Poinson Springs Battle

"Here on April 18, 1864 a union forage train of 200 wagons escorted by 1170 men was attacked and captured by Confederate troops commanded by General John S. Marmaduke and Samuel B. Maxey. The wagons were loaded with corn for the Union army of General Frederick Steele encamped at Camden. Loss of these supplies helped hasten Steele's retreat to his base in Little Rock. The Union loss at Poison Spring was 301 men killed, wounded and missing. Confederate casualties totaled 114 men." These words were taken from a historical marker that was erected to mark the battle site in Ouachita County.

See also: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=37 http://www.americancivilwar.com/state/arkansas.html Article "Ambush at Poison Springs" by Don Nall, OCHS Quarterly, Summer 2006 VOL. 37, No. 4

"Here on April 18, 1864 a union forage train of 200 wagons escorted by 1170 men was attacked and captured by Confederate troops commanded by General John S. Marmaduke and Samuel B. Maxey. The wagons were loaded with corn for the Union army of General Frederick Steele encamped at Camden. Loss of these supplies helped hasten Steele's retreat to his base in Little Rock. The Union loss at Poison Spring was 301 men killed, wounded and missing. Confederate casualties totaled 114 men."

These words were taken from a historical marker that was erected to mark the battle site in Ouachita County.