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In 1978 a new death chamber opened in Cummins, so Tucker was no longer the place of execution in Arkansas. [5] In 1986 male death row inmates were moved to the Maximum Security Unit. [ 12 ] On August 22, 2003, all 39 of the state's death row inmates, all of them male, were moved to the Supermax at the Varner Unit .
Battle of Poison Spring Part of the American Civil War Date April 18, 1864 (160 years ago) (1864-04-18) Location Ouachita County, Arkansas 33°38′19.7″N 93°00′15.6″W / 33.638806°N 93.004333°W / 33.638806; -93.004333 Result Confederate victory Belligerents Confederate States Choctaw Nation United States (Union) Commanders and leaders Samuel B. Maxey John S. Marmaduke ...
Afterwards, Union Major General Samuel R. Curtis moved across Arkansas with his troops, and for a time threatened the state capitol of Little Rock. [3] Running out of supplies, the Union troops abandoned efforts against Little Rock and pushed east, for a while without a direct supply line, to Helena, Arkansas, which they captured on July 12. [4]
In 1916 the state purchased 4,400 acres (1,800 ha) of land to establish the Tucker Unit. In 1933 the death chamber moved from the Arkansas State Penitentiary to the Tucker Unit, because the penitentiary closed. The final execution at Tucker, before the death penalty in Arkansas was declared to be unconstitutional, took place in 1964. [12]
A Union counterattack retook the hill and captured many prisoners, [79] with over 350 prisoners taken on Graveyard Hill alone. [80] Between 10:30 and 11:00 am, Fagan received orders to retreat from before Battery D. Part of the 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was trapped during the retreat and was captured. [78]
The Jerome War Relocation Center was a Japanese American internment camp located in southeastern Arkansas, near the town of Jerome in the Arkansas Delta. Open from October 6, 1942, until June 30, 1944, it was the last American concentration camp to open and the first to close. At one point it held as many as 8,497 detainees.
English: Map of Arkansas highlighting the counties of Little Rock MSA, Pine Bluff MSA, and the Searcy μSA, together making up the Central Arkansas CSA. Date:
Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,879 at the 2020 census, [5] up from 2,346 in 2010. During the American Civil War in 1862, it was the site of what became known as the Huntsville Massacre. Huntsville is part of the Northwest Arkansas region.