LITTLE ROCK — Activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Arkansas Post will highlight January’s events that will observe the state’s role in the Civil War, Arkansas ...

The historical tour's most extensive displays, including replicas of Civil War cannons, are along Arkansas 161 on the ... support him at the July 4, 1863, Battle of Helena and the Aug. 27, 1863 ...

BELLA VISTA -- Dale Phillips of the Bella Vista Civil War Round Table ... During the battle at Baton Rouge, Confederates had a secret weapon. An ironclad called the Arkansas was to come down ...

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Little Rock, Arkansas ... The Civil War Awakening, talked about the importance of western battles ...

most less than famous, but among them Union's notoriously "political" John A. McClernand, who probably did his best work in Arkansas. Any serious student of the Civil War will find this a valuable ...

The Battle of Pea Ridge was fought in Northwest ... is now a U.S. National Park and is one of the most intact Civil War battlefields in the country.It's also an area popular with ghost hunters.The ...

The site of one of the biggest Civil War battles west of the Mississippi doesn ... Pea Ridge National Military Park is located in northwestern Arkansas near the town of Bentonville (the home ...

Author Mark Christ talked about his book Civil War Arkansas 1863: The Battle for a State. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their… read more Author Mark Christ talked about ...

Battle of Pea Ridge The Battle of Pea Ridge, March 7-8, 1862, played a pivotal role in securing Missouri for the Union and opened Arkansas to ... as it was for Civil War soldiers.

(AP) - Two battlefields in Arkansas are among 10 selected by the Civil War Trust to get individual ... The trust says 10 battles in those locations accounted for more than 43,000 casualties ...