The War Comes Home – Civil War Tour of Van Buren Slated For October 8, 2011
Fairview Cemetery – Confederate Section,Drennen – Scott Historic Site,Famous Van Buren Wharf and the Historic Crawford County Courthouse. Tours begin at Van Buren Visitors Center, Downtown Railroad...
View ArticleArkansas in the Civil War: Citizens Starving
One hundred and fifty years ago, a large number of civilian refugees in north Arkansas were on the brink of starvation. Following four years of war, Arkansas was left bereft of supplies.Read More......
View ArticleArkansas in the Civil War: Colonies in NW Arkansas
As the Civil War was winding down one hundred and fifty years ago, refugees from every corner of the state were on the brink of starvation. As supply routes faded away andRead More... The post Arkansas...
View ArticleARKANSAS CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION APPROVES THREE HISTORICAL MARKERS
LITTLE ROCK—The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has approved applications for Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Markers in Crawford, Dallas and Saline counties, ACWSC...
View ArticleToday in Arkansas During the Civil War (August 12)
On this day in 1860, the country was in a state of panic following false reports of abolitionists burning cities in Texas and the like. Amid the panic and paranoia of aRead More... The post Today in...
View ArticleToday in Arkansas During the Civil War (August 20)
On August 20, 1862, Brigadier-General E.B. Brown wrote to Brigadier-General John M. Schofield in Saint Louis that a spy had returned to their camp from Cross Hollows and reported that a groupRead...
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