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Enjoy the havens of Arkansas history. Jefferson County offered refuge for runaway slaves, forming a prosperous community where black wealth rivaled any place in the South by 1900. Ozark eateries piled plates with comfort food conjured up by the culinary masterminds behind the fried pickle. Fayetteville cultivated a hilltop farm into an institution. Find repose in the scenery of the Rock Island Railroad or seek sanctuary in the downtown district of pre-sprawl Little Rock through our Arkansas history book catalogue.
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Arkansas Civil War Heritage:
Arkansas Civil War Heritage:
The Battle of Pea Ridge
The Battle of Pea Ridge
Arkansas Late in the Civil War:
Arkansas Late in the Civil War:
The Little Rock Arsenal Crisis: On the Precipice of the American Civil War
The Little Rock Arsenal Crisis: On the Precipice of the American Civil War

Arkansas Civil War Heritage:

9781626191921

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The American Civil War shaped the course of the country's history and its national identity. This is no less true for the state of Arkansas. Throughout the Natural State, people have paid homage and remembrance to those who fought and what was fought for in memorial celebrations and rituals. The memory of the war has been kept alive by reunions and preservationists, continuing to shape the way the War Between the States affects Arkansas and its people. Historian W. Stuart Towns expertly tells the story of Arkansas's Civil War heritage through its rituals of memorial, commemoration and celebration that continue today.
Arkansas Civil War Heritage:

The Battle of Pea Ridge

9781609494476

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After months of reverses, the Union army was going on the offensive in the spring of 1862 as General McClellan prepared for his Peninsula Campaign.


In Tennessee, General Grant had just captured Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson; and in southwestern Missouri, Gen. Samuel R. Curtis had driven Sterling Price and his Missouri State Guard out of the state and into the arms of General Ben McCulloch's Confederate army in northwestern Arkansas. Using the united armies of Price and McCulloch, the new Confederate department commander, Earl Van Dorn, struck back at Curtis' Federal army which was now outnumbered and two hundred miles from its supply base. For two days in early March 1862, the armies of Van Dorn and Curtis fought in the wilds of the Ozark Mountains at a place called Pea Ridge. Control of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri for the rest of the war hung on the outcome.

The Battle of Pea Ridge

Arkansas Late in the Civil War:

9781626191075

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At the request of Union general Ulysses S. Grant, in 1864 Major General Frederick Steele stripped the Department of Arkansas of twelve thousand men--half its strength--to support an expedition in Louisiana. And while the depleted infantry remained largely in garrison, the 8th Missouri Cavalry and its counterparts were ordered to patrol central Arkansas under horrid conditions and protect the state from guerrilla Rebels. The regiment spent nine long months battling against Confederate general Jo Shelby's efforts to raid the White River Valley behind Union lines while simultaneously battling to secure Arkansas' borders. Join author David Casto as he explores the 8th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry's perilous excursion into enemy territory.
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The Little Rock Arsenal Crisis: On the Precipice of the American Civil War

9781609499693

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Before shots rang out on a distant South Carolina shore, talk of secession occurred throughout the antebellum United States. These talks grew to a fervent yell in Little Rock, Arkansas. On the eve of a statewide election to determine a secession convention, pro-secession militia descended on Little Rock in February 1861. They closed in around the Federally controlled arsenal in the hopes of seizing the weapons stores. A standoff began between the Federal troops and secessionists, with the citizens of Little Rock caught in the middle. The ensuing political debate set the stage for Southern secession, and the arsenal weapons became integral to the Confederate cause. Join author David Sesser in an exploration of the fascinating political drama and prelude to the bloodiest war in American history.
The Little Rock Arsenal Crisis: On the Precipice of the American Civil War