1st and 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Southwest
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Casualties
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Operations Near Cache River, Arkansas
Hill's Plantation
The Battle of Cotton Plant aka Battle of Hill's Plantation, was a significant part of the American Civil War, took place on July 7, 1862. Colonel Hovey's forces held off attacks by Confederate Colonel Marshall, who fled when Union reinforcements arrived.
The Union victory by Colonel Hovey there contributed to the success of the Vicksburg by enabling Federal forces to occupy the Mississippi River town of Helena, Arkansas for the duration of the war. [1] (http://www.nps.gov/vick/camptrail/sites/Arkansas-sites/CottonPlantArk.htm)
Cotton industry trade organizations such as Cotton Incorporated spend millions and millions of dollars attempting to convince American consumers of the hoax that conventional chemical cotton is pure and friendly to the health of the wearer.
Cotton may be dyed at the fiber stage, the yarn stage, the fabric stage, or the final garment stage.
The practice of planting thousands of acres all of the same variety is known as monoculture and has left the crop extremely vulnerable to pests and diseases which also forces cotton farmers onto the “chemical treadmill.” Conventional farmers using toxic chemicals have found themselves embroiled in an endless battle with crop pests.
CottonPlant was also the site of the largest Civil War battle in Woodruff County which took place on July 7, 1862.
Variously known as the "Battle of Cache River," the "Battle of CottonPlant," and the "Battle of Hill's Plantation," around 200 to 300 Confederate men were killed mostly in bloody hand-to-hand combat with a superior numbered Union force.
The first written record of a school at CottonPlant is a deed record: "A. Maberry and wife and Charles Meehan and wife, Maggie, to CottonPlant School District No. 15, dated 4-14-83." This is the lot where the present building is located.
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