Jct. of AR 8 and AR 97, Fordyce, Arkansas. County/parish: Cleveland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 21, 1970. NRIS 70000119.
1 contributing site. 2 contributing objects.Also known as:
Marks' Mills Battleground State Park is an Arkansas State Park located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 8 and Arkansas Highway 97, north of New Edinburg, Arkansas. It preserves a portion of the battlefield of the Battle of Marks' Mills fought on April 25, 1864, in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of American Civil War. The battle was part of the Camden Expedition. The park is one of nine historic sites that make up the Camden Expedition Sites, a National Historic Landmark District. The battle was most known for the slaughter of black Union soldiers that were murdered as they tried to surrender.
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