This is a bonus geocache for the Bayou Meto (Reed's Bridge) Battlefield Adventure Lab. You must complete all five locations and collect the clues given to find this geocache. Enjoy each location of the Adventure Lab. Pretend you are one of the young soldiers. Choose your side, Union or Confederate. Use your imagination and think about the life those soldiers endured back in August 1863.
Date: August 27, 1863
Principal Commanders:Brigadier General John W. Davidson (US); Brigadier General Lucius M. Walker and Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke (CS)
Forces Engaged: Cavalry Division, Army of Arkansas, Arkansas Expedition (US); District of Arkansas (CS)
Estimated Casualties: 45 (US); unknown (CS)
Result: Confederate victory
The Action at Bayou Meto, also known as the Action at Reed’s Bridge, was a Civil War battle fought on August 27, 1863, as Confederate troops sought to hinder the advance of Major General Frederick Steele’s Union army toward Little Rock (Pulaski County).
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