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Skirmish at Arkadelphia
After capturing Little Rock (Pulaski County) and Fort Smith (Sebastian County) in September 1863, Union forces...
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Arkansas [Nuclear Test]
“Arkansas” was the code name for one of thirty-six nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Pac...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Scout to Arkansas River
aka: Skirmish at Threkeld's Ferry
  While northwestern Arkansas was tentatively under Union cont...
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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 ...
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Augusta Expedition (December 7–8, 1864)
Fearing that several Confederate guerrillas and partisan bands were operating in northeastern Arkansas, Brigad...
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Augusta Expedition (January 4–27, 1865)
In an effort to continue to conduct expeditions into northeastern Arkansas to disrupt Confederate and guerrill...
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Skirmish at Augusta
Attempting to locate and destroy Confederate brigadier general Joseph Shelby somewhere in the Little Red River...
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B-17 Flying Fortress Explosion of 1943
On March 12, 1943, the nine-man crew of a B-17F Flying Fortress perished after one of the plane’s engines ca...
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B-25 Bomber Crash of 1947
During a period of about three months in the winter of 1947 and 1948, Arkansas was the site of the crash of tw...
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B-25 Bomber Crash of 1948
During a period of about three months in the winter of 1947 and 1948, Arkansas was the site of the crash of tw...
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B-26 Bomber Crash of 1944
On the afternoon of January 20, 1944, a B-26 bomber with a total of eight crew members and passengers crashed ...
B-26A Bomber Crash of 1942
aka: Crash Site of AC 41-744
A B-26A bomber crashed two miles west of Pinnacle Mountain in Pulas...
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B-47 Bomber Crash of 1960
On March 31, 1960, aircraft number 52-1414A was set to take off from the Little Rock Air Force Base (LRAFB) in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs is the location on the southern coast of the island nation of Cuba that is now associated with...
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Engagement at Bayou Fourche
aka: Battle of Little Rock
The Engagement at Bayou Fourche, also known as the Battle of Little...
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Action at Bayou Meto
aka: Action at Reed's Bridge
The Action at Bayou Meto, also known as the Action at Reed’s Brid...
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Skirmish at Bayou Meto (February 24, 1865)
By 1863, guerrilla activity had become so prevalent in the territory surrounding Pine Bluff (Jefferson County)...