Poison Springs

Battlefield State Park

Dwindling supplies for his army at Camden forced Major General Fred Steele to send out a foraging party to gather corn that the Confederates had stored about twenty miles up the Prairie D’Ane-Camden Road on White Oak Creek.

The party loaded the corn into wagons, and on April 18, Col. James M. Williams started his return to Camden. Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke’s and Brig. Gen. Samuel B. Maxey’s Confederate forces arrived at Lee Plantation, about fifteen miles from Camden, where they engaged Williams. The Rebels eventually attacked Williams in the front and rear forcing him to retreat north into a marsh where his men regrouped and then fell back to Camden.

The Union lost 198 wagons and all the corn. The estimated casualties for this battle was 417 men most of which were colored Union soldiers belonging to the First Kansas Colored Infantry. This battle became known as the Battle at Poison Springs.

Final Report

Photos

This picture was taken at the time Angie was making contact with the running man. Notice the two orbs in motion, one is close to Angie.	Taken soon after Angie’s contact. Notice no orbs.
Photo taken looking toward the spring area.	Photo at the spring looking back up the hill.
Notice the orb to the right of the sign.	Taken soon after. Notice the orb is closer to the sign.

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