Union Strategy and Pine Bluff

After Little Rock fell, Pine Bluff became the Union's southern anchor on the Arkansas River. Colonel Powell Clayton's troops arrived on September 17, 1863, and stayed until the war ended. The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, made up mostly of men who had escaped slavery, was sent to guard the town, and a camp took in refugees and freedpeople. The post also fed campaigns. In 1864 Steele's column on the Camden Expedition was on half rations, and the wagon train sent toward Pine Bluff for supplies was overrun at Marks' Mills on April 25.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Boone-Murphy House — steps away
• Battle of Pine Bluff — 0.5 mi
• Jefferson County First Court House — 0.5 mi
• Joseph Carter Corbin 1833-1911 — 1.2 mi