May 24, 2007

In September 1863, Confederate forces attempted to stop Union forces as they advanced on Little Rock (Pulaski County). The last major fighting before the fall of the city occurred on September 10 at the Engagement at Bayou Fourche, near the present-day Little Rock National Airport. Confederate forces were driven from the field in defeat, resulting in the evacuation of the capital city and its surrender and Union occupation shortly afterward.