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Rebel Troops at Jenkins' Ferry
April 30, 1864
Regiment captured rebel battery after fighting rearguard action. Six infantry regiments checked rebel troops at Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, Arkansas. The troops were enraged by atrocities committed at Poison Spring two weeks ealier, that the Second Kansas Colored Volunteers went into battle shouting, "Remember Poison Spring!"
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