Battle of Arkansas Post

Drawing depicting General Stephen G. Burbridge planting the Union flag after the capture of Arkansas Post (Arkansas County) on January 11, 1863, from Leslie’s Illustrated.

Print illustration soldiers waving white flags with opposing forces crossing trench waving U.S. flags.

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

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Time Period

Civil War through Reconstruction (1861 - 1874)

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Event

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