Because of its strategic location on the White River, Clarendon was the site of several skirmishes as well as the focal point of various expeditions during the Civil War. On July 6, 1862, Confederate and Union forces skirmished at Bayou Cache, 15 miles north of Clarendon. Skirmishes also occurred at Clarendon on August 15, 1862, and April 1, 1863. During the summer of 1862, Union forces conducted expeditions up the White River from Helena to Clarendon between August 4 and 17 and from Clarendon to Lawrenceville and St. Charles between September 11 and 13.

Brig. Gen. Willis A. Gorman's cavalry occupied Clarendon during a Union expedition up the White River from Helena to Clarendon between January 11 and 19, 1863. As Confederate forces prepared to attack the Union enclave at Helena during the summer of 1863 in an effort to relieve presure on Vicksburg, troops under Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan and Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes arrived at Clarendon on June 26, leaving the next morning en route to Helena.

This site has local significance beause it is associated with military activities and events that achieved or affected important local objectives of the Vicksburg campaign.

The site would be documented. Acknowledging the site in the Vicksburg Heritage Coalition literature is encouraged. There is currently some interest in Clarendon in developing the town's heritage tourism and those efforts would be supported by the Viclsburg Coalition.