September 20, 2011

This large granite marker placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy patriotic organization in the 1920s commemorates the role of Confederate soldiers in the 1864 Engagement at Jenkins’ Ferry. A small part of the battlefield has been preserved as Jenkins’ Ferry State Park near Sheridan (Grant County).

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