January 17, 1865

The Action at Ivey’s Ford, part of the last serious Confederate attempt to challenge Union control of the Arkansas River, took place when Union ships holding troops and supplies were fired upon and captured by Confederate troops. Confederate reports put Union casualties at eighty-two captured and twenty-seven killed and wounded, and their own casualties at one killed and fifteen wounded. Though both sides continued to make periodic scouts and raids into enemy territory, no other serious combat operations occurred in Arkansas during the remainder of the Civil War.