Fort Smith, Arkansas | The museum acquires, preserves, exhibits and interprets objects of historical significance relevant to the founding and growth of the fort and of the region.

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Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
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Red Pine Dr. and Morgan’s Way
Fort Smith, AR 72701, USA
Website: www.arkansas.com/attractions/detail/massard-prairie-civil-war-battlefield-park/95144
On July 27, 1864, 800 Confederate cavalry troops attacked a corps of 200 Federal troops of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry. The battle lasted fifteen minutes, and 140 prisoners were taken. The Confederate forces included a number of Native American troops from the Choctaw, Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, and Chickasaw nations.
Fort Smith, Arkansas | The national historic site preserves the site of two military posts and the historic Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Fort Smith, Arkansas | The cemetery is a burial place for members of both the Union and Confederate armies, including three generals and 1,500 unknown soldiers.
Prairie Grove, Arkansas | The site preserves 850 acres of the battlefield where 22,000 men from the Union Army of the Frontier and Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi clashed on December 7, 1862.
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