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Historical marker location:

South First Street, Jacksonville, Arkansas

( Marker can be reached from South First Street (Arkansas Route 161) north of Lakeshore Drive, on the right when traveling north.)

The Confederates Burn Reed's Bridge Over Bayou Meto.

Arkansas was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which was the largest land acquisition in U.S. history, and the state was later admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836.