Seven Rebel Gravesites Designated a Cemetery in Arkansas-- Part 1

From the October 14, 2019, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette by Neil Abeles.

The Texas Confederates have been there since 1862, unknown and near the old Spring Bank Ferry by Doddridge.    The ferry was on the Red River in southwest Arkansas.  They were found using a Google Earth image.

Earlier this month, about 100 people turned out as the site was dedicated as a cemetery.

The John B. Barton Camp 1664 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans  conducted a campaign to  to build a park with fencing  and grave markers on the seven graves.

The seven soldiers were from the 13th Texas Cavalry Dismounted and died from measles and typhoid fever and are buried at what used to be Camp Blair , as the cemetery was once called.

--Old Secesh