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Battlefield of Arkansas Post

Troop Positions

January 10-11, 1863

5:00PM, January 11, 1863 Skirmishers

Note: Background image of present park landscape not 100%to scale. Some minor discrepancies exist.

Brian K. McCutchen, Historian 2003National Park Service

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Principal Commanders: Rear Adm. David D. Porter and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand

Confederate forcesPrincipal Commander: Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Churchill

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The Battle of Arkansas Post: OverviewARPO-SB-005September 2003

Author: Eric Leonard

From Fort Hindman, at Arkansas Post, Confederates had been disrupting Unionshipping on the Mississippi River. Maj. Gen. John McClernand, therefore, under-took a combined force movement on Arkansas Post to capture it. Union boatsbegan landing troops near Arkansas Post in the evening of January 9, 1863. Thetroops started up river towards Fort Hindman. Maj. Gen. William T. Shermans

corps overran Rebel trenches, and the enemy retreated to the protection of thefort and adjacent rifle-pits. Rear Adm. David Porter, on the 10th, moved his fleettowards Fort Hindman and bombarded it withdrawing at dusk. Union artilleryfired on the fort from artillery positions across the river on the 11th, and theinfantry moved into position for an attack. Union ironclads commenced shellingthe fort and Porters fleet passed it to cutoff any retreat. As a result of this envel-opment, and the attack by McClernands troops, the Confederate command sur-rendered in the afternoon. Although Union losses were high and the victory didnot contribute to the capture of Vicksburg, it did eliminate one more impedimentto Union shipping on the Mississippi.

The Battle of Arkansas Post ~ January 9-11, 183Overview and troop positions