Battle of Poison Spring

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The Battle of Poison Spring was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Arkansas, notable for a Confederate victory and the massacre of Black Union soldiers by Confederate and allied Native American forces.

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Battle of Poison Spring canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Poison Spring Massacre ⓘ
belligerent Black Union troops ⓘ
Choctaw Confederate troops ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw forces

Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
causeOf loss of Union supply wagons ⓘ
characterizedAs war crime against Black Union soldiers ⓘ
commemoratedBy Poison Springs Battleground State Park ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties approximately 114 casualties ⓘ
ConfederateCommander John S. Marmaduke ⓘ
Samuel B. Maxey ⓘ
ConfederateStrength approximately 3,600 men ⓘ
ConfederateUnit Marmaduke’s Cavalry Division ⓘ
Maxey’s Indian Brigade ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date April 18, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Marks’ Mills ⓘ
hasSite Poison Springs Battleground State Park ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Trans-Mississippi West ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup African American soldiers ⓘ
Choctaw soldiers ⓘ
other Native American Confederate troops ⓘ
location Arkansas ⓘ
Ouachita County, Arkansas ⓘ
notableFor killing of Black soldiers after they attempted to surrender ⓘ
massacre of Black Union soldiers ⓘ
objective protect a Union forage train ⓘ
partOf Camden Expedition ⓘ
Red River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Red River campaign
precededBy Union occupation of Camden, Arkansas ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Marks’ Mills ⓘ
Fort Pillow massacre ⓘ
racial violence in the American Civil War ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
stateHistoricSiteOf Arkansas state park system ⓘ
theater Trans-Mississippi Theater ⓘ
UnionCasualties approximately 301 total casualties ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesKilled over 100 killed ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesMissing over 100 missing or captured ⓘ
UnionCommander James M. Williams ⓘ
UnionStrength approximately 1,100 men ⓘ
UnionUnit 13th Kansas Infantry Regiment ⓘ
1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment ⓘ
Battery E, 2nd U.S. Colored Artillery (Light) ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Army of the Trans-Mississippi → engagedIn → Battle of Poison Spring ⓘ
Camden Expedition → notableEngagement → Battle of Poison Spring ⓘ
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry → precededBy → Battle of Poison Spring ⓘ
Battle of Marks' Mills → precededBy → Battle of Poison Spring ⓘ