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Arkansas Post battle field picture

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Confederate forces had constructed a fort known as Fort Hindman near Arkansas Post in late 1862. In December of that year, a Union force under the command of Major-General William T. Sherman left for an expedition against Vicksburg, without Major-General John A.

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On the morning of Janurary 9, 1863, Confederate pickets informed General Churchill that a large Union force with a fleet of gunboats was passing into the Arkansas River. Churchill could only muster about 3,000 Confederate soldiers to defend the fort.

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1863-04 Battle of Arkansas Post January 9–11, 1863

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The defeat at Arkansas Post cost Confederate Arkansas fully one-fourth of its armed forces in the largest surrender of Rebel troops west of Mississippi River prior to the final capitulation of the Confederates in 1865. While the victory there did not have a major impact of the Union's drive to take Vicksburg, it did ease the movement of Union shipping on the Mississippi and raise the morale of the Yankee troops after their rough handling at Chickasaw Bluffs.

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"They Fight Like Devills Sure" - The Battle of Arkansas Post

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Casualties reported 134 deaths, 898 wounded, and 29 missing , but the incomplete reports show that 60 people have been killed, 80 have been wounded, and 4,791 of the garrison was captured.

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The Battle of Arkansas post was important because the victory secured central Arkansas for the Union and lifted Northern morale.