The Battle of Marks' Mills (April 25, 1864) occurred in present-day Cleveland County, Arkansas as part of the American Civil War. Confederate Brigadier-General James Fagan, having made a forced march, attacked a train of several hundred wagons, guarded by a brigade of infantry, 500 cavalry, and a section of light artillery under command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis M. Drake of the 36th Iowa, on its way from Camden to Pine Bluff for supplies.