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Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (view source)
Revision as of 16:15, December 23, 2010
, 16:15, December 23, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Jenkins' Ferry |image= |begin=April 30, 1864 |end=Same day |place=Grant County, Arkansas |theater=Trans-Mississippi Theater |campaign=Camden Exped..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
|image=
|begin=April 30, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Grant County, [[Arkansas]]
|theater=Trans-Mississippi Theater
|campaign=Camden Expedition
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Department of Arkansas
|combatants2=Army of Arkansas
|commanders1=[[Frederick Steele]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Edmund Kirby Smith]]<br/>General, CSA
|strength1=12,000
|strength2=10,000
|casualties1='''521'''
|casualties2='''443'''
}}
Maj. Gen. [[Frederick Steele]]’s forces retreated from Camden after being mauled at Marks’ Mills and Poison Spring. On the afternoon of April 29, the Union forces reached Jenkins’ Ferry and began crossing the Saline River, which was swollen by heavy rain. Rebel forces arrived on the 30th and attacked repeatedly. The Federals repulsed the attacks and finally crossed with all their men and supply wagons, many of which they were compelled to abandon in the swamp north of Saline. The Confederates bungled a good chance to destroy Steele’s army, which after crossing the river, regrouped at Little Rock. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Camden}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
|image=
|begin=April 30, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Grant County, [[Arkansas]]
|theater=Trans-Mississippi Theater
|campaign=Camden Expedition
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Department of Arkansas
|combatants2=Army of Arkansas
|commanders1=[[Frederick Steele]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Edmund Kirby Smith]]<br/>General, CSA
|strength1=12,000
|strength2=10,000
|casualties1='''521'''
|casualties2='''443'''
}}
Maj. Gen. [[Frederick Steele]]’s forces retreated from Camden after being mauled at Marks’ Mills and Poison Spring. On the afternoon of April 29, the Union forces reached Jenkins’ Ferry and began crossing the Saline River, which was swollen by heavy rain. Rebel forces arrived on the 30th and attacked repeatedly. The Federals repulsed the attacks and finally crossed with all their men and supply wagons, many of which they were compelled to abandon in the swamp north of Saline. The Confederates bungled a good chance to destroy Steele’s army, which after crossing the river, regrouped at Little Rock. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Camden}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]