Camden Expedition Sites National Historic Landmark

Camden Expedition Sites
National Historic Landmark
Old U.S. Arsenal
Elkin's Ferry Battlefield
Prairie De Ane Battlefield
Confederate State Capitol
Fort Southerland
Fort Lookout
Poison Springs Battlefield
Marks' Mills Battlefield
Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield
Camden is located in Arkansas
Camden
Camden
LocationClark, Cleveland, Grant, Hempstead, Nevada, Ouachita, and Pulaski counties, Arkansas
Nearest cityCamden, Arkansas
Coordinates33°35′04.4″N 92°50′03.6″W / 33.584556°N 92.834333°W / 33.584556; -92.834333
NRHP reference No.94001182
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1994

The Camden Expedition Sites is a national historic landmark consisting of nine nationally significant historic places in southwest Arkansas where events of the Union army's disastrous Camden Expedition of 1864 occurred during the American Civil War. The Union was attempting to take over Shreveport, Louisiana. Each of the sites are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designated a national historic landmark on April 19, 1994.[1]

The National Park Service (NPS) nomination refers to nine sites, yet only eight of them are listed by name.[1] The nomination fully describes the eight sites.[2] The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program website includes the "Old U.S. Arsenal" in Little Rock, where the expedition started, in the designation. The photos accompanying the NPS nomination include images of the arsenal as well as the other eight sites.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Camden Expedition Sites". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on March 1, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
  2. ^ Edward C. Bearss and James H. Charleton (November 29, 1993). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Camden Expedition Sites" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 62 photos, from 1992-1993: Old U.S. Arsenal (6 photos), Confederate State Capitol (5 photos), Prairie de Ann Battlefield (7 photos), Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield (4 photos), Marks' Mills Battlefield (10 photos), Fort Southerland (5 photos), Poison Spring Battlefield (7 photos), Fort Lookout (9 photos), Elkin's Ferry Battlefield (9 photos) (16.2 MB)
  3. ^ "Arkansas National Historic Landmarks". work. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. September 26, 2007.