Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

Arkansas State Park Preserving The 7 December 1862 Battle Of Prairie Grove, The Engagement That Ended Confederate Attempts To Control North West Arkansas. One Of The Most Intact Civil War Battlefields In The United States And A National Historic Landmark. · Prairie Grove, Arkansas

On 7 December 1862 two armies met on a wooded ridge above the Illinois River valley in north-west Arkansas and fought to a standstill that cost about twenty-six hundred casualties in a single day. The Confederates withdrew overnight, and with Pea Ridge nine months earlier it settled the question of who controlled this corner of the state for the rest of the war. What makes the park unusual is that the ridge was never built on: the ground, the orchard slope the Union infantry climbed into repeated volleys, and the fields below are essentially as they were, which is why it is a National Historic Landmark and why it is regularly called one of the most intact Civil War battlefields in the country. The park has also gathered a dozen relocated nineteenth-century buildings into a village at the foot of the hill, and it runs the largest Civil War reenactment in Arkansas on the anniversary weekend every other December.

506 East Douglas Street, Prairie Grove, Arkansas, 72753, United States

The grounds, the battlefield trails and the driving tour are open daily during daylight hours, and Arkansas state parks charge no entrance fee. The Hindman Hall museum and visitor centre keep daytime hours, reduce them in winter and close on major holidays; there may be a small museum charge. The historic buildings in the village are opened on guided tours on a seasonal schedule rather than daily. The battle reenactment runs on the first weekend of December in even-numbered years. Confirm before travelling.

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