Civil War Arkansas, 1863

by Christ, Mark K.

• ISBN13: 9780806140872
• ISBN10: 0806140879
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

An overlooked turning point in the trans-Mississippi theater

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xi
Prologue. “A Muddy, Red, and Brackish Stream”: The Arkansas River Line, January 1863	p. 3
“The Die Is Cast”: Arkansas Goes to War	p. 9
“While It Lasted Shiloh Was Nowhere”: The Battle of Arkansas Post	p. 39
“We Must Whip Them or Surrender”: Holmes Moves to the Offensive	p. 88
“A Grivous Calamity”: The Battle of Helena	p. 116
“We Are an Army of Prisoners”: The Campaign to Capture Little Rock	p. 145
“If They Take Fort Smith, the Indian Country Is Gone”: The Western Arkansas River Valley	p. 197
“The Federals Fought like Devils”: The Battle of Pine Bluff	p. 224
Epilogue. “Old Year, I Bid You Farewell”: The Arkansas River Line, December 1863	p. 245
Notes	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 287
Index	p. 307
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