Poison Springs Battleground State Park Maps
Chidester, AR
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Get Driving DirectionsPoison Springs 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 attack on April 18 began near a place the locals call Poison Springs. When the battle ended, the Union force of more than 1,100 had been reduced to 800. Another 80 Federals were killed as they clawed their way back
Coordinates
: 33.637, -93.003Area
: 1,120 acres (4.53 km²)Official Link
: Poison Springs Battleground State Park