Camden Expedition Sites

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location= Clark, Cleveland, Grant, Hempstead, Nevada, Oachita, and Pulaski counties
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designated= April 19, 1994cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=896&ResourceType=District
title=Camden Expedition Sites|date=2007-09-26|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
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Camden Expedition Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of eight historic sites where events of the Civil War's Camden Expedition occurred. The sites are spread across seven counties.The sites are:
*Elkin's Ferry Battleground
*Prairie d'Ane Battlefield, near Prescott in Nevada County, Arkansas
*the Confederate State Capitol building (Arkansas), in Historic Washington State Park
*Fort Southerland on Bradley Ferry Road,cite web|url=http://www.arkansaspreservation.org/historic-properties/landmarks/|title=Arkansas National Historic Landmarks|date=2007-09-26|work=work|publisher=Arkansas Historic Preservation Program] in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas
*Fort Lookout on Van Buren Road, in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas
*Poison Spring Battlefield a state park on Highway 76, near Chidester in Ouachita County, Arkansas.
*Marks' Mills Battlefield, itself a state park, and
*Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield, itself a state park

Each of the sites is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The National Historic Landmark was declared in 1994.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/94001182.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Camden Expedition Sites] |2.55 MB|author=Edward C. Bearss and James H. Charleton|date=November 29, 1993|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/94001182.pdf "Accompanying 62 photos, from 1992-1993: Old U.S. Arsenal (6 photos), Confederate State Capitol (5 photos), Prairie de Ann Battlefield (7 photos), Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield (4 photos), Marks' Mills Battlefield (10 photos), Fort Southerland (5 photos), Poison Spring Battlefield (7 photos), Fort Lookout (9 photos), Elkin's Ferry Battlefield (9 photos)"] |16.2 MB]

Research Note on Eight vs. Nine Sites

It is stated at the National Historic Landmark (NHL) summary that there are nine sites included in the NHL, although that summary only lists only the above eight by name. The NHL nomination document clearly describes only eight sites. An Arkansas state webpage states that the Old U.S. Arsenal Building (meaning the The Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, where the expedition started from, is included in the NHL. The photo set that accompanies the NHL nomination includes photos of the U.S. Arsenal Building as well as of the eight other sites. So it is unclear whether the Arsenal site is part of the NHL or not. It is unclear whether it was intended to be included but was dropped, or whether it was added after the NHL nomination document was completed.

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