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During the American Civil War, Arkansas was a Confederate state, though it had initially voted to remain in the Union.Following the capture of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Abraham Lincoln called for troops from every Union state to put down the rebellion, and Arkansas along with several other southern states seceded.
Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Arkansas (2 C, 19 P) Pages in category "American Civil War sites in Arkansas" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Marks' Mills Battleground State Park is an Arkansas State Park located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 8 and Arkansas Highway 97, north of New Edinburg, Arkansas.It preserves a portion of the battlefield of the Battle of Marks' Mills fought on April 25, 1864, in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of American Civil War.
An 1864 map showing the local geography, with Marks' Mill defending the approach to Mount Elba, Arkansas. Early on the morning of 25 April 1864, following a difficult crossing of the Moro, the 43rd and its sister units resumed their march toward Pine Bluff.
The National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas represent Arkansas's history from the Louisiana Purchase through the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. It contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Arkansas. There are 17 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arkansas.
Pea Ridge area National Park Service map. The 4,300-acre (17 km 2) Pea Ridge National Military Park was created by an act of Congress in 1956 to preserve the battlefield of the 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge. It was dedicated as a national park during the American Civil War Centennial in 1963. [5]
Conway TWT, flickr Arkansas is luring bikers and history buffs to the state by marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with a new Heritage Trail created to make battle sites easily ...
The Camden Expedition Sites is a national historic landmark consisting of nine nationally significant historic places in southwest Arkansas where events of the Union army's disastrous Camden Expedition of 1864 occurred during the American Civil War. The Union was attempting to take over Shreveport, Louisiana.