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The Civil War in Arkansas
Arkansas Ordinance of Secession
Confederate Order of Secession

June 3, 1850 June 12, 1850	Nashville Convention - 9 slave states hold a convention to determine their best course of action if the Compromise of 1850 passes.	Louisiana Arkansas North Carolina Florida Texas South Carolina Mississippi Georgia Alabama
	Compromise of 1850
	Nashville Convention of 1850 [Resolutions]
	Nashville Convention of 1850
	Robert Barnwell Rhett
February 28, 1859	Arkansas passes legislation requiring free blacks to chose between exile or slavery	Arkansas
March 18, 1861	By a vote of 39-35 the Arkansas convention defeats a secession motion. Instead, they vote to allow a general election in August to determine the question of secession.	Arkansas
March 31, 1861	General John Bankhead Magruder reassigned from Arkansas to Texas.	Texas Arkansas
April 23, 1861	Federal troops withdraw from Fort Smith	Arkansas
May 6, 1861	Arkansas secedes from the Union	Arkansas
	Confederate Order of Secession
	Arkansas Ordinance of Secession
March 6, 1862 March 8, 1862	Battle of Pea Ridge [US] Battle of Elkhorn Tavern [CS]	Arkansas
	Earl Van Dorn
	Sterling Price
June 17, 1862	Battle of St. Charles Battle of White River	Arkansas
July 7, 1862	Battle of Hill's Plantation	Arkansas
November 28, 1862	Battle of Cane Hill Battle of Boston Mountains James Blunt [US] defeats John Marmaduke [CS]	Arkansas
December 7, 1862	Battle of Prairie Grove Battle of Fayetteville Thomas Hindman [CS] attacks Francis "Frank" Herron [US] advancing from Wilson's Creek in an attempt to defeat him before joining James Blunt's [US] men. Blunt reached the Confederate line just as Herron was considering withdrawal, resulting in a Union victory	Arkansas
January 10, 1863 January 11, 1863	Battle of Arkansas Post Battle of Fort Hindman General John McClernand [US] defeats Brigadier General T. J. Churchill [CS] at Fort Hindman or Arkansas Post. Defending the outpost on the Arkansas River, 5,000 Confederates are surrounded by a force of 50,000 Union troops, and a U. S. Naval squadron under the command of Admiral David Porter. The Navy silenced the Confederate artillery and McClernand attacked, gaining the outer walls. The Confederates then surrendered.	Arkansas
	John A. McClernand
	First Vicksburg Campaign
	William Tecumseh Sherman
May 1, 1863 May 2, 1863	Battle of Chalk Bluff	Arkansas
May 3, 1863	Frederick Steele returns to Little Rock, marking the end of the Red River Campaign	Arkansas
September 1, 1863	Battle of Devil's Backbone (Backbone Mountain)	Arkansas
September 10, 1863	Battle of Bayou Forche (Little Rock)	Arkansas
September 10, 1863	Sterling Price [CS] withdraws from Little Rock	Arkansas
	Sterling Price
October 25, 1863	Battle of Pine Bluff	Arkansas
January 20, 1864	Abraham Lincoln instructs Arkansas commander General Frederick Steele to permit elections following the proposed anti-slavery constitution of the state.	Arkansas
January 22, 1864	Arkansas selects pro-Unionist Issac Murphy as provisional governor, pending elections to be held that Spring	Arkansas
March 16, 1864	Sterling Price takes command of the Confederate District of Arkansas	Arkansas
	Sterling Price
March 23, 1864	From Little Rock, federal troops under Frederick Steele moved south to join Nathaniel Banks	Arkansas
	Red River Campaign
	Nathaniel Banks
April 3, 1864 April 4, 1864	Battle of Elkin's Ferry	Arkansas
April 9, 1864 April 10, 1864	Battle of Prairie D'ane Moving south through Arkansas, General Frederick Steele engages Confederate forces before being driven back to Little Rock	Arkansas
	Red River Campaign
April 18, 1864	Battle of Poison Spring Sterling Price [CS] and John Marmaduke [CS] raid US supply wagons heading for Grand Ecore to relieve Nathaniel Banks [US] failed expedition. After heavy fighting the federals were forced to withdraw	Arkansas
	Red River Campaign
	Sterling Price
	Nathaniel Banks
April 24, 1864	Battle of Marks' Mill Confederates attack federals retreating to Little Rock	Arkansas
	Red River Campaign
April 30, 1864	Battle of Jenkin's Ferry	Arkansas
June 6, 1864	Battle of Old River Lake	Arkansas
July 4, 1864	Battle of Helena	Arkansas
August 17, 1864	General John Bankhead Magruder appointed commander of Confederate forces in Arkansas	Arkansas
	John Magruder
April 2, 1866	The United States declares that a state of peace exists with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia	Alabama Georgia Mississippi Tennessee South Carolina Virginia Florida North Carolina Arkansas Louisiana
April 6, 1868	Arkansas ratifies the 14th Amendment	Arkansas
	14th Amendment