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Mount Holly Cemetery is the final resting place of 15 Confederate soldiers, including Asa S. Morgan, who in 1861 recruited the El Dorado Sentinels, which became Co. A, 1st Arkansas Infantry. Morgan later served as colonel of the 26th Arkansas Infantry, a regiment that saw action at Prairie Grove on Dec. 7, 1862, and Devil's Backbone on Sept. 1, 1863. In 1864-65, Morgan became inspector of field transportation for the Trans-Mississippi Department. Morgan was Camden's postmaster, a planter, and state legislator in the years after the war.
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Mount Holly, Arkansas · United States
