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Massard Prairie Battlefield Park

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Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
Address:
4999 Morgans Way, Fort Smith, AR 72916, USA

The Battle of Massard Prairie was a battle of the American Civil War. It was fought on July 27, 1864, at Massard Prairie in Sebastian County, Arkansas, near Fort Smith. Confederate troops led by Brigadier-General Richard Montgomery Gano successfully launched a surprise attack on a Union camp held by four companies of the 6th Kansas Cavalry, capturing prisoners and equipment.The battle exemplified the hit-and-run nature of the Civil War in Arkansas on the western border: this was a war of raids and ambushes involving small forces, not drawn-out, large-scale battles. As a Confederate victory, it also demonstrated the difficulty faced by Union units attempting to exert control over the state during the war’s later stages.
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