Marks' Mills State Park
Description and administrative history
The roadside park is shaped in an irregular four-sided shape at the junction of the two highways. It is dotted with picnic facilities shaded by pine and oak trees, and the area is in much the same condition of dense vegetative growth that the area was described as having in 1864. There are commemorative markers on the site.
The Battle of Marks' Mills was between a column of Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele's Union Army, en route from Camden to Pine Bluff for supplies, and a Confederate force under the command of Maj. Gen. James F. Fagan that had taken up a defensive position at the road junction since the last sweep of Union reconnaissance in the area on April 21. The battle was a decisive victory for the Confederates, who captured 2,000 Union troops, four guns, and 240 empty supply wagons.
The National Historic Landmark District designation was made in 1994.
See also
- List of Arkansas state parks
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland County, Arkansas
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Camden Expedition Sites". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on March 1, 2007.
- ^ Bearss, Edward C.; Charleton, James H. (November 29, 1993). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Camden Expedition Sites" (pdf). National Park Service.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Marks' Mills State Park" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Camden Expedition Sites—Accompanying photos" (pdf). National Park Service. 1993.