Confederate Cannons Captured - Near Leola, AR
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hoteltwo
N 34° 12.723 W 092° 32.889
15S E 541623 N 3785760
Located in Jenkins Ferry Battlefield State Park near the picnic pavilion describes some of the events of the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. Marker erected as part of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial.
Waymark Code: WMYZYR
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2018
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Marker text:
At the height of the April 30, 1864, battle of Jenkins Ferry, S.T. Ruffner’s Confederate artillery was deployed. Troops of the 29th Iowa and 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry charged and captured the battery. The Kansans killed 3 men as they tried to surrender in revenge for the killing of black troops at Poison Spring on April 18. The Iowans prevented them from killing others as they dragged the captured cannons to safety. 2nd Kansas soldiers roamed the field after the battle, killing wounded Confederates as the Union army continued its retreat to Little Rock.
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