Battle of Arkansas Post

The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Battle of Fort Hindman, was fought from January 9 to 11, 1863, along the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas, as part of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Confederate forces constructed Fort Hindman near Arkansas Post in late 1862. Also in late 1862, Major General John A. McClernand of the Union army was authorized to recruit troops in the Midwest for an expedition down the Mississippi River against Vicksburg, Mississippi. Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant began an overland campaign against Vicksburg along the Mississippi Central Railroad in November. He and Union General-in-Chief Henry Halleck did not trust McClernand, and through machinations placed the start of the riverine movement against Vicksburg under the command of Major General William T. Sherman before McClernand could arrive. Sherman's movement was defeated at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in late December, and Confederate cavalry raids forced Grant to abandon his overland campaign.

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1863  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Battle of Arkansas Post (1863); Battle of Fort Hindman; Expedition against Arkansas Post; Federal expedition against Arkansas Post
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1863 Battle of Arkansas Post

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1783 Colbert raid

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Bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany. 11th 1863 LCCN90711974 (cropped)

Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas LOC 91684878

Arkansas Post Battlefield Arkansas

(Map and inset ground) Plan of the Fortification (Fort Hindman) at Post, Arkansas, Surrendered to the U.S. Forces... - NARA - 305724

Arkansas Post Battlefield, by W. R. McComas

Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River - captured by the U.S. Mississippi Squadron, under command of Act'g. Rear Admiral David D. Porter, U.S.N., January 11th, 1863 LOC 86691339

ArkansasPost-Battle(CivilWar)

Map of Arkansas Post (1863)

Battle of Arkansas Post map

Abraham Lincoln - a history (1914) (14747182256)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1783	Colbert raid	battle, Kingdom of Great Britain, siege, raid, Chickasaw, landing operation, Quapaw, Kingdom of Spain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Arkansas Post	battle, siege	Wikidata
site	fort	1781	Fort Carlos III	archaeological site, fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany. 11th 1863 LCCN90711974 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas LOC 91684878		Commons
commons	image		Arkansas Post Battlefield Arkansas		Commons
commons	image		(Map and inset ground) Plan of the Fortification (Fort Hindman) at Post, Arkansas, Surrendered to the U.S. Forces... - NARA - 305724		Commons
commons	image		Arkansas Post Battlefield, by W. R. McComas		Commons
commons	image		Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River - captured by the U.S. Mississippi Squadron, under command of Act'g. Rear Admiral David D. Porter, U.S.N., January 11th, 1863 LOC 86691339		Commons
commons	image		ArkansasPost-Battle(CivilWar)		Commons
commons	image		Map of Arkansas Post (1863)		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Arkansas Post map		Commons
commons	image		Abraham Lincoln - a history (1914) (14747182256)		Commons