The Lower White River Museum State Park Civil War exhibit is now open. The exhibit opening was held August 27 and featured guest speakers Dewitt Yingling and Curtis and Bill Arnold. This exhibit focuses on the “Des Arc Rangers: Co. B 1^stMounted Rifles” This unit was formed...

Des Arc in April 1861 and joined with the 1^stMounted Rifles in Little Rock in June 1861 under the command of Col. Thomas J Churchill. The group fought in battles at Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, Atlanta, Franklin, and Chickamauga, among others.

This exhibit will be on display at the museum throughout Arkansas’s Civil War Sesquicentennial. For further information contact:

Lower White River Museum State Park, 2009 Main Street, Des Arc, AR 72040

Phone: (870) 256-3711or E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Lower White River Museum State Park is administered by Arkansas State Parks
Arkansas Parks and Tourism
State Parks Division