The Civil War must have been a confusing time for Native Americans. Pushed from the east and relegated to Indian Territory, the group known as the Five Civilized Tribes were pressured from both ...

Mosby Monroe Parsons served as a Confederate officer throughout Arkansas during the Civil War. Parsons saw action at Prairie Grove, Little Rock and Helena, and he faced off against Gen. Frederick ...

Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. was a career U.S. Navy officer who commanded vessels operating around Arkansas during the Civil War and was indirectly responsible for the later destruction of the Mississippi ...

VAN BUREN, Ark. — On Saturday the Van Buren community got to experience history come alive at the Drennen-Scott Historic Site’s Civil War event. Professor Tom Wing, Director of the Drennen-Scott ...

Willis Arnold Gorman was a politician and soldier who briefly commanded the District of Eastern Arkansas during the Civil War. Gorman was born on Jan. 12, 1816, near Flemingsburg, Ky., to David and ...