Home
Map
Browse Map
Explore away
Explore Map Collection
Check out our basemaps
Print a Map
Plus
Generate a high-quality PDF
Field Guide
Field Guide
Discover local flora, fauna, geology, and more
Local Flora & Fauna
Learn the ecology of your area
Local Geology
Learn the geologic formation at your feet
Get Started
or
Sign In
Welcome
Sign up to start exploring the one-of-a-kind Natural Atlas Topo map
Continue with Apple
Or
Sign up with Email
Already have an account?
Sign In
MAP
Topo
Waterfalls
Rock Formations
Campgrounds
Trails
Boat Launches
National Parks
State Parks
Scenic Spots
Measure
You must upgrade to measure routes
Start Free Trial
0 ft
Max
0 ft
Copyright
© Natural Atlas
| Roads, Buildings
© OSM Contributors
|
Data Sources
Topo
Ecoregions
Public Lands
...
BASEMAPS
Default Weather
Temperature
Smoke
...
WEATHER
Poison Springs Battleground State Park
State Park
in
Ouachita Mountains
near
Chidester
,
AR
Official Website
National Register of Historic Places
Arkansas Fishing Regulations
Print Map
Generate High-Quality PDF
Get Driving Directions
Navigate Here
On the Web
On Official Website
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 to Camden through the bottomlands. Fewer than 20 Confederates were killed in the victory that kept much-needed supplies from enemy hands. Poison Springs Battleground State Park features outdoor interpretive exhibits and picnic sites.
Read More on Official Website
On Wikipedia
Poison Springs Battleground State Park is an Arkansas state park located southeast of Bluff City. It commemorates the Battle of Poison Spring in the American Civil War, which was part of the 1864 Camden Expedition, an element of a Union Army initiative to gain control of Shreveport, Louisiana and get a foothold in Texas. In the battle, which was fought on April 18, 1864, Confederates and Choctaw Indians attacked and overcame a supply wagon of Union soldiers. The term "poison spring" arises from the apocryphal story that Confederate soldiers poisoned nearby springwater. The battle hastened the failure of the Camden expedition, but also gained notoriety for the slaughter of African-American Union soldiers from Kansas by the Confederate forces, which took no African-American prisoners. The…
Read More on Wikipedia
Taxonomy
Classified As
State Park
Search
Search the outdoors
Map
Plans
Field Guide
Community
My Profile
My Trips
0
My Field Notes
0
Notifications
More