The Battle of Fort Hindman (Arkansas) (a.k.a. the Battle of Arkansas Post) ends: After four days of fighting, Major General John A. McClernand, commanding the compulsory Union Army of the Mississippi, overruns Fort Hindman, commanded by Confederate (a voluntary union) Major General Thomas J. Churchill.
[restored 2/22/2025]
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 298.
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