Bayou Meto Battlefield

	Bayou Meto Battlefield
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Reed's Bridge Battlefield Heritage Park
	Location in Arkansas
Location	Jacksonville, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°50′33.0″N 92°07′12.0″W / 34.842500°N 92.120000°W
Area	412 acres (167 ha)
MPS	Little Rock Campaign of 1863
NRHP reference No.	02001627
Added to NRHP	December 31, 2002

The Bayou Meto Battlefield, also known as Reed's Bridge Battlefield Heritage Park, is a battlefield in Jacksonville, Arkansas. It is the location of the August 27, 1863, Battle of Bayou Meto, in which Confederate forces successfully prevented Union Army forces from crossing the Bayou Meto River during their advance to capture Little Rock.

Description and administrative history

The battlefield is located on both sides of the river, on either side of Arkansas Highway 161, whose bridge is the location of the 1863 Reed's Bridge. A portion of the battlefield is preserved as Reed's Bridge Battlefield Heritage Park. The entire battlefield is the best-preserved of the three major battle sites of the Union advance on Little Rock.^[2] A 412-acre (167 ha) area covering the core of the battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Bayou Meto (Reed's Bridge) Battlefield" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved June 13, 2015.

External links

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Bayou Meto (Reed's Bridge) Battlefield" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved June 13, 2015.

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