United States Colored Troops 79th Infantry (Union)
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Organized - United States Colored Troops 79th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
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Battle - Sherwood, Missouri
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Battle - Poison Spring - Ouachita County, Arkansas
Poison Spring State Park is a day use park complete with picnic furnishings, a trail and a diorama summarizing the Battle of Poison Spring. This site is dedicated to the battle fought there April 18, 1864, during the Camden expedition of the Red River Campaign. Confederate troops attacked Union soldiers returning from taking supplies from Camden, Arkansas.READ MORE
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