October 25, 1863

The Action at Pine Bluff was fought when Brigadier General John Sappington Marmaduke’s Confederate cavalry division attacked the small Union garrison under Colonel Powell Clayton, which had occupied Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) following the capture of Little Rock (Pulaski County). Resulting in a Union victory, it was the last sizable military engagement in Arkansas in 1863.

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