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January 6, 2018

Admiral David Porter’s Report on the Mississippi Squadron at the Battle of Arkansas Post

In early January 1863, Major General John A. McClernand led a Union Army expedition up the Arkansas River to attack Confederate Fort Hindman located at small town at a bend in the river called...

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December 28, 2012

Emancipation Proclamation; Battle of Stones River Concludes; Battle of Arkansas Post; Burnside Replaced: January 1863

January 1863 in the Civil War The Emancipation Proclamation, released in preliminary form a few days after the Battle of Antietam, was issued in its final form by President Abraham Lincoln on New Year’s...

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Admiral David Porter’s Report on the Mississippi Squadron at the Battle of Arkansas Post

Emancipation Proclamation; Battle of Stones River Concludes; Battle of Arkansas Post; Burnside Replaced: January 1863

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