May 8, 2012

The Brooks-Baxter War, which occurred during April and May 1874, was an armed conflict between the supporters of two rivals for the governorship—Joseph Brooks (bottom left) and Elisha Baxter (top right). The violence spilled out of Little Rock (Pulaski County) into much of the state and was resolved only when the federal government intervened. The result of the war, recognition of Baxter as the governor, brought a practical end to Republican rule in the state and thus ended the era of Reconstruction. This period print shows Baxter’s forces under General King White gathering at Pine Bluff (Jefferson County).

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