Arkansas occupied a key position in the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department. It offered a gateway for Confederate troops to move north and secure Missouri for the Confederacy, or for Union troops to move south towards Texas and Louisiana. During the war, Union and Confederate armies moved back and forth across the state engaging in numerous encounters. This paper is a year by year study of those encounters and engagements occurring in Arkansas between 1861 and 1865. Emphasis is necessarily placed on the significant campaigns and engagements. Actions which occurred in adjacent states but which militarily affected Arkansas are also discussed. The majority of the material was compiled from the Official Records.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Benjamin Spock works out in his racing shell near his new home on Beaver Lake near Rogers, Ark."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Spock enjoys a disco dance at the age of 75, during birthday party in his honor."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Spock and his wife Mary Morgan."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Arkansas coach Eddie Sutton"

Report regarding analysis of a lock and dam in the Arkansas River. "The purpose of this study is to take 8 years of instrumentation data from Lock No. 5 and report it in such a manner that it can be used later in other studies, such as a finite element analysis. Included is a discussion of the quality of the data and a brief comparison of measured values with design cases for several soil-structure interaction cases" (p. 5).

WASP envelope with a Fifinella logo and "Reunion 78" printed in the top left corner, addressed to Rosa Charlyne Creger in Shreveport, Louisiana."Hot Springs has all the fun" can be seen printed in the bottom left corner.

Interview with Chester Dellinger, a Navy WWII veteran from Locksburg, Arkansas. Dellinger discusses his experience aboard the USS Thornton during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including his entry into the service, assignment to the Thornton, life onboard and operations, the morning of the attack, and events during the following night.

Photograph of birdhouse situated on a long pole in the middle of a grassy field.

Photograph of a blurry Roxanne holding an infant while standing in the middle of an apartment hallway.

Photograph of a car covered in snow parked beside a two-story home.

Photograph of a dog sitting the middle of a backyard surrounded by a tree house, wooden dog house, and a swing.

Photograph of a snow covered yard surrounded by a wire fence.

Photograph of a large, bare tree at the edge of a property line.

Photograph of an overgrown yard with a car parked in the distance.

Photograph of a swing set in the middle of a backyard with a miniature horse toy in front of it.

Photograph of a front yard with a small mound of dirt in the middle and a car parked in the background.

Photograph of a snow covered house surrounded by trees.

Photograph of Rita Caver wearing a tank top while standing in front of a line of trees.

Photograph of a large light colored flag hanging from the top floor of a mall.

Photograph of Harry Murutes examining the bottom of a small tea cup inside of a kitchen.

Photograph of Roxanne holding an infant and leaning her head against an the wall in an apartment hallway.

Photograph of Jan holding an empty mug while sitting on a brown sofa.

Photograph of Roxanne holding an infant whose wearing a long white bib.