February 3, 2012

Depicted in this 1863 Harper’s Weekly print is the bombardment of Fort Hindman during the Battle of Arkansas Post. The fort was named in honor of Arkansas Confederate general Thomas C. Hindman of Helena (Phillips County). Hindman survived extensive Civil War combat only to be murdered by an unknown assailant during Reconstruction.

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