Talk:Battle of Marks' Mills

comments, April 10, 2008

 * moved from article: Hal Jespersen (talk) 19:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

There is much more to this story than the account of the soldier from Iowa. The home of John Harvie Marks II was used as a hospital to care for the Union soldiers. They were cared for until they were able to return home, and some of them returned, but some of them remained in the area. Contrary to these opinions, "The Rebs" did demonstrate honor and a high degree of compassion to these soldiers. See the "Civil War Recollections of Martha Harvie Marks, Daughter of John Harvie Marks II, born in 1841" This record was published a 1939 family history.

Correct name of this article is Marks' Mills; NPS and Other Sources
The U.S. National Park Service and most other sources give the name of this battle as Marks' Mills. Occasionally, authors omit the apostrophe or show the name in the singular, usually in the alternative, however. When shown in the singular, I have seen it as Marks's Mills, rarely, if ever, Mark's Mill. Here are references that show the name as Marks' Mills:


 * 'National Park Service Marks' Mills Battle Summary', Retrieved July 17, 2012; 'The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture: Marks' Mills', Retrieved July 17, 2012; 'e-history The Ohio State University: Marks' Mills. (1864), Retrieved July 17, 2012; Urwin, Gregory J. "Marks' Mills, Battle of (25 April 1864)". In Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-393-04758-X. pp. 1253–1254; Johnson, Ludwell H. Red River Campaign: Politics & Cotton in the Civil War. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-87338-486-5. First published Baltimore; The Johns Hopkins Press, 1958. pp. 190–193; Long, E. B. The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861–1865. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971., p. 488.

African Americans massacres or killed in battle
The statement that the Confederates "seized 150 African Americans and were accused of killing at least 100 others during or after the assault" implies that the African Americans's were massacred. Weren't they simply killed in battle? Was there any evidence of deliberate killing of African American prisoners?Royalcourtier (talk) 04:51, 25 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Here is a source, from an eye witness. My Great Grandfather, Lindsey Zollars (Illinois 106) was a wagon driver, and left an account of the battle and his subsequent imprisonment as a POW in Texas. In his account of the battle he says "We lost 350 killed and wounded. ... A great number of Negroes who had left their masters to join our train were killed. I saw one mule out of our entire train being ridden away by a Rebel officer. The enemy loss was approximately as heavy. Our wounded were loaded in wagons and hauled to Pine Bluffs [sic] about 30 miles away. Most of the whites, but none of the Negroes killed in the engagement, were buried."
 * "Personal Experiences of Lindsey Zollars during the Civil War", edd. V. Betts and R.B. Gilbert
 * Page 30,Chronicles of Smith County, Texas, vol. 51, 2021 (Patriot Printing, University of Texas at Tyler).
 * I have read no account which says that any of the African Americans accompanying the wagon train were soldiers, and Zollars says that he and "the men in the supply train were unarmed ..." (loc.cit.), so presumably the Negroes present were not armed and were not therefore 'killed in battle' —anyway, not as combatants. 75.100.33.229 (talk) 15:18, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

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