Conflict: | Skirmish at Threlkeld's Ferry |
Partof: | the American Civil War |
Date: | February 5, 1863 |
Place: | Washington County, Arkansas, United States |
Result: | United States victory |
Combatant1: | United States |
Commander1: | James Stuart (Union colonel) |
Commander2: | Charles A. Carroll (Confederate colonel) |
Units2: | Carroll’s Cavalry Regiment |
Casualties1: | 1 death from drowning, 1 captured |
Casualties2: | Several killed and wounded (exact number unreported), 7 captured |
The Skirmish at Threlkeld's Ferry was an American Civil War engagement between Union Army and Confederate States Army cavalry detachments in northwest Arkansas on February 5, 1863 during a Union Army scout from Fayetteville, Arkansas to the Arkansas River. The skirmish resulted in a Union victory.[1]