April 17, 1783

Scotsman James Colbert led a joint force of Britons and Chickasaw in an unsuccessful attack on Spanish-controlled Arkansas Post (in modern-day Arkansas County) in the only Revolutionary War engagement to take place in Arkansas. The impetus behind the attack was Spain’s decision to ally itself with the revolutionaries.

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