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	Battle of Arkansas Post by Luke J. Caraway of Granbury, Texas - Confederate Veteran March 1906
		Battle of Arkansas Post by Luke J. Caraway of Granbury, Texas - Confederate Veteran March 1906
		S.S. Cox, of New York, said of the battle of Arkansas Post in his history of the War between the States: “The capture of the Arkansas Post was made on January 11, 1863.
		The Confederate army, consisting of Carter’s Brigade and other regiments, were put in charge of this post in the fall of 1862, and remained there drilling, eating poor pumpkins, mean sorghum, and coarse corn bread very well contented, as the winter was unusually mild until just before the battle and our surrender.
	www.hcnews.com /depot/veteran/ArkansasPostBattle.htm (1695 words)

	Battle of Fort Hindman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Fort Hindman, or the Battle of Arkansas Post, was fought from January 9 to January 11, 1863, near the mouth of the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
		The Confederate Army constructed an earthen fortification near Arkansas Post, forty-five miles downriver from Pine Bluff, to protect the Arkansas River and as a base for disrupting shipping on the Mississippi River.
		The fort was named Fort Hindman in honor of General Thomas C. Hindman of Arkansas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Arkansas_Post (586 words)

	Arkansas Post National Memorial, an Arkansas State Park
		By 1819, the post was a thriving river port and the largest city in the region and selected as the first capital of the Arkansas Territory.
		Moore Bayou and Post Bayou lie along the north/northwest border and Post Bend Lake, a backwater of the Arkansas River, lies on the north and northeastern border.
		Transferred to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase, Arkansas Post was transformed from a sleepy French community to a bustling town during the two years it served as capital of the Arkansas Territory.
	www.stateparks.com /arkansas_post_national_memorial.html (1147 words)

	Army of the Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The army was expanded to 5 divisions and fought at the Battle of Island Number Ten.
		The army was strengthened by two divisions from the Army of West Tennessee and fought at the battles of Iuka and Corinth.
		Rosecrans was transferred to command of the Army of the Ohio and the current army was discontinued in October 1862 and the regiments were organized into the XIII Corps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_of_the_Mississippi (372 words)

	Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiments
		The regiment was engaged in the battles of Greenbrier and Allegheny.
		The regiment was engaged in the battle of Fort Donelson on February 16-18, 1862, and was surrendered with the garrison of that post.
		The 23rd Arkansas was heavily engaged in the battles of Iuka and Corinth.
	asms.k12.ar.us /armem/welch/ar_infy.htm (18661 words)

	Arkansas Facts and Trivia
		Arkansas Post, Arkansas was the first permanent French settlement in the lower Mississippi River valley and was the first territorial capital of the State of Arkansas.
		Arkansas Post was founded in 1686 by Henri de Tonti at the site of a Quapaw Indian village name Osotouy near where the Arkansas River enters the Mississippi River.
		The post was selected as the first capital of the Arkansas Territory and became the center of commercial and political life in Arkansas.
	www.visionmena.com /Arkansas/arkansas_facts.htm (1777 words)

	Media Information
		The Arkansas Post National Memorial is located at the end of Ark. 169, two miles from the state museum.
		The Arkansas Post Museum, after its establishment in 1959 through the efforts of the Grand Prairie Historical Society and local citizens, also moved into the structure.
		Arkansas County purchased land two miles from the Post in 1963 and the next year appropriated funds for the construction of new museum facilities on the property at the southern edge of the Grand Prairie.
	www.arkansasstateparks.com /media/display.asp?id=271 (980 words)

	Three Soldiers of Valor: 1863 (Part I)
		SAMUEL KIRKMAN AND THE BATTLE OF ARKANSAS POST
		The fact that the 77th was given the post of honor to guard the fort and prisoners lends credence to the claim made here by Wiley on behalf of the regiment.
		During the Battle of Arkansas Post, the Union army sustained casualties of 1,061, of which 161 were dead and 900 were wounded.
	77illinois.homestead.com /files/valor/v1863a.html (3577 words)

	Dixie Outfitters
		Battle of Murfreesboro continues along the banks of the Stone's River in Tennessee.
		Battle of Champion's Hill, Mississippi: The Union army seals the fate of Vicksburg by defeating the Confederates at the Battle of Champion's Hill.
		Battle of Second Winchester: A small Union garrison in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia, is easily defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia on the path of the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.
	www.dixieoutfitters.com /heritage/tl3.shtml (2694 words)

	ARKANSAS POST CHAPTER, NSDAR
		The Arkansas Post Chapter was organized and confirmed by NSDAR on June 7, 1979 with thirteen charter members.
		Arkansas Post Chapter was named for the site of the only American Revolutionary War conflict nearby.
		During the Spanish regime, 1765-1800, Arkansas Post was involved in the American Revolution.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Village/7020/arkansaspost.htm (391 words)

