HISTORIC PLACES GUIDE

National Register of Historic Places

Marks' Mills Battlefield Park

Marks' Mills Battlefield Park is a historic place in Fordyce, Cleveland County, Arkansas, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1970, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 70000119.

Fordyce, Cleveland County, ArkansasListed January 21, 1970NRIS #70000119★ National Historic Landmark
Photograph of Marks' Mills Battlefield Park
Photo: Marks' Mills Battlefield Park via Wikimedia Commons — see the file page for author and license. Image source
Noir atlas

Location 01

Marks' Mills Battlefield Park

Drag to explore · scroll to zoom · select a marker

About this place

What is Marks' Mills Battlefield Park?

Marks' Mills Battleground State Park is an Arkansas State Park located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 8 and Arkansas Highway 97, north of New Edinburg, Arkansas. It preserves a portion of the battlefield of the Battle of Marks' Mills fought on April 25, 1864, in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of American Civil War. The battle was part of the Camden Expedition. The park is one of nine historic sites that make up the Camden Expedition Sites, a National Historic Landmark District. The battle was most known for the slaughter of black Union soldiers that were murdered as they tried to surrender.

Source: Wikipedia, text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

Listing details

Name
Marks' Mills Battlefield Park
City
Fordyce
County
Cleveland County
State
Arkansas
Listed on the National Register
January 21, 1970
NRIS reference number
70000119
Resource type
site
National Historic Landmark
Yes
Coordinates
33.78694, -92.25460
When was Marks' Mills Battlefield Park listed on the National Register?

Marks' Mills Battlefield Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1970.

Where is Marks' Mills Battlefield Park located?

Marks' Mills Battlefield Park is located in Fordyce, Cleveland County, Arkansas at approximately 33.78694, -92.25460. See the map above.

Is Marks' Mills Battlefield Park a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. Marks' Mills Battlefield Park is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.

Nearby on the register

More historic places in Arkansas