The Civil War and Reconstruction in Mississippi County: The Story of
... as testimonies to a claimant’s loyalty during the war. Most of the people who were hired to hear and process claims were local authorities, as is the case of Georgia Erwin (McGavock).5 One of the men who signed her claim was Charles Bowen, a former-Confederate and known leader of the county’s Ku Klu ...
... as testimonies to a claimant’s loyalty during the war. Most of the people who were hired to hear and process claims were local authorities, as is the case of Georgia Erwin (McGavock).5 One of the men who signed her claim was Charles Bowen, a former-Confederate and known leader of the county’s Ku Klu ...
Hallowed Ground the Civil War in Arkansas Lesson Plan 2016
... Near the end of 1862, the Union decided to overtake the Confederate river town of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which would give the Union control of the Mississippi River. If the Union could control the Mississippi River, they would be able to move boats and men straight through the Confederacy. Union Ge ...
... Near the end of 1862, the Union decided to overtake the Confederate river town of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which would give the Union control of the Mississippi River. If the Union could control the Mississippi River, they would be able to move boats and men straight through the Confederacy. Union Ge ...
Arkansas Resources
... 1811 – The New Madrid earthquake left many homeless and caused many more to migrate to other places. 1812 – Congress created the Missouri Territory which included Arkansas. 1817 – The Cherokee were given land in northwest Arkansas; Fort Smith was established. 1819 – The Arkansas Territory was create ...
... 1811 – The New Madrid earthquake left many homeless and caused many more to migrate to other places. 1812 – Congress created the Missouri Territory which included Arkansas. 1817 – The Cherokee were given land in northwest Arkansas; Fort Smith was established. 1819 – The Arkansas Territory was create ...
2006 Summer Update - the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
... Union devised a campaign to do just that – the Red River Campaign. Traveling along the Old Military Road from Little Rock towards Washington, Union troops met their first organized resistance at the battles of Okolona and Elkins’ Ferry. It was at Elkins’ Ferry that Union troops defeated a Confederat ...
... Union devised a campaign to do just that – the Red River Campaign. Traveling along the Old Military Road from Little Rock towards Washington, Union troops met their first organized resistance at the battles of Okolona and Elkins’ Ferry. It was at Elkins’ Ferry that Union troops defeated a Confederat ...
Mark Christ calls for introductions of members
... July 1862 Congress on July 17 approved the Second Confiscation Act, which “declared slaves owned by disloyal masters ‘forever free of their servitude’ and ordered that they be ‘not again held as slaves’. . . In effect, the new law deemed free all fugitive slaves who came into army lines professing t ...
... July 1862 Congress on July 17 approved the Second Confiscation Act, which “declared slaves owned by disloyal masters ‘forever free of their servitude’ and ordered that they be ‘not again held as slaves’. . . In effect, the new law deemed free all fugitive slaves who came into army lines professing t ...
Economic Dimensions of Arkansas History History Map Locator: Part
... the growth of the cotton kingdom, however, an increasing number of new settlers came from the other southern states. In 1840, a majority of the white population of Arkansas lived in the highland areas of the north and west, but by 1860, about sixty percent were in the cottongrowing lowlands of the s ...
... the growth of the cotton kingdom, however, an increasing number of new settlers came from the other southern states. In 1840, a majority of the white population of Arkansas lived in the highland areas of the north and west, but by 1860, about sixty percent were in the cottongrowing lowlands of the s ...
History Part I
... the growth of the cotton kingdom, however, an increasing number of new settlers came from the other southern states. In 1840, a majority of the white population of Arkansas lived in the highland areas of the north and west, but by 1860, about sixty percent were in the cottongrowing lowlands of the s ...
... the growth of the cotton kingdom, however, an increasing number of new settlers came from the other southern states. In 1840, a majority of the white population of Arkansas lived in the highland areas of the north and west, but by 1860, about sixty percent were in the cottongrowing lowlands of the s ...
Chapter 2. SR.5.AH.9-12.2 Define confederation and describe the
... Overview: A Difference of Opinion, a historical fiction novel, covers the first two years of the war in Arkansas, mostly from the Union perspective. The novel is well researched and based on a documentary history, titled Tattered Glory, also compiled by the author. The novel deals with problematic i ...
... Overview: A Difference of Opinion, a historical fiction novel, covers the first two years of the war in Arkansas, mostly from the Union perspective. The novel is well researched and based on a documentary history, titled Tattered Glory, also compiled by the author. The novel deals with problematic i ...
civil war arkansas - Arkansas Press Association
... As the Confederates fail to halt Curtis’ advance, the Union army becomes firmly entrenched at Helena. Little Rock fears a similar fate and hundreds flee the city. When Hindman’s policies are thought to have failed, a new general is sent to the state to command the Army of Trans-Mississippi, Major Ge ...
... As the Confederates fail to halt Curtis’ advance, the Union army becomes firmly entrenched at Helena. Little Rock fears a similar fate and hundreds flee the city. When Hindman’s policies are thought to have failed, a new general is sent to the state to command the Army of Trans-Mississippi, Major Ge ...
The Emancipation Proclamation
... sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authori ...
... sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authori ...
Six notable men - Arkansas History Hub
... and then an attorney He was elected to the Arkansas Secession Convention in 1861 ...
... and then an attorney He was elected to the Arkansas Secession Convention in 1861 ...