	Battle Report of Arkansas Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Sir: - Having recently arrived in your city, and hearing that little is yet known in regard to the fight at the "Post of Arkansas" by citizens here, as well as elsewhere in the Confederacy.
		The "Post of Arkansas" is situated on the north side of the Arkansas river, sixty miles from its mouth.
		told him they were all in sight, he seemed surprised, and could scarcely credit the fact that so small a body of troops had succeeded in battling for so long a time, and killing so many of his men.
	members.aol.com /ihaiw/Battles/ArkPost.htm (805 words)

	A Civil War Letter
		Battle of Arkansas Post by Luke J. Caraway of Granbury, Texas -...
		Clernand at Forts Henry and Donelson, and at the Battle of Shiloh.
		We had reports from this fort, usually called the "Post of Arkansas," about forty miles above the mouth, that it was held by about five thousand rebels, was an inclosed work, commanding the passage of the river, but supposed to be easy of capture from the rear.
	mcquoidg.tripod.com /frm16.html (7518 words)

	Jesse Sutton - CSA
		Andrew was killed at the battle or Arkansas Post (Fort Hindman).
		The battle of Arkansas Post was fought on January 11, 1863.
		In this battle (skirmish?) the story goes that he took a pocket bible from a dead Union soldier.
	www.rootsweb.com /~tx1250/wooley01.htm (1119 words)

	Battle of Fort Hindman - Definition, explanation
		The Battle of Fort Hindman, or the Battle of Arkansas Post, was fought January 9 – 11, 1863, near the mouth of the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
		The Confederate Army constructed an earthen fortification near Arkansas Post, forty-five miles downriver from Pine Bluff, to protect the Arkansas River and as a base for disrupting shipping on the Mississippi River.
		He launched his quest for glory on January 4 with a combined army-navy force movement on Arkansas Post, rather than Vicksburg, as he had told Lincoln (and didn't bother to inform Grant or general in chief Henry W. Halleck).
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/ba/battle_of_fort_hindman.php (540 words)

	Arkansas Facts
		The Arkansas River is the third longest in the nation and the 36th longest stream in the world.
		In Texarkana half of post office building is in Arkansas and the other half is in Texas.
		The "Arkansas Traveler" is a humorous dialogue and fiddle tune attributed to Sanford C. Faulkner in the 1840's.
	home.comcast.net /~jdpetersen/ArkansasFacts.html (1265 words)

	Arkansas
		In 1783, a British raid on Arkansas Post was the only Revolutionary War battle west of the Mississippi River.
		In 1762, the land of Arkansas was given to Spain.
		Arkansas was the third state made out of the land of the Louisiana Purchase.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_49_31.html (634 words)

	Andrew J. Rivers
		Was Captured in the Battle of Arkansas Post, on Jan 11, 1863.
		After that battle they were sent into the Indian nation under Gen. Pike, where they remained till early in July, 1862, when they were ordered to Camp White Sulphur, near Pine Bluff, and from that camp to Arkansas Post about November 1.
		On January 8, 1863, after a heavy battle, that post was captured by the enemy and nearly all the members of the Nineteenth Regiment were taken prisoners.
	www.eosdev.com /rivers/FG22/FG22_165.HTM (712 words)

	Texas Treasures - Historic Flags - Texas State Library
		In November of 1863, the 17th and 18th Texas received its new flannel Hardee flag inscribed with the battle honors of the previous campaigns: "Arkansas Post," "Chickamauga," "Tunnel Hill," and "Ringgold Gap." During the Atlanta Campaign, Granbury's Brigade (including the 17th and 18th Texas) participated in some of the hardest fighting of the war.
		On July 22, 1864 at the Battle of Atlanta, while fighting in the Confederate front lines, the 17th and 18 Texas became cut-off, and nearly surrounded, forcing the surrender of a large number of its men.
		After the hard fighting of the Atlanta Campaign, the original Hardee battle flag of the 6th and 15th Texas was in tatters and was replaced by the present one in the fall of 1864.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /treasures/flagsandmaps/flags/historic-flags.html (1176 words)

	Arkansas Post National Memorial - People (U.S. National Park Service)
		Arkansas Post National Memorial commemorates a bygone era defined by the stories of those that struggled to keep their land and way of life.
		Military life at Arkansas Post was monotonous and tedious, punctuated by brief periods of action.
		In 1783 one of only two Revoultionary War battles west of the Mississippi River was fought at Arkansas Post when British partisans and their Chicksaw allies attacked the Spanish fort.
	www.nps.gov /arpo/historyculture/people.htm (116 words)

