March 7, 1862 – Major General Earl Van Dorn’s Confederates attacked Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis’s Federals in northwestern Arkansas, as part of Van Dorn’s
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Battle Looms in Northwestern Arkansas
March 2, 1862 – Major General Earl Van Dorn led a unified Confederate army northward to confront Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis’s outnumbered Federals in
The Battle of Chustenahlah
December 26, 1861 – Confederate Texans and Native Americans defeated Unionists a second time this month in the Indian Territory. Since the skirmish at Round
The Battle of Wilson’s Creek
August 10, 1861 – Federals not only suffered a second major defeat within a month, but they lost an army commander as well. In early