6 –Arkansas secedes from the Union. 8 –Confederate President Jefferson Davis signs a bill that allows for the signing-up of 400,000 more volunteers for either three-years or for the duration of the war. A strong response of new volunteers follows. “Many a strong man quivered with emotio...
22: The number of Confederate cannon whose wheels were wrapped in blankets for silent moving and positioning prior to the Battle of Prairie Grove in Arkansas (Prairie Grove State Park, considered one of the most intact Civil War battlefields). Despite the fact that the Union had exactly tw...
Battlefields of the Civil War Map. Bella Terra, 2011. Bella Terra, in cooperation with National Geographic, updates to bring this highly informative map back into print in time for the Civil War Sesquicentennial. It was first published as a supplement to National Geographic Magazine on the 100...
This 7-8 Mar 1862 battle in nw Arkansas secured Missouri for the Union. This large park preserves all the important sites of this sprawling battlefield. While there are rows of cannon here and there, the landscape is mostly preserved as it was in 1862. The site is thus different in chara...
Iowa Civil War Monuments Iowa has a proud history in the Civil War. Iowa Regiments fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and Atlanta. Many were on the March to the Sea and the March through the Carolinas. Others served west of the Mississippi in Missouri, Arkansas and ...
and all were volunteers. The poverty in theKansashomes made it especially hard for families to be left unprovided for, and as much honor is due to the women who stayed at home to work as to the men who marched away to fight. The Kansas soldiers did duty on many battlefields and conduc...
The Civil War, Witness to War. Harold Holzer. Tennessee's Civil War Battlefields. Randy Bishop. The Civil War Battlefield Guide. Frances H. Kennedy, ed. The Timechart History of the Civil War. James Arnold & Roberta Wiener, eds.
Battle of Arkansas Post, an obscure engagement with very little documentation from the perspective of an officer. Miller's flair for writing and attention to detail make this memoir an important addition to Civil War history and a welcome primary source of knowledge on the war's western theater...
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The Battle of Pea Ridge, also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place near Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas. The battle took place over a large area of ground over the course of two days, so this scene focuses on the action around Elkhorn Taver...