Elkin's Ferry Battlefield Timberlands Region View Website Calculate Trip Get Directions Overview:The site of fighting April 2-3, 1864 as Confederate troops tried to keep General Frederick Steele's Northern army from gaining a foothold across the Little Missouri River and positioning for an attack on the Confederate capital at Washington. It remains forested bottomlands, much as it was in 1864. Address: Elkin's Ferry Battlefield Nubbin Hill Road, off U.S. 67 Prescott, AR 71857 Phone: 870-887-2101 Fax: 870-887-5317 Website: http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.aspx?id=150 GPS: N33.9092276 W93.3588777 Connect: Save to foursquare Miscellaneous On or Near: Little Missouri River