAUGHN CYRUS M. CO A 24 ARK INF CSA 1840 1862 PVT VICKER PLEASANT S. CO F 24 ARK INF REGT CSA OCT 1 1862 PVT WHITE JOSEPH L. CO E 33 ARK INF CSA 1835 1862 PVT WHITTINGTON WILLIAML CO G 24 ARK INF CSA 1831 1862 PVT WILLIAMS E HART'S BTRYARK LT ARTY CSA SEP 25 1862 PVT WOOD J R CO K 19 ARK INF REGT CSA AUG 20 1862 PVT WOOD WILLIAM CO D 24 ARK INF CSA 1832 1862 PVT WOOLSLEY G R CO C 24 ARK INF REGT CSA SET 1 1862 PVT WYLIE J M CO C 24 ARK INF CSA 1830 1862 PRIVATE PLOT: ZACHARIAH WELLS / BORN OCT. 7, 1826, / DIED FEB. 18, 1869 / ---- / MARY ELIZABETH / WIFE OF / ZACHARIAH WELLS / BORN FEB. 2? (plants obscuring photo) DIED OCT. (plants) gray granite uprite family marker. Paper covered with plexiglass on metal post: ZASHARIAH WELLS / 1828 -- 1869 / Born in Alabama circa 1869 and moved to Jefferson County before 1950. During the 1850's Wells became a porminent citizan and became a resident of Pine Bluff becoming a part owner and publisher of the Jefferson (unable to read) Newspaper by 1856. He was elected Jefferson County Judge from 1856 to 1860 and was elected for another term as Jefferson County Judge from 1862 to 1864. With the occupation of Pine Bluff by Union forces in 1863 Wells moved his family to Tyler Texas until after the War Between the States (unable to read remainder of plaque) Encircled by a wought iron fence. PRIVATE PLOT: REV. ROBERT H. POYNTER / OCT. 29 1844 / FEB. 6 1907 SECOND STONE; REV BENJAMIN WATSON / APR. 10 18?? / MAR. 10 18?? (modern granite uprites) MONUMENTS Pine Bluff / Jefferson County clean and beautiful Commission Landscaping by Ron and Nancy DeFoor THIS CEMETERY IS DEDICATED TO THOSE PERSONS WHO SERVED THE SOUTHERN CAUSE AND DIED WHILD STATIONED, OR IN HOSPITAL AT WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, CAMP SHAVERS', CAMP LEE, OR CAMP HOLMES' SULPHUR SPRINGS / PINE BLUFF, AR. MAY 1861 UNTIL JUNE 1863. (Six foot metal sign) For More Information Please Contact Susan Railsback U.D.C. 514 West 36th, Pine Bluff, AR 71601 / (870) 535-8147 Doyle Taylor S.C.V. 700 North Hutchinson, Pine Bluff, AR. 71602, (870) 247-2994 (Plastic sign on information stand) 4-12-1997 / CABLE FENCE, ARCHES & FLAG / POLES ERRECTED BY PINE BULFF / SONS & DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERATE / VETERANS. / MATERIALS DONATED BY / INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. / PALPH BAGGETT / EARL & LEONNA BEADLE / EDGAR & SUE COLVIN / ARLINE DICKEY / MARLO DILL / JERRY LAWRENCE / SUSAN MARIE HILTON / BETTYE WHITTEN / JIM WILSON / EDIE RAILSBACK / GLENN RAILSBACK / ANDY TAYLOR / DAVID TAYLOR / SOYLE TAYLOR / GUY TAYLOR / EDGAR COLVIN (Marble plapue on brick and cement.) Three tiered gray granite marker; tier one, MAJOR ENGAGEMENTS / BELMONT, MO, NOV. 7, 1862 / SHILOH, TENN. APR. 6/7, 1862 / CORINTH, MISS. OCT 3/4, 1862 / CHAMPION HILL, MISS. MAY 16 1863 / JACKSON MISS. JULY 12, 1863 / CHATTACHOOCHEE RIVER GA. JULY 8, 1864 / ATLANTA GA, JULY 22, 1864 / EZRA CHAPEL, GA. JULY 28, 1864 / FRANKLIN TENN, NOV. 30 1864 / NASHVILLE TENN. DEC. 15/16, 1864 / AVERYSBOUGH, NC. MAR. 16, 1864 / BENTONVILLE, NC. MAR. 19/21, 1865 tier two; CSA, 9TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT / CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY / THE 9TH ARKANSAS INF WAS ORGANIZED IN / PINE BLUFF FROM RECRUITS OF SEVERAL / SOUTHERN & EASTERN ARKANSAS COUNTIES IT / WAS MUSTERED INTO MILITARY SERVICE ON JULY / 20, 1862 AT PINE BLUFF. / SOMETIMES CALLED THE FIGHTING PARSONS / REGIMENT BECAUSE A REPORDED 42 ORDAINED / PROTESTANT MINISTERS WERE ENLISTED WITHIN / IT'S RANKS FROM REGIMENTAL COMMAND TO / PRIVATES THE 9TH ARKANSAS WAS THE FIRST / MILITARY UNIT TO USE CAMP LEE IN THE SULPHER / SPRINGS AREA AS A TRAINING CAMP. / THE 9TH ARKANSAS SERVED WITH DISTINCTION / & VALOR FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR & WAS / ENGAGED IN MOST OF THE MAJOR BATTLES WITH / THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI. / IT SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES DURING ITS / ATTACK OF THE HORNETS NEST AT THE BATTLE OF / SHILOH WHERE