Confederate Veteran describing the Civil War in Arkansas while at the Gettysburg 1938 reunion in an incredible audio recording. #Arkansas #civilwar #veterans #GettysburgPA #confederate | Massie's Antiques and Civil War Relics

When Arkansas went to war in 1861, Lycurgus and Lydia Johnson and their family stayed with their home at Lakeport. By 1862, U.S. gunboats were common on the Mississippi River, and on Sept. 6, 1862, Confederate troops burned 158 bales of cotton at Lakeport to prevent its seizure. Union raids targeted plantations such as Lakeport in 1863 and 1864, and the Johnsons claimed losses of 200 cattle, 8 mules and 2 horses, leaving "one mule...to haul wood for the children." The family's slaves also sought

📜 The Confederate Boy Martyr of Arkansas David O. Dodd's Tragic Story — A Life Cut Short in History 🕊️⚰️ | Massie's Antiques and Civil War Relics

The Sequoyah National Research Center at University of Arkansas at Little Rock is on a mission to preserve the voices, stories and creativity of “Native North Americans.” Home to the largest assemblage of Native American expression in the world – including 200 tribal newspapers – the center is a vibrant archive for Indigenous voices. #NativeVoices #IndigenousHistory #SequoyahNationalResearchCenter #TribalNews | Cherokee Phoenix