Civil War

Skirmish at Arkadelphia
After capturing Little Rock (Pulaski County) and Fort Smith (Sebastian County) in September 1863, Union forces...
Seizure of Arkansas Cannon
aka: United States v. Six Boxes of Arms
This court case involved the seizure of a cannon in the North inten...
Battle of Arkansas Post
aka: Battle of Fort Hindman
aka: Battle of Post of Arkansas
The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Battle of Fort Hindm...
Skirmishes at Arkansas River and Prairie Grove
Two related skirmishes that took place in northwestern Arkansas, these events were part of Confederate efforts...
Expedition on the Arkansas River near Little Rock (February 8–9, 1865)
Elements of two regiments of United States Colored Troops (USCT) conducted an expedition to attack Confederate...
Scout on the Arkansas River near Pine Bluff
The Scout on the Arkansas River near Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) was undertaken to determine the location an...
Scout to Arkansas River
aka: Skirmish at Threkeld's Ferry
  While northwestern Arkansas was tentatively under Union cont...
Action at Ashley's Station
aka: Action at Jones' Station
aka: Action at DeValls Bluff
The Action at Ashley’s Station was Confederate Brigadier General ...
Augusta Expedition (December 7–8, 1864)
Fearing that several Confederate guerrillas and partisan bands were operating in northeastern Arkansas, Brigad...
Augusta Expedition (January 4–27, 1865)
In an effort to continue to conduct expeditions into northeastern Arkansas to disrupt Confederate and guerrill...
Skirmish at Augusta
Attempting to locate and destroy Confederate brigadier general Joseph Shelby somewhere in the Little Red River...
Affair at Bailey’s
aka: Affair at Crooked Creek
A brief encounter between a Union scouting party and a band of Conf...
Expedition from Batesville after Freeman's Command
The Expedition from Batesville after Freeman’s Command was an attempt by the Union garrison at Batesville (I...
Batesville Expedition
While escorting a treasury agent to Batesville (Independence County), a detachment of the Second Arkansas Cava...
Scout from Batesville to Denmark, Fairview, Hitcher's Ferry and Bush's Ford
The Scout from Batesville to Fairview, Denmark, Hilcher’s Ferry, and Bush’s Ford took place on June 16–1...
Expedition from Batesville to Devil's Fork of the Little Red River
The Civil War expedition from Batesville (Independence County) to the Devil’s Fork of the Little Red River i...
Expedition from Batesville to Elgin
The expedition from Batesville (Independence County) to Elgin (Jackson County) in mid-January 1864 was conduct...
Expedition from Batesville to near Searcy Landing (January 30–February 3, 1864)
The Expedition from Batesville to near Searcy Landing was one of a series of operations conducted by Union for...
Scout from Batesville to West Point, Grand Glaize, Searcy Landing, etc.
The wide-ranging scouting expedition of the Eleventh Missouri Cavalry Regiment (US) that left the Union base a...
Skirmish at Batesville (February 4, 1863)
On December 31, 1862, General John S. Marmaduke and 8,000 cavalry launched a raid into Missouri from near Lewi...
Skirmish at Batesville (May 3, 1862)
On March 6–8, 1862, one of the most important Civil War battles west of the Mississippi River was fought at ...
Engagement at Bayou Fourche
aka: Battle of Little Rock
The Engagement at Bayou Fourche, also known as the Battle of Little...
Action at Bayou Meto
aka: Action at Reed's Bridge
The Action at Bayou Meto, also known as the Action at Reed’s Brid...
Skirmish at Bayou Meto (February 24, 1865)
By 1863, guerrilla activity had become so prevalent in the territory surrounding Pine Bluff (Jefferson County)...
Skirmish near Bayou Meto (February 17, 1865)
  On February 16, 1865, a seventy-five-man scout detachment of the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry (US) was s...
Skirmish at Beatty's Mill
  By 1864, much of Conway County and the surrounding area was routinely overrun by marauding bands of Con...
Scouts from Bellefonte
The scouts from Bellefonte were conducted by troopers of the Second Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (US) from their ...
Operations around Bennett’s Bayou and Tolbert’s Mill (February 16–18, 1865)
The operations around Bennett’s Bayou and Tolbert’s Mill were typical of Union maneuvers in the Ozarks reg...
Skirmish at Benton Road (July 19, 1864)
aka: Skirmish at Little Rock (July 19, 1864)
  After the Engagement at Jenkins’ Ferry, Federal forces und...
Skirmish at Benton Road (March 23–24, 1864)
  In the spring of 1864, Major General Frederick Steele, commander of Federal forces occupying Little Roc...
Skirmish on the Benton Road (January 22, 1865)
Confederate forces attacked a Union cavalry picket post on the Benton Road outside of Little Rock (Pulaski Cou...
Affair at Benton
In this extremely brief exchange, a brigadier general in the Arkansas State Militia was killed, with the Union...