St. Charles Battle Site

St. Charles Battle Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The White River near St. Charles
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Location	Jct. of AR 1 and the White River, St. Charles, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°22′41″N 91°7′34″W / 34.37806°N 91.12611°W / 34.37806; -91.12611Coordinates: 34°22′41″N 91°7′34″W / 34.37806°N 91.12611°W / 34.37806; -91.12611
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1862 (1862)
NRHP Reference #	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

• Arkansas in the American Civil War
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas County, Arkansas

References

Arkansas in the American Civil War
1861	United States Arsenal at Little Rock seized United States ordnance stores seized at Napoleon United States subsistence stores seized at Pine Bluff Governor refuses to furnish quota of militia to the United States Fort Smith seized Ordinance of secession adopted by Arkansas Convention
1862	Battle of Pea Ridge Action at Whitney's Lane Engagement at St. Charles Action at Hill's Plantation Engagement at Cane Hill Battle of Prairie Grove Skirmish at Dripping Springs
1863	Battle of Arkansas Post Action at Fayetteville Skirmish at Chalk Bluff Battle of Helena Skirmish at Brownsville Action at Bayou Meto Action at Devil’s Backbone Shelby's raid in Arkansas and Missouri Engagement at Bayou Fourche Action at Pine Bluff
1864	David O. Dodd executed at Little Rock Action at Mount Elba Engagement at Elkin’s Ferry Skirmish at Prairie D'Ane Engagement at Poison Spring Action at Marks’ Mills Engagement at Jenkins’ Ferry Engagement at Old River Lake Action at Massard Prairie Action at Fort Smith Action at Ashley's Station Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, C. S. Army, assumes command of the expeditionary forces at Princeton Price's enters Missouri
1865	Negotiations for the surrender of the Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department Gen. E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, surrenders troops in Trans-Mississippi Department Indian Council at Fort Smith