According to my grandfather, Dan B. Wolfe, Rough and Ready Hill was named this because once the horses left the low lying land south of there, which rose from the Prairie, it was all uphill and quite rough on the animals, esp. if they were hauling a load. Now, I'm sure his was a theory , just as everyone else's, since many abound. Nevertheless, he says that the part of Rough and Ready..which is in front of the old Roy Sanderlin place..was the worst. Just before that last hill , there is a relatively flat part, and if one were driving a team in wet weather, he had to really get a running start or the rig would not make it to the top. On one of the AR Civid War websites, there is a list of all the battles and skirmishes in AR. Union Ridge or Rough and Ready was supposed to have been the last in AR. Also, it was supposed to have occurred after the treaty signed at Appomatox. I've never researched beyond this, but I've always wondered who, if any, of the men of Monticello who were in the Confederate Army stationed near here fought in that battle. Now, as far as your mother and you going out to this area, did you ever notice the old church across from the cemetery(Union Ridge)? This was a Negro church during its final heyday, but it was supposedly one of the churches left over from the town. Also, in the museum, there is a painting that Mr. Fred Hankins did of what he imagined Rough and Ready , the town , to have been like. His painting was done, based on stories and memories of some of the Old Timers......and Mr. Fred was quite elderly himself. I don't know just how much older than Mrs. Wilma Edwards Hankins, his last wife, he was, but she is 83....perking quite nicely I might add. There is also an old clipping in the Archives of the Boy Scouts putting up flags or something at Union Ridge to commorate the last skirmish there. In addition, the Archives have a little bit of information on the Battle at Longview and the one at Mt. Elba. Like you, I really wish someone would write about the Civil War in Drew County itself. I want to get one of Mr. Willis' books....just as I got one of Dr. Shea's, but I would love for someone to tell the stories about Col. Shelton and the Yankees invading Monticello, or get more information on what was going on when all the Drew County Courthouse records were moved to Lacey.....where some of these are....(lost they say)....but lost in whose possession????what house????why was Lacey safer???? So many ?'s and so few answers.......I guess everything was not meant to be remembered. My grandfather always talked about how his father's brother, Christian Columbus Wolf (LUM)... a captain in Monroe's Division.....also part of Price's raiders....came back from the Ark. 3rd to protect the homefront...raised some locals of his own ... and then went off w/Monroe's regiment.....or some such something. Supposedly, Uncle Lum would go over to Alexander (they called him Elic...must have really been Alex) Deal's and talk late into the night about their exploits during the war. Mr. Deal served under Uncle Lum, was caught w/ him and his brother Waymond A. (Wayne), and escaped on a train in Ill or Missouri from the Yankees. However, the brother WAyne was badly ill....couldn't escape...and died of smallpox in the Alton, Ill. prison. Mr. Deal was able to be exchanged with someone to keep from having to stay in the Rock Island, Ill. prison. Still, I would love for someone to tell me about these old gentleman's exploits in Drew Co. prior to forming that last group and joining up with an organized unit again. Okay, I'm taking up too much research time....should have sent this private email.....BETH Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701