Marks' Mills Battleground State Park
Marks' Mills Battleground State Park | |
| Location | Cleveland County, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Fordyce, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33°46′52.4″N 92°15′17.5″W / 33.781222°N 92.254861°W |
| Built | 1961 |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000119 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 1970 |
| Designated NHL | April 19, 1994 |
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.