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112th United States Colored Infantry (US)
aka: Fifth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (African Descent)
The 112th United States Colored Infantry was a United States Colore...
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113th United States Colored Infantry (US)
aka: Sixth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (African Descent)
The 113th United States Colored Infantry, part of the United States...
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312th Field Signal Battalion’s Pigeon Department
During World War I (1914–1918), homing pigeons emerged as a viable way for militaries to maintain contact wh...
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Lucien Abraham (1902–1960)
Lucien Abraham was an Arkansas educator and military officer who rose to the rank of adjutant general of the A...
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Charles William Adams (1817–1878)
Charles William Adams served as a Confederate general in Arkansas. A planter and lawyer from Helena (Phillips ...
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Arkansas National Guard Adjutants General
The adjutant general is appointed by the governor of Arkansas to a state cabinet-level position as the directo...
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John Hanks Alexander (1864–1894)
John Hanks Alexander was the second African American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Po...
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Ernest Ambort Sr. (1922–1981)
A native of Little Rock (Pulaski County), Ernest Ambort Sr. served in the United States Army Air Corps during ...
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Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829–1923)
As a Union brigadier general, Christopher Columbus Andrews distinguished himself in numerous military campaign...
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Richard Nott Antrim (1907–1969)
Richard Nott Antrim was a career U.S. Navy officer who received a Medal of Honor for saving the life of a fell...
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Jesse Walter Arbor (1914–2000)
Serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Arkansas native Jesse Walter Arbor became one of the first thirt...
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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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Arkansas Confederate Home
The Arkansas Confederate Home was opened late in 1890 in a small remodeled residence on some sixty acres near ...
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Arkansas Council of Defense
The Arkansas Council of Defense was the governor-appointed group tasked with coordinating propaganda and promo...
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Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA)
The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) dates back to the post–World War I years and the need to ...
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Arkansas Military Institute
The Arkansas Military Institute was one of the earliest schools of its kind in the state. Established in Tulip...
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Arkansas Mounted Rifles [Civil War]
After Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861, state troops were mustered into the Confederate army in ...
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Arkansas Mounted Rifles [Mexican War]
The Arkansas Mounted Rifles was a regiment of volunteers from the state who participated in the Mexican War as...
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Arkansas National Guard
aka: Arkansas Department of the Military
The Arkansas National Guard consists of the Arkansas Army National ...
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Arkansas National Guard Museum
The Arkansas National Guard Museum’s primary mission is to collect information and artifacts relating to the...
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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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Arkansas State Guard
The Arkansas State Guard was a military force that performed homeland defense, disaster relief, and search-and...
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Arkansas State Troops (CS)
aka: Army of Arkansas
On May 20, 1861, the Arkansas Secession Convention passed an ordina...
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Arkansas State Veterans Cemeteries
Two Arkansas State Veterans Cemeteries have been established in the state to accept the interments of military...
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Civil Air Patrol Arkansas Wing
The Arkansas Wing is one of the fifty-two chapters—including all the states, Puerto Rico, and the District o...
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Alexander Asboth (1811–1868)
Born in Hungary, Alexander Sandor Asboth served in the Hungarian army and then in the Union army during the Ci...