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Battle of Poison Spring Part of the American Civil War Date April 18, 1864 (160 years ago) (1864-04-18) Location Ouachita County, Arkansas 33°38′19.7″N 93°00′15.6″W / 33.638806°N 93.004333°W / 33.638806; -93.004333 Result Confederate victory Belligerents Confederate States Choctaw Nation United States (Union) Commanders and leaders Samuel B. Maxey John S. Marmaduke ...
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.
Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) Battle of Bayou Fourche; Battle of Cane Hill; Battle of Cotton Plant; Battle of Elkin's Ferry; Battle of Helena; Battle of Jenkins' Ferry; Battle of Pea Ridge; Battle of Pine Bluff; Battle of Poison Spring; Battle of Prairie D'Ane; Battle of Prairie Grove; Battle of St. Charles; Beaver Lake (Arkansas) Bentonville ...
Map of the Confederate States: ... It was a battle between Arkansas Confederates and Arkansas Unionists, a true civil war struggle. ... Battle of Poison Spring: April ...
Separate Union columns were to destroy the remaining Confederate troops in south Arkansas and northern Louisiana, then join for an all-out push into Texas, essentially ending the war in that region. [citation needed] The Arkansas phase of this Red River Campaign was entitled the Camden Expedition, an effort endorsed by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Operations to resupply the Union army at Camden were frustrated by the Battle of Poison Spring (April 18) and the Battle of Marks' Mills (April 25). The latter battle was particularly devastating, as the Confederates captured most of the supply column, numbering some 1,400 troops and more than 200 supply wagons.
The Confederates captured 170 wagons and teams from a 198-wagon supply train and destroyed the other wagons at the battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas. One source stated that the Confederates killed or captured "most" of the United States Army escort of 1,170 infantry and cavalry and four artillery pieces during the battle on April 18, 1864. [17]
Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) Skirmish at Ashley's Mills; Action at Ashley's Station; B. Battle of Bayou Fourche; ... Battle of Pine Bluff; Battle of Poison Spring;