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Arkansas Civil War Sites

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1. Hollywood Cemetery, Confederate Section, located west of Malvern Ave. near Hollywood Ave. and Mote Rd. in Hot Springs, contains burials of Confederate veterans

2. Hot Springs Confederate Monument, Ouachita and Central Ave., Hot Springs

3. Grant County Museum at 521 Shackelford Rd. off Hwy. 46 south of Sheridan features a 'Red River Room' with artifacts and information on the Camden Expedition and the battle of Jenkins' Ferry.

4. Jenkins' Ferry State Park, located along Hwy. 46 near Leola, was the site of an April 30, 1864, battle

5. Arkadelphia Confederate Monument, Clark County Courthouse, Arkadelphia.

6. The Prairie De Ann battlefield northwest of I-30 at Prescott was the scene of heavy skirmishes April 9-12, 1864 and is interpreted at the Depot Museum in Prescott.

7. The Confederate State Capitol at Old Washington Historic State Park is the building to which Confederate Gov. Harris Flanagin moved his state government when Union forces captured Little Rock in September 1863.

8. The Grandison D. Royston House on Alexander St. in Washington was the home of a Confederate Congressman.

9. Washington Confederate Monument, Presbyterian Cemetery, Hwy. 4 northwest of Hwy. 32, Washington.

10. White Oak Lake State Park on Hwy. 387 at Bluff City contains exhibits related to the battle of Poison Spring.

11. Poison Spring State Park on Hwy. 76 near Chidester was the site of an April 18, 1864, battle in which the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment suffered disproportionately high casualties.

12. Fort Southerland at Fort Southerland Park on Bradley Ferry Rd. in Camden was held by Federal soldiers during their occupation of the city in 1864.

13. The McCollum-Chidester House at 926 Washington St. in Camden, built in 1847, was home to Union Gen. Frederick Steele during part of the Federal occupation of Camden in 1864.

14. Confederate Section, Oakland Cemetery, north of Pearl St. between Adams and Young Sts. in Camden, is the burial place of more than 200 Rebel soldiers.

15. Camden Confederate Monument, Ouachita County Courthouse, 145 Jefferson Ave., Camden.

16. Magnolia Cemetery at 700 S. Washington in Magnolia is the burial place of Maj. Gen. John Porter McCown and other Confederate soldiers.

17. El Dorado Confederate Monument, N. Main St. and S. Washington, El Dorado.