Welcome to the Arkansas Site! I appreciate your interest and willingness to support Arkansas. All those names mentioned are to be found in Arkansas. There is a town in Arkansas named after a Dewitt family. If you are looking for Civil war markers in general and general history of the war in Arkansas, there are great markers and sites all over the State. Arkansas State Parks, (besides Prairie Grove) has some interesting Civil War History, for instance Jacksonport, in Jackson County, was the site of the surrender of a large number of Confederates of the Trans-Mississippi, Lawrence County has Powhatan, which has a lot of Civil war history associated with it, and home to the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives. Randolph County, especially in the Pocahontas area has a lot of civil war markers and history. The Town of Smithville, Lawrence County has several markers and Civil war history. One of the Secession Convention Delegates, and Confederate Colonel, Milton Baber is buried in the Smithville Cemetery where two of the many are civil markers are located. Independence and Sharp Counties have an important history and markers. The Smithville Skirmish occurred 4 miles west and a little north of Smithville in Sharp County, a running battle along the Spring River in Sharp County has some neat markers and history. the 3rd Iowa Cavalry considered Salem, Arkansas a battle and the 3rd Iowa veterans, had Salem, Arkansas listed on its Flag as a battle honor. The Park at Salem has a marker for it. The report in the Or is good reading.
Batesville, and Independence County has some really good markers and history as well. Chalk Bluff has a Park and markers worth looking at. The Central Arkansas area, especially Little Rock has some great markers. The Confederate Cemetery in Little Rock is definitely worth the site.
To the east on the Mississippi River is Helena, with a great number of markers and civil war sites. Of course South Arkansas has the battles from the Red River Campaigns. lots of markers and parks that have documented some of the history. Also if you are interested in the war, especially from the African American experience and about slavery, there is a little known African American Museum in Pocahontas, in a former African American School building that is awesome. the curator and staff are just awesome people to talk to. they know the history of the county and the families. If you go to Pocahontas, that is a must see stop, also the Randolph County Museum is really good, has a lot of civil war history. Fort Smith, and Western Arkansas, also have a lot of Civil war history and markers. in my research, there was not a county in Arkansas, that the War, in some fashion did not have a skirmish, affair, incident, occupation or opposing forces moving through. Arkansas has been really good about trying to mark the history so it it is not lost or forgotten. basically you can take a dart boar, put an Arkansas Map up, choose a location to visit by the dartboard, and on your journey you will encounter a lot of history. Not recorded, but having an impact during the Civil War, was the Mexican War history of an Arkansas Battalion being sent to Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory, to allow the Regular Army Dragoons to deploy. The Regular Army Post Commander, General Arbuckle was a piece of work. I would not wanted to have served under him in combat. I think that his personality is why the Army chose to leave him behind. Anyway, this experience paid off during the war, because during the Civil War, these veterans formed the backbone of many of the Trans-Mississippi units.