Skirmishes at Prairie D'Ane

Prairie D'Ane is about thirty square miles of open, rolling land ringed by forest. It stayed in private hands for many years and looked much as it did in 1864. The Confederates had spent six days building earthworks when Steele arrived on April 10, and the Union army dug in about a mile away. On April 11 Steele formed a battle line more than two miles long and did not attack. On February 23, 2018, a ceremony presented the deed to 808 acres of the battlefield to the Nevada County Depot and Museum.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site — 14 mi
  The two-story Hervey Street house in Hope where Bill Clinton lived his first four years with his widowed mother and her parents, now a National Park Service site with a ranger-led tour.
• Historic Washington State Park — 15 mi
  A Southwest Trail town that was Arkansas's Confederate capital from 1863 to 1865, then lost the railroad and kept its buildings, with a blacksmith shop and the 1836 courthouse.
• Crater of Diamonds State Park — 21 mi
  A volcanic crater where anyone can dig for diamonds and keep what they find.
• White Oak Lake State Park — 21 mi
  A 725-acre park on the lower of two 1961 lakes, where white sand marks an ancient shoreline and the visitor center carries a Poison Spring display eight miles from the battlefield.

More markers nearby

• Action at Moscow — 4.2 mi
• Moscow Church and Cemetery — 4.2 mi
• Fighting at Elkins' Ferry — 14 mi
• Skirmishes at Okolona — 14 mi