Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for June 3, and notable births and deaths of native ...

Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program dedicated a new historical marker Saturday to commemorate Black soldiers who fought in the U.S. Civil War. The new marker is ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Throughout the early days of Arkansas’ statehood leading up to the Civil War, a powerful group of Democrats known as the “The Family” controlled much of ...

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 ...

In the summer of 1863, the U.S. was in the middle of its greatest-ever crisis. A bloody civil war between the Southern Confederacy and the federal government had created hundreds of thousands of ...