GENERAL ALBERT S. JOHNSON WAS / KILLED DIRING THE 9TH ARKANSAS ASSAULT OF / THE UNION POSITION IT SUFFERED SIMILAR / CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN / & NASHVILLE TENNESSEE. / THE SUVIVORS OF THE 9TH ARKANSAS LAID / DOWN THEIR ARMS WITH GENERAL JOSEPH / AT BENETTS HOUSE , DURHAM STATION / NORTH CAROLINE APRIL 26 1865. / TO THOSE MEN OF THE 9TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY / REGIMENT, COURAGE WAS A COMMON DUTY. tier three; (etching of a keppie) COMPANIES RECRUITED FROM / CO A - JEFFERSON COUNTY / CO B - UNION COUNTY / CO C - JEFFERSON COUNTY / CO D - DREW COUNTY / CO E - BRADLEY COUNTY / CO F - DREW COUNTY / CO G - BRADLEY COUNTY / CO H - JEFFERSON COUNTY / CO I - JEFFERSON COUNTY / CO K - ASHLEY COUNTY. UCD LOGO / CHAPTER MEMBERS / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / DAVID O. DODD CHAPTER NO 212 / ORGANIZED MARCH 15, 1895 / 52 NAMES GIVEN--- SIX FOOT GRAY GRANITE FAMILY STONE MOUNTED ON THREE FOOT BY 8 FOOT STACKED BRICK BASE. A SOUTHERN MOTHERS SON / THAT IS KNOWN BUT TO GOD / THE EMPTY CHAIR NOW LIES / BENEATH THIS SOUTHERN SOD / THE DAY HAS ENDED, HIS DUTY DONE / HE NOW RESTS HERE UNKNOWN / GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. WILLIAM POOLE'S BOARDING HOUSE / ON THIS SITE TO THE REAR OF THIS MARKER STOOD THE POOLE / BOARDING HOUSE. THE FIRST OF THREE HOTEL RESORT / BUSINESSES TO BE BUILT ON THIS LAND. / IN 1860, MR POOLE OPERATED A BOARDING HOUSE FOR / STUDENTS ATTENDING THE MENS AND WOMENS ACADEMIES / AT SULPHUR SPRINGS. DURING THE SUMMERS VISITORS / CAME FROM PINE BULFF TO ESCAPE THE HEAT OF THE / RIVER AND TO ENJOY THE HEALTHFUL WATERS OF THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS BELOW, WHICH MR POOLE ALSO OWNED. / ON JULY 20TH, 1862, DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, / A CONFEDERATE SURGEON NAMES J. D. DOOLING WAS ORDERED / BY MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS C. HINDMAN, TO MOVE HIS / HOSPITAL FROM PINE BULFF TO SULPHUR SPIRNGS. MR POOLE'S / BOARDING HOUSE BECAME ONE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE / BUILDINGS IN THE AREA WHICH WERE USED TO HOUSE THE / PATIENTS. THE POOLE BOARDING HOUSE BURNED SHORTLY / AFTER THE CONFEDERATE ARMY CLOSED THE HOSPITALS / AND MOVED AWAY FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS IN 1863. / AFTER THE WAR A SECOND HOTEL WAS BUILT UPON / THE SITE OF THE FIRST BOARdING HOUSE AND WAS USED / UNTIL THE TURN OF THE CENTURY WHEN IT WAS ALSO BURNED. / THE THIRD AND FINAL HOTEL WAS BUILT ON THE SITE / OF THE FIRST TWO AND THE BUILDINGS STOOD UNTIL ABOUT 194? AND WAS NOT REBUILT. / THE CONCRETE PILLER ON WHICH THIS PLAQUE IS MOUNTED / WAS ONE OF THE POURCH FOUNDATION SUPPORTS FOR / THE HOTEL IN HONOR OF / ELIZA DAVIS CURRY / WIFE OF MALCOM CURRY / BORN 1827, N.C./ CIVILIAN VOLUNTEER NURSE / CAMP LEE 1862 DIED AS A RESULT OF / SMALLPOX CONTRACTED / WHILE TENDING ILL / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS IN MEMORY OF THE KNOWN AND / UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS / WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL CAMP AT / SULPHUR SPRINGS, JEFFERSON CO. / ARKANSAS / ERECTED BY THE DAVID O. DODD CHAPTER / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / 1912 / THE LOWLY DUST AND ASHES / THOUGH MORTAL FLESH HAS GONE, / NO GRAVE CAN EVER HIDE THEM / THEIR VERY LIVES LIVE ON. / JAMES M. TYKES / BENTON MUSGRAVES. / JOSEPH A. MATTHEWS. SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR MOUNTED IN RED BRICK #1 THE SOUTHERN CROSS MOST / OFTEN NOW ARE FOUND IN FLEA / MARKETS WHEN THEY WERE STOLEN / FROM CEMETERIES AS ANTIQUES OR / TO SELL AS SCRAP IRON. / THESE WERE FOUND AT THIS / CEMETERY. SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR MOUNTED IN RED BRICK # 2 SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR / ORIGIONALLY PURCHASED BY THE / FAMILIES OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS / FROM THE 1880s TO THE 1920's TO MARK / THESE SOLDIERS GRAVES. / PLACED HERE BY EDGAR COLVIN / DOYLE TAYLOR, GUY TAYLOR. 7-8-2000