Elkin's Ferry was the site of the 1864 Battle of Elkin's Ferry, an engagement of the Camden Expedition during the American Civil War. The battlefield is located about 10mi north of Prescott, Arkansas, spanning the Little Missouri River in Clark and Nevada counties in Arkansas. The 575acre battlefield area was designated a part of the Camden Expedition Sites, a National Historic Landmark District made up of several of expedition's key sites, in 1994.