Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery, Military cemetery in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States.
Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery is a Civil War burial ground in Jefferson County, Arkansas, set northeast of the village of Sulphur Springs, also called White Sulphur Springs. The cemetery lies in the countryside outside Pine Bluff, near the springs that gave the camp its name.
Camp White Sulphur Springs, northeast of the village of Sulphur Springs in Jefferson County, became a Confederate gathering and training ground. In July 1861 the 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was organized and drilled there before leaving for Tennessee, and the Fagan Guard, later the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion, trained near the springs before departing for Virginia. In spring 1862, after Pea Ridge, Texas troops heading east were halted and many trained at White Sulphur Springs.
The cemetery lies northeast of Sulphur Springs, also called White Sulphur Springs, in Jefferson County. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a military cemetery, and its grounds serve as a memorial to Confederate soldiers who died during the American Civil War.
The cemetery lies northeast of the village of Sulphur Springs, also called White Sulphur Springs, in Jefferson County, not near Pine Bluff. Navigation coordinates 34.18333, -92.12000 place it in that rural setting; approach by the local roads serving the village.
The cemetery lies northeast of the village of Sulphur Springs, also called White Sulphur Springs, in Jefferson County, not near Pine Bluff as sometimes stated. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a Confederate burial ground from the American Civil War in Arkansas.
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