St. Charles Battle Site
St. Charles Battle Site | |
![]() The White River near St. Charles | |
Location | Jct. of AR 1 and the White River, St. Charles, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°22′41″N 91°7′34″W / 34.37806°N 91.12611°WCoordinates: 34°22′41″N 91°7′34″W / 34.37806°N 91.12611°W |
Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built | 1862 |
NRHP reference No. | 74000465[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 2, 1974 |
The St. Charles Battle Site is the area near St. Charles, Arkansas where the Battle of Saint Charles took place on June 17, 1862, during the American Civil War. The battle was a land and naval engagement, in which Union gunboats engaged Confederate shore batteries and gunboats in a firefight, while infantry troops were landed on the western bank of the White River and eventually drove the Confederate forces from their shore batteries. The battle site occupies about 9 acres (3.6 ha) on the west bank the River southeast of Saint Charles. There are no signs left of the Confederate batteries, and the area is an undeveloped swampland, as it was in 1862.[2]
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1] The battle is also commemorated by a monument in Saint Charles.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for St. Charles Battle Site" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
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