Okolona, Arkansas
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Okolona is a town near the western edge of Clark County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Okolona had a population of 97.
Arkansas Highway 182 in Okolona, January 2018
An old school building in Okolona, January 2018
Camden Expedition
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The Camden Expedition was a failed military campaign conducted by the United States Army in southwest Arkansas during the American Civil War. The Union Army's strategic offensive was designed to coope
Okolona, Arkansas
…the 2020 census, Okolona had a population of 97. The Battle of Elkin's Ferry of the Civil War was fought here during April 3–4, 1864, as a part of the Camden Expedition. Union forces, led by Maj. Gen. Fred Steele, sought to ford the Little Missouri River, as the local roads were impassable. The force reached Elkin's…
Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, commander of the Department of Arkansas and Seventh Army Corps
Gen. E. Kirby Smith's strategy was to isolate Banks' and Steele's armies and annihilate each one separately.
Led by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, the Confederates fought a strong defensive campaign and stopped the Union advance at Camden.
Elkin's Ferry