Battle of Jenkins' Ferry

Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
	Part of the American Civil War
Date	April 30, 1864 (160 years ago)
Location	Jenkins' Ferry, southwest of Little Rock; (present-day Grant County, Arkansas)34°12′47.4″N 92°32′50.6″W / 34.213167°N 92.547389°W
Result	Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Steele	E. Kirby Smith; Sterling Price;
Units involved
Department of Arkansas	Army of Arkansas
Strength
12,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
700	1,000
	Jenkins' Ferry class=notpageimage\| Location in Arkansas

The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, also known as the Engagement at Jenkins' Ferry, was fought on April 30, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, southwest of Little Rock (present-day Grant County, Arkansas), during the American Civil War. Although the battle ended with a Union victory, the Confederates saw it as a strategic success as they claimed to have prevented Frederick Steele from holding southwest Arkansas. Due to the chaotic nature of the battle, casualty figures vary.

Jenkins' Ferry was the decisive engagement of Steele's Camden Expedition (a part of the Red River Campaign) and E. Kirby Smith's last. As a result of the battle, U.S. forces could complete a retreat from a precarious position at Camden to their defenses at Little Rock. The battlefield has largely been preserved.