Jenkins Ferry Battleground State Park Maps

Leola, AR

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Jenkins Ferry Battleground State Park Description

Three Civil War battles took place in south-central Arkansas in the spring of 1864 as part of the Union Army’s Red River Campaign. The sites of these skirmishes – Poison Springs, Marks’ Mills, and Jenkins Ferry – and the 1836 Courthouse at Historic Washington State Park, which served as Arkansas’s Confederate capital, comprise the Red River Campaign National Historic Landmark. The land where this Civil War battle took place was settled by Thomas Jenkins, who started the ferry in 1815. It was run by his sons, William and John DeKalb, until the Civil War circa 1861. The Battle of Jenkins Ferry,

Coordinates
: 34.212, -92.548
Area
: 40.15 acres (0.16 km²)
Official Link
: Jenkins Ferry Battleground State Park

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