	The Civil War in Arkansas - Places \| Gillett
		By 1819, the post was a thriving river port important enough to be selected the capital of the Arkansas Territory.
		In this pivotal year in the history of Arkansas and the nation, it was, in the words of a Union officer, "a small village, the capital of Arkansas County...
		He realized that holding on to the Post of Arkansas was impossible given the enemy's superiority in men and firepower, but he had hoped to be able to hang on until nightfall, when he would try to cut his way through the Union lines to safety.
	www.civilwarbuff.org /gillett.html (2474 words)

	Arkansas Post National Memorial (Fort Hindman) site photos
		While assembling for the descent on Vicksburg during the winter of 1862-63, General John A. McClernand diverted the portion of the Union army under his command to attack Arkansas Post.
		To protect Little Rock and southeastern Arkansas from a river attack, Confederate engineers built an earthen fort at Arkansas Post in 1862.
		From the northern corner of "Fort Hindman" extending about 700 yards west to the swamps of Post Bayou, the defenders of Arkansas Post established a fortified line to deter attack from the north.
	www.civilwaralbum.com /vicksburg/ark_post.htm (462 words)

	Group Tour Planners \| Arkansas Group Travel
		By 1819, the post was a thriving river port and the largest city in the region and selected the capital of the
		The battle is represented by four Union battery sites, which are in various states of preservation (and are all on private property).
		While camped near Old Austin, Arkansas, a large group of Texas Confederate soldiers were overcome by a measles epidemic, causing the deaths of several hundred.
	www.arkansas.com /group-travel/sample-itineraries/itinerary_detail/id/28 (1398 words)

	Civil War Battle Reenactments Events & Reenacting Info
		A full-scale battle scenario — always the high point of what has grown to become one of the Midwest's largest Civil War encampments — begins each afternoon at 2 o'clock.
		Commemorate the Battle of Arkansas Post during the park’s annual Civil War Encampment, Union and Confederate soldiers will camp at the park and display the arms and equipment used during the Civil War.
		The Fifth Annual Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend coincides this year with the opening of the new 63,500-square-foot USS Monitor Center at The Mariners’ Museum.
	www.sutler.net /eventlist.asp (1405 words)

	Battle of Arkansas Post
		an illustration of the BOMBARDMENT OF THE POST OF ARKANSAS on the Arkansas River, by Admiral Porter's fleet, on January 11.
		Post of Arkansas is the oldest settlement in the State.
		The capture of the Post of Arkansas is the first exploit performed by the Admiral in his new command.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/civil-war/1863/february/battle-arkansas-post.htm (3847 words)

	Battle of Arkansas Post, 10-11 January 1863
		The battle saw General John A. McClernand briefly rise to prominence.
		This attack was repulsed with heavy loses (Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, 29 December 1862).
		Ironically, the aftermath of the battle saw the removal of McClernand, despite his initial lack of enthusiasm for the expedition.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_arkansas_post.html (618 words)

	Arkansas Civil War Battle Arkansas Post Fort Hindman Operations against Vicksburg
		Major General John McClernand, therefore, undertook a combined force movement on Arkansas Post to capture it.
		With Fire And Sword: Arkansas, 1861-1874 provides a scholarly examination of just how the events of the Civil War and the Reconstruction so heavily devastated the state of Arkansas, its population and its economy, that this southern state was never to fully regained the level of prosperity it had enjoyed prior to the war.
		A candid and detailed retracing of crucial decisions, their interplay, and their lasting legacy, With Fire And Sword is a welcome contribution to the growing library of Civil War literature and Reconstruction Era reference collections and reading lists.
	americancivilwar.com /statepic/ar/ar006.html (460 words)

	Battle Summary: Arkansas Post, AR
		Description: From Fort Hindman, at Arkansas Post, Confederates had been disrupting Union shipping on the Mississippi River.
		John McClernand, therefore, undertook a combined force movement on Arkansas Post to capture it.
		Union boats began landing troops near Arkansas Post in the evening of January 9, 1863.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/ar006.htm (246 words)

	The Civil War at a Glance
		Their first encounter, the Battle of the Wilderness, opens on May 5 and for the next 40 days the armies remain locke din deadly embrace.
		In several battles around Chattanooga between October and November, Grant's armies defeat Bragg's troops, forcing them to retreat to Dalton, Georgia, where Bragg is succeeded in command be Gen, Joseph E. Johnson.
		Meanwhile, in mid-November, Sherman burns Atlanta and begins his famous "March to the Sea." Elsewhere, the blockade continues to tighten as Union amphibious forces seize the forts guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay and Admiral Farragut's ocean-going squadron crushes a Confederate fleet.
	www.pueblo.gsa.gov /cic_text/misc/civilwar/civilwar.htm (3527 words)

	Arkansas Quarterly Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Inequality on the southern frontier: Arkansas County in the Arkansas Territory
		The relocation of Arkansas post to Ecores Rouges in 1779
		Henry McCulloch’s Texans and the defense of Arkansas in 1862
	www.almasd.net /hs/ahsmediacenter/arkansasq.htm (5008 words